Saturday, April 20, 2013

Update

I'm in the process of moving this blog over to my own domain at Mighty Marvel Reader. So it might be a little wonky for a few days. The traffic to this blog has been increasing rapidly over the last couple of months and I decided it was time to move to my own domain. So be patient, there might be some back and forth as I get it working proper...

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Marvel Tales #1

Cover Date: January 1964 My Take: I promised Spider-Man this time but I decided to go with the first issue of the second volume of Marvel Tales that came out in the same month. This is a series that ran reprints on an annual and eventually became a monthly title that reprinted Amazing Spider-Man...

Monday, April 15, 2013

Tales of Suspense #49

Cover Date: January 1964 Plot Overview: Angel is flying back to Xavier's school when he comes across Iron Man. Iron Man tries to warn him about an upcoming nuclear blast but doesn't make it in time. The blast catches Angel and turns him evil. Iron Man tries to catch up to the Angel as he flies off...

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Avengers #3

Cover Date: January 1964 Plot Overview: The Avengers decide that the Hulk can't be left to roam freely. Iron Man unveils one of Tony Stark's inventions, an image projector. He uses the image projector to visit the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and the X-Men. The FF and X-Men are too busy with their...

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tales to Astonish #51

Cover Date: January 1964 Plot Overview: Giant-Man continues to train at capturing the top. After another failure he admits that he can't catch the Human Top but he can't give up. Meanwhile, the Human Top blows up an abandoned tug boat with the dynamite we saw at the end of Tales to Astonish...

Monday, April 8, 2013

Fantastic Four #22

Cover Date: January 1964 Plot Overview: An experiment of Reed's increases Sue's invisibility powers. Now she can create a shield and make other objects invisible. Meanwhile, the FF field numerous complaints from neighbors about the dangers of Reed's experiments. Reed decides that maybe he should...

Saturday, April 6, 2013

1963: A Year In Review

1963 was a big year at Marvel comics. You could tell as the year started to progress that the superhero line had been successful and they were here to stay. Coming into the year you had Fantastic Four, Tales to Astonish, Incredible Hulk, Journey Into Mystery and Strange Tales as your Marvel line. At...

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