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Marvel's "Publishing Companies", Early Silver Age and Before

Awhile back I brought up this question in another thread, to no reaction. I remembered being puzzled by this when the comics were new. In the indicia of all the Marvel books up until 1968 various publishing companies were listed instead of a single o

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Showcase Presents schedule for (most of) 2013

I started a similar thread several months ago, but I'm starting this new one because Amazon has listed a bunch of additional SPs for 2013, and I think it would be convenient to have them all here.

These are Amazon release dates, so they normally show

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Coincidental Covers of the Silver Age and Beyond

I was just looking at the cover for the Atlas Era Marvel Masterworks volume #68, that features the tenth Tales of Suspense collection (#1-10) , and it struck me how very ironic that cover is.

Maybe somebody has already noticed this, and commented yea

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Reggie Had His Own Comic??

I seem to recall reading that Reggie Mantle, Riverdale's #1 Obnoxious Guy once starred in his own comic! I find that hard to believe! Oh, I'm sure it happened but how and why? Did Reggie.....win? Over Archie and Jughead? Did he "get" Veronica or Bett

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Life with Archie! (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1696 (December 2012)

Do you think Archie's life was just teen-age shenanigans? Then you don't know Life with Archie:

http://www.cbgxtra.com/columnists/craig-shutt-ask-mr-silver-age/life-with-archie-ask-mr-silver-age-cbg-1696-december-2012

-- MSA

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The Silver Age of DC Comics by Paul Levitz

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Four Against the Flood: Or How NYC Survived Hurricane Sandy

Do the recent news stories remind anyone of the classic storyline in Avengers #27?

 

I had never made the connection between the arrival of Galactus over in Fantastic Four #48-49-50 and Avengers #27, as all being signs of the end-times...the end of t

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Alpha Flight-- First Responders of Canada

Since we didn't seem to have a thread dealing with the first team of Canadian super-heroes, I thought I'd make one.

 

I always enjoyed Alpha Flight...at least the original version that was co-created by John Byrne and Chris Claremont.  I believe they

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What's Your Least Favorite Showcase Presents?

Okay , what SHOWCASE PRESENTS volumes have been , in general , the ~ I'll be , somewhat , " Yay ! Team Comics ! " positive and not say " worst " , but the least-liked among those who(m) congregate here ?????

  The Mark Merlin volume appears to have b

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AVENGERS SPECIAL #2

This , would it be " later " Silver Age to you , MSA ? ( In its style/" where it fits in "/whether you like it , I mean , not just its literal timeframe . ), SA Marvel annual , from the last year of new'uns...It's a favorite of mine !!!!!!!!!!!

  I g

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A Silver Age (and maybe later) X-Men trivia question

Last night I was reading the third volume of Essential X-Men with the original run. Two things caught my attention a) I think by the time the new X-Men had developed in to a team by about issue 120 that Cyclops had early stage altzheimers because the

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Wally Wood in EC Land

After inquiring about Wally Wood's background, I did a little search for a recent publication featuring his work.

 

"Came the Dawn" is apparantly a collection of Wally Wood artwork from the EC comics period, and at a discounted $16.99 for this volume

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Showcases and Essentials that were pleasant surprises

Doom Patrol Vol 1 - Gorgeous art and engaging stories. Sure there's a fair share of silliness - typical for the era - but there's lots of pathos and heart. Good stuff. Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 1 - My expectations were pretty low here - and there w

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Essential Steve Ditko

Last week, I received a copy of "Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko".

To my great surprise, there is very little bio information.

Do we know if if Ditko ever married, or is he a lifelong bachelor?

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Thunder Agents: The Overlooked Treasure of Wally Wood

I'm am curious how many of us are closet Thunder Agent fans.

Is there a website or a thread here that deals with all things T.H.U.N.D.E.R  related?

Where does one go to learn more about this failed Wally Wood experiment?

(I miss my childhood.))

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The 2012 Mopee Awards! (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1697)

It's time for the 2012 Mopee Awards! Think of them as an early Christmas present or a leftover bit of turkey. Either way, you have to admit they don't make classics like these any more:

http://www.cbgxtra.com/columnists/craig-shutt-ask-mr-silver-age/

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X-Men Questions AKA I Was Wondering #11

During a brief slow moment at work, I started jotting down some questions about Marvel's Merry Mutants, the Original X-Men and came up with these:

• I'm positive that the first team of X-Men were indeed the first class at Xavier's School for Gifted Yo

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How long Did Silver Age Titles Run?

Have you ever stoped to think about how many years "Marvel" was keeping it's head above water with these monsterbooks before they tried the superhero thing?  It's not hard to calculate. Divide 12 (months) into the number of issues in the title to det

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Daredevil: Any Good? A Second Try

I have recently run across a promotion for the  new Mark Waid run of Daredevil.

Basically, it's saying,"If you've been hearing great things about Daredevil and wondered what all the buzz is about, here's your chance...  "  You can download a digital

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Amazing (Adult) Fantasy Collections

Does anyone know if there has been a collection of either "Amazing Adult Fantasty" (just the pure Ditko issues) or the entire 14-15 issue run of "Amazing Fantasty"?   I've been reading the praises of Steve Ditko's monster work, and thought I might po

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