Stan, Jack, and Steve - The 1960's (1964) The Slow Build 5 5

[Steven Valdez]

On 11/19/2023 at 9:10 PM, Prince Namor said:

ON NEWSSTANDS MAY 1964

X-Men #6 -

Part TWO:

It's incredible how much story and action Jack packed into this issue.

[Steven Valdez]

On 11/19/2023 at 9:11 PM, Prince Namor said:

ON NEWSSTANDS MAY 1964

X-Men #6 - If anyone has a reader copy of X-Men #6 and wants to scan the letters page, that would be great!

Here ya go:

[Steven Valdez]

Another example of how different the colours were in the original comic compared to the Masterworks edition:

 

[Prince Namor]

Yes, I prefer the original!

And thanks for the letters page!

[The humble Watcher lurking]

On 11/19/2023 at 5:36 AM, Steven Valdez said:

It's incredible how much story and action Jack packed into this issue.

I also noticed Kirby drew just about every key Marvel comic book cover during those early Marvel years. It`s been amazing to learn how much Jack Kirby contributed to the formation of Marvel. Yes, I use to be one of those Stan Lee Presents guys. This thread definitely has changed my perspective on Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko`s importance in the creation of Marvel.  

Edited November 19, 2023 by The humble Watcher lurking

[aardvark88]

On 11/19/2023 at 8:25 AM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

 I use(d) to be one of those Stan Lee Presents guys. This thread definitely has changed my perspective on Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko`s importance in the creation of Marvel.  

Don't forget Wally Wood's writing on early SA DD:

[Dr. Haydn]

In the story title, "joins the" appears to be written hastily in a different hand. I wonder what the title originally was?

(For that matter, I see a third hand at work here. "Evil Mutants" appears to be Artie Simek's lettering rather than Sam Rosen's.) 

 

[Dr. Haydn]

For instance, the cover to X-men #4 (Simek lettering) has the same style on the word "evil mutants":

[Steven Valdez]

On 11/20/2023 at 8:10 AM, Dr. Haydn said:

For instance, the cover to X-men #4 (Simek lettering) has the same style on the word "evil mutants":

I always thought the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was the silliest name of all time... who calls themselves 'evil'?

[bc]

On 11/19/2023 at 6:44 PM, Steven Valdez said:

I always thought the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was the silliest name of all time... who calls themselves 'evil'?

Exactly.

Plus you can tell they are evil because they don't have matching uniforms.

-bc

[KirbyJack]

…and they wear secondary colors.

[Dr. Haydn]

On 11/19/2023 at 5:44 PM, Steven Valdez said:

I always thought the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was the silliest name of all time... who calls themselves 'evil'?

Perhaps the Brotherhood of Alternative Mutants?

Also, we should have a gender-neutral alternative for "brotherhood."

I've got it! The Association of Alternative Mutants--with a bit of Lieberesque alliteration.

 

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JUNE 1964

Amazing Spider-man #16 - Stan Lee - Steve Ditko - S.Rosen

Ditko's Spider-man is easily the best written of the Marvel Comics right now...

Part ONE:

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JUNE 1964

Amazing Spider-man #16 - Stan Lee - Steve Ditko - S.Rosen

Ditko's Spider-man is easily the best written of the Marvel Comics right now...

Part TWO:

[Prince Namor]

ON NEWSSTANDS JUNE 1964

Amazing Spider-man #16 - Letters Page

“There’s no telling what our next ish of Spiderman will be... but you can be sure they’ll come up with something...”

Stan didn't KNOW, because he wasn't writing it.

Ditko was already souring on ideas Stan tried to give him - like this issue - a repeated villain from another comic (written by Kirby)... with a crossover hero from another book...

Edited November 22, 2023 by Prince Namor

[divad]

On 11/16/2023 at 3:47 PM, Steven Valdez said:

Thanks for putting this up. To me, this original colouring looks so much better than the Photoshop version in the Masterwork.

It always does. Masterworks creep me out.

-d

[divad]

On 11/22/2023 at 6:40 AM, Prince Namor said:

ON NEWSSTANDS JUNE 1964

Amazing Spider-man #16 - Letters Page

“There’s no telling what our next ish of Spiderman will be... but you can be sure they’ll come up with something...”

Stan didn't KNOW, because he wasn't writing it.

Ditko was already souring on ideas Stan tried to give him - like this issue - a repeated villain from another comic (written by Kirby)... with a crossover hero from another book...

Are you sure that Stan even wrote these? I bet this was farmed out to (pardon my fading memory and no disrespect intended) what’s her name?

[The humble Watcher lurking]

On 11/22/2023 at 1:53 PM, divad said:

Are you sure that Stan even wrote these? I bet this was farmed out to (pardon my fading memory and no disrespect intended) what’s her name?

"Fabulous" Florence "Flo" Steinberg?

Edited November 22, 2023 by The humble Watcher lurking

[Dr. Haydn]

On 11/22/2023 at 12:53 PM, divad said:

Are you sure that Stan even wrote these? I bet this was farmed out to (pardon my fading memory and no disrespect intended) what’s her name?

Flo Steinberg would be a likely candidate, absolutely!

Edited November 23, 2023 by Dr. Haydn

[Mmehdy]

FF 30 was great too...vs SM16...I mean those were the days.......for best written out there for that month

Edited November 26, 2023 by Mmehdy