Ken Aldred

Comparing Liefeld to an artist who’s regarded by many (not universally) as the greatest, most imaginative visual creative genius in the history of mainstream comics is brave, and foolhardy. Liefeld’s art doesn’t have one iota of the engaging energy and excitement present in Kirby’s best work.

I don’t recall seeing it. All I remember is that when Mighty World of Marvel 1 appeared all the local kids bought it and were really excited about the title for a month or so, and then, as typically happens, the frenzy died out. I missed the first few issues of MWOM, but was ready and waiting to pounce by the time the Spider-Man comic appeared. A short- lived fad for all the other kids in the street, a lifetime obsession for me.

Not so much common, more like starting with an absolute classic, and better by far than my mediocre Avengers 120.

In the deprived, frozen north of England during the 60s and 70s we had every imprint available; Marvel, DC, Archie, Charlton, Atlas, Skywald etc. That said, you’re never really located that far from a seaport here.

Another great starting point. Always liked Molecule Man and Gerber’s Man-Thing stories. Also, the Kane art, although that tends to be the most polarising aspect amongst readers.

A great place to begin. I missed most of the early issues of Mighty World of Marvel, and this was my own starting point with Marvel UK reprints as well.

I suspected it might've been a Gold Key. I feel sure you once posted convention pics from the 70s with some prized Magnus or Turok issues?

More seriously, the first comic book story and art from one of the greatest of the genre, Richard Corben. My own, a publisher file copy.

A Silver Age comic that's quite "horrific"...

Yup. That’s why I buy trade paperback story collections. At least 10 minutes’ worth of entertainment that way.

Great starting point. As a kid I always found Chemo to be a bit bizarre and disturbing. The later reprint in the series is in with Avengers 120 as one of my very earliest comic buying memories.

It’s extremely patchy material. Unlikely you’d see a collected run unless it’s a trade paperback.

Which is sad. Such a great team.

The same reason I was thrilled as a kid to buy the DC 100 pagers, and that was only a few months after my first Avengers 120 purchase. For 15p they seemed like fantastic value for money. Different in that there wasn't anywhere near as much new material as you got in the Marvel books, though. In another sense, even if I was reading a reprint from the Golden Age or Silver Age it was all new and unfamiliar to me, and well worth the modest asking price.

You’d like the IDW Wrightson Artifact Edition.

I actually really like their watches. I have a Fifty Fathoms homage chronograph. More budget-priced than that one, though.

The movie music was fine, apart from one extremely poor choice - from a British perspective, anyway. The appearance of one song in particular really irritated me; Rock and Roll Part 2 by Gary Glitter. In the UK he's absolutely despised; a quick Google will explain why. It's about time his music was globally blacklisted.

Nice-looking watch and colour scheme. Very conventional chronograph design.

Having - Fantastic 1, UK reprint comic featuring The X-Men. (3 years old) Buying - Avengers 120 (9 years old)

Baron Zemo

Because Sue is capitalised, the thread title could have been interpreted as Rob considering having a sex change and, if he goes ahead with it, changing his name to Susan Marvel. The post required clarification.

I agree that comics can be a powerful, positive resource for teaching kids how to read. In the seventies I was exposed to overwritten comics such as Killraven, Jungle Action and X-Men, or, as I discovered, basically "How to increase your vocabulary by reading the florid prose of Don and Chris". I never read many novels outside of a school course, and yet I could pass my language and literature exams at top grade quite easily. It's important to read the right material, as, in the nineties, the same exponential increase could not be replicated by reading books from the original incarnation of Image Comics, where words were extraneous.

Very similar dress sense to Rupert the Bear... A strange coincidence. Perhaps.

Good choice. They’ve been quite prolific with the crime noir material, snd a great team.

It’s not all bad, Kav.