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Joseph William Marek
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These are the Pin-Ups that fans saw this month. (And YES! I had them taped up on my closet door!)
Pardon me if I go into a little bit of detail about the
“The Great Page Reduction of 1964”
. What we see is that it manifested in three parts that I will discuss briefly.
(1) Although the average page count of a Marvel comic had been
22 pages
, during July/August many of the stories in
Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil
and
Sgt. Fury
would be
21 pages
(many, not all).
(2) During September/October stories in
Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil
and
Sgt. Fury
would be reduced to
20 pages
; in
Journey into Mystery
, Thor, the lead feature, would be reduced to
16 pages
; and in
Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish
and
Strange Tales
the lead story would be reduced to
12 pages
. During these two months, each of these titles would also have a
Pin-Up
page to allow for that page reduction.
(3) As of November 1964, the
Pin-Ups
would largely disappear to be replaced with an
M.M.M.S.
page (or other house ad). This format would continue to early 1970.
Also in October there would be a new layout to the pages as the
paid advertisements
would be
moved to other pages
.
Also (again) we would see a
temporary
cut in the number of pages devoted to
house material
in the
late summer/early fall
when the TV networks would advertise their
fall cartoon lineups
in comic books.
This wouldn’t happen yet, but it would happen in the ’60s.
Anarchy and Chaos are the natural state of the human race. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And Chaos must always ultimately triumph.
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Aug 12 12 5:44 PM. Edited 3 times.
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