Author: Drew R.
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Incredible Hulk #5:Beauty and the Beast
Cover Date: Jan 1963 | Review: 1.5 StarsBeauty and the Beast is the First of two hulk stories in Incredible Hulk #5, The Hordes of General Fang! has its own review Here. At first reading the story, I thought that they wanted to do the same kind of thing they did last month, tell us a tale of character development, and then give us the action in the…
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Tales to Astonish #39:the Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle
Cover Date: Jan 1963 | Review: 4 StarsUnlike the last story, this one is told more so from Dr. Pym’s perspective as he investigates the strange activities as Ant-Man. Also quite contrary to Issues #38’s thought-provoking deeper meaning. this one features a large bug named the Scarlet beetle, whom not only has those qualities, but though communication’s organised insect kind with them. Story Our story is truly about the dangers of…
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Tales to Astonish #38:Betrayed by the Ants!!
Cover Date: Dec 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsSometimes when I sit down to write the comic book review’s I find myself with a loss for words; this is one of those times. that is not to say that Tales to Astonish is lacking anything to talk about, just a good point to start. This story like the ones before it, I feel…
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Journey Into Mystery #87:Prisoner of the Reds!
Cover Date: Dec 1962 | Review: 3 Starsafter last month’s story, this month’s Thor is a bit more down to earth. It still focuses on showing that the Norse god of thunder is patriotic to the US government and standing against the ‘reds‘ in the cold war. As such this issue, builds upon both Journey into Mystery #86 & #84 without referring ether of them. Story The story is…
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Fantastic Four #9:The End Of The Fantastic Four
Cover Date: Dec 1962 | Review: 4.75 StarsIn Fantastic Four #9 the Fantastic Four are broke and bankrupt, unable to pay their bill’s they find themselves selling off their assets and braking up as a team. Is this story the end of the Fantastic Four, or just another chapter in the beginning? I am sure 40 years of history tell us that. It is though…
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Strange Tales #103:Prisoner of the 5th Dimension
Cover Date: Dec 1962 | Review: 4 StarsStrange tales #103 where the human Torch is the prisoner of the 5th dimension, was a well written, and fairly well drawn story. This time, the little care needed to explain why he is investigating this alone is taken. just 1 panel, greatly helped this story fit in with a level of acceptability with the other Fantastic Four…
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Fantastic Four #8:Prisoners of the Puppet Master
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 4.25 StarsIncluding Fantastic Four #8 we are up to 4 out of 8 issues that the Fantastic Four are described as being Prisoner’s. if anything I am seeing this as a theme for what the early Fantastic Four stories where about, them being captured, in part or as a whole and finding their way free. This issue of Fantastic…
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Strange Tales #102:Prisoner of the Wizard
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 1.25 StarsA week ago I brought you a review of one of the stories in Strange Tales #101. This week, The Human Torch continues being the star of the featured story. This time we have him in “Prisoner of the Wizard” The story is an enjoyable read, however I do feel it overlooks an all important fact…
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Incredible Hulk #4:Gladiator from Outer Space
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 3.75 StarsIncredible Hulk #4 is the halfway point of the original six issue run. With this issue it seems like Jack & Stan decided to try something a bit different, instead of telling one full issue story filled with everything we expect and hope for, they gave us two, both staring our favorite green machine. The…
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Incredible Hulk #4:The Monster and The Machine
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsIncredible Hulk #4 is the halfway point of the original six issue run. With this issue it seems like Jack & Stan decided to try something a bit different, instead of telling one full issue story filled with everything we expect and hope for, they gave us two, both staring our favorite green machine. The…
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Journey Into Mystery #86:On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsHe didn’t fly away he just faded from sight… as though moving into another segment of time! and since there was no time-travel in the past, he must have come from the future!! If one quote from this issue, struck me it was this one. It says so much about the story, the writing of the time, and the logic behind it just makes me laugh.…
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Tales To Astonish #37:Trapped by the Protecter!
Cover Date: Nov 1962 | Review: 3 StarsHaving read the Ant-Man feature in Tales To Astonish #37, I feel this story and the one from last issue would have been better served in reverse. it feels like it covers a bit of what felt like was missing between the two. While I would not call this a classic story, it was a…
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Tales to Astonish #36:The Challege of Comrade X!
