Marvel Comics TV Special; The New Pop Culture Giant

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<p>Any comics fans among you parents (and others)? I thought it was a decent show from a historical standpoint. Glad they covered the dreaded days of the anti-comic book congressional hearings. The show presented an accurate appraisal of Marvel’s reputation of moving with the times in terms of 1960s counter-culture, female images and changing social norms of the late 20th century. Marvel’s superhero movies today are wildly successful. They also discussed the publishing house’s 1990s bankruptcy issue very candidly. Anybody own one of those worthless Marvel stock certificates? LOL.</p>

<p>My one complaint; the show didn’t acknowledge Stan Lee’s true right hand man and a critical creative genius at Marvel in the late 1970s; Roy Thomas. They also glossed over some of the pay and artist control controversies of that time.</p>

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<p>I still have many Marvel Comics that are 45 years old.
I was a big Spiderman, Daredevil and Silver Surfer fan.
Around the time Gwen died, it was over for me. </p>

<p>I owned many Marvel shares right before the first Spiderman movie came out. However, I sold them for a scratch because there were too many negative comments about Marvel on message boards. Not one of my better decisions. :)</p>

<p>John Romero was the artist I grew up with. </p>

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<p>Lake Washington, did you keep your comics? Which characters did you like?</p>

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<p>I still have a lot of comics, back to the 70’s, and some from before (those that escaped my mother’s depredations). I was a fan of lots of Marvel comics (although never Spider-Man very much)–Hulk, Avengers, X-Men (I started buying this the issue after the new X-Men were introduced). I do have the first appearance of Wolverine, in a Hulk comic–a really bad story with lame art, but it’s probably the most valuable comic I have. I also liked a lot of DC comics (especially the Legion of Super-Heroes).</p>

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<p>My cousin loved the X-Men.</p>

<p>I used to love going, first to drug stores and then to comic book stores. I was so excited. Wanted the latest issue.</p>

<p>I don’t think my kids ever bought a comic book except for an occassional Archie. </p>

<p>I remember asking my kids, “I have these cool comic books. You will love them. Do you want to read them?”.</p>

<p>“No!”. :)</p>

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<p>My kids had no interest in reading any of my comics; they wanted to read entirely different comics. I’m currently in the process of giving away the bulk of my collection, because I’m confident they’ll never look at any of it.</p>

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<p>Hey! What about grandchildren? Things skip a generation. My son thinks he is cool. He wears this white t shirt. </p>

<p>The same kind my dad used to wear. :slight_smile: My son doesn’t know my dad wore an identical shirt. I never wore that kind of t shirt. :)</p>

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<p>Oh no, I missed it! Does anyone know what network this was on and if they have it available for online viewing? </p>

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<p>dstark, is it a $245 t-shirt? (See the thread on feeling rich.)</p>

<p>My comic book collection was also taking up too much space. I’m embarrassed to say just how much space.</p>

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<p>Lol! My dad’s wasn’t. I hope my son’s wasn’t. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Don’t be embarassed. I think it is cool. :)</p>

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Does anyone know what network this was on and if they have it available for online viewing?
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I didn’t watch it but it was on ABC in lieu of the regular “Agents of Shield” and it’s on Comcast On Demand as the 11/4 episode of “Agents of Shield” rather than under the name of the special. It’s not on ABC’s web site yet.</p>

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<p>I should have known that the sharpest folks on CC were 1970s comics fans!!!</p>

<p>Dstark and Hunt, we share a few favorites!!! Loved Marvel in those days, particularly Hulk, Captain America, Prince Namor. Bought Spider-Man every month but wasn’t crazy about him. I liked DC too but they were a bit dull in the mid 1970s.</p>

<p>Like you I have the first appearance of the Wolverine and the first issue of the revived X-Men (Storm, Colossus, etc.). The day I left for college 30-some years ago I packed them in trash can liners inside of boxes and stowed my collection in mother’s attic. Finally climbed up there (no easy task for a geezer like me) last Xmas. There they were. Hadn’t been touched since the day I left for freshman year. Although my prized Spider-Man drug issues were missing! Hmmm. Anyhoo, the plan is to sell them, since Lake Jr. is not really interested in them.</p>

