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I have always loved Sgt. Fury and consider the full run I have as one of the jewels of my comic book collection. Grossly underrated, even though it lasted 160 issues +Annuals, and much of that time with bi-monthly publication and/or reprints! Sure Marvel tried to add additional war titles such as Captain Savage or Combat Kelly, but they never lasted, so Sgt. Fury held the line vs DC who had FIVE dedicated war titles (also very good by the way)! As you mentioned, virtually any issue from 44 to 81 is a gem in my book. Because of that run, as well as Cracked Magazine, John Severin has been firmly positioned as one of my favorite comic book artists. Love the episode!!!

I never discovered the Spirit until the 80s. Great stuff.

Love Woods Thunder Agents. The revivals can't compare to the original. I got many of those Flash Gordon comics. There were many great artists on both the strips and the books.

How refreshing it is to watch your videos discussing your love of comics and not the value of comics. Thank you!

Oh man; you just made my day. This title was my first collection - and yes 16 had the best cover!

When I first discovered the early Marvel Universe three names stood out for me. Stan and Jack of course, but it's nice to hear that you appreciate the third: Chic Stone! Wonder why he wasn't used more often. (Rather than Colletta on the FF, for instance).

Another great episode. Thanks

You totally missed David Hasselhoff as the BEST Nick Fury live action! He was in the TV movie, NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD. So much netter than SHAFT/Sam JAckson

The Gary-Dick-John run on Fury was my regular reading of the series. I was a Fury fan with Strange Tales and his Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. Around the time of Steranko I developed more interest in the Howling Commando book. I was a spy genre enthusiast by way of Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Get Smart. In 2nd grade when my teacher had us create hand puppets so we could perform a duet skit in class I used the materials given us and created the Steranko Nick Fury. While my partner was engaged in joke telling I was spouting Marvelese expressions such as "Nuff Said" , "True Believer" , " The Hordes of Hydra" etc my classmates were speechless during my performance but at the end of class my teacher told me that she was very impressed with my imagination and presentation. Yahoo conquered school!

Have to be Honest - as a UK reader of `Pow` comic, I found the `Nick Fury` strip - just not for me - to put it as politely as I can. The one time I `did` enjoy seeing Nick was when he `guest starred` in Pow`s own `fun` strip `Dare A Day Davy`. Possibly the strangest encounter that Nick Fury had in his `comic life`.

Why a "guilty pleasure"?😮 I wish Marvel would have continued the Fury Marvel Masterworks reprint series into the John Severin era, but I suspect the sales numbers for the earlier volumes just weren't there. I'd love to see the remainder of the run (and Captain Savage as well) possibly licensed out to Fantagraphics like they're doing currently with the '50s Atlas titles.

Great video, I look forward to each new one!

Wish that we could print the PDF version they send out now. Any contact at the publisher in Canada we fans could contact and inquire about small print runs of the PDFs we get?

Hard to believe but got back from Vietnam in 1967 and he called me to come over welcomed home and showed me his worked. Told him My father sent me the Thunder Books to Nam. And loved the Flash Garden from the P.X. Did You know that Russ Manning did the first Comicon in the West Coast. He did it in his own house. A week after the first Comicon in July 26, 1964.

I don't believe Ira Schnapp designed the Superman logo shown in your video. He passed away in 1969 and I don't believe it morphed into its current iteration until the early 80's. I believe he designed its predecessor, which I personally prefer. Still, this is a fun video!

I looked forward to going to Asbury beach when I was a kid growing up in the 60s. You must be about four years older than me. I started collecting comics in 1973 so you had a good start! It was pure joy looking for new releases each week!

Another great show. I think I still have that Flash Gordon issue 1

A great look back at a special time in comics. I was a kid back when Steranko did Cap and that memorial issue by Kirby had me believing Cap was dead! A month was a long time between issues (at least it felt that way back then) but I also would have loved to see a long run on Cap by Steranko. One correction though. Steranko plotted those stories but Stan wrote the dialouge. From Fantastic Fanzine # 12, 1970, Steranko explained: "My Captain America tales were..written by Stan Lee over my plots (the idea of reinstating Rick Jones as another Bucky was Stan's directive" Romita, John Buscema and Colan were no slouches though, and their stories were entertaining. Keep up the great posts.

No - Moldoff's art didn't have "a certain charm". It was SH*t* and none of the DC management seemed to care. Those annoying Robin corner poses, monsters that just made readers laugh. He was ok as a inker but that's about it. (IMO).

Whenever any Go-Go Check comics are reprinted in Omnibus editions it would be nice if the horrible checks were removed and replaced with a block of colour to match each background,

Lois as half girl, half horse! She always needs to be the Centaur of Attention.

