To begin with- a few words of introduction: We first ‘met’ as frequent commenters on the “Bronze Age Babies” site. When the hosts of that great blog, Karen and Doug, asked for some new contributors , both of us joined in. And when the BAB concluded , it just seemed right to move forward with “Back”.
And now a little background on your hosts :
Redartz: I first came to love comics in the late 60’s, spanning the transition from Silver to Bronze. From Disney to Casper to Archie, Marvel and DC, indies and underground comix- I’ve read and loved ‘em all. That love for comics grew into a passion for art, leading to Art school and eventually, to my current occupation . I run the frame shop for an art gallery. This field has been beneficial for my comics obsession- numerous examples hang on my wall. Plus, the conservation techniques used in framing have helped me turn some shredded flea market comic purchases into readable books. Those books share space in the house with my wife and I, three cats and a dog. I also have two grown sons who had the good sense to pick up on my fascination with comics.
Martinex1: Like Redartz, my comic collecting straddled the two ages. I was introduced to late Silver Age material from a dear cousin of mine through countless comics loaded into a cardboard box. That eclectic set ranged from Sad Sack to horror anthologies to a myriad of super-hero tales. I soon started collecting on my own focusing mostly on the spandex set. My schooling actually focused on cinema studies and I initially thought I would pursue a career in the animation and film industry, but somehow wandered into a role in food production lab work and technology. Go figure. My hobby of writing and illustrating continues between time spent with my two sons and lovely wife. By the way, my real name is Mike but there are plenty of those from our generation floating around, so my internet handle became Martinex1.
What you can expect to see here in the near future are discussions ranging broadly but always with a touchstone to the great Bronze Age. In some way the topics will harken back to our heyday in the 70s and 80s. Over the next weeks, we will be leading conversations on specific heroes, comic art, the new Doctor Strange movie, and reviews of comics like ROM Spaceknight. We do want to let you know that we may not post every single day, but we will do our best to keep the blog frequent, moving, entertaining, lighthearted, friendly, and fun. We intend our site to be extremely interactive but cordial and civil, and we sincerely hope that you check us out often.
Finally, in the spirit of “firsts”, we present our topic today: a selection of notable 1st issue covers from those unforgettable 70’s: some true classics, others a bit less well known…
Did these covers entice you into sampling a new title? Did they reflect the greatness (or weakness) of the stories to come? Were there any other classic ‘firsts’ that stood out for you? Your thoughts, please.
50 comments:
GOOOOOOOOD MORNING, BELOVED TEAMMATES!!!
HB
And fellas, thank you. There is no doubt that the whole throng of of regular members of this community (both the vociferous and the quietly lurk-ish) are deeply appreciative and happily in your debt for taking on this big ol' responsibility, and moving up to the front seat to drive this bus on its next leg. Heh-- perhaps you guys can be compared to Cap's Kooky Quartet, eh? (One of you can be Cap & Hawkeye, the other can be Pietro and Wanda-- we're happy with whomever chooses whom. . .) Your site looks great, and naturally it looks wonderfully familiar and welcoming right off the bat, reminding us that, hey, we're ALL still here (including Doug & Karen, in fact-- just more quietly), and that really we've just shifted the cook-out from the back-deck to the back yard. The little Earth over on the left bar there is expanding and contracting with a collective sigh of relief. . .
Sooo, with the topic at hand. . .
Myself, I have seven (I think) of the first-issues depicted. IIRC, there was an early First-Issue craze in the early/mid '70's, and both of the big companies happily complied by churning out a LOT of quick titles with "Collector's Item Big Premiere First Issue"-type hype emblazoned somewhere on the cover. Ha-- and mmmmmaybe the word "unforgettable" isn't quite the most accurate choice to describe most of that fare? Although 'round here we do recall a lot of those books with fondness now, at the time they kinda just vanished w/out even a few words being spoken in memory. (I might submit Skull the Slayer, f'rinstance. . . ) And I do remember having two or three pals who claimed to be comic "collectors" all of a sudden, but identified themselves as "purists" who only collected first issues-- so, yeah, I guess the publishers did indeed identify a ready and willing market to liberate a few easy, quick dollars from. Heh.
