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.
There is something that really tickles me about picturing Stan Lee frustrated, working in a room for hours trying to write up new hairstyle features and fashion tips for Millie The Model. He may have had to outsource some of that work to his Wife LOL.
@@TalesFromMySpinnerRackStarted in Aug of 65. My first marvel comic was Avengers 19 and then picked up the rest of them. I remember leaving X-men 12 on the rack because I didn't have the money, of all the comics to leave that month!
I had found that it was around about the 50th issue of each of the marvel line is when they found their stride and created some absolute classics a magic time
Just come across this channel. Born in 1955, in the U.K it was nigh on impossible to get Marvel Comics in my region (West Midlands) until about 1969. Hence, I got to enjoy DC comics first, which were available to buy. Only got to know Marvel strips vis edited black & white reprints in UK Comics, `Wham` `Pow` `Smash` `Terrific` and `Fantastic`. Over the years, I have managed to get hold of Marvel and DC titles to get the full colour unabridged originals! Hooray!! UK Comics were always produced on a weekly basis and at their peak (1950s) best selling titles `Dandy` and `Beano` would reach about Two Million each per week. Wonder how that compares to US sales? Very glad to see respect for DC titles here. Sadly, another channel which is very pro Jack Kirby, does some `knocking` of DC. As I grew up in the UK I never needed to be either for Marvel or DC - just enjoyed both!
This Video popped up on my Notifications Today and I'm VERY Glad it did . Thoroughly Enjoyable and A Really Cool Concept Showcasing a Single Month . I could watch Videos like this all day , or at least as long as it takes to watch your other videos .
@@jmen4ever257 alls I remember is I went in with a dollar and came out with 8 comics. Good times. Threw a fit when comics went up to 15¢ a piece. How funny!!! PS - I lived in 2 Democrat states when I was little and they tax everything!!!
Very well done! Love all the info. I started reading comics in the summer of '67 and by '68 was full blown collecting. Marvel only because even at 9 years old I found the DC books to be kinda lame. Still buying back issues to fill my runs. Can't wait till the next episode!
Marvel was reaching it's Silver Age peak at this point. Soon, Marvel would loose two of their top creative talents, Wally Wood and Steve Ditko. And even if Jack Kirby would still go on to create some of his best FF and Thor stories in the next couple of years, I can't help to think that Wood and Ditko's departure would triggered his own reflexion on his status at Marvel, with Stan Lee becoming more and more the central focus of attention. * * * I grew up with Larry Lieber's Rawhide Kid, one of the first two series I actively collected as a kid (the other being the post-Ditko Amazing Spider-Man drawn by John Romita). I thought Lieber did a pretty good job on the Kid. In an interview, he said he loved doing westerns because he was left alone with little or no intervention by Stan Lee.
A great vid... Your style actually brings back the memories and emotions that I felt seeing this issues - in 1975 - at Toronto's used comic shops. Ten cents a piece! It was 10 cent to ride the streetcar thus we walked and could buy one extra book - and our conversations were a little bit like your discussions here.. Make Mine Marvel!
That STRANGE TALES #146 cover was anything but a parting gift from Steve Ditko. Ditko left the title before producing any cover, so Lee and the production team built this cover by pulling figures from the interior art job. So it's similar to the STRANGE TALES #138 cover that you show--built out of pieces, something that happened whenever a genuine cover either hadn't gotten done or had been rejected for some reason.
I've never heard that before ... thanks! That knowledge makes it even sadder that he was never given a chance to do a full Dr. Strange cover on his ST run.
A fun idea for a video; I enjoyed the details you included like Millies print run and various artist details. If you can make the intro/outro music the same volume as the narration that would be awesome
During this period, if any comic contained "only" Jack Kirby layouts, it meant he also had something to do with the plotting of the story. I wonder if the original pages contain any of his margin notes?
