My favorite comic age is the bronze. My Dad was reading that era when I was a kid. My favorites by far are the bronze age horror in high grade if possible.
I am partial to the Bronze Age, partly because it's the period that I discovered comics (bought/read my first 3-pack in 1974!), but also because of the bourgeoning creativity of the time. Marvel and DC were both trying so many new things, so much experimentation, so many collectable oddities, some of which you've discussed in other videos. You spotlighted a great issue of CONAN. As a kid, I thought Conan was too boring and raggedy-looking. I wasn't mature enough to appreciate Conan until my late 30s. Then I went back and snatched up every issue I could, up to around #214 or so. Nice video.
I really should read more Conan. I've read the first 24 issues, but I haven't really given the rest of the run much of a chance. Also Savage Sword which I understand to be even better. More stuff to add to the reading pile!
@@raph-retro-comics - I am also a fan of John Buscema's art. He made quite an art form of the human physique, IMO, and he did the majority of pencil art on Conan from around the early 30s up until around #180 or thereabouts. As for the b/w magazine, while DARK HORSE held the Conan copyright, they reprinted like the first 50-60 issues or so of SAVAGE SWORD from the Marvel magazine years in this set of thick trade paperbacks containing about 15-20 stories each. It was all the original b/w stories from the magazines scaled down to more traditional comic book size. All it was missing was the Marvel insignia. I have a couple of those since I could never hope to catch up to the original magazines.
Red Sonja was based on/adapted from Robert E Howard's Red Sonya (with the y) of Rogatino. She was in her own story and not originally a swordswoman from The Hyborian Age, but when Roy Thomas brought her to the comics, he changed her quite a bit, including the spelling of her name. I'm guessing he had Conan say her name with that hyphenated "ya" both as a reference to the original spelling and a way to tell the reader how to pronunciaite it.
I wonder if the intentional spelling was a way around obtaining rights for the character? I've never read Howard's books, but I understand they are very good.
Another great video from you thank you! I think peoples favorite era of comics are the ones they liked when they were 10 years old. I was 10 in 1979 so the late 70’s are my favorites. However, the best year in comics is actually 1986.
There were a handful of comic books I had from the 1970s very early on in my comic book years and one was an Avengers #165, which was a great battle issue by Jim Shooter and John Byrne. It had a cliffhanger ending and it was years before I got to read #166, and the ensuing battle really didn't disappoint. Still love those issues! 1986 was an amazing year indeed!
I'm a big Bronze Age fan because that's when I first got into collecting. I find the "ages" labels sort of frustrating. It works fine for Gold, Silver, and Bronze, but then it's just "Modern" and that's like almost 40 years! I find it way easier to use decades than ages. If we're going to have ages then we should use the whole periodic table. We need a Titanium Age and a Beryllium Age and an Iron Age.
Yeah, I don't like the labels very much because it can be confusing for new collectors. I understand defining eras for a particular 'boom' in popularity but to mix in other eras for the sake of naming eras is confusing. Don't forget the Copper Age!
I loved the comics of the 70's, they introduced some of comics greatest artists. I have early George Perez, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Jim Aparo, Mike Grell, Jim Starlin and Marshall Rogers issues that have very good artwork. Unfortunately, I can't predict the future so instead of buying Giant Size X-men #1 for a $1, I bought 2 issues of Amazing Adventures featuring The Beast. I wish I still had The Incredible Hulk #181.
Sadly, I have never owned either a Hulk 181 or a GS X-Men 1. I do have a Hulk 180 and I'm happy to have that. I'm a big fan of Claremont's run, and I revisit them from time to time. It's a great era of comic books for sure!
My favorite comic age is the bronze. My Dad was reading that era when I was a kid. My favorites by far are the bronze age horror in high grade if possible.
If I had to choose, horror titles are also my favorites, but there's a lot of good stuff out there!
I am partial to the Bronze Age, partly because it's the period that I discovered comics (bought/read my first 3-pack in 1974!), but also because of the bourgeoning creativity of the time. Marvel and DC were both trying so many new things, so much experimentation, so many collectable oddities, some of which you've discussed in other videos. You spotlighted a great issue of CONAN. As a kid, I thought Conan was too boring and raggedy-looking. I wasn't mature enough to appreciate Conan until my late 30s. Then I went back and snatched up every issue I could, up to around #214 or so. Nice video.
I really should read more Conan. I've read the first 24 issues, but I haven't really given the rest of the run much of a chance. Also Savage Sword which I understand to be even better. More stuff to add to the reading pile!
@@raph-retro-comics - I am also a fan of John Buscema's art. He made quite an art form of the human physique, IMO, and he did the majority of pencil art on Conan from around the early 30s up until around #180 or thereabouts. As for the b/w magazine, while DARK HORSE held the Conan copyright, they reprinted like the first 50-60 issues or so of SAVAGE SWORD from the Marvel magazine years in this set of thick trade paperbacks containing about 15-20 stories each. It was all the original b/w stories from the magazines scaled down to more traditional comic book size. All it was missing was the Marvel insignia. I have a couple of those since I could never hope to catch up to the original magazines.
@@Deephouse_Gent66 The Dark Horse trades seem like the right way to go!
Red Sonja was based on/adapted from Robert E Howard's Red Sonya (with the y) of Rogatino. She was in her own story and not originally a swordswoman from The Hyborian Age, but when Roy Thomas brought her to the comics, he changed her quite a bit, including the spelling of her name. I'm guessing he had Conan say her name with that hyphenated "ya" both as a reference to the original spelling and a way to tell the reader how to pronunciaite it.
I wonder if the intentional spelling was a way around obtaining rights for the character? I've never read Howard's books, but I understand they are very good.
Another great video from you thank you!
I think peoples favorite era of comics are the ones they liked when they were 10 years old.
I was 10 in 1979 so the late 70’s are my favorites. However, the best year in comics is actually 1986.
There were a handful of comic books I had from the 1970s very early on in my comic book years and one was an Avengers #165, which was a great battle issue by Jim Shooter and John Byrne. It had a cliffhanger ending and it was years before I got to read #166, and the ensuing battle really didn't disappoint. Still love those issues! 1986 was an amazing year indeed!
@@raph-retro-comics ha. Yes I wanted to know what happened in Amazing Spider-Man # 201 and finally did 30 years later!
I'm a big Bronze Age fan because that's when I first got into collecting. I find the "ages" labels sort of frustrating. It works fine for Gold, Silver, and Bronze, but then it's just "Modern" and that's like almost 40 years! I find it way easier to use decades than ages. If we're going to have ages then we should use the whole periodic table. We need a Titanium Age and a Beryllium Age and an Iron Age.
Yeah, I don't like the labels very much because it can be confusing for new collectors. I understand defining eras for a particular 'boom' in popularity but to mix in other eras for the sake of naming eras is confusing. Don't forget the Copper Age!
@@raph-retro-comics Yeah, I guess adding a bunch more ages would just make it more confusing. And how could I forget Copper?!
I loved the comics of the 70's, they introduced some of comics greatest artists. I have early George Perez, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Jim Aparo, Mike Grell, Jim Starlin and Marshall Rogers issues that have very good artwork. Unfortunately, I can't predict the future so instead of buying Giant Size X-men #1 for a $1, I bought 2 issues of Amazing Adventures featuring The Beast. I wish I still had The Incredible Hulk #181.
Sadly, I have never owned either a Hulk 181 or a GS X-Men 1. I do have a Hulk 180 and I'm happy to have that. I'm a big fan of Claremont's run, and I revisit them from time to time. It's a great era of comic books for sure!