What wonderful memories. I think I'm a little older than you, cause I remember all the crazy Western comics that occupied the racks before superheroes made their Silver Age return. Might we see The Rawhide Kid and Johnny Thunder ride again someday?
Well, Gary, I'm certainly looking forward to 2025! And in regards to the 25 cent month, I'm sure you'll recall, being the avid Marvel reader you were, that the intention was to have the 25-centers continue for at least a second month. The evidence is in the first two 20-cent month's issues. If you look at FF #117-#118, or Spidey #103-104, as two examples, those stories were obviously 35 pages. They were split into the two books, with a 5-page filler (either new or reprint) filling out the remainder of one of the issues. So, as far as the writers and artists were concerned, it was full steam ahead on the 25-centers. In my opinion, this belies the notion that it was Goodman's premeditated ploy to trick DC into jumping into the 25 cent fray so that he could pull back a month later to take advantage. Anyway, enjoying your channel as always. We are of like minds when it comes to comics and life (couldn't have one without the other) in the 1960s. Add monsters, the Beatles and Jonny Quest to those life essentials!
It is good that this series will finally tell how comic books almost met their demise in the early 1970s. This topic has been ignored for far too long. Retail profits on comics were too low to give them shelf space, and their market outlet was to disappear. Adding pages helped raise the price of comics, yes. Still, there was more to be done. This is why so many titles were released in the early Bronze Age. The more there is to sell, the more the public will buy. I'm looking forward to all future episodes of this fine series. I lived through most of your tales. They were great days. Thank you.
What a line up! I cannot wait for the Kirby covers, I recall spending time collecting his double page - wide- layouts, amazing. July 2 should be made a national holiday. I also recall being utterly fascinated by the ads for plastic models and famous movieland monsters...Although my parents would not budge.
😎 On that upcoming "Monster" episode you might want to mention Joe Dante's 1990s film "Matinee" starring John Goodman ; a William Castle like film maker befriends a Monster Magazine loving kid in Key West , Florida in 1962 at the height of the Cuban Missle Crisis! Monster cards , model kits , stickers , Halloween costumes , games , puzzles , etc 🤗 definitely worth waiting for!
Love watching TALES FROM MY SPINNER RACK - because I too grew up in the 1960s reading comics. The comics usually came out on the first and third Mondays of every month. All the kids would crowd around the spinner rack in the local news agency after the school day had ended, hurrying to grab up issues of Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Spider Man etc. Marvel Comics were always more popular than the DC Comics - I think because the Marvel covers were always far more eye-catching, particularly with the Jack Kirby action art. I also read comics, bought by my 'big' brother in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These were mainly Classics Illustrated and Dell Comics, particularly the Dell movie comics - Atlantis, the Lost Continent, Jason and the Argonauts, the Lost World are a few of my favourites. Will SPINNER RACK be doing a future episode on Dell Comics?
Thanks for sharing your comics-buying memories, Paul! I don't know a lot about Dell Comics, unfortunately ... we didn't buy a lot of them, although nowadays I appreciate their great artists like Russ Manning, Alex Toth, Dan Spiegle, and those beautiful painted covers by George Wilson. It's certainly a topic worth exploring!
I grew up in the UK in the 1960s (Still there now!) Was impossible to get Marvel comics till very end of the 1960s - though you could get DC titles. The way us UK kids got to know about Marvel content was by those UK titles such as `Eagle` `Wham` `Pow` `Smash` and especially `Terrific` and `Fantastic` running older Marvel strips albeit only in Black & White. All UK comics were (And still are) produced on a Weekly basis, so they would soon catch up. Sometimes the UK magazines would actually edit & alter those strips- mostly dialogue changes. `Fantastic` comic in 1968 actually totally re-jigged the `Doctor Strange` storyline that had run through the last issues of `Strange Tales` issues 164 to 168. The staff at `Fantastic` condensed those issues storyline right down and altered a `Lot` of dialogue to make it legible. Amazingly, it worked!
Growing up in Australia in the 60,s it was a similar situation and i remember having those U.K titles at one Stage also remembering Spiderman weekly and other UK reprints in the Seventies
Most of my reprint collection of graphic Novels covers Golden, Silver and Bronze age. I found by the Mid 80s Comics seem to become very soulless and Bland
Okay i now know your 9 years older than me. 2 years younger than my older brother. I was weaned on his collection. We had a local drug store with 2 racks.
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Wow! Looks like every planned episode is a must see for me! Love the channel!❤
What wonderful memories. I think I'm a little older than you, cause I remember all the crazy Western comics that occupied the racks before superheroes made their Silver Age return. Might we see The Rawhide Kid and Johnny Thunder ride again someday?
