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June 1962: Greatest Month for the Silver Age of Marvel Comics?
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bronze johnny

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Amazing Fantasy 15, Journey Into Mystery 83, and Tales to Astonish 35 hit the newsstands in June of 1962. Is there a more significant month in terms of keys appearing at the newsstand during the Silver Age of Marvel Comics than June 1962?

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Another great month for Silver Age collectors, although not approaching the magnificence that is the June 1962 publication date, is September 1963 publication date when both Avengers #1 and X-Men #1 hit the stands.  Given the way distribution was done, that put them both on the newsstand in June of that year.  What a great way to start the summer buying those two books!

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The comics market was much more diversified back in those days. Superheroes were in the minority by far. Looking at the MikesAmazingWorld Newsstand listings for that month, I counted 13 different titles published by Archie Comics that month. War, Westerns, Cartoons, Romance, TV shows and Movies; the genres were all over the place. I counted 21 non-Archie Romance titles; that is just amazing! In spite of comic books being regarded as a nerdy guy's medium, at least back in 1962, the proportion of titles directed at a female audience of many age groups tells a different story. 

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On 4/29/2022 at 6:28 AM, bronze johnny said:

Amazing Fantasy 15, Journey Into Mystery 83, and Tales to Astonish 35 hit the newsstands in June of 1962. Is there a more significant month in terms of keys appearing at the newsstand during the Silver Age of Marvel Comics than June 1962?

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John

Further...GCD has all 3 issues hitting the stands on June 5.

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On 5/1/2022 at 12:24 PM, bronze johnny said:

Please share your June 1962 experience with us Jack!

It was a great time to be a kid with a Grandmother that would help you with your hobby.The racks were full of comic wonder and all for a dime and soon to be twelve cents.That would put a damper in ones buying when that happened to my dismay.The books most have moved on to other readers at this point as i moved on to Golden age.I still think about those days sitting under a tree in the summer and reading all those wonderful books.I would say if it wasn't for Steve Ditko and Joe Kubert  i don't know if i would of kept collecting all those years.I had one friend that had the collecting bug out of all my friends back in the day.The love of comic art was the driving force for the weekly walks to the local drug store five miles away.I lived a rural area of Jersey away from the big towns so one had to plan when comics came into the store.I picked up anything that would catch a boys eye so Marvel and DC would be my main books of choice.It was a great time to be a kid and come home with a bunch of four colored wonders.I still have the bug even today and go back to being a kid when i go comic hunting.(thumbsu

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