Making a Splash: Marvel Comics 40 Years Ago This Month

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! In March, 1975, Young Groove was about to move away from Loyall, Kentucky to Barbourville, Kentucky, which would be my home town to this very day. At the beginning of the month, I had no idea that I would never again get to visit my beloved Mack's super-store (and their duo of comicbook spinner racks), but by early April finding comics in Knox County had become a chore (t'would swiftly, and thankfully, change for the better). In other words, March, 1975 was the last time I would ever be able to go to one store and find all my comicbooks (and b&w mags and paperbacks) for at least a couple of years. The next couple of months would be a real struggle to track down my fave mags. Didn't know how good I had it when I was snatching these Marvel-ous mags from the racks...

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that Ol' Groove's only included Marvel's color, non-reprint mags this go-round (Avengers was even a reprint that month!). We'll look more at the b&w mags in a future Black and White Wednesday!