tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post7705731986684287790..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: The Spinner Rack - May 1973Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-24879000690180045982016-04-30T14:02:02.620-05:002016-04-30T14:02:02.620-05:00Thank you Edo and Garett. There is a big hole in...Thank you Edo and Garett. There is a big hole in my collecting when it comes to Charlton. I've been curious for years about some of their titles and the creators involved. There was always something mysterious and cool about Charlton, probably because they rarely showed up on my local spinner racks. As a kid the only one I recall having was a Billy the Kid, though I may have had a horror issue as well. Space 1999 and E-Man intrigue me as does some of the Ditko stories. I've seen some of Byrne's early art and I like seeing how it evolved.Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-31431871744175071562016-04-30T02:39:04.442-05:002016-04-30T02:39:04.442-05:00...and, to keep pace with more recent (albeit sad)......and, to keep pace with more recent (albeit sad) news, Prince.<br /><br />Martinex, like Garett noted, some Charlton stuff has been reprinted, but way too little (by the way, as far as E-man goes, if you can't find that tpb, First Comics reprinted the entire original Charlton series in the mid-1980s in a 7-issue series called "Original E-man and Michael Mauser," and the back issues can be pretty easily and cheaply found online last time I checked).<br />Also, DC reprinted all of the Charlton Captain Atom, Blue Beetle and Question stories by Ditko from the 1960s in two hardcover archive editions called Action Heroes. Those aren't necessarily hard to find, but they are quite expensive.<br />Otherwise, though, as far as I know, nobody is publishing any systematic reprints of the Charlton material, which is unfortunate. There is a ton of great stuff there from its horror, superhero, action, romance, and licensed titles (like Space 1999), often with great art by the likes of Aparo, Ditko, Newton, Byrne, Zeck, Staton, Sutton, Boyette, etc., etc., etc. languishing in obscurity. Your best bet for seeing a lot of that stuff is to go poking through the archives at <a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.hr/" rel="nofollow">Diversions of the Groovy Kind</a>.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-79954246790546095792016-04-29T22:56:02.306-05:002016-04-29T22:56:02.306-05:00We also gave the world Bruce Springsteen, Sean!
M....We also gave the world Bruce Springsteen, Sean!<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-60236062035032240292016-04-29T22:36:46.515-05:002016-04-29T22:36:46.515-05:00MP, You forgot lumberjacks.
Of course, from this s...MP, You forgot lumberjacks.<br />Of course, from this side of the Atlantic, the US seems an even more mysterious place, an exotic land of water towers on the top of sky scrapers, and the shadowy Donald.<br />No offence - thanks for Jack Kirby and Miles Davis. <br />And bagels.<br /><br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-72982343146819333792016-04-29T21:33:34.420-05:002016-04-29T21:33:34.420-05:00Tom, Canada remains shrouded in mystery for many o...Tom, Canada remains shrouded in mystery for many of us Americans, a vague, shadowy country to the north much like Robert E. Howard's Cimmeria..<br />Don't take offense! It's a mysterious place, I'd like to visit but I'm not sure they'ed allow me in there. All I know is that it's cold a lot of the time and Wild Bill Shatner came from there.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-588205843332078492016-04-29T19:58:47.109-05:002016-04-29T19:58:47.109-05:00Thanks for the info GarrettThanks for the info GarrettMartinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-29920544409754545672016-04-29T19:53:59.585-05:002016-04-29T19:53:59.585-05:00Martinex, there's E-Man: http://kleinletters.c...Martinex, there's E-Man: http://kleinletters.com/Blog/rereading-eman-the-early-years/<br /><br />And there was a reprint book of the Phantom.Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-45695106468585410772016-04-29T16:59:23.901-05:002016-04-29T16:59:23.901-05:00Just a few months ago, I picked up that 1973 issue...Just a few months ago, I picked up that 1973 issue of Amazing Spider-Man #120, which was the ending of a two-part story featuring the Hulk. (It was also reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #12). I especially liked it, because being from western Canada myself, the story took place in Montreal, Quebec.