Thank you Tales From My Spinner Rack for great memories from the Silver Age of Comics. Your videos are awesome! I had many, many favourite covers (all of them Marvel) - mainly Jack Kirby Fantastic Four covers in the period from 1965 to 1967 and Steve Ditko Spiderman covers from 1965 to 1966. I also liked some of the John Romita Spiderman covers shortly after he took over from Ditko. Oddly though, my favourite cover was X-Men 24 (September, 1966) - The Plague of the Locust with its eye-catching red background and the X-Men doing battle with the Locust. I am looking at it now, admiring it as I type these words. The cover is simple but full of action. We were very poor at the time and Mum only allowed me to buy one comic a month. The cover immediately caught my attention on the spinner rack and I quickly purchased it with my 12 cents, taking it home and reading it more than a dozen times over the following weeks and admiring the cover for even longer...
Congratulations on 1K subs, and what a great episode to break through the barrier! Looking forward to the FF and Marvel Romance episodes in the new year.
I still remember the events of the day buying/reading Tales of Asgard. I usually waited until I got home to read my comics but I do recall reading it on my home in the Safeway parking lot. Even as a kid I was super careful with my books but for some reason I did some drawing on that cover and accidentally ripped it which ended up with me tapping it. That copy certainly stands out in my collection as being different. Ah, good memories…
Nice video. I subscribed. I wanted a spinner rack to hold and limit the size of my collection, which includes three comics in this video-Kamandi, The Demon, and Madbomb. Unfortunately, they want an arm and a leg for an old spinner rack. I've seriously thought about making my own wall-mounted rack with a hand-painted Kids Read Comics sign to get my small collection out of the short box housing it. We'll see...
Mine is actually a new one, which I got about 6-7 years ago. Someone did a kickstarter on it and manufactured a limited number of them for like $300 +shipping. I can't afford a vintage one, either, they're too expensive when you can find them in good shape and the shipping will kill you ... or your bank account!
The King Kong oversized edition was first published the same month as the comic-sized edition (Sept 68), bad then reprinted in June 1978, a year and a half after the Jeff Bridges/Jessica Lange remake. (That info is according to the Lone Star Comics site. However, searching eBay, I see dozens of copies of the ‘68 edition and none of the 1970s reprint for comparison. Does it even exist?) And I’m surprised you didn’t mention Alberto Giolitti’s most prolific work on Turok. That’s where I first became aware of the artist. And I loved hearing the mention of George Wilson. In the past 2-3 years, I’ve been buying many, many Dells and Wilson did so many great covers for Western. And coincidentally, I own a fairly decent copy of Dick Tracy #131.
Yeah, you're right, Timothy ... for some reason my initial instinct was Giolitti did Turok, but I looked at some website online and didn't see it listed, so I went with Star Trek, etc. He certainly was THE dinosaur guy for Western. And yes, Wilson is great, so many memorable covers. I wish there was more info on him! Let me know if that DT 131 is for sale, and thanks for your comment!
I have to say that I prefer the published version of the King Sized Hulk rather than the original. It's consistent with how the Hulk was rendered in the regular comic and this special. The Steranko 's face is a bit too human for my taste. In fact, I tend to think it was close to a self portrait by the artist.
I can look at many Silver age / Bronze age covers from 50 years plus I can Mostly recall what the Issue Story was about but from the 1980,s onwards as comics became more Bland and forgettable by the cover alone I would not have a clue
I agree ... maybe it's when we bought these covers and the nostalgia involved with them, but I find this era's covers so much more appealing than anything I buy new now.
Thank you Tales From My Spinner Rack for great memories from the Silver Age of Comics. Your videos are awesome! I had many, many favourite covers (all of them Marvel) - mainly Jack Kirby Fantastic Four covers in the period from 1965 to 1967 and Steve Ditko Spiderman covers from 1965 to 1966. I also liked some of the John Romita Spiderman covers shortly after he took over from Ditko.
