Marve comics in the 70's preview

[samurainoir]

http://www.twomorrows.com/media/Marv...70sPreview.pdf

By popular demand, TwoMorrows Publishing presents*Marvel Comics in the 1970s, the sequel to Pierre Comtois’ heralded first volume on the 1960s! This book covers Marvel’s final historical phase: the twilight years of the 1970s, after the initial ’60s wave of popularity pushed the company to the forefront of the comics industry, and made many of its characters household names. This full decade of pop-culture history saw*Stan Lee’s*role as writer diminish as he ascended to Publisher, the stunning departure of*Jack Kirby*to DC (and his later return to Marvel), the rise of*Roy Thomas*as editor (and eventual Editor In Chief), and the introduction of a new wave of writers and artists who would expand the boundaries of comics beyond super-heroes, while planting the seeds for the company’s eventual self-destruction. Comics such as the Spider-Man “drug” issues, Conan the Barbarian, Tomb of Dracula, Master of Kung **, Howard the Duck, the new X-Men, and more are covered in detail—along with the creators who wrote and drew them, including*Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith, Gene Colan, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, John Romita, Gil Kane, Sal Buscema,*and many others. So don’t be satisfied with only half the story! Check out Marvel Comics in the 1970s and find out why Marvel was once hailed as The House of Ideas!

[Bionic Joe]

The 70s was MARVELS best decade

[samurainoir]

Although I'm pretty sure Marvel wasn't licensing the Universal Monsters in the seventies were they? Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf by Night, Living Mummy... Not licensed properties?

[Bionic Joe]

Although I'm pretty sure Marvel wasn't licensing the Universal Monsters in the seventies were they? Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf by Night, Living Mummy... Not licensed properties?

I don't think they were as all were differnt from the Universal monsters ,they even had a Frankinstein series and he looked nothing like Boris

[ctc]

>I'm pretty sure Marvel wasn't licensing the Universal Monsters in the seventies were they?

I don't think they were licensed. The stories were pretty different, and the look was just different enough so's to not get sued. I think they were jumping on the last go around of the "monster kid" bandwagon.

>The 70s was MARVELS best decade

I gotta agree; especially the first half. They still had the weird from the 60's, but were focussing on character and story more. A great mix.

Don C.

[samurainoir]

Shame to have such a glaring error about Marvel licensing the Universal Monsters within the first page or so then. You would think that any number of casual proofreaders could have caught that one.