Friday, September 19, 2014

Making a Splash: Marvel Comics, 35 Years Ago This Month

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Welcome back to September 1979! Marvel Comics was under the leadership of Jim Shooter, and what a line-up of talent they had on display! John (busy-bee) Byrne, George Perez, Michael Golden, Pat Broderick, Jerry Bingham, Mike Zeck, Arvell Jones, Paul Kupperberg, Gene Day (did he ever have a busy September!), the Brothers Buscema (man, was Sal all over the place this month?), Gene Colan, Marie Severin, Jim Mooney, Herb Trimpe, Tom Sutton, Don Perlin, Frank Springer--and even Carmine Infantino and Steve Ditko! Spin that 70s spinner-rack, baby!!
















Bill Mantlo: Writer/Michael Golden & Al Milgrom/Artists









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7 comments:

  1. Sharper13xSeptember 19, 2014 at 2:02 AM

    The Dr. Strange page by Claremont is amazing. Can you post the rest of that? I totally want to read whatever was a both to happen next.

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  2. Edo BosnarSeptember 19, 2014 at 4:28 AM

    Wow, Groove, an extra-special thank you today. This brings back so many wonderful comics-reading memories. I had almost all of these back in the day. What a great set of comics, and what a great time to be a comics fan...

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  3. GARETTSeptember 19, 2014 at 11:17 AM

    Great splash by Gene Colan on Dr. Strange. Also Mike Zeck on Master of Kung Fu.

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  4. DougSeptember 19, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    Check out the output of Sal Buscema and Gene Day this month! Now that's a busy four weeks!

    Doug

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  5. Edo BosnarSeptember 19, 2014 at 4:27 PM

    Yep, Sal definitely deserves a medal for that month, especially since he also did the complete art, pencils and inks, in that month's issues of Hulk and Rom.
    I also think Byrne deserves a bit of a shout out as well, since he did the pencils in Avengers, FF and X-men. Not too shabby...

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  6. buddySeptember 21, 2014 at 12:08 AM

    The output of these artists is especially impressive when compared with that of today's young hotshots, many of whom can't even keep up with one monthly title.

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  7. WilliamNovember 15, 2014 at 2:44 PM

    Awesome time, when comics were comics. Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end... but they did unfortunately.

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