Oddly though, my favourite cover was X-Men 24 (September, 1966) - The Plague of the Locust with its eye-catching red background and the X-Men doing battle with the Locust. I am looking at it now, admiring it as I type these words. The cover is simple but full of action. We were very poor at the time and Mum only allowed me to buy one comic a month. The cover immediately caught my attention on the spinner rack and I quickly purchased it with my 12 cents, taking it home and reading it more than a dozen times over the following weeks and admiring the cover for even longer...
Thanks for your comment! I hope to do an episode on my favorite Kirby FF covers in the coming year!
Phenomenal episode! Great selections and critiques.
Congratulations on 1K subs, and what a great episode to break through the barrier! Looking forward to the FF and Marvel Romance episodes in the new year.
Thanks, Raph!
love this channel..info on comic history since i started reading comics back in 1986..
George Wilson covers are some of my all time favorites.
Great video! Glad I discovered your channel!
I started watching but soon realized I'm too old to appreciate this. My period of growing up with comics was over about the time Sputnik was launched.
Sorry to hear that ... I think comics are ageless.
Oh yeah!
I am in a bind for time ; yet look forward to this 30 minute treat tonight.
Great Show Thanks. Look forward to next year's shows
I still remember the events of the day buying/reading Tales of Asgard. I usually waited until I got home to read my comics but I do recall reading it on my home in the Safeway parking lot. Even as a kid I was super careful with my books but for some reason I did some drawing on that cover and accidentally ripped it which ended up with me tapping it. That copy certainly stands out in my collection as being different. Ah, good memories…
Great memory, thanks for sharing!
@ You’re very welcome, thanks for kicking off my memory recall!
Enjoyable and insightful channel. And btw obviously Steranko’s Hulk face is way superior , the hair alone wins it .
I recently visited an auto repair shop and the owner had a spinner rack in the corner with vintage comics on it.
Nice video. I subscribed. I wanted a spinner rack to hold and limit the size of my collection, which includes three comics in this video-Kamandi, The Demon, and Madbomb. Unfortunately, they want an arm and a leg for an old spinner rack. I've seriously thought about making my own wall-mounted rack with a hand-painted Kids Read Comics sign to get my small collection out of the short box housing it. We'll see...
Mine is actually a new one, which I got about 6-7 years ago. Someone did a kickstarter on it and manufactured a limited number of them for like $300 +shipping. I can't afford a vintage one, either, they're too expensive when you can find them in good shape and the shipping will kill you ... or your bank account!
The King Kong oversized edition was first published the same month as the comic-sized edition (Sept 68), bad then reprinted in June 1978, a year and a half after the Jeff Bridges/Jessica Lange remake. (That info is according to the Lone Star Comics site. However, searching eBay, I see dozens of copies of the ‘68 edition and none of the 1970s reprint for comparison. Does it even exist?) And I’m surprised you didn’t mention Alberto Giolitti’s most prolific work on Turok. That’s where I first became aware of the artist. And I loved hearing the mention of George Wilson. In the past 2-3 years, I’ve been buying many, many Dells and Wilson did so many great covers for Western.
And coincidentally, I own a fairly decent copy of Dick Tracy #131.
Yeah, you're right, Timothy ... for some reason my initial instinct was Giolitti did Turok, but I looked at some website online and didn't see it listed, so I went with Star Trek, etc. He certainly was THE dinosaur guy for Western. And yes, Wilson is great, so many memorable covers. I wish there was more info on him! Let me know if that DT 131 is for sale, and thanks for your comment!
I have to say that I prefer the published version of the King Sized Hulk rather than the original. It's consistent with how the Hulk was rendered in the regular comic and this special. The Steranko 's face is a bit too human for my taste. In fact, I tend to think it was close to a self portrait by the artist.
I can look at many Silver age / Bronze age covers from 50 years plus I can Mostly recall what the Issue Story was about but from the 1980,s onwards as comics became more Bland and forgettable by the cover alone I would not have a clue
I agree ... maybe it's when we bought these covers and the nostalgia involved with them, but I find this era's covers so much more appealing than anything I buy new now.