Still, this was before the practice of arbitrary 1st issue re-launches of ongoing titles, so each first issue, no matter how obscure, does have its own piece of memory-turf. BLITZKRIEG, NOVA, CHAMPIONS, BLACK GOLIATH, INHUMANS, the Atlas Comics stable, GABBY GOB, heck all the way to the New Universe collective, even. . .
Annnnd I really must feed the ducks and head to work--
Feeling MUCH better about all of this today-!
HB
Hi, guys -- and congratulations!!
For whatever reason, and maybe I'll blame it on distribution, I had the 2nd issue of many a Bronze Age introduction. Those 1st issues seemed to escape me. The cover that brings back a memory for me, though, is Rima #1. I had a later issue when I was around 7 years old. I have no recollections of how or where I got it, nor of what happened to it. But I remember the art, and have long wished DC would reprint the series.
Also, did any of you know that Rima was based on another tale? I read an article about it in Back Issue some years ago.
Thanks for providing this space!
Doug
Hey Redartz and Martinex! Glad to see you finally liberated yourself from the tyranny of those two authoritarians Karen & Doug. - Kidding! Kidding! I kid, obviously...
Seriously, though, nice to see the new blog up and running, and I wish you much success in running it. I'm really looking forward to see how everything will unfold.
As to today's topic, back in the day, I only had two of these, DC Comics Presents #1 (purchased in one of those three-pack plastic bags with the Whitman logo on it) and Ragman #1 (purchased a few years after the fact - I bought the entire 5-issue run for about a buck and a little change in, I think, 1981). I loved both of those issues; I particularly loved the concept and character of Ragman, but we all know that he simply didn't take the world by storm and got axed rather quickly. DC Comics Presents #1, on the other hand, with its fun race-through-time story and absolutely lovely art by Garcia Lopez, certainly set the tone for what would more often than not be an enjoyable series - there were some weaker stories in there, but I recall back then that it was my favorite Superman series and the only one I read on a semi-regular basis.
Otherwise, thanks to reprints or borrowing from friends, I'd read 9 more of those. The stand-outs for me were GS X-men #1 (obviously) and Dr. Strange #1 by Englehart and Brunner, as well as E-man #1, which was such a fantastically fun series (it's also the only one of these comics I currently own in its original format, as I bought all 10 issues of the Charlton E-man run and had them bound).
Doug, yep, knew about Rima. She was the main character in a very early 20th century novel called Green Mansions (never read it). Does anyone remember that the character appeared several times in the Super Friends cartoon in the late '70s? That's where I first saw (and heard of) her, and it was only later, in high school, when reading Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt," that I learned she was an actual literary character from way back.
Hi Martinex1 and Redartz, Hey, I love what you've done with the place.
I was away from my computer all day yesterday, so imagine my shock and surprise when I went over to "Bronze Age Babies" and saw the "Closed" sign! I quickly scanned down and read the devastating news that BAB was no more. I was crestfallen to say the least.
But then my spirits were lifted once again when I learned that you guys were being passed the torch and would continue to bring us old comic geeks the daily Bronze Age goodness we so desperately crave.
IMO, the job could not have gone to two more capable individuals. I look forward to continuing our journey though the past with you gentlemen at the helm. Long live BITBA!!
And thank goodness we'll no longer have to listen to Doug's endless ramblings and… Oh, hey Doug! I uuhhh didn't notice you up there in the comments section. Heh, heh. Just kidding. Love you man. So, how's retirement treating you?
Oops, I almost forgot to comment on today's topic at hand.
I clearly remember buying "Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man #1" off the spinner rack. I'm pretty sure it was the first 1st issue of any comic that I ever bought. The cover was truly spectacular (pun intended), and it definitely got my attention. It's still one of my all time favorites.
