tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post5297665296061996650..comments2024-03-29T02:53:08.837+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Fifty years ago this month - May 1964.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-37010670462646507552014-05-06T09:26:22.763+01:002014-05-06T09:26:22.763+01:00Thanks for the info, Anon. I think that has to be ...Thanks for the info, Anon. I think that has to be the most comprehensive and informative comment ever posted on here.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-18652541731846948262014-05-06T00:43:30.020+01:002014-05-06T00:43:30.020+01:00These were a little before my time, but I remember...These were a little before my time, but I remember several of them from reprints in Annuals (aka "King-Size Specials") or in Marvel Collector's Item Classics. <br /><br />The Lava Men story might be the one where the Hulk's alter ego was referred to as "Bob Banner," which later led to an explanation that his full name was "Robert Bruce Banner."<br /><br />The other giant (besides Surtur) in the Thor story was named Skagg. Don't know if he ever made any more appearances.<br /><br />afaik, the Black Widow never used magic tingle fingers with Magneto-like powers again. In fact, she didn't have them in this story, either. She stole an anti-gravity weapon (it looked like a camera) from Tony Stark and used it to levitate stuff. I guess the cover scene was symbolic. <br /><br />Suspense #53 also had the origin of the Watcher, which was also reprinted in MCIC. His people once tried to help a less advanced civilization by giving them nuclear technology, but the recipients used it to make bombs, then wiped out their population in a war. So the Watchers adopted their policy of only watching, never getting involved again. (Wasn't there a Doctor Who episode in the late 1970's that gave a similar explanation for the Time Lords' non-interference rule?)<br /><br />I wasn't able to find a Jar Jar costume in time for Star Wars Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-38531305139705732492014-05-05T12:54:34.341+01:002014-05-05T12:54:34.341+01:00Steve, I've read your very first post (curiosi...Steve, I've read your very first post (curiosity always makes me seek out the first post of every blog I read) so I'll have another read of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-21540080015373081202014-05-05T10:12:58.094+01:002014-05-05T10:12:58.094+01:00Thanks, John.
Colin, that Dr Strange story was th...Thanks, John.<br /><br />Colin, that Dr Strange story was the first Dr Strange story I ever read, in one of the early Marvel UK Avengers weekly comics. In fact, the first post I ever wrote on this blog was about that very issue of the Avengers weekly comic.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69073879774578099932014-05-05T00:12:59.035+01:002014-05-05T00:12:59.035+01:00Really love these 50 year old covers, Steve. Getti...Really love these 50 year old covers, Steve. Getting pretty close now toy very first Marvel comic. Will tell you when it crops up.John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46218867631444122162014-05-04T23:16:05.687+01:002014-05-04T23:16:05.687+01:00My favourite story here is mentioned on the cover ...My favourite story here is mentioned on the cover of Strange Tales - Dr. Strange enters "The House of Shadows" which was a haunted house that was alive. Doc Strange sends it back to its' own dimension in a big puff of smoke and the watching crowd thinks it's all a trick for the cameras. Those early Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange stories were terrific and all wrapped up in about seven pages too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com