<p>I have every issue of the Hulk and every issue of Captain America from roughly 1968-1977. Also have the first appearance of Thanos. Favorite DC stuff was the Justice League, the whole Earth 2 storyline, and Green Lantern. As for the movies, I can hardly wait to see Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. Where’s my Cloak of Levitation? Someone bring me the Eye of Agamotto. LOL.</p>

<p>Most one-sided deal? When I was 15 I traded the original first six issues of Conan the Barbarian (Barry Smith, artist) for about 40 assorted comics. Of course shortly thereafter those issues of Conan became much more valuable than the books I received. My first lesson in Economics. I never forgave the comic shop owner. Heh heh.</p>

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<p>“I should have known that the sharpest folks on CC were 1970s comics fans!!!”</p>

<p>Lol!</p>

<p>“I have every issue of the Hulk and every issue of Captain America from roughly 1968-1977. Also have the first appearance of Thanos. Favorite DC stuff was the Justice League, the whole Earth 2 storyline, and Green Lantern. As for the movies, I can hardly wait to see Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. Where’s my Cloak of Levitation? Someone bring me the Eye of Agamotto. LOL.”</p>

<p>That’s awesome!</p>

<p>I also learned economics from comics. Marvel restarted the Prince Namor book and a couple of others in the 60’s. </p>

<p>I bought those books. Starting with issue 2 on those. Bought the SubMariner for years after. Never thought to buy issue number 1 on any of those books. </p>

<p>I liked SubMariner a lot. Also one of my favorites.
What is wrong with our kids? Lol</p>

<p>I do have every issue of Silver Surfer. But… You know… I was 12. Let’s just say… They aren’t in mint condition.</p>

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<p>Wow! Some of these books are worth decent money. My wife says sell. I say no. </p>

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<p>You wife is probably right. LOL.</p>

<p>The Silver Surfer??? Man oh man, on my monthly visits to the comics shop downtown when I was a kid I would look into the glass case at the set of Silver Surfers. The shop had the original (first) volume set that had been abruptly canceled at 18 issues. You could have the whole set for $25. That was a lot of scratch for an adolescent in 1972. Mom and Dad refused to front me the cash because they strongly disapproved of comics.</p>

<p>I’ve got Sub-Mariner, No. 1 Volume 1 (1968). The Buscema Brothers were among my favorite artists. John drew the Sub-Mariner. Sal had a great run as the artist for Captain America for a long stretch in the mid-1970s. Hey, clear up some confusion; I have always pronounced Namor’s title as the Sub-Mar-REEN-er. My highbrow friends chastise me because they say the correct pronunciation is Sub-MARE-rin-ner!!! Sorry, I prefer the former!!! Hah!!!</p>

<p>Hey, did you know that Leonard Nimoy’s Spock was partially inspired by Bill Everett’s Sub-Mariner? The 1960s renderings of Namor very closely resemble the Spock character. Consider also, Namor’s and Spock’s half-human heritage.</p>

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<p>I did not realize that.
I pronounce Sub-Mariner like you pronounce it. :)</p>

<p>You have the number 1 issue. Cool. Very cool.</p>

<p>I have many Captain America comics from the late 60’s -early 70’s. Fantastic Four too. </p>

<p>Yeah! $25 was a fortune in those days. </p>

<p>I bought every month for 4 to 5 years. Then it petered out. 1968-1973. I do own a few comics from the 1980’s. </p>

<p>I own Frank Miller’s number 1 issue of Electra. </p>

<p>My wife is not always right. She said my comics were cluttering up a room ( they weren’t) so I threw many Thor issues in the garbage. :(</p>

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As stated in last night’s show (and probably some cartoons along the way), it’s the latter.</p>

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<p>When is there going to be a Sub-Mariner movie?</p>

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<p>I discovered Frank Miller during his fantastic run on the Mighty Thor in the early 1980s. I have no ideas where those copies are today, dang it. Boy I could go on all night about comics but I better call it a day. Adios compadre!!!</p>

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<p>Have a good night.</p>