Congratulations on the new blog - I'm reminded of the X-Files when those two new agents replaced Mulder & Scully. For me the most familiar of those #1 covers is Conan The Barbarian - it was also the cover of the confusingly named UK weekly "Savage Sword Of Conan" #1 in March 1975. That weekly was cancelled after only 18 issues which was Marvel UK's first failure but the Conan strip carried on in other Marvel comics. Then in November 1977 Savage Sword Of Conan was relaunched as a monthly featuring the Conan stories from the U.S. Savage Sword monthly but for some unknown reason the stories were printed in a completely different order to the U.S. original. I was completely unaware of that fact till 2008 when I bought Volume 1 of Dark Horse's Savage Sword reprints and didn't get the stories I was expecting !
William, that's a number 1 that I did find on the spinner rack. Inhumans #2 was it, though -- never saw #1 anywhere.
And ask sometime, about the number of edits and re-writes we asked our guest writers to do. Karen and I were TASKMASTERS!!
Not.
Doug
It's interesting how "hot" some of these books were for awhile, only to disappear completely in later decades. Conan would probably be the biggest example in Marvel's stable, yeah? Hugely- almost impossibly- popular for a few years-- the relative value of those earlier issues shot through the roof so quickly. I was buying it regularly by about issue #55, and the first issue had already become an impossible-to-find-or-afford collector's item. And that book gave a MASSIVE jump-start to the huge resurgence of Barbarian sword & sorcery in pop-culture-- really, giving it a permanent berth as a now-common archtype. But the Marvel comic? And spin-offs? And magazine? Gone, gone, gone. It's like they were never part of the Marvel U at all. . .
Howard the Duck also had about a year of high visibility, remember? And that first issue was immediately bought out everywhere, which inflated its value practically before the 2nd issue even saw print.
Man, am I ever glad I picked up GSXM#1 on impulse at the drug store that afternoon those many years ago. (I believe it was on lunch-break during my freshman year of high school--)
HB
Good luck with this blog, I plan to follow it and comment as often as possible!
Thanks for all the early comments guys. It is much appreciated that you made the leap. I suspect that you will find it a comfortable place, with many things feeling familiar and a few new twists thrown in for fun. Some ideas may work and some may not, but it should be a blast trying. We do have the next week mapped out fairly well, so we hope to get off to a good start and a steady pace. It may be a little bumpy here in the beginning so please be patient with us; we are working to get our sea legs. And please if you run into any issues with the blog let us know
HB, William, Edo, Colin, J.A., Doug and any lurkers out there– I am just glad you are here! Welcome!
Now on to the topic at hand …
Believe it or not I did not initially own any of the #1 issues posted here, as I started my own comic buying in 1977. So I did own a lot of later decade Marvel offerings like Ms. Marvel and the Micronauts. But honestly one of my favorites was a DC comic – Firestorm, the Nuclear Man. It was short lived but I think that Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom did a nice job on those five issues in 1978. It is the one place where I really liked Milgrom’s art. Looking back at it, that book seemed very retro and it actually seems odd that it came out in 1978 as it seemed trapped in an earlier era. But I guess Firestorm has lasted – and his costume and appearance are definitely unique.
It is funny you mention #2 issues. Back when I was a kid, not only did distribution affect my completionism, I sometimes skipped the #1s because I generally was bored with origin stories. I distinctly remember thinking that I just liked the fights, and typically in first issues there was little villainy – mostly just low level hoods so the focus could be on the hero. So for me, it was Nova #2, ROM #2, G.I. Joe #2, etc. Hilarious (and costly down the line).
HB – I think you may hear about some of those oddball offerings like Skull the Slayer around here – so hang tight.
Edo – I knew I heard of Rima somewhere; thanks for reminding me of the Super Friends version. What a crazy selection.
Colin – The 70’s sure brought out the barbarians, jungle warriors, and giant snakes! I wonder if that genre will ever make a resurgence like that again.
