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Jan 15 08 7:42 PM
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Jan 15 08 8:16 PM
These are all listed as possible ends to the Silver Age:
1. Jack Kirby's departure from Marvel Comics to produce Fourth World titles at DC Comics (1970).
2. The retirement of Mort Weisinger, long-time editor of the Superman family of comics for DC (1970). The Superman titles were then divided among several editors, including Julius Schwartz, Murray Boltinoff, E. Nelson Bridwell, Mike Sekowsky and, briefly, Jack Kirby.
3. The change of rules to the Comics Code Authority which allowed for more controversial topics to be discussed (1971). This led to a wave of horror comics such as Ghost Rider and Tomb of Dracula.
4. When Stan Lee stopped writing for Marvel Comics, at the same time stepping down as Editor-In-Chief (1972).
5. The advent of darker superhero stories in the early 1970s. During this time, Batman returned to his roots as a dubious vigilante, and Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams started the gritty, urban-themed series Green Lantern/Green Arrow.
6. The death of Gwen Stacy, the girlfriend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 ("The Night Gwen Stacy Died") (1973).
7. The debut of the "All-New All-Different" X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), restarting a franchise that would dominate subsequent decades.
8. Adventure Comics #452 (1977), starring Aquaman, where the villain Black Manta kindnaps and murders Aquaman's infant son. I'd never heard about the Aquaman one until recently, it just seems too far into the 70's to be a reasonable cut-off point. I've always thought of Kirby leaving Marvel being the end of the Silver Age, particularly in the way that it shook things up at Marvel at the time. I also like the idea of the transition between old and new X-men being the beginning of the Bronze Age, much like the new Flash marked the beginning of the Silver Age.
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Jan 15 08 8:34 PM
Masterworks Maniac wrote: Seriously, I don't like this discussion. Let's hope instead we are asking in 40 years... What if #500 will be the final Masterwork. Long live the Marvel Masterworks line!!!
I agree! This is a disturbing "What if?" scenario. Way too much unmasterworked stuff to choose from. Which 5 to pick?!! My god this is like Sofies Choice!!!
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Jan 15 08 9:37 PM
Golden Age
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Jan 15 08 9:44 PM
Masterworks Maniac wrote: Marvel Masterworks Volume 96: The Golden Age Finale -- An over 12,000 page volume that completes all titles and issues the Golden Age of Marvel Comics Marvel Masterworks Volume 97: The Atlas Age Finale -- A bargain slimmer volume that complete all titles and issues left from the Atlas Age of Marvel Comics Marvel Masterworks Volume 98: The Silver Age Finale -- Completing all comics and titles from the Silver Age Marvel Masterworks Volume 99 & 100: The Bronze Age Part 1 & 2 -- As a money saver, the Bronze Age would be split into two separate volumes, and the Bronze Age would be complete. Seems simple enough to me. Through an accounting error, these volumes would retail for $4.99 a piece.
I would say this sounds too silly to ever be done, but Brand New Day certainly raised the bar on that.....
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Jan 15 08 9:51 PM
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Jan 15 08 10:06 PM
Sgt Fury 2 -- reading #1 right now and it's a riot: great combo of story and art, with hilarious wise-cracks surpassing the best of Spidey (the latter merely commenting on beating up baddies, while the Howlers were howling bout actually killing Nazis, tons of them)
Click this link for the MASTERWORKS HOME PAGE, and don't miss out on the latest news and release information on the whole scene of collected editions at the CURRENT NEWS page!
Jan 15 08 11:35 PM
Defenders 1 -- for their first couple years they really were Marvel's top team; in the summer of 73 they beat the Avengers (as a kid I kept careful tallies on each individual battle in the "War", and the non-team won decisively)
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Jan 16 08 12:30 AM
Masterworks Maniac wrote: Marvel Masterworks Volume 96: The Golden Age Finale -- An over 12,000 page volume that completes all titles and issues the Golden Age of Marvel Comics Marvel Masterworks Volume 97: The Atlas Age Finale -- A bargain slimmer volume that complete all titles and issues left from the Atlas Age of Marvel Comics
By my very rough estimates, that Golden Age volume would be about 20,000 pages, and that "slimmer" Atlas volume would be 125,000. I think you'd need an adamantium bookcase just to hold them! -Eric
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Jan 16 08 1:22 AM
Silver Age
carabimero wrote: You have to complete the Silver Age. My conceit is that if not for the SA, we wouldn't have any of these HCs. BTW, exactly when does the SA end? Jan 1970?
December, 1975.
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Jan 16 08 5:22 AM
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Jan 16 08 5:33 AM
100. Rocket Raccoon Vol. 1
You haven't been taking Leedom's medication, have you?
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Jan 16 08 6:34 AM
As Eric pointed out, the Atlas Era volume certainly wouldn't be slimmer. Without looking too closely, there's something like 100 GA volumes and somewhere around 400 AE volumes. Four Hundred!
Jan 16 08 7:08 AM
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Jan 16 08 8:33 AM
warlock664 wrote: One other Silver Age endpoint I've heard suggested: the month CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 went on sale. Right, Jimbo?
Yep. Kirby leaving Marvel and Conan #1 is the rough timeframe I consider the SA to end.
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Jan 16 08 9:07 AM
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Jan 16 08 1:55 PM
Great to hear the Masterworks program will be be around for a while yet. My own picks: No 96: THE MIGHTY THOR Vol.7 No 97: THE HUMAN TORCH Vol.2 (Silver Age)---I'd prefer to read Silver Age Subby Vol.3 but the completist in me would push for this instead. No 98: WARLOCK Vol.2---to complete it and also because I've heard it's really good. No 99: NICK FURY, AGENT OF SHIELD Vol.2. No 100: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Vol.10---since it was the first masterwork, it would be fitting to be the last. A good excuse for a really big volume to complete the story arc through Issue 100. Of course this would leave out Golden Age Cap Vol.2. And Kirby's Thor wouldn't be finished. Just as well the Masterworks are gonna keep on coming!!
Jan 16 08 2:12 PM
No 100: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Vol.10---since it was the first masterwork, it would be fitting to be the last.
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