In addition to the resurgence of horror comics at the company, Marvel in the 70s is also characterized by diving headfirst into the new stuff happening in popular cinema. Cashing in on…
Category: 1970s
ASM 137
Will things inside really get as grim as this cover? Let’s find out. It begins with The Green Goblin attacking a truck delivering atomic materials, and stealing some. Really raising the stakes…
ASM 136
This is gonna be crazy one. Dave Hunt rejoins the otherwise unchanged creative team. Things start out pretty sweet, as Peter & MJ return to his apartment after a Sunday afternoon out…
MTU 025
Yay, Daredevil! But… The Unholy Trio, huh? These guys don’t exactly inspire fear in the hearts of men. Some, uh, unique costumes. I guess they’re actually called The Unholy Three, and this…
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Not too many of these include a nuclear explosion. Or a voodoo priest, or a dinosaur man, or even Dracula, for that matter. But the 70s were a weird time.
MTU 024
In what culture, sirs, is Moondog another name for murder? This provides a pedigree for the infamous 1990s Captain America cover blurb “MODAM MEANS MURDER!,” I suppose. What’re the odds of getting…
ASM 135
Coming at this from the angle I am, it’s always a trip to hit a cover with an iconic Spider-Man on it that got used a lot in advertising and such, and…
ASM 134
Here we go. The introduction of The Tarantula. As we will see, on covers, The Tarantula only attacks Spider-Man from the left, on a yellow background. It’s in his contract. A polarizing…
GSSM 1
Hot on the heels of Giant-Size Super-Heroes featuring Spider-Man comes Giant-Size Spider-Man, an even larger comic with the same star just a month later! And y’all, it smells TERRIBLE. Holy crap. This…
MTU 022
Len Wein, Sal Buscema & Frank Giacoia hang in there from last issue to bring us an adventure of Spider-Man and Hawkeye. And it starts out looking ominous: Spidey is lost in…