Another great vid; I look forward to the Cap and Monsters segments as I collected the reprints in 'Fantasy Masterpieces'. For a moment I was back in the crummiest part of downtown Toronto - 1975 - looking up at a wall full of bagged comics. Many were already established master works of the the 60's era. A question? Just as the early 70's saw a decline in costumed character readership, which seems to have switched to Conan styles. Do you see the new Disney MCU doing something similar? Regarding the Brit. stuff, It was here that I fell for Kirby's B&W stuff for Thor... Still love it.
Well, in my non-expert opinion, I think comics sales in general fell off in the 1970s as mom-and-pop newsstands and candy stores closed.I don't think it's due to the popularity of Conan; there were very few Conan-like books on the market, beyond the Robert E. Howard-influenced comics and B&W mags, and things like Arak at DC (basically Roy Thomas's Conan version when he went over to the other side). I think the rise of comic shops in the late 70s saved the industry, but also made it a very insular one. As for now, I think people are burnt out on too much Marvel content, movie & TV-wise--I know I am--and Disney needs to back off and pick quality or over quantity and not be so greedy.
To helpfully correct = Fantastic, Pow along with Terrific, Smash and Wham; were `Not` Marvel comics. No! They were published by `Odhams` a subsidiary of Fleetway press which was one of the major UK Comics concerns, along with DC Thomson (`Dandy` `Beano` etc). Marvel only arranged a UK license for UK Marvel comics in 1972 , first with `The Mighty World of Marvel` and subsequently `Spider Man Weekly` in 1973. The 1960s comics were fully UK publications who had license to alter and edit the Marvel strips-which they often did-sometimes very heavily. The UK comics were published weekly (Same as every UK comic - we never had Monthly releases) The Likes of `Pow` `Wham` and `Smash` carried a majority of UK `fun` and `adventure` strips, supplemented by Marvel strips. Pow also carried the US Newspaper syndicated `Batman` strip. Both `Fantastic` and `Terrific` carried a majority of Marvel content- but they also included UK strips such as `Johnny Future` and `Don Starr`. The `Holiday` specials mentioned were - in UK terms- `Annuals` which in the UK were released each September, for the Christmas market and given `next` years date on the cover. They had hardback covers and were 96 pages with a mixture of Marvel and UK strips. There was the one `Fantastic & Pow` Summer special in July 1968 which was softcover and 72 pages B/W. Containing Marvel Strips such as `Thor` and `Spider Man` alongside UK strips `The Cloak` and `Dare -A - Day Davey` (Funniest UK strip of all time!) Marvel had also got their strip "Tales of Asgard" published in UK comic `Eagle` (1968-9) which was a `Fleetway` publication and the strip ended when Eagle was `swallowed` by `Lion` comic in March 1969. The UK Marvel strips in `Smash and Fantastic` ceased in March 1969 when Fleetway and Odhams underwent restructuring to become I. P. C Press in March 1969, ending publication of Marvel strips. As stated previous, Marvel only got license for UK Marvel comics in 1972, so that they could publish fully Marvel content- unedited. Hope this helps a bit!
Thanks, Alan ... this is only a "teaser" video, just a short preview of what I want to cover in the first half of the year. I will get into much more detail in the actual video in a few months. I've copied all your notes and they are very helpful!
Each of those topics sounds great, can’t wait to see them! Awesome graphics and presentation by the way!
Love the lettering for the title....reminds me of the old Thor and Rawhide Kid comics and others Marvel use to do.❤
It's a font called Monster Mash from ComiCraft, inspired by the great Marvel letterers of this era, like Art Simek and Sam Rosen.
Some of the greatest lettering from those two guys...always loved to read the splash page with the credits...some were funny too...🙂❤
Another great vid; I look forward to the Cap and Monsters segments as I collected the reprints in 'Fantasy Masterpieces'.
For a moment I was back in the crummiest part of downtown Toronto - 1975 - looking up at a wall full of bagged comics.
Many were already established master works of the the 60's era.
A question? Just as the early 70's saw a decline in costumed character readership, which seems to have switched to Conan styles.
Do you see the new Disney MCU doing something similar?
Regarding the Brit. stuff, It was here that I fell for Kirby's B&W stuff for Thor... Still love it.
Well, in my non-expert opinion, I think comics sales in general fell off in the 1970s as mom-and-pop newsstands and candy stores closed.I don't think it's due to the popularity of Conan; there were very few Conan-like books on the market, beyond the Robert E. Howard-influenced comics and B&W mags, and things like Arak at DC (basically Roy Thomas's Conan version when he went over to the other side). I think the rise of comic shops in the late 70s saved the industry, but also made it a very insular one. As for now, I think people are burnt out on too much Marvel content, movie & TV-wise--I know I am--and Disney needs to back off and pick quality or over quantity and not be so greedy.
To helpfully correct = Fantastic, Pow along with Terrific, Smash and Wham; were `Not` Marvel comics. No! They were published by `Odhams` a subsidiary of Fleetway press which was one of the major UK Comics concerns, along with DC Thomson (`Dandy` `Beano` etc). Marvel only arranged a UK license for UK Marvel comics in 1972 , first with `The Mighty World of Marvel` and subsequently `Spider Man Weekly` in 1973. The 1960s comics were fully UK publications who had license to alter and edit the Marvel strips-which they often did-sometimes very heavily.
The UK comics were published weekly (Same as every UK comic - we never had Monthly releases) The Likes of `Pow` `Wham` and `Smash` carried a majority of UK `fun` and `adventure` strips, supplemented by Marvel strips. Pow also carried the US Newspaper syndicated `Batman` strip. Both `Fantastic` and `Terrific` carried a majority of Marvel content- but they also included UK strips such as `Johnny Future` and `Don Starr`.
The `Holiday` specials mentioned were - in UK terms- `Annuals` which in the UK were released each September, for the Christmas market and given `next` years date on the cover. They had hardback covers and were 96 pages with a mixture of Marvel and UK strips. There was the one `Fantastic & Pow` Summer special in July 1968 which was softcover and 72 pages B/W. Containing Marvel Strips such as `Thor` and `Spider Man` alongside UK strips `The Cloak` and `Dare -A - Day Davey` (Funniest UK strip of all time!)
Marvel had also got their strip "Tales of Asgard" published in UK comic `Eagle` (1968-9) which was a `Fleetway` publication and the strip ended when Eagle was `swallowed` by `Lion` comic in March 1969. The UK Marvel strips in `Smash and Fantastic` ceased in March 1969 when Fleetway and Odhams underwent restructuring to become I. P. C Press in March 1969, ending publication of Marvel strips.
As stated previous, Marvel only got license for UK Marvel comics in 1972, so that they could publish fully Marvel content- unedited. Hope this helps a bit!
Thanks, Alan ... this is only a "teaser" video, just a short preview of what I want to cover in the first half of the year. I will get into much more detail in the actual video in a few months. I've copied all your notes and they are very helpful!
@@TalesFromMySpinnerRack Must correct myself on one item; it was `Smash` which ran the `Batman` strip. Looking forward to your next posting!