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I really enjoyed #CrystalLake and this new origin of Jason which basically makes him the Toxic Avenger. The script was smart and the actors and crew did a bang up job recreating the late 1970s atmosphere.
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Avengers 66, 1969 showcases Barry Smith's early style, influenced by Jack Kirby, with panels of various superheroes. Written by Roy Thomas, this issue marks the debut of adamantium in the #Marvel Universe, to give Ultron his adamantium skin.
Always fun watching Joe Simon and Jack Kirby roleplay during their 1949/early1950s crime comics photo-covers era. Looks like that's Roz in the middle.
Really interesting article I found from 1969 criticizing DC Comics' Batman's change in narrative away from camp toward social relevance, with an interview by Carmine Infantino who felt the Adam West TV show caused damage to the superhero's brand.
Don Lasyone shows off the comic books available at his store, Book Inn and Comic Center in a 1977 newspaper article titled, "Comic Books Not Just For Kids."
Frank Frazetta’s cover to Jaguar Guard #1 (1995) was reused from his cover to Jongor of Lost Land (1970).
A 1975 newspaper article by Stan Lee, which was also meant to serve as an ad for The Sons of Origins of Marvel Comics, which highlights what many articles in the 1970s explain: That comics are now meant for teenagers and older readers, rather than just kids age 6-12. Referring to Stan as sole creator of the Marvel heroes is obviously frustrating, but the observations of where comics were at the time are still interesting.
Interesting photo of Hal Foster who started Prince Valiant in 1937, depicting decades of the hero’s medieval adventures.
This is a really interesting display of side profile panels of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy from 1931 to 1975.
For fans of Avatar that enjoy the science fiction take on the tragic technological displacement of natives, one can encounter a similar message in Welcome to Alflolol first published in Dargaud 1971.
Honestly, this movie wasn’t terrible and for ten-year-old me in 1988, enhanced my comic book reading experience.
A gathering of the young creative minds of 1981 spanning both Marvel and DC Comics from left to right, Tom DeFalco, Paul Levitz, Marv Wolfman, Mike Barr, J.M. DeMatteis, Nelson Bridwell and Chris Claremont.
When I first discovered the early 1950s EC Comics as a 7th grader reading reprints in 1990, I quickly assigned Johnny Craig as my favorite. I loved his clean style in contrast to the bloody situations. However, as an adult, my favorite changed to Graham Ingels whose highly detailed grotesque illustrations seem far better suited for the Brothers Grimm type tales these horror comics were depicting.

















