One of the reasons The Punisher is so fully formed is that he began as a pastiche of an existing character: Mack Bolan, The Executioner who was the star of a series of men's adventure paperbacks where he carried on a one man war against organized crime because his family were bystanders in a mob hit gone bad. Just thought this should be pointed out because this channel is really committed to the ethos of creation and it used to be common knowledge that Punisher was a pretty blatant swipe.
Absolutely. In the wake of the Executioner, there was a big boom in "Men's Action" paperback series; the drugstore book racks began to look like the pulp era had returned. I wouldn't be surprised if the Punisher was the result of editorial fiat because of the massive success of this phenomenon. Those in control of the early Punisher stories had no idea what they were talking about as far as weapons and military tactics. The young writers of the 70's were mostly from within the comic book bubble and about as masculine as bunny slippers.
I love David Finch's UA-cam drawing videos for drawing cylinders, he puts the bones into the hip/leg joints in his roughs to make sure his legs are going in the right direction, smart dude.
Ed, your story is so similar to what happened to me a month ago, bought a storage box of comics for $100, it was all bronze age: New Gods, Kamandi, Demon, Metal Men, Doc Savage, Luke Cage, a few X-men and one single Spidey book #129. I lost my mind. It's in perfect condition too!
As mentioned before it’s Jackal who was easily one of the creepiest villains in Spidey lore, with his maniacal teacher student infatuation with Peter’s Gwen, which got even worse when he or (his clone?) cloned Gwen (again) and married her and lived some life with her.
Ed, you're referring to Contraposto where the torso and pelvis are moving in opposition. Study Michelangelo's paintings like The Last Judgment and Sistine Chapel and you'll see extensive use of this device.
Amazing Spider-Man had great artists from 70s -80s. The basics of art apply then as they do now. And those guys had it down. I bought a ton of those issues in dollar bins back 30 years ago. All beat up didn’t matter. What great issues what a fond time
Hi! New suscriber here. I have just discovered your channel in the midst of a comic book interest rebirth in my life after almost 10 years. I recently bought a collection (yeah, when I like stuff I'm kinda intense) of Marvel comic books for the 80th anniversary, and this comic is part of the 70s book. Haven't read it yet, because I'm trying to go chronologically with Spidey (at least will try to finish the Lee-Ditko run and then jump to the events of Green Goblin and the death of Stacey) but I'm super excited, and you just uploaded this video haha great start. Looking forward to dig in all your channel and make this an exciting journey rediscovering my love for comic books and graphic novels. Thanks for your content!
Got this back then. The suit was so cool, I had wished he'd been a full hero. So, when I years later came across old yard sale Black Terror comics from the 40's I was in heaven. I never in a million years expected him to become one of comics most popular heroes. But he was not a surprising character. I recall everywhere were the vietnam vets (as tropes and in real life) and the Dirty Harry types. But, he was a great synthesis of them and the superhero type.
I’d like to see CK take an expansive look at the mid tier (I.e not as popular as Kirby, Buscema etc ) artists in the Marvel Bullpen of the ‘70s. That would include artists like Herb Trimpe (a Hulk artist I know you both like) George Tuska, Don Heck, Frank Robbins. I don’t necessarily love these artists, I’m more interested in what it was like to be jobber grinding away in the bullpen.
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One of the reasons The Punisher is so fully formed is that he began as a pastiche of an existing character: Mack Bolan, The Executioner who was the star of a series of men's adventure paperbacks where he carried on a one man war against organized crime because his family were bystanders in a mob hit gone bad. Just thought this should be pointed out because this channel is really committed to the ethos of creation and it used to be common knowledge that Punisher was a pretty blatant swipe.
Yeah i remember max allan collins mentioned this in passing, it blew my mind
Absolutely. In the wake of the Executioner, there was a big boom in "Men's Action" paperback series; the drugstore book racks began to look like the pulp era had returned. I wouldn't be surprised if the Punisher was the result of editorial fiat because of the massive success of this phenomenon. Those in control of the early Punisher stories had no idea what they were talking about as far as weapons and military tactics. The young writers of the 70's were mostly from within the comic book bubble and about as masculine as bunny slippers.
Mack Bolan was a hot piece of male action literature in those days.
