Category: Marvel
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Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #2:7 Doomed Men!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.25 StarsFor today’s comic book review I sit down to read the second issue of Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos, the story contained within this issue is titled “7 Doomed Men!” a short summary of the story, after returning to base in need of much rest from a mission, the commandos are sent out again, this time to put…
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Avengers #1:The Coming Of The Avengers!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4.5 StarsFor Today’s Comic book review, i Read and review Avengers #1 from 1963. This classic Tale features The Mighty Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and The Incredible Hulk, and though the action’s of this 22 page story, they come together to form the Avengers! Our Story begins out with Loki, plotting his revenge against Thor,…
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Tales To Astonish #47:Music To Scream By
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3 StarsFor today’s comic book review i read the ant-man and wasp story from Tales To Astonish #47, titled “Music To Scream By“. in this classic tale we see our heroes as well as the ant’s face the great threat of sound. To offer a summary, the story starts out with a prelude where our hero’s both solve…
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Journey Into Mystery #96:The Mighty Thor! Defying The Magic Of… Mad Merlin!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor Today’s Comic Book Review i Read the Thor Story from Journey Into Mystery #96. This story is titled “The Mighty Thor! Defying The Magic Of… Mad Merlin!” and as we sit down to read and review it, we have to ask ourselves if it is truly a magical story, or if it is…
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Tales Of Suspense #45:The Icy Fingers Of Jack Frost!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor Today’s comic book review i read the Iron Man story from Tales Of Suspense #45, it was titled “The Icy Fingers Of Jack Frost!” and much more important than seeming like a good comic book to pick to review for this december week, is that this story introduces us to Pepper Pots and Happy Hogan. a short…
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X-Men #1
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I did X-Men #1 from 1963. this volume of comics would eventually be retitled to Uncanny X-men. in any case, i thought it a great idea to review X-men #1 for X-mas eve. I feel it worth saying that the X-men comic came to be the same month as the avengers, but the…
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Amazing Spider-Man #4:Nothing Can Stop The Sandman!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsToday, I sit down to read and write my review of Amazing Spider-Man #4 from 1963. In Amazing Spider-Man #4, we get introduced to the well-known spider-man foe Sandman. But is this issue as simple as Hero Vs Villain or is there more to this spider-man comic? to give a short summary of this comic book, would be to…
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Fantastic Four #18:A Skrull Walks Among Us!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review i am proud to bring the story titled “A Skrull Walks Among Us!” from Fantastic Four #18; this is the second appearance of the alien race the Skrull in marvel, and the first appearance of Super-Skrull. To provide a short Summery of Fantastic Four #18, we have the story begin with our hero’s relaxing,…
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Strange Tales #112:The Living Bomb!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 5 StarsToday, i sat down to review the human torch story from Strange Tales #112, if you are looking for the review of the Doctor Strange story for this issue, i regret to inform you that for Strange Tales #112 and #113 the doctor, and his stories where nonexistent. But as for the human torch, can the…
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Tales To Astonish #46:…When Cyclops Walks The Earth
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.5 Starsoday I set out to do a comic book review on the ant-man and the wasp story from Tales To Astonish #46. From the starting point, the cover did not set me off with great hope for the issue, but I know that is a bad way to judge a book. for a short synopsis of the…
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Journey Into Mystery #95:The Demon Duplicator’s
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 1.75 Starsfor today’s comic book review i read Thor’s story from Journey Into Mystery #95 it is titled “The Mighty Thor Faces The Menace Of.. The Demon duplicator’s!”, in this tale, Thor faces a duplicate of himself, who has two hammer’s and is thus twice as powerful. But the real question would be, is twice the number of Thor’s twice as…
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Tales Of Suspense #44:Iron Man Faces the Menace of The Mad Pharaoh!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 4 Starswe have already had The Fantastic Four, Thor and Ant-Man travel though time. This Month its Iron Man’s turn at time travel; sending him 2000 years back into the past to ancient Egypt and the court of Cleopatra. what can lead to an amazing and suspenseful tale like this, how about i offer us a bit of a summary. Tony Stark…
