Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) Since the topic came up in another thread, let's see if we can create a definitive list. Here's what I have so far, I'm sure there are some I'm missing. Several titles I'm not familiar with added from @Stevemmg's post in another thread. Corrections and additions highly appreciated! Bizarre Adventures 25-33; 34 was comic book format, numbering continued from Marvel Preview Comix Book 1-3; 4&5 were prepared for Marvel but cancelled and later released by Kitchen Sink Conan Saga 1-97 Conan the Savage 1-10 Crazy 1-94; 1 Super Special outside the regular numbering Darkman 1 Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 1-33, plus one special nobody can agree on the actual name of Deadliest Heroes of Kung Fu 1 Destroyer 1-9 Doc Savage 1-8 Dracula Lives 1-13, 1 Annual Epic Illustrated 1-34 FOOM 1-22 Gothic Tales of Love 1-3, all issues exist in 60c and 75c versions Haunt of Horror 1-2; Digest format Haunt of Horror 1-5 Howard the Duck 1-9 Kull and the Barbarians 1-3 Legion of Monsters 1 Marvel Movie Premiere 1 Marvel Preview 1-24 Marvel Super Action 1 Marvel Super Special 1-41; 7 not published in US, Treasury edition of 8 also exists, 22 and 25 comic book format Masters of Terror 1-2 Monster Madness 1-3 Monsters of the Movies 1-8, 1 Annual Monsters to Laugh With 1-3 Monsters Unleashed 1-11, 1 Annual Monsters Unlimited 4-7, numbering continued from Monsters to Laugh With Nam 1-10 Nightmare on Elm Street 1-2 Nostalgia Illustrated v1 1-2, v2 1-8 Planet of the Apes 1-29 Photo News Features 1-2 Pizzazz 1-16 Punisher 1-16 Pussycat 1; 40c variant exists Rampaging Hulk 1-27; title drops to just "Hulk" starting with issue 10 Savage Sword of Conan 1-235, 1 Annual Savage Tales (Series 1) 1-11, 1 Annual Savage Tales (Series 2) 1-8 Sensuous Streaker Spectacular Spider Man 1-2; 40c variant of 1 exists Tales of the Zombie 1-10, 1 Annual Tomb of Dracula 1-6 Tommy 1 Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction 1-6, 1 Special Vampire Tales 1-11, 1 Annual Wit and Wisdom of Watergate 1 Edited March 11, 2021 by OtherEric more titles added jimjum12, piper, batmiesta and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Dowling Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 This is excellent to have as a resource. I can think of 4 or 5 other lists that I'd like to see. Nice work, OE! @N e r V you've got a pretty good memory for these. Anything that should be added? OtherEric and djzombi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Right off the bat if you are including the Curtis line you could add these too... If you add the Magazine Management line there would be others. There’s not a lot of them but I also “group” the Atlas/Seaboard magazine titles in with my Marvel books since it’s was done by Martin Goodman in his brief post Marvel life. Certainly not Marvel titles there but in my opinion part of the Marvel comics history since Atlas/Seaboard was his attempt at going head to head with his old company Marvel. I would also note that Gothic Tales of Love #1-3 exist with 60 cent and 75 cent versions on all three issues and there is a foreign variant (I don’t remember the country) of Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #1 with the original cover art used (see below). jimjum12, Jayman and OtherEric 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Opps, forgot these as well. Blip and Pizzazz. Also Spectacular Spider-Man magazine #1 (1968) has 35 cent and scarcer 40 cent edition. OtherEric, Randall Dowling and Jayman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 @N e r V: Thank you. I added the three Curtis books and the comment on the price variants on Gothic Tales of Love, as well as Pizzazz and Foom. I'm not including Blip as it's a comic-sized publication, as far as I know. I think the Atlas/Seaboard books are a bit beyond the scope of a Marvel Magazine checklist; although I agree they (and the whole line) are definitely of interest as an offshoot of Marvel. Not 100% sure what you mean by the "Magazine Management" line, the name sounds familiar. In general, I think covering everything Goodman put out is, while an interesting list in its own right, a bit beyond the scope of a list of Marvel Magazines. Curtis was predominately comic related books, so I'm more willing to be inclusive with those. I'm leaning against mentioning the Spectacular Spider-Man variant, since as I understand it that was a Canadian variant. Similarly, mentioning the unedited Freas cover on Unknown Worlds is interesting, but a little beyond the scope of the list. If I was to start adding foreign editions, just the UK Marvels would swamp the list. With all that said, I'm not creating this list just for myself; I want to get the list as a tool for all of us here in the forums who want it. I'm absolutely willing to be overruled by the group on what I include; so please speak up if you disagree with my choices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, OtherEric said: @N e r V: Thank you. I added the three Curtis books and the comment on the price variants on Gothic Tales of Love, as well as Pizzazz and Foom. I'm not including Blip as it's a comic-sized publication, as far as I know. I think the Atlas/Seaboard books are a