They missed a trick with that evil duplicate Superman story: when the rocket was duplicated so would have been the stowaway Beppo! Come on Morrison - There's another Supermonkey out there, possibly an evil mask-wearing one. By the way, that Death of Superman story might have been put out to take kids eyes off a newcomer published that month. Fantastic Four #1 was in the racks at the same time, i believe.

Another fine video Gary. There are so many quality comic books from the past that really deserve a higher profile for comic book readers and collectors. The Spirit is certainly one of them and I'm glad these comics have been reprinted in various forms many times over the years.

Great video!

Great video Gary. Love your in-depth reviews and insights; certainly have a gift in piquing my interest in books (and adjacents) I was previously not aware of. Thunder Agents is fascinating and no wonder it holds such a special place for you. Al Williamson certainly looks like an inspiration for some of the later greats like Dave Stevens. I've always passed over the Spirit, but again you've opened my eyes to this character... it's no wonder Eisner holds such legendary stature. Who owns the rights of these respective IPs now?

Love the videos!

Tremendous video! Congratulations on a stunning cover! I have my copy from the San Diego Comic Con along with all the others, thanks for sharing the history!

Good afternoon Gary I loved this video, I am new to your channel, David from Still on 35c recommended your channel as a great watch, and so it is! I have watched you live on his channel this morning, not live unfortunately, a bit to early for me. I encourage you to continue with whatever content that you want, the history that you relay is so important. Remember what is said of the Velvet Underground's first album, not a lot of people brought the album but those that did went on to form a band! I just love the history of comics, I am going through all you video, and look forward to to upcoming shows. Cheers Al The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownunda

At this period of time when Mr.Lee was trying to listen to fandom and used comic dealers to plug his books. I lost out what was going on due to being in the Army.

You forgot the armed.force. add.different with rings and jewelry

Personal note Jack the Editor hated fans who visited DC stuck Batman in sci-fi story line. Yet some of the best stories were Time Travel with Prof. Nickelson.These were Finger and Sprang at there best.

You can't pass up.Nick Fury Agent of Shield.

The only thing I disliked of Stranko was he didn't finish the History of Comics .

During the 60s Superman was a hot item on Japan. Don't rember reading this story. Must have been in one of my tours in Vietnam. Mr.Swan was one the best people in DC.he helped to teach how to write comic scripts.And gave us Original Artwork at the 1964 Comicon.

Thank for the Memory this was a time in the army hard to store comics in a footlocker. Loved the Wood work. Mr.Kirby,Mr.Lee and Mr.Kubert wish me luck going to Vietnam. That is another story.

Its a Wonder how so many great stories were produced during the 60s it kept going. Yet Batman sales fell down. Just think how Superman TV. Lasted in reruns.

And I don't know what you mean by comics disappearing from local stores and being sold in comic book shops in the 60's. I bought my comic books at local mom and pop shops, convenience stores, and pharmacies well into the 80's. We didn't even have comic book shops until decades later.

What's with all the criticisms of these comics? It's totally unwarranted. Maybe you do that in all your videos, I don't know. But I do know the Go-Go Check comics were fun, bright, colorful, and everything a good comic should be.

I side adds have created a wish list years ago Action 52 with.Superman and 4 other heroes in actipn .Next.Adventure 78 with Sandman and Manhunter on cover by Jack Kirby. Did pick up Big All American, World Fair both years.

Curt Swan was one of the friendly person at DC.he helped with first.Comicon in 1964 with some original artwork given away at the show.

I came back from the future to tell you , everything works out great , and the site rocks.

I enjoyed this but I do prefer your normal videos about your love and knowledge of the older comics.

Love the channel!

2 of my first “old” comics were the King Size FF 4 & ASM 3. Found in an antique store in the early eighties. While I enjoyed the new stories, I was really impressed with the reprints in both issues. Both 2-parters are absolute classics that remain favorites to this day.

Mort Weisinger-edited comic books ... so bad, they're good. The stories were wild, but I bought and collected both Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane during the 1960s and 1970s. Loved the zaniestness.

Love this series, please keep them coming!

Hey Gary. Loving this series. I grew up in the 60's reading DC Comics, and Curt Swan became a major influence in my life as an artist. You're right, there wasn't a better artist at DC for the Man of Steel than Swan. I really connected with the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure in the Silver Age drawn by Swan. I hope you do an homage to that team soon!

In Ayers bio book part two, he relates how much he hated inking Kirby's monster stories.

I'm more of a Bronze Age fan, but I do enjoy a visit to DC's Silver Age. Well done. Subbed.

Great stuff for comic lovers of a certain age! Don't forget that all Marvel 25 cent mags had a cool inside cover that acted as a table of contents for the issue. Stan was a genius at making Marvel stand out as being fan friendly compared to DC.