Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Black and White Wednesday: Marvel M-AD-Ness, B&W Style!

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove has rapped many times about how far-out Marvel's black-and-white mags were. Seems that the folks behind those mags always went full-out and gave their best for those over-sized comicbooks. Even the ads were special! Just check out this random round-up Ol' Groove has wrangled for you to relish!





And there's no way Ol' Groove can resist tossing in this trio of Rampaging Hulk ads by Walt Simonson!
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7 comments:

  1. Mike MikulovskyFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    Far out groovster!
    I love B & W wednesdays, my favorite articles of the week on your groovy site! I really dug the Rampaging Hulk ads by Walt Simonson.Doc Savage & the Thor ads rocked as well.

    Thanks for bringing back more great memories of my teen years for me. Man those were great times to be a comic fan & especially a Marvel Zombie! This website is incredible!

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  2. FaffFebruary 9, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    Love these ads, bring back so many memories of the wonderful Marvel b&w ags. I'd forgotten how Walt Sionson used Ditko's Hulk as a model rather than Kirby's. Great Stuff

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  3. Mike MikulovskyFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    Hey did I mention I love B & W wednesdays & these ads? Marvel's B & W mags were one of Marvel's highlights of the mid to late 70's for me. Great memories & of freezing half to death here in WI. While fighting the harsh winters to get these gems.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    do you have that Starlin Thor story? I never found a copy.

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  5. Mike MikulovskyFebruary 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    That Thor story drawn by Jim Starlin was in Marvel Preview #10. Their should be multiple copies for sale up on eBay.

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  6. M W GallaherFebruary 10, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    There were at least two issues of the black and white magazine "Thor the Mighty" prepped...one of them appeared in Marvel Preview #10 and one was reformatted for an issue of the Thor annual. I think Thor could have been a nice expansion of Marvel's B&W mags into heroic fantasy. Too bad that the plans were cut short.

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  7. michael a. gonzalesFebruary 11, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    The first illio is by Rick J. Bryant...

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