bit beyond the scope of a Marvel Magazine checklist; although I agree they (and the whole line) are definitely of interest as an offshoot of Marvel. Not 100% sure what you mean by the "Magazine Management" line, the name sounds familiar. In general, I think covering everything Goodman put out is, while an interesting list in its own right, a bit beyond the scope of a list of Marvel Magazines. Curtis was predominately comic related books, so I'm more willing to be inclusive with those. I'm leaning against mentioning the Spectacular Spider-Man variant, since as I understand it that was a Canadian variant. Similarly, mentioning the unedited Freas cover on Unknown Worlds is interesting, but a little beyond the scope of the list. If I was to start adding foreign editions, just the UK Marvels would swamp the list. With all that said, I'm not creating this list just for myself; I want to get the list as a tool for all of us here in the forums who want it. I'm absolutely willing to be overruled by the group on what I include; so please speak up if you disagree with my choices! It’s been a while but you’re right about Blip being comic sized in format. I forgot. I didn’t expect you to add the Atlas/Seaboard line just mentioning my own collecting style of grouping things. I completely agree about the Canadian copy on Spectacular Spider-Man #1 myself but some seem intent on calling Canadian copies as variants and this is one of the more sought after Canadian copies now since the original edition as you can see was also available in both the US and Canada hence the 35 and 40 cent price on the cover so this edition is slightly unique as far as Canadian editions go. Not sure if I’ve ever heard of something like this with two Canadian versions of a book. Your call either way. I’ll cut and paste the story on Curtis and Magazine Management below for you... OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Curtis Magazines Curtis Magazines was the name of an imprint used by Marvel Comics to publish black and white magazines in the early 1970s. The magazine format was not covered by the rules set forth by the Comics Code Authority, which Marvel used as a means to publish more adult-themed titles that depicted profanity, violence, and nudity that would have otherwise been barred. While many of the titles centered on Marvel characters, others featured creator-owned characters, while some featured no comic aspects at all, and instead ran text articles and interviews. While the imprint only ran from 1971 to 1975, some titles from the imprint continued publication under the name Magazine Management Magazine Management Co. Magazine Management Co. was the name of an imprint used by Marvel Comics to publish black and white magazines in the 1970s. While the imprint published comics featuring both Marvel heroes and creator-owned properties, it also experimented with traditonal news magazine formats and text-based stories. Originally exisiting as a large publishing company, of which Marvel Comics was a branch, Magazine Management Co. published men's adventure magazines, popular film magazines, and erotic comics starting in the 1950s before being renamed Marvel Comics Group in 1973. The company's other branch was Humorama, which solely published sensual, but non-nude, "girly" comics. The Magazine Management Co. logo first began appearing as an imprint in 1974, alongside Marvel's other magazine imprint, Curtis Magazines. However, the Curtis Magazines name would be phased out by the spring of 1976, and all magazine titles were moved to Magazine Management Co.'s banner. The imprint ran steadily until 1981 when Marvel phased out the declining magazine format. The only remaining title, Savage Sword of Conan, was moved to the main Marvel Comics line in the spring of 1983 with the subtitle A Marvel Magazine, starting with issue #99. Jayman and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, N e r V said: It’s been a while but you’re right about Blip being comic sized in format. I forgot. I didn’t expect you to add the Atlas/Seaboard line just mentioning my own collecting style of grouping things. I completely agree about the Canadian copy on Spectacular Spider-Man #1 myself but some seem intent on calling Canadian copies as variants and this is one of the more sought after Canadian copies now since the original edition as you can see was also available in both the US and Canada hence the 35 and 40 cent price on the cover so this edition is slightly unique as far as Canadian editions go. Not sure if I’ve ever heard of something like this with two Canadian versions of a book. Your call either way. I’ll cut and paste the story on Curtis and Magazine Management below for you... I went ahead and added the variant on the Spectacular Spider-Man #1., after all. It's not like there are a LOT of variants; although I draw the line on including newsstand/ direct as variants, personally. Books that I'm not including on the list, at least to start, but want opinions on: Marvel Graphic Novels (books, not magazines; even if they're in the magazine trim size); and the Marvel Swimsuit Specials and other 90's poster/ anniversary books, mostly because I don't think most of the people here collecting Marvel Magazines consider them as