😎 Alex Grand of Comic Book Historians channel has done a series of interviews with Steve Ditko's family and friends and family members spoke of how Steve's dad was an avid comic book reader and how Steve or his brother would buy their dad comic books. So when Steve "created" the Marvel Corner Box he was undoubtedly recalling Harvey Comics Corner Boxes which they established in 1953. Stan was probably concerned that Harvey Comics might bring up that fact that's why in one of his rare instances he didn't take credit for the "creation" of Marvel's Corner Boxes. In episodes of the 1957-1963 TV series "Leave It To Beaver" the Beaver would be reading a generic cover disguised Superboy comic book ( 3 of the first season episodes ) and in some episodes Wally's friend Lumpy would mention his buying comic books. I always wondered how they ( Beaver and Lumpy) responded to the advent of Marvel Comics and if they ever kept any of their comic books. In an October 1985 episode of " Still The Beaver" I got my answer. The Beaver's kids find a small stack of his old comic books in their house attic and the entire episode concerns a mint condition issue of FF#1 that 's in that stack of comic books. The Marvel Age was indeed a major moment for comic book fans. What made also made Marvel books stand out was how Stan combined genres in his super hero titles ; romance , teen humor ,horror and sci-fi elements were ever present. It has been mistakenly believed that girls/women only read romance , teen humor or funny animal comics Stan discovered otherwise and in one of his soap boxes he addressed how female readers added to the $ucce$$ of Tales Of Suspense and Journey Into Mystery making Iron Man and The Mighty Thor popular characters.
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.
There was never any Marvel comic dated as Dec 1965 (or any other year) printed by Marvel. All they did on the cover was abbreviate the month and then show the issue number. For the actual year, that was found within the indicia, beyond the cover page. Meanwhile, this is great video making, and I look forward to seeing more. Needless to say, as of today I'm a subscriber.
From one "Marvel Kid" to the other: THANK YOU for sharing:-)!
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.
There is something that really tickles me about picturing Stan Lee frustrated, working in a room for hours trying to write up new hairstyle features and fashion tips for Millie The Model. He may have had to outsource some of that work to his Wife LOL.
I love looking at the old comics. They had so much life in them.
I started in the spring of this year. Best years of my life. Thank you.
Thanks, Mark!
@@TalesFromMySpinnerRackStarted in Aug of 65. My first marvel comic was Avengers 19 and then picked up the rest of them. I remember leaving X-men 12 on the rack because I didn't have the money, of all the comics to leave that month!
My childhood. The happy part.
Thank you for a great vlog. I too remember this time very very fondly. Great memories!
You can’t believe how much I envy you. Incredible getting the chance to see these book new on the stands! 🤢
It was a great time to be reading comics!
I had found that it was around about the 50th issue of each of the marvel line is when they found their stride and created some absolute classics a magic time
It is amazing what a insiders community Stan created with his messages and columns.
Well done,
Love your video! Thanks for spot lighting an era I love!
Excellent episode! I look forward to more in this series! Thanks!
Just come across this channel. Born in 1955, in the U.K it was nigh on impossible to get Marvel Comics in my region (West Midlands) until about 1969. Hence, I got to enjoy DC comics first, which were available to buy. Only got to know Marvel strips vis edited black & white reprints in UK Comics, `Wham` `Pow` `Smash` `Terrific` and `Fantastic`. Over the years, I have managed to get hold of Marvel and DC titles to get the full colour unabridged originals! Hooray!! UK Comics were always produced on a weekly basis and at their peak (1950s) best selling titles `Dandy` and `Beano` would reach about Two Million each per week. Wonder how that compares to US sales?
Very glad to see respect for DC titles here. Sadly, another channel which is very pro Jack Kirby, does some `knocking` of DC. As I grew up in the UK I never needed to be either for Marvel or DC - just enjoyed both!
Thanks, Alan! I'm planning on doing an episode on those 1960s British Marvel titles. More info soon!
@@TalesFromMySpinnerRack They were owned by the `Odhams` group who were merged into IPC in January 1969. Alf Wallace was the Editor.
This Video popped up on my Notifications Today and I'm VERY Glad it did . Thoroughly Enjoyable and A Really Cool Concept Showcasing a Single Month . I could watch Videos like this all day , or at least as long as it takes to watch your other videos .
'60s -the unbeatable comic good times era -- 8 comics for a dollar (8×12¢ and 4¢ tax) Comic heaven.
back then, most states didnt tax comics.
@@jmen4ever257 alls I remember is I went in with a dollar and came out with 8 comics. Good times. Threw a fit when comics went up to 15¢ a piece. How funny!!!
PS - I lived in 2 Democrat states when I was little and they tax everything!!!