<br /><br />Of course, Marvel tended to adhere to the usual American stereotypes regarding Canada. In Marvel comics, the Canadian stock characters were just depicted as British clones, and Canada was largely perceived to be a land of "wilderness." For example, in a panel-sized preview ad in the pages of Daredevil #115 (Nov. 1974), featuring Wolverine that predates Incredible Hulk #181, there is written in stark bold lettering: "From the wilderness reaches of Canada comes the dreaded deadly Wolverine!" Same old.<br /><br />I also happen to have that issue of Marvel's Greatest Comics #42, which reprints a Silver Age Fantastic Four story. I've always enjoyed cosmic sci-fi tales, and have long been a major Silver Surfer fan. Incidentally, the Silver Surfer is a purely Kirby creation, too; yet another example of Kirby's genius.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341480129447207957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-89071650137859054432016-04-29T14:52:38.419-05:002016-04-29T14:52:38.419-05:00Does anybody know, is any company reprinting any o...Does anybody know, is any company reprinting any of the old Charlton material? I'd like to read some of it but back issues seem pretty hard and expensive to come by. Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-79048623141497201962016-04-29T13:29:11.979-05:002016-04-29T13:29:11.979-05:00Well, I was only a year old at this point, so I wa...Well, I was only a year old at this point, so I wasn't reading anything yet! But I've read about a dozen of these subsequently, most of the "classic" Marvel titles (plus a number of DCs from that time period which, as Doug pointed out, are missing this particular month).<br /><br />Mike WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-6602570930769412292016-04-29T10:44:59.083-05:002016-04-29T10:44:59.083-05:00Boy Howdy!
Richard, you're right--'73 was ...Boy Howdy!<br />Richard, you're right--'73 was a banner year for Marvel, they were pumping on all cylinders, and it was about the point I discovered comics, at age five, sort of like Skynet becoming self-aware. I picked up three of these much later as reprints, but I'm not sure if the Worlds Finest issue was worth it. As I recall, that comic was just plum dumb.<br />But a classic F.F. reprint and Spider-man going up against the rampaging Hulk--what more can you ask for?<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-8838524421534736262016-04-29T10:34:32.844-05:002016-04-29T10:34:32.844-05:00i do believe that this is the point where DC chang...i do believe that this is the point where DC changed their cover dates, so that's a strong theory.<br /><br />but DC only published most of their big titles 8 times a year for a long time. They had the numbers to show which months had better sales than others and adjusted accordingly. It wasn't until after the Implosion that DC management declared that a book had to be monthly to survive.jim kosmickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085710372093169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-29312709472875360652016-04-29T10:12:37.492-05:002016-04-29T10:12:37.492-05:00Seems like Sean's wanting to jump into the BAB...Seems like Sean's wanting to jump into the BAB Side-by-Side machine!<br /><br />http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2015/01/bab-firsts-marvel-and-dc-side-by-side.html<br /><br />There are posts in that genre covering Marvel and DC between 1961 and 1985. Happy spelunking, kids!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-49698763061659898912016-04-29T10:12:06.087-05:002016-04-29T10:12:06.087-05:00Garett - I'm not THAT old:). I just saw it a w...Garett - I'm not THAT old:). I just saw it a while back in a post somewhere about old pre-code horror comics and it stuck in my mind. Probably because its so insanely brilliant.<br />Not hard to see how it might have appealed to a young Wrightson<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-59400142719553772062016-04-29T10:04:30.351-05:002016-04-29T10:04:30.351-05:00So, by the simple expedient of looking up June 197...So, by the simple expedient of looking up June 1973 for DC at Mikes we find they were way better than Marvel at this point.<br />The brilliance of Kirby at his best on The Demon, Mr Mirace and Kamandi (the amazing issue 6), Kubert on Tarzan, all the different genre books... Thats a lot better than Englehart on Avengers. You know I'm right, zuvembies! <br />(Richard, I've started hitting the bottle early today:)<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-31865731935980332422016-04-29T09:55:08.587-05:002016-04-29T09:55:08.587-05:00Interesting connection to Sensation Comics, Sean! ...Interesting connection to Sensation Comics, Sean! And you answered my question about Wrightson's cover at Mike's. Did you just know this Infantino cover from 1952? Seems like the right time period to influence a young Bernie. Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-43757418914217797142016-04-29T09:53:33.958-05:002016-04-29T09:53:33.958-05:00Sean and Garett --
