Has anyone else ever wondered...

In a lot of ways, I still feel like a kid. Today I watched Saturday morning cartoons. It started with the Regular Show, then Adventure Time, and I saved the best for last...The Avengers. I was happy to see the new Avengers episodes starting. This one featured the Enchantress pulling the strings of Loki and the Wrecking Crew.

After I got my cartoon fix, I decided to read The Avengers number 22 from 1965 featuring none other than Enchantress who was manipulating her newest pet, Power Man, to take down the Avengers. I bought a low grade copy of this issue a few weeks back from my LCS and just hadnt had a chance to read it yet...good story. Anyway, I noticed near the Marvel logo on the cover the words Pop Art Productions. I had seen this before on other issues and just dismissed it. Today I was feeling more inquisitive so I looked it up on the Internet to see what it was about. Unfortunately I couldnt find much in terms of how it relates to Marvel, but I was able to learn the Pop Art movement began in the mid 50s and lasted until the early 70s. This matches the timeline of 1965 when the Marvel issues were produced with the Pop Art Productions logo. These are the related issues I was able to identify from that year that had the logo...

The Amazing Spiderman 28

The Amazing Spiderman 29

The Amazing Spiderman 30

The Amazing Spiderman 31

The Avengers 19, Vista Publications

The Avengers 20, Vista Publications

The Avengers 21, Vista Publications

The Avengers 22, Vista Publications

Daredevil 9

Daredevil 10

Fantastic Four 42, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

Fantastic Four 43, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

Fantastic Four 44, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

Fantastic Four 45, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

Journey Into Mystery 119, Atlas Magazines, Inc.

Journey Into Mystery 120, Atlas Magazines, Inc.

Journey Into Mystery 121, Atlas Magazines, Inc.

Journey Into Mystery 122, Atlas Magazines, Inc.

Sgt. Fury 21, Bard Publishing Corp

Sgt. Fury 22, Bard Publishing Corp

Tales to Astonish 71

X-men 13, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

X-men 14, Canam Publishers Sales Corp

There was also Daredevil 202, but this was many years later and was purely satirical so its not really relevant. If someone was interested, this would make a cool registry set...Marvel Pop Art Productions.

If anyone has any further details on Marvel Pop Art Productions, please share.

Til next time...

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