Yes – Long Live BITBA! (That may take some getting used to…). Cheers!
Thanks for all the early comments guys. It is much appreciated that you made the leap. I suspect that you will find it a comfortable place, with many things feeling familiar and a few new twists thrown in for fun. Some ideas may work and some may not, but it should be a blast trying. We do have the next week mapped out fairly well, so we hope to get off to a good start and a steady pace. It may be a little bumpy here in the beginning so please be patient with us; we are working to get our sea legs. And please if you run into any issues with the blog let us know
HB, William, Edo, Colin, J.A., Doug and any lurkers out there– I am just glad you are here! Welcome!
Now on to the topic at hand …
Believe it or not I did not initially own any of the #1 issues posted here, as I started my own comic buying in 1977. So I did own a lot of later decade Marvel offerings like Ms. Marvel and the Micronauts. But honestly one of my favorites was a DC comic – Firestorm, the Nuclear Man. It was short lived but I think that Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom did a nice job on those five issues in 1978. It is the one place where I really liked Milgrom’s art. Looking back at it, that book seemed very retro and it actually seems odd that it came out in 1978 as it seemed trapped in an earlier era. But I guess Firestorm has lasted – and his costume and appearance are definitely unique.
It is funny you mention #2 issues. Back when I was a kid, not only did distribution affect my completionism, I sometimes skipped the #1s because I generally was bored with origin stories. I distinctly remember thinking that I just liked the fights, and typically in first issues there was little villainy – mostly just low level hoods so the focus could be on the hero. So for me, it was Nova #2, ROM #2, G.I. Joe #2, etc. Hilarious (and costly down the line).
HB – I think you may hear about some of those oddball offerings like Skull the Slayer around here – so hang tight.
Edo – I knew I heard of Rima somewhere; thanks for reminding me of the Super Friends version. What a crazy selection.
Colin – The 70’s sure brought out the barbarians, jungle warriors, and giant snakes! I wonder if that genre will ever make a resurgence like that again.
Yes – Long Live BITBA! (That may take some getting used to…). Cheers!
Hey guys, the site looks great. I believe the community is in more than capable hands. (Love your kooky quartet comparison, HB).
As to today's topic, the only one I bought that had a lasting impact on me was X-Men (d-uh). I bought that 1st Joker and remember thinking "A villain? Starring in his own book? How's that gonna work?" I don't think it ever really did, for me.
Tom
Congrats on the new blog, fellas! Love the header with all the variety of characters.
I didn't buy any of these off the rack, as I wasn't into buying new comics at that age, but read many of these later. Dr. Strange by Brunner is my favorite era of that character-- look forward to your movie review. Also love Swamp Thing by Wrightson/Wein-- wish they could've stayed on that title for a few years. I just recently got to read through the entire series of Howard the Duck and E-Man-- loved both! While Brunner was good on Howard in issue 1, Gene Colan was the Howard artist supreme. May even be my favorite art by Colan ever, with the realism combined with cartooning.
I just purchased Warlord #1 last week! I've been reading through that series again, and I love the continuous story in the series combined with short adventures each issue. You can see Mike Grell's growth artistically from issue 1 to 50. Even Colletta's inks are ok. Also enjoy Grell's writing, both plotting and dialogue.
DC Comics Presents was a solid title, with some super issues by Garcia Lopez. Great covers by him as well, including this #1. Fun that Staton painted the cover to 6 Million Dollar Man! Loved that tv show as a kid, but never read or even remember seeing the comic.
Conan was a great series overall. I tended to read to Buscema issues more than Smith, especially the Savage Sword comics. But I'd say Red Nails by Smith is the greatest Conan comic art ever.
Way to kick things off with a bang! Imagine walking into a shop as a kid and finding all these #1 issues!!
The Blog is dead, LONG LIVE THE BLOG!!! (And he started with the exclamation marks).