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Strange Tales #111:Face-To-Face With The Magic Of Baron Mordo!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.25 StarsToday’s Comic book review is of Strange Tales #111; and it contains two stories that I have reviewed; This post is for the Dr. Strange story Titled: “Face-To-Face With The Magic Of Baron Mordo!“. For the Human Torch Story, please click here. In our second tale of Dr. Strange, we have him face to face with…
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Strange Tales #111:Fighting To The Death With The Asbestos Man!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3 StarsThis is a comic book review of the Human Torches story in Strange Tales #111, titled “Fighting To The Death With The Asbestos Man!“, but today I also reviewed the Dr. Strange story, and you can find that review by clicking here. But for a short summary of today’s story, we have a brilliant scientist who feels under appreciated,…
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Fantastic Four #17:Defeated By Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsI am sure by now you have read my comic book review of Fantastic Four #16 published just yesterday, and not only read the issue, but read Fantastic Four #17 as well, then came back eager to see what I thought of the classic comic book story? I thought it was a more than fitting part two,…
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Fantastic Four #16:The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 5 StarsIn my time so far reviewing classic marvel comics i have seem comics good and bad come from these classic creators. Some stories have even been downright horrifying, fortunately this one is not! In fact Fantastic Four #16 is perhaps the best Doctor Doom story I have reviewed so far, and it’s not even fully over yet!…
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Strange Tales #110:Dr. Strange Master Of Black Magic
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsIn Strange Tales #110, a second key marvel character graced the pages with his own story. This will lead me to review not only the Human Torch Tale, but a tale by another key figure. Who is this character? Why none other than Dr. Strange, a character much more suited to fill the pages of a comic book magazine titled Strange.…
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Strange Tales #110:The Human Torch Vs. The Wizard And Paste-Pot Pete!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 2 StarsI should start by saying in Strange Tales #110, the Human Torch began sharing the pages of this volume with another marvel legend, Dr. Strange, and you can read the review of his Strange Tale at this link. This is a review of “The Human Torch Vs. The Wizard And Paste-Pot Pete!“. where before I even begin reading it…
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Journey Into Mystery #94:Thor and Loki Attack The Human Race!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 1.75 StarsFor Today’s Comic Book Review I read the Story “Thor and Loki Attack The Human Race!” from Journey Into Mystery #94. That is correct, you read right, Thor and Loki, working together, but it is sad to say that the cover and the opening page tell us about all we need to know about this story. The True…
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Tales Of Suspense #43:Iron Man Versus Kala, Queen Of The Netherworld!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 2.5 StarsWhen reading a story, ever get that sense that you read it before? Well that is exactly what I felt like when i sat down to read “Iron Man Versus Kala, Queen Of The Netherworld!” From Takes Of Suspense #43 for my comic book review. In this case, I can’t help but feel every aspect of the plot…
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Amazing Spider-Man #3:Doctor Octopus
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 3.5 StarsThis comic book review of Amazing Spider-Man #3, is a comic book review not only of a great spider-man story, but the first appearance of one of spider-man’s classic nemeses Doctor Octopus. This story starts with Spider-man Capturing some common criminals, an easy tasks for the superhero. Ironically this leads him to wish for a more challenging of…
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Tales to Astonish #45:The Terrible Traps Of Egghead!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.75 StarsIn today’s comic book review we go over, the story in Tales to Astonish #45 that features Ant-Man and The Wasp caught in “The terrible Traps of Egghead!”. For those of you who have been following along, we seen Egg Head in Tales To Astonish #38. but worry not, if you did not read that classic issue; as this one offers a…
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Tales To Astonish #44:Ant-Man and the Wasp! Vs. The Creature From Kosmos!
Cover Date: Jun 1963 | Review: 4 StarsIn sitting down to do my comic book review for the Ant-Man and Wasp story in Tales To Astonish #44, I realize the importance of this issue. These simple, and short facts must be stated first before I begin even thinking about being critical of the 18 page story. This issue is the first appearance and the origin of…
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Tales Of Suspense #42:Iron Man Trapped By The Red Barbarian
Cover Date: Jun 1963 | Review: 3 StarsFor today Comic Book Review I cover the Iron Man story from Tales Of Suspense #42 titled “Trapped By The Red Barbarian”. a tale that features a wonderfully expected communist plot to steal the latest weapons plans from Tony Stark, however in this tale, the menace working for the red barbarian known as the actor learns Iron Man’s secret identity as…