Cover Date: Oct 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsLast issue, Dr. Pym donned the Ant-Man costume and identity for the first time. between then and now it seems our hero has been busy. This issue does a great job of showing how Ant-Man is a general hero, helping out whenever he is needed. It also explains quite well how he knows when he is needed.…
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Strange Tales #101:The Human Torch
Cover Date: Oct 1962 | Review: 3 StarsIt is October of 1962 when this issue was released. in the middle of that month, when someone, somewhere may have been reading this for the first time. The US entered the Nuclear weapon’s stand-off that we know as the Cuban Missile Crisis. On a lighter note, The New York Yankee’s would have been playing the San Francisco Giants for…
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Journey Into Mystery #85:Trapped By Loki, The God of Mischief
Cover Date: Oct 1962 | Review: 2.5 StarsJust three issues after the Hammer of Thor finds its way into the hands of Dr. Don Blake we get our first taste of another god. In this issue, we are introduced to Loki, but much more is at play and is hinted at then is understood at this time. In this issue, we have the first…
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Fantastic Four #7:Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X
Cover Date: Oct 1962 | Review: 3.5 StarsIn this issue, the Fantastic Four find themselves prisoner’s… again! Yes, really, First to the US government, then to Dr. Doom, and now to an alien leader on his distant planet. 3 times in 7 issues, that’s a lot to be captured! You may think from my first paragraph that I did not like the story, In fact…
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Fantastic Four #6:Captives of the Deadly Duo
Cover Date: Sep 1962 | Review: 3.75 StarsAt long last, I return to the Fantastic Four with Fantastic Four #6. While it may see like it was a long wait, it was nowhere near as long as the 2 months that people in 1962 would have waited for this September issue. Two issues ago, they reintroduced the Sub-Mariner. Last issue they introduced Dr.Doom. Now, in just…
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Amazing Fantasy #15:Spider-Man
Cover Date: Aug 1962 | Review: 4.5 StarsAmazing Fantasy 15 is the last issue of Amazing Adult Fantasy, that was dropped from the name with just that issue. unfortunately for Amazing Adult Fantasy #15, that with or without the adult, it was to be the last issue of that comic magazine. But fortunately for us, and history, that allowed them to take a chance on one of…
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Tales To Astonish #35:Return of the Ant-Man
Cover Date: Sep 1962 | Review: 3.75 StarsFollowing up on yesterday; I read Tales to Astonish #35. As I am sure you knew or have guessed, it’s the next issue to feature Dr. Henry Pym. This time however, he takes up the role of super hero for the first time becoming Ant-Man. This story is a great follow-up to the first, serving…
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Tales To Astonish #27:The Man In The Ant Hill
Cover Date: Jan 1962 | Review: 3.25 StarsToday I am focusing on reviewing the story the Man in the Ant Hill, From Tales To Astonish number 27. Why would I pick out this story instead of one of the others in this volume? Well, that would not be apparent until 8 issues later when Dr. Pym, the star of our story returns. At this point though,…
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Journey Into Mystery #84:Vs. The Executioner
Cover Date: Sep 1962 | Review: 4.5 StarsThor’s story in Journey Into Mystery # 84 served as the perfect complement to his origin one issue before. In fact, it greatly surpassed it. don’t get me wrong, the origin was good; but this was better. It had action, It had suspense, it had irony. Most important of all, it had the character development we need to turn Thor from just some guy into…
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Journey Into Mystery #83:Thor the Mighty! and The Stone Men from Saturn
Cover Date: Aug 1962 | Review: 3.25 StarsA big title for a short story, the ‘Journey Into Mystery’ comics would feature a few stories in each, but all I have the luxury of reviewing is ‘Thor the Mighty! and “The Stone Men from Saturn”‘. This 13 page short is the first appearance of The Mighty Thor, and serves at the origin story for how Dr.…
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Incredible Hulk #3:Banished To Outer Space
Cover Date: Sep 1962 | Review: 4.25 Starssubtitled this Banished to outer space, but that is really just the first story in this issue, Incredible Hulk #3 featured 2 great story’s divided by a retelling of the origin for anyone whom may have missed it back in issue #1. This time the origin is more from Rick’s perspective. Even if you know the…
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Incredible Hulk #2:The Terror of the Toad Men!
Cover Date: Jul 1962 | Review: 1.75 StarsWhat can I say, how should I start this one-off. I went into reading Issue #2 having come from Incredible Hulk #1 with high hopes. Having highly liked everything about the first volume, how could I expect anything less than greatness? Perhaps I am being hard or requesting too much out of the older books,…