tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post5913450662688775995..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Buried Treasures: Dynamite's "Super-Heroes Confidential"Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-9203603347779894922016-06-27T01:21:29.805-05:002016-06-27T01:21:29.805-05:00I'm late to the party!
I loved Dynamite and w...I'm late to the party!<br /><br />I loved Dynamite and was a subscriber even! I remember getting some sweet posters such as Bruce Lee and the FF! I tore them out and proudly displayed them in my room! I remember the magazine having its own monthly comic ... was this Electra-Woman and DynaGirl? This magazine was a product of Jeanette Kahn as I recall. Great stuff!<br /><br />i may have located a few issues of Pizazz but I do not recall Smash.<br /><br />Johnjohnlindwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742041159952441523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-60971013409259281932016-06-26T12:52:48.937-05:002016-06-26T12:52:48.937-05:00This. Dynamite was one of my "gate-way drugs&...This. Dynamite was one of my "gate-way drugs" to super-hero comics! I had this issue with Captain Cold. It took years for me to see him in a Flash comic! Dynamite also schooled me on Luthor, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the Mandarin. There may have been more, but I can recall those particular two-page introductions vividly! Within too short a time Dynamite was producing its own feature of super-powered teens, and I was very disappointed. I wanted to read about the "real" super-heroes! I am pretty sure I still have the 3-D King Kong poster and the Fantastic Four poster, which I defaced with a felt-tip pen! I really regret that now!Ward Hill Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-90591808973601357812016-06-24T18:05:43.939-05:002016-06-24T18:05:43.939-05:00"Weekly Readers"...now there's a phr..."Weekly Readers"...now there's a phrase I haven't heard in maybe 35 years! <br />Showing these Smash and Dynamite articles was a great idea. Really enjoying them! Thanks!<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-62189200222116885432016-06-24T17:15:25.887-05:002016-06-24T17:15:25.887-05:00I had a few of these, including Captain America. ...I had a few of these, including Captain America. I didn't care much about the rest of the magazine, but I liked the Super Hero content. I remember one of the ones I didn't get came with a poster of the featured super hero that issue, but anytime I got one, they weren't the poster subject that month. I think I did end up with a poster of the Hulk, but I had a stack of hip pre-teen posters of puppies and cats and such. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547751537787941998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-35466580007606776922016-06-24T15:13:37.481-05:002016-06-24T15:13:37.481-05:00@ Redartz--- *sigh* 4-cents for a half-pint carto...@ Redartz--- *sigh* 4-cents for a half-pint carton. One at snack. . . one at lunch. The milk supply and distribution process in our elementary school had unbelievable self-created arcana and protocols attached to it. . . <br /><br />HB (but I digress. . . !) Humanbellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-86462286725175637562016-06-24T13:18:31.803-05:002016-06-24T13:18:31.803-05:00Hey, cool, I actually have that Captain America is...Hey, cool, I actually have that Captain America issue of Dynamite, although it's completely falling apart. The Captain Cold thing is kinda cool...interesting they'd feature a villain.<br /><br />Mike WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-50115540420283922052016-06-24T12:41:12.741-05:002016-06-24T12:41:12.741-05:00Think I had a few issues of Dynamite, but they are...Think I had a few issues of Dynamite, but they are long gone, along withvall those pld Weekly Readers. But thanks for bringing up the memories, Doug! And speaking of memories, HB- your reference to " milk money" brought out another smile. Used to skimp on milk so I could buy another comic or two. Don't tell my Mom...Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-28463470415133947902016-06-24T12:03:36.217-05:002016-06-24T12:03:36.217-05:00Pizzazz came up in the last discussion thread as w...Pizzazz came up in the last discussion thread as well. I had a few issues of that, and yes it was aimed at slightly older kids, i.e., teenagers. Lots of movie and TV stuff (including, obviously, features on the Hulk and Spider-man series). I don't recall anything like this, but my memory could simply be spotty. I do recall, though, that it featured a serialized Star Wars comic - don't remember the story at all (and I didn't have every installment anyway), but I think the art was pretty good.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-34059916177848642322016-06-24T08:50:38.141-05:002016-06-24T08:50:38.141-05:00HB --
I am almost certain I had one early issue o...HB --<br /><br />I am almost certain I had one early issue of Pizzazz when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I don't know if it was the first issue, however. And, I cannot recall how I acquired it. Seems to me it was like Smash or Dynamite, but maybe for junior high-aged kids rather than elementary/middle schoolers?<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-70319932107302177862016-06-24T08:48:12.614-05:002016-06-24T08:48:12.614-05:00I think I have the Dynamite Hulk feature at the bo...I think I have the Dynamite Hulk feature at the bottom of a long-box somewhere. It did feature Kirby art from the first issue. . . but they changed the coloring here as well (and the editors made open note of it), making Greenskin, well, GREEN instead of the grey of that first appearance.<br /><br />Yeah, I <i>think</i> DYNAMITE was offered via the Scholastic Book Club catalog at our school-- never saw SMASH. And didn't Marvel themselves then come up with the very similar PIZZAZZ to try to grab some of that captive milk-money market? Or was that simply a news-stand offering?<br /><br />HBHumanbellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-72522868270246413822016-06-24T08:33:06.966-05:002016-06-24T08:33:06.966-05:00Edo, I guarantee you that when these magazines arr...Edo, I guarantee you that when these magazines arrived, I went straight for whatever the comics feature was that month. And with great anticipation. Finding these pages again brought a heaping helping of nostalgia. I am glad you are enjoying them.<br /><br />More to come!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-22816480499554619782016-06-24T06:26:45.451-05:002016-06-24T06:26:45.451-05:00Like I said before, I recall having a few issues o...Like I said before, I recall having a few issues of Dynamite back in the day, but I don't remember any of them having this comics-related content (at least not stuff from the big two). So thanks for posting this, Doug, as they're a really interesting bit of pop culture history. And I agree with you that the stuff featured in Smash looks better.<br /><br />As for Elongated Man's original, and quite drab, duds, I remember first seeing those in one of the reprint digests. However, I think someone did a poor re-coloring job when this was reprinted Dynamite, because EM's original costume as shown in the digests was a light purple with dark blue mask, gloves, boots and belt, rather than gray and greenish gray.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com