THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...

 

THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL. Ah, savour the sound of those
wondrous words. To sensation-starved kids in the early '70s, the release of

this power-packed periodical was most welcome indeed. I, for one, could

re-acquaint myself with the adventures of my favourite superheroes first

read in the pages of ODHAMS PRESS' POWER COMICS - WHAM!,

SMASH!, POW!, FANTASTIC, and TERRIFIC - while experiencing for

the first time any reprints I had missed as a 'sapling' back in the '60s.
 

 

Amongst the many great things that MWOM had going for it were the

covers. The first issue was by JOHN BUSCEMA, and subsequent covers

were by JIM STARLIN & JOE SINNOTT, and later, various other Mighty

Marvel artists. A couple of years after starting out (when some of the cover

artwork was perhaps less impressive then earlier issues), Marvel enquired

of its readers whether they would like to see more original covers. I, and

I'm sure many others, answered in the affirmative. However, I think
this resulted in a state of confusion.

 

 

By 'original', Marvel meant new. In the minds of readers, however,
'original' meant the original covers which had graced the first U.S.
printings back in the '60s, not new ones. Just goes to show how some
words can mean two different things at the same time. (Of course, it
 took me a few years before the explanation as to why we kept seeing
more new covers on the comics finally dawned on me.)

 

Anyway, welcome to Part One of a new series on this blog - a rapturous

re-presentation of covers and pin-ups from the early issues of The Mighty
World of Marvel. Trust me, the world will never again be the same!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And don't forget to join us for Part Two - coming soon!