tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8666025535152653559..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART SIX OF JOHN BYRNE'S FANTASTIC FOUR COVER GALLERY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-73858318466379496892014-04-22T15:12:38.705+01:002014-04-22T15:12:38.705+01:00Thing is, CJ, 1961 being regarded as the 'birt...Thing is, CJ, 1961 being regarded as the 'birth' of Marvel was a retroactive interpretation, due to FF #1 later coming to be regarded as the 'first' Marvel comic. (And, in one sense, it was.) However, Timely, Atlas and Marvel were all the same company, and Martin Goodman's line of comics were actually (for a short time, I think) published under the name of Marvel (as publisher) at some point in the early '40s. As the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch date back to the very first comic called 'Marvel Comic' (and Captain America followed in his own mag not long after) and are still appearing in mags today, the company's history is now traced back to its earliest days. (As it had been before FF #1 came to be considered the first Marvel comic. Paradoxically, it was and it wasn't.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-86105706762692653742014-04-22T14:42:18.145+01:002014-04-22T14:42:18.145+01:00The last three covers all mention Marvel's 25t...The last three covers all mention Marvel's 25th anniversary - in 1986. Hold on, aren't Marvel now celebrating 75 years. So there was a time when Marvel's birth year was counted as 1961 - which it is !!! You are right about how bland a lot of today's covers are although there are some stunning ones too. I suppose they are meant to look more "grown-up" but there do seem to be quite a few where the comic's subject is just standing around doing nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-66250208684920980612014-04-22T11:45:59.088+01:002014-04-22T11:45:59.088+01:00I think his covers were far more enticing than mos...I think his covers were far more enticing than most covers nowadays, GB. I'm seldom inclined to even open many modern-day comicbooks. There's something terribly bland about them. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-33066429728603462792014-04-22T06:39:52.535+01:002014-04-22T06:39:52.535+01:00It's strange: I wouldn't list John Byrne a...It's strange: I wouldn't list John Byrne amongst my favourite artists, and yet seeing all these covers gathered together, I realise that I'd forgotten how good he was and how willing he was to take chances with his compositions and subject matter. They're not always entirely successful, but overall I'd give him top marks for his efforts.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574046212154188903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-79036647418362188772014-04-21T23:52:36.653+01:002014-04-21T23:52:36.653+01:00Yup, sure did, JP - in a series called 'Comic ...Yup, sure did, JP - in a series called 'Comic Covers Snap!'Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-10882946474978777212014-04-21T23:39:18.091+01:002014-04-21T23:39:18.091+01:00Have you shown us # 291 before, comparing it with ...Have you shown us # 291 before, comparing it with Action Comics # 1?John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34302489251555825902014-04-21T23:08:11.122+01:002014-04-21T23:08:11.122+01:00And you could have them again, JP, if you bought t...And you could have them again, JP, if you bought the cracking Omnibus volumes. Go on - pawn the missus' jewellery.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-89166623015966588912014-04-21T22:55:10.019+01:002014-04-21T22:55:10.019+01:00I can't remember the top 2 comics, yet I must ...I can't remember the top 2 comics, yet I must have had them as I didn't stop buying them until well after Ben came back. I wouldn't have stopped at all had the shops not stopped getting US comics in - bleak times were coming for us all!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com