Very well done! Love all the info. I started reading comics in the summer of '67 and by '68 was full blown collecting. Marvel only because even at 9 years old I found the DC books to be kinda lame. Still buying back issues to fill my runs. Can't wait till the next episode!
Marvel was reaching it's Silver Age peak at this point. Soon, Marvel would loose two of their top creative talents, Wally Wood and Steve Ditko. And even if Jack Kirby would still go on to create some of his best FF and Thor stories in the next couple of years, I can't help to think that Wood and Ditko's departure would triggered his own reflexion on his status at Marvel, with Stan Lee becoming more and more the central focus of attention. * * * I grew up with Larry Lieber's Rawhide Kid, one of the first two series I actively collected as a kid (the other being the post-Ditko Amazing Spider-Man drawn by John Romita). I thought Lieber did a pretty good job on the Kid. In an interview, he said he loved doing westerns because he was left alone with little or no intervention by Stan Lee.
A great vid... Your style actually brings back the memories and emotions that I felt seeing this issues - in 1975 - at Toronto's used comic shops.
Ten cents a piece!
It was 10 cent to ride the streetcar thus we walked and could buy one extra book - and our conversations were a little bit like your discussions here.. Make Mine Marvel!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That STRANGE TALES #146 cover was anything but a parting gift from Steve Ditko. Ditko left the title before producing any cover, so Lee and the production team built this cover by pulling figures from the interior art job. So it's similar to the STRANGE TALES #138 cover that you show--built out of pieces, something that happened whenever a genuine cover either hadn't gotten done or had been rejected for some reason.
I've never heard that before ... thanks! That knowledge makes it even sadder that he was never given a chance to do a full Dr. Strange cover on his ST run.
A fun idea for a video; I enjoyed the details you included like Millies print run and various artist details. If you can make the intro/outro music the same volume as the narration that would be awesome
Great video. Funny I started to film a video like this one and then I find this. Your style and editing is light years ahead of mine.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them!
During this period, if any comic contained "only" Jack Kirby layouts, it meant he also had something to do with the plotting of the story. I wonder if the original pages contain any of his margin notes?
😎 Alex Grand of Comic Book Historians channel has done a series of interviews with Steve Ditko's family and friends and family members spoke of how Steve's dad was an avid comic book reader and how Steve or his brother would buy their dad comic books. So when Steve "created" the Marvel Corner Box he was undoubtedly recalling Harvey Comics Corner Boxes which they established in 1953. Stan was probably concerned that Harvey Comics might bring up that fact that's why in one of his rare instances he didn't take credit for the "creation" of Marvel's Corner Boxes. In episodes of the 1957-1963 TV series "Leave It To Beaver" the Beaver would be reading a generic cover disguised Superboy comic book ( 3 of the first season episodes ) and in some episodes Wally's friend Lumpy would mention his buying comic books. I always wondered how they ( Beaver and Lumpy) responded to the advent of Marvel Comics and if they ever kept any of their comic books. In an October 1985 episode of " Still The Beaver" I got my answer. The Beaver's kids find a small stack of his old comic books in their house attic and the entire episode concerns a mint condition issue of FF#1 that 's in that stack of comic books. The Marvel Age was indeed a major moment for comic book fans. What made also made Marvel books stand out was how Stan combined genres in his super hero titles ; romance , teen humor ,horror and sci-fi elements were ever present. It has been mistakenly believed that girls/women only read romance , teen humor or funny animal comics Stan discovered otherwise and in one of his soap boxes he addressed how female readers added to the $ucce$$ of Tales Of Suspense and Journey Into Mystery making Iron Man and The Mighty Thor popular characters.
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.
Ya I’m partial to the FF 45 cover too, it always catches my eye at comic conventions, to bad The Inhumans show was such a dud.✋
I was born December 10th 1965
There was never any Marvel comic dated as Dec 1965 (or any other year) printed by Marvel.
All they did on the cover was abbreviate the month and then show the issue number.
For the actual year, that was found within the indicia, beyond the cover page. Meanwhile, this is great video making, and I look forward to seeing more. Needless to say, as of today I'm a subscriber.
Right ... I just created that as a title graphic, although some of the Marvel annuals did have years in them in a similar box.
i subbed ''
You forgot the armed.force. add.different with rings and jewelry
Did someone say John Byrne?!?
Maybe! I just re-read his Man of Steel/Superman run, so they're definitely on my spinner rack!