So there is some discrepancy b...Sean and Garett --<br /><br />So there is some discrepancy between Mike's and the Comic Book Database. Yep -- that House of Mystery cover sure is cover dated June! However, I was becoming aware that there were no DC books for me to show, so when I saw that in the May 1973 queue on the CBDB I grabbed it. I should have paid better attention.<br /><br />Still weird that there are only a few books then with that cover date.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-48246478725228390272016-04-29T09:46:30.131-05:002016-04-29T09:46:30.131-05:00Super House of Mystery cover by Wrightson, Doug! M...Super House of Mystery cover by Wrightson, Doug! Man he was amazing at this time. Am I missing it? I don't see this cover up at Mike's.Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-52758458810853585932016-04-29T09:44:53.120-05:002016-04-29T09:44:53.120-05:00Doug, you link to the cover rather than on sale da...Doug, you link to the cover rather than on sale date at Mikes, and I believe DC changed their system to a month further ahead at this point.<br />You'll notice that House of Mystery cover you've posted is dated June. <br />In which, btw, Berni Wrightson appears to be paying homage (lets call it that:) to Sensation Comics 109, a real work of genius:) - www.dc.wikia.com/wiki/Sensation_Comics_Vol_1_109<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-36666987449371378292016-04-29T09:43:12.337-05:002016-04-29T09:43:12.337-05:00Great time for Conan...yes lots of romance titles....Great time for Conan...yes lots of romance titles...many nice Romita covers this month. I read Tomb of Dracula all at once in the Essentials volumes about 10 years ago-- great series! Nice Vampirella cover. <br /><br />I'd like to read Marvel Premiere 8 with Dr. Strange by Starlin. <br /><br />Baby Snoots #12! I see this series went 22 issues, twice as long as Kirby's New Gods. If only Kirby could've done a Snoot Wars crossover. ; ) Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-51610522736666693922016-04-29T07:39:37.258-05:002016-04-29T07:39:37.258-05:00Redartz I was wondering the same thing about Jacki...Redartz I was wondering the same thing about Jackie Jokers. I only had three of these and I purchased them as back issues. I always thought Thanos looking out the window on Captain Marvel was kind of funny, "Hey, you Superheroes get off my lawn!"<br /><br />Edo, I like the Charlton work as well here. Martinex1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-30609299316476062062016-04-29T07:37:57.656-05:002016-04-29T07:37:57.656-05:00I only have ever owned three of those books.
Did...I only have ever owned three of those books. <br /><br />Did anyone besides me notice that there is only one DC hero comic (World's Finest) with the May cover date? What the heck was going on? Were all DCs bi-monthly back then? At first I thought it was a glitch on the Comic Book Database when I was grabbing covers for the post. But my quick glance at Mike's site shows that it was accurate. <br /><br />Where were the DCs??<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-10983866540311519382016-04-29T07:33:12.120-05:002016-04-29T07:33:12.120-05:00Richard --
Karen and others have remarked that we...Richard --<br /><br />Karen and others have remarked that we are now living in the Golden Age of Reprints. While there were certainly reprint titles available in 1973, I was referring to our ability now to read those old stories in collections.<br /><br />And we do welcome you back -- you were missing in action for quite some time and it's good to get to hear from you again regularly.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-88571085699512536172016-04-29T07:31:05.122-05:002016-04-29T07:31:05.122-05:00Richard- fully agree on your praise for the 's...Richard- fully agree on your praise for the 'second tier' books of that era.There was a lot of treasure to be found, mining those spinner racks.<br /><br />As for the month of today's discussion, I still about a year away from superhero books. I did have a couple of the Archie books, and possibly that Golden Comics Digest with Little Lulu (by the great John Stanley). That said, I did pick up about 10 of those books over the next several years, when the fever for collecting back issues took me by the throat.<br /><br />Oh, and I wonder what Richard Nixon was doing with Jackie Jokers... Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-5918619029048203692016-04-29T07:17:49.463-05:002016-04-29T07:17:49.463-05:00Erm, Richard, I think Doug means that the present ...Erm, Richard, I think Doug means that the present day is the Golden Age of Reprints...Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com