Well, Gary, I'm certainly looking forward to 2025! And in regards to the 25 cent month, I'm sure you'll recall, being the avid Marvel reader you were, that the intention was to have the 25-centers continue for at least a second month. The evidence is in the first two 20-cent month's issues. If you look at FF #117-#118, or Spidey #103-104, as two examples, those stories were obviously 35 pages. They were split into the two books, with a 5-page filler (either new or reprint) filling out the remainder of one of the issues. So, as far as the writers and artists were concerned, it was full steam ahead on the 25-centers. In my opinion, this belies the notion that it was Goodman's premeditated ploy to trick DC into jumping into the 25 cent fray so that he could pull back a month later to take advantage. Anyway, enjoying your channel as always. We are of like minds when it comes to comics and life (couldn't have one without the other) in the 1960s. Add monsters, the Beatles and Jonny Quest to those life essentials!
Thanks as always, Fred!
So many great episodes to look forward to Gary! Here's to 2025!
Thanks, Raph!
look forward to this year's episodes. Thanks for the outline of what to expect.
It is good that this series will finally tell how comic books almost met their demise in the early 1970s. This topic has been ignored for far too long. Retail profits on comics were too low to give them shelf space, and their market outlet was to disappear. Adding pages helped raise the price of comics, yes. Still, there was more to be done. This is why so many titles were released in the early Bronze Age. The more there is to sell, the more the public will buy.
I'm looking forward to all future episodes of this fine series. I lived through most of your tales. They were great days. Thank you.
Thanks, Joe!
What a line up!
I cannot wait for the Kirby covers, I recall spending time collecting his double page - wide- layouts, amazing.
July 2 should be made a national holiday.
I also recall being utterly fascinated by the ads for plastic models and famous movieland monsters...Although my parents would not budge.
Thanks! The Kirby Covers one will focus on the Fantastic Four, though, for the most part.
😎 On that upcoming "Monster" episode you might want to mention Joe Dante's 1990s film "Matinee" starring John Goodman ; a William Castle like film maker befriends a Monster Magazine loving kid in Key West , Florida in 1962 at the height of the Cuban Missle Crisis! Monster cards , model kits , stickers , Halloween costumes , games , puzzles , etc 🤗 definitely worth waiting for!
Love the rebrand Gary, awesome work as always. Can't wait for the 2025 content, looks like an amazing line-up of shows! Nuff said!
Thanks, Dave!
Love watching TALES FROM MY SPINNER RACK - because I too grew up in the 1960s reading comics. The comics usually came out on the first and third Mondays of every month. All the kids would crowd around the spinner rack in the local news agency after the school day had ended, hurrying to grab up issues of Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Spider Man etc. Marvel Comics were always more popular than the DC Comics - I think because the Marvel covers were always far more eye-catching, particularly with the Jack Kirby action art.
I also read comics, bought by my 'big' brother in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These were mainly Classics Illustrated and Dell Comics, particularly the Dell movie comics - Atlantis, the Lost Continent, Jason and the Argonauts, the Lost World are a few of my favourites. Will SPINNER RACK be doing a future episode on Dell Comics?
Thanks for sharing your comics-buying memories, Paul! I don't know a lot about Dell Comics, unfortunately ... we didn't buy a lot of them, although nowadays I appreciate their great artists like Russ Manning, Alex Toth, Dan Spiegle, and those beautiful painted covers by George Wilson. It's certainly a topic worth exploring!
I grew up in the UK in the 1960s (Still there now!) Was impossible to get Marvel comics till very end of the 1960s - though you could get DC titles. The way us UK kids got to know about Marvel content was by those UK titles such as `Eagle` `Wham` `Pow` `Smash` and especially `Terrific` and `Fantastic` running older Marvel strips albeit only in Black & White. All UK comics were (And still are) produced on a Weekly basis, so they would soon catch up. Sometimes the UK magazines would actually edit & alter those strips- mostly dialogue changes. `Fantastic` comic in 1968 actually totally re-jigged the `Doctor Strange` storyline that had run through the last issues of `Strange Tales` issues 164 to 168. The staff at `Fantastic` condensed those issues storyline right down and altered a `Lot` of dialogue to make it legible. Amazingly, it worked!
Growing up in Australia in the 60,s it was a similar situation and i remember having those U.K titles at one Stage also remembering Spiderman weekly and other UK reprints in the Seventies
Most of my reprint collection of graphic Novels covers Golden, Silver and Bronze age. I found by the Mid 80s Comics seem to become very soulless and Bland
Okay i now know your 9 years older than me. 2 years younger than my older brother. I was weaned on his collection. We had a local drug store with 2 racks.
Thanks, Kurt!