part of the list. But I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, OtherEric said: I went ahead and added the variant on the Spectacular Spider-Man #1., after all. It's not like there are a LOT of variants; although I draw the line on including newsstand/ direct as variants, personally. Books that I'm not including on the list, at least to start, but want opinions on: Marvel Graphic Novels (books, not magazines; even if they're in the magazine trim size); and the Marvel Swimsuit Specials and other 90's poster/ anniversary books, mostly because I don't think most of the people here collecting Marvel Magazines consider them as part of the list. But I could be wrong. Lol...well not to overwhelm you but I completely forgot there is another sister publication to Spectacular Spider-Man #1 that had the same type of variant...Pussycat! So I was wrong but there are two unique Canadian variants (CGC notes them too) that had two Canadian editions. I included scans for you on Pussycat... My guess on both was that Marvel printed the first run with both prices and later blocked out the 35 cent price for Canadian customers. Not sure what happened there that caused this to happen. Maybe first runs sold out in Canada? Who knows but it’s a story in Marvels magazine history. Both command a premium as variants as being scarcer... Edited March 11, 2021 by N e r V OtherEric and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N e r V Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 You could also overwhelm yourself with the original magazines in the 1960’s published by Marvel like Cartoons and Gags or Laugh Parade that contained the original Pussycat stories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, N e r V said: You could also overwhelm yourself with the original magazines in the 1960’s published by Marvel like Cartoons and Gags or Laugh Parade that contained the original Pussycat stories... I try doing that, and I won't stop until I include this, with it's one page Human Torch story: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 The Nam Magazine OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 6 hours ago, N e r V said: Curtis Magazines Curtis Magazines was the name of an imprint used by Marvel Comics to publish black and white magazines in the early 1970s. The magazine format was not covered by the rules set forth by the Comics Code Authority, which Marvel used as a means to publish more adult-themed titles that depicted profanity, violence, and nudity that would have otherwise been barred. While many of the titles centered on Marvel characters, others featured creator-owned characters, while some featured no comic aspects at all, and instead ran text articles and interviews. While the imprint only ran from 1971 to 1975, some titles from the imprint continued publication under the name Magazine Management Magazine Management Co. Magazine Management Co. was the name of an imprint used by Marvel Comics to publish black and white magazines in the 1970s. While the imprint published comics featuring both Marvel heroes and creator-owned properties, it also experimented with traditonal news magazine formats and text-based stories. Originally exisiting as a large publishing company, of which Marvel Comics was a branch, Magazine Management Co. published men's adventure magazines, popular film magazines, and erotic comics starting in the 1950s before being renamed Marvel Comics Group in 1973. The company's other branch was Humorama, which solely published sensual, but non-nude, "girly" comics. The Magazine Management Co. logo first began appearing as an imprint in 1974, alongside Marvel's other magazine imprint, Curtis Magazines. However, the Curtis Magazines name would be phased out by the spring of 1976, and all magazine titles were moved to Magazine Management Co.'s banner. The imprint ran steadily until 1981 when Marvel phased out the declining magazine format. The only remaining title, Savage Sword of Conan, was moved to the main Marvel Comics line in the spring of 1983 with the subtitle A Marvel Magazine, starting with issue #99. @N e r V Thanks for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Jordysnordy said: The Nam Magazine Thank you, added. Jordysnordy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Would you include these Eric? And maybe have an offshoot of other mags with Marvel content: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OtherEric Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 @Get Marwood & I, @Jayman: I'm willing to add all of those if people think they should be added; with the exception of the Creem which is, as Get Marwood & I says, really belongs to a separate list. My problem is I don't have a lot of knowledge on those books and would need help listing them. Here's what I've got to add looking at what's been posted, if somebody could verify the data before I merge it: Marvel Monsters Poster Book: 1 Marvel Preview '93: 1 Marvel Swimsuit Special: 1991-1995 Marvel Year in Review: 1989-1993, 1994 was comic book format Pro Action v1n1; v2n1-v2n3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I’ll check the indicia on the Marvel poster book again and let you know! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...