What was missing from these first issues, and probably because it was a simpler time, was the dramatic question: Hero's first time, could it also be his/her last!?! (Bum bum bummmm). Almost de rigueur of the Eighties number ones.
Marvel tried several times with Red Sonja to get her a lasting title. Two different runs in Marvel Feature and three THREE different Red Sonja titles!!! Can't say they didn't try. If I had the chutzpah, the wherewith all, the oomph, I would try a review of the different offerings......
My introduction to the X-Men was Giant Size X-Men number 2, which led me to The Uncanny X-Men 94. Not a number one, but a pretty pivotal issue nonetheless.
Turns out most of my Number ones are lame. One I would point to is, Ms Marvel #1. I also have another number one that's even better that Ms Marvel #1, but you wouldn't know it. It was from Canada, we met at camp, near Niagara Falls.
(You know, sometimes, I don't know why,
But this old town just seems so hopeless
I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times
Were just a little bit more in focus
But when she puts her arms around me,
I can, somehow, rise above it
Yeah man, when I got that little girl standing right by my side,
You know, I can tell the whole wide world, and shout it,
Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl,
Yeah, she looks so right, she's all I need tonight
Every now and then, I get down to the end of a day,
I'll have to stop, ask myself, "What've I done?"
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard,
And nothin' ever really seem to come from it
And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right,
I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it
Yeah, everytime it seems like there ain't nothin' left no more,
I find myself havin' to reach out and grab hold of somethin'
Yeah, I just catch myself wanderin', waitin', worryin'
About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'
And then she looks me in the eye, says, "We gonna last forever,"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, because this feels so good and so free and so right,
I know we ain't never goin' change our minds about it
Hey, here comes my girl, here comes my girl,
Yeah, she looks so right, she's all I need tonight).
PS: I can understand trying to keep out the riff raff, but do I have to show a picture ID to prove I'm not a robot!?!
Wait, wha--? Prowler, you mean to tell me you're *not* a robot?!
I'm glad to see this new blog taking flight and extend well wishes to the successors. The feeling I had yesterday was the same as when I was in Junior High and I saw the final 1994 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled "All Good Things" (…must come to an end). To some extent, my dismay has been lifted.
When most of Bronze Age issues were released in the Seventies, I wasn't even born yet, therefore I never saw them on the racks when they made their initial appearances. That being said: growing up, the issue from the Bronze Age that I had always wanted, and gazed at longingly from behind the counter at the comic store, was Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1. This was the Holy Grail. I knew that one day, it would be in my possession, and lo' and behold! I have it right here. So significant was this issue to me that I was motivated enough to pen a review of it.
Other #1 issues from the Bronze Age that piqued my curiosity were the issues both written and penciled by Jack Kirby: New Gods #1, Forever People #1, Miracle Man #1, OMAC #1, Kamandi #1, Machine Man #1, Black Panther #1, 2001: A Space Odyssey #1, et al.
A few others that have special meaning to me are Marvel Team-Up #1 and Star Wars #1. The Bronze Age is definitely my favorite era--more serious writing, superior characterizations, and more sophisticated artwork (but not the extent of being grotesquely exaggerated--that would come in the Nineties).
I bought DC Comics Presents #1 off of the spinner rack. Never owned or read the next issue. Spotty distribution was probably the cause. Must not have bothered the younger version of me. All of the others are just covers to me. Not saying that they are bad.
Thank you for starting a new blog to fill the void left by Doug and Karen.
Hiya,
Of course that cover on the first issue of Red Sonja sold it to me. I was a hormone bomb at the time.
I didn't understand WHY I liked it, I just knew that I did.
Seeya,
pfgavigan
Welcome everyone, and thanks so much for the words of support. They mean a lot. And thanks for all the comments- great words, all- more on those later ( checking in here on the lunch half hour leaves limited typing time). And while thanks are being offered, thanks to my Esteemed Partner Martinex1 for all his effort and the fantastic header above. As he said, we hope to offer a fun ride with perhaps a few twists and turns.