Ross Andru is a very underappreciated artist. His command of deep space perspective was excellent.
Time for more Ross Andru Spidey issues, Amazing Spider-Man #147 and Giant-Size Spider-Man #4 are further highlights.
I love David Finch's UA-cam drawing videos for drawing cylinders, he puts the bones into the hip/leg joints in his roughs to make sure his legs are going in the right direction, smart dude.
Ralph Macchio (the actor) born and raised on Long Island (Huntington).
Ed, your story is so similar to what happened to me a month ago, bought a storage box of comics for $100, it was all bronze age: New Gods, Kamandi, Demon, Metal Men, Doc Savage, Luke Cage, a few X-men and one single Spidey book #129. I lost my mind. It's in perfect condition too!
As mentioned before it’s Jackal who was easily one of the creepiest villains in Spidey lore, with his maniacal teacher student infatuation with Peter’s Gwen, which got even worse when he or (his clone?) cloned Gwen (again) and married her and lived some life with her.
Ed, you're referring to Contraposto where the torso and pelvis are moving in opposition. Study Michelangelo's paintings like The Last Judgment and Sistine Chapel and you'll see extensive use of this device.
@@alandoane9168 He did because, like Burne Hogarth, he was a devotee of Michelangelo's art.
Amazing Spider-Man had great artists from 70s -80s. The basics of art apply then as they do now. And those guys had it down. I bought a ton of those issues in dollar bins back 30 years ago. All beat up didn’t matter. What great issues what a fond time
I still have my copy of this issue i bought off the spinner rack
Ross Andru & Mike Esposito were a huge team in the 70s. Check out their work on Metal Men for DC
12:22 that's the Jackle, he clones Peter's dead girlfriend.
Hi! New suscriber here. I have just discovered your channel in the midst of a comic book interest rebirth in my life after almost 10 years. I recently bought a collection (yeah, when I like stuff I'm kinda intense) of Marvel comic books for the 80th anniversary, and this comic is part of the 70s book. Haven't read it yet, because I'm trying to go chronologically with Spidey (at least will try to finish the Lee-Ditko run and then jump to the events of Green Goblin and the death of Stacey) but I'm super excited, and you just uploaded this video haha great start. Looking forward to dig in all your channel and make this an exciting journey rediscovering my love for comic books and graphic novels. Thanks for your content!
Killing is Frank's business... And business is good.
Great show guys
Looking forward to this! I literally just bought this in one of the super-cheap panini pocketbook UK Amazing Spider-Man editions. I love this channel!
The jackal is a man in a costume
The Jackel wore a green costume. He was the villain behind the clones. He was a professor.
Got this back then. The suit was so cool, I had wished he'd been a full hero. So, when I years later came across old yard sale Black Terror comics from the 40's I was in heaven. I never in a million years expected him to become one of comics most popular heroes. But he was not a surprising character. I recall everywhere were the vietnam vets (as tropes and in real life) and the Dirty Harry types. But, he was a great synthesis of them and the superhero type.
I love Ross Andru’s work! He’s my second favorite Spidey artist after Ditko.
His three issue intro run of the Defenders is incredible stuff.
How about featuring spec spiderman 9 featuring the first appearance of the white tiger and the art of Sal Buscema
Punosher is cool!
One day I will get the amazing spider-man #129.😀👍
Maybe it's just the bomber jacket, but Parker is giving off a strong Steve Canyon vibe to me...especially his facial structure. Awesome stuff, guys.
Also reprinted in Marvel Tales 106 & 209 incase any one is after amazing 129.
Super cool vid
Never seen the inside. Maybe do Hulk 180-182 Wolverine.
I’d like to see CK take an expansive look at the mid tier (I.e not as popular as Kirby, Buscema etc ) artists in the Marvel Bullpen of the ‘70s. That would include artists like Herb Trimpe (a Hulk artist I know you both like) George Tuska, Don Heck, Frank Robbins. I don’t necessarily love these artists, I’m more interested in what it was like to be jobber grinding away in the bullpen.
Just discovered the channel. Love the format.
The middle panel on page 14 looks like Mike Allred.Weird.
Ross Andru is the best Spider-Man artist. Fight me!
Steve ditko, j romita, JR Jr., And Todd McFarlane were all much better