Showing posts with label origins of marvel comics. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Happy 87th, John Romita Sr.

Happy eighty-seventh birthday, John Romita! As art director, "Ring-a-Ding" Romita was the man who made sure Marvel Comics looked, well, Marvel-ous during the Groovy Age. During the mid-to late 70s, his art was, to me, the sign of Very Special Comics. Mainly, the covers to the first three Marvel Treasury Editions (plus Marvel Special Edition #1-and-only) and the covers to Stan Lee's Origins of Marvel books. Romita's gorgeous, fluid, iconic art made even the most special collectors items even more special! Thanks, JR, Sr.!






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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas Wrap-Up 2009: Marvel (M)Ad-ness

Dig this assortment of ads for Merry Marvel merchandise. Did any of these groovy goodies wind up under your tree?

Santa brought Young Groove all of Stan Lee's Origins books, the 1978 Calendar, both the Spidey and Hulk Aurora Comics Scenes models, the Fun Books, Mego's Spidey action figure, and the Spidey Silly String. I still have the books and calendar, believe it or not!
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Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


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