Oh, and HB- your "Kooky Quartet" metaphor is great...
Regarding Rima- that first issue was a sentimental choice for me- it was the first 'First' issue of a heroic book I ever bought. The art, and the unusual cover background coloring, grabbed my notice. The insides were pretty nice, too.
A couple more notes to the team here...
1)For the record, Karen and Doug were quite the opposite of taskmasters. I don't think other than correcting some misspellings or typos that they ever asked for or changed anything in my posts. (So you can expect the same low-level quality performance when I post here- ha).
2) Yesterday some folks mentioned that they had possible guest posts on their mind or in process. Redartz and I would be more than willing to follow the same program that existed and work to get those posted here if you like. We can use all the help we can get ( and I'm not just talking about the blog)!
3) From the city of Chicago to the world... let's hear it for the Cubs! Holy Cow! I can only survive a heart attack like that once a century!
Nuff said!
Martinex, with reference to point 2), are you guys going to set up an e-mail account where we can contact you about potential posts or other suggestions?
Yes Edo we definitely will. We haven't worked all of that out yet, but we will establish a way to contact us for those things and will make sure that we communicate that back to everybody. Info coming soon!
"... and reviews of comics like ROM Spaceknight." Well, you just lost me.
Actually, this looks like a worthy successor to BAB (I love the banner at the top) and I'll definitely be checking in/commenting on a regular basis (though I won't have much to say about ROM ... sorry, guys :))
As for today's topic, some great stuff in there: DC Presents, MTU, X-Men, Swampy, and one of my favourites, Warlord.
Mike Wilson
Hi Mike W. Glad you made it over. And don't worry, we will have plenty for you to enjoy and the big walking toaster ROM may just surprise you. I did say "may".
On the bright side, I will confirm that thus far there are no plans for "Team America Tuesdays!"
You just lost Edo...
Doug
Hmmm--
So, "All things ARRGH!!!" is probably out of contention, too. . . ?
HB
What? No Team America here, either?! This just will not do! Doug's right, you may have lost me - and Doug would know, too, since he and Karen simply would not allow any consideration of Team America at BAB despite repeated e-mailed entreaties on my part!
Ha! Pysch! Screw Team America and full speed ahead I say...
On the other hand, I've got nothing against Rom, as I rather liked that series, and I know our pal Osvaldo is a big fan.
Fear not, HB- Aargh! Is most certainly fair game...
Hurray, glad to be here. Thanks to Karen and Doug for building this jolly franchise (!) and to Redartz and Martinex1 for bringing it across so seamlessly. Kudos to all of you.
#1 issues...how about Karate Kid #1 from 1976? High Bronze Age concept and action, transparently catching onto a fad even then past it's prime. Ah, the pitfalls of the advance publishing schedule...
Clear from #1 is the love Paul Levitz (scripting) felt for Karate Kid, the Legion and especially Jim Shooter's 60's Legion stories. However, it's also clear from the editorial notes at the back of the comic that the creators are unsure if the comic has commercial legs, and even of it's creative direction - is it a sci-fi comic or a martial arts comic? You decide!
During it's short life the title experienced a rotating cast of creators before ending after 15 issues. Karate Kid has an oddly similar publishing history as The Champions over at Marvel aka a series that had potential but never settled creatively, and ended before it could find it's place.
Anyone here pick Karate Kid #1 up from the newstand - and if so what did you think about it at the time?
Congrats on the launch, guys! Can't wait to check out your future posts! And on today's post, of that bunch I picked up GS X-Men and Joker off the stands. Don't think I stuck with Joker long, but the X issue certainly delivered on that cover...and I stayed on board pretty much until I took my "break" in the 80's.
Congratulations of your new blog!!!
While my husband was a life long comic book fan, I didn't start reading comics until I was in grad school. The 1st series I read regularly was the old Jonny Quest comic by Comico (?). I'm pretty sure I started with the first issue.
I've had eye trouble all my life, so it wasn't until Comixology's guided view which lets you view one panel at a time that I became a fan for life.
THANKS for the shout out to my blog in your side bar!
Whooooooo! You guys hit the ground running, din'tcha? Great topic to...eh...start with, too!
As for today's topic, I recall literally ripping (without tearing--gotta be a li'l careful) the first issues of New Gods, G.S. X-Men, E-Man, and Warlord from the spinner racks. Some of my all-time fave mags for sure! I'd have ripped that Red Sonja off the rack, too, but my sister actually got it for me!
Other firsts you didn't show that stick out to me are Justice Inc., Nova, and Thrilling Adventure Stories. None of them changed the world, but they sure grabbed me!
Keep on truckin', Red and Marti!
The header looks great!
I never got an #1 issues from the 70s off the newsstand (too early for me), but I did get plenty later from flea markets and swapping with friends, so of course, Rom #1, but also Eternals #1, Devil Dinosaur #1, Human Fly #1 and others.
If I can give some blogging advice, it'd be even if you can't do daily posts (and who can?) work to establish certain days of the week or month that will always have a post. Having your readers know at the very least, that they can count on a post every Wednesday, or the 2nd and 4th Tuesday or whatever, even if you work towards more, will make sure they come back at least that often.
OH and I want TEAM AMERICA! (I own a full run and their first appearance - looking for their appearances in New Mutants, because remember, they were MUTANTS!)
Colin, Rob, BetweenThePages, Groove, and Dr.O - thanks for checking us out and for the kind words.
I never read Karate Kid - though I've looked at the cover art and logo countless times. Maybe it's time to actually read one.
That Comico Jonny Quest was a good read. We may have to look at that someday.
And thanks for the advice Dr. O. We will make sure we give everybody a heads up when we will be "off". So far we have every day through next week Saturday covered somehow, except Sunday. We will take Sundays off for sure. At some point we will settle into a less active schedule but for now you can enjoy a daily dose of Red and Marti (as Groove said). We will give you plenty of heads-up when we won't be around and we hope to fill some gaps with audience participation.
So cheers from the Daffy Duet! Tomorrow strap your rocket packs on - we are going cosmic!
Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome today! It is humbling, and gratifying. That you all 'followed' us over here is fantastic, and deeply appreciated. Like when you have to move, and all your friends show up! We are just starting out, and will doubtlessly make some rookie errors, but we're glad to be in the game (baseball analogies inspired by last night's Cubbies)!
May I echo Martinex1 in offering praise to Karen and Doug- before their inspiration and assistance, I would never have dreamed of posting an article, let alone co-hosting a blog. They set an awesome example, and their patience with this blogging neophyte was limitless. Thanks again, guys.
And as my Esteemed Partner noted, we will be welcoming guest posters, and topic suggestions! We are still working everything out, but stay tuned...
BetweenthePages- thanks for stopping by! That Jonny Quest series was excellent, don't be surprised if that shows up in a review here someday.
Dr. O- many thanks for the advice! Very sensible, very much appreciated; when the voice of "The Middle Spaces" speaks, I listen...
"Red and Marti" does have a darned nice ring to it, doesn't it? It's a solid, easy, friendly diminutive of your familiar user-noms-- whatcha think? You guys comfortable with a slight Brand-Polishing of your identities to go with the new digs?
HB (which I quickly grew to love much more than the cumbersome "HumanBelly".)
Welcome Redartz and Martinex1! Great place you have here guys!
The only two issues here which are familiar to me are X-men and Conan, never heard of this Rima chick!
- Mike 'love what you've done with the place, make sure Edo doesn't steal the silverware' from Trinidad & Tobago.
Hi Guys-
I was a latecomer to BAB, just discovered it a year or so ago, so I was bummed when they announced they were "closed."
Good luck with the site! I'm sure it will be great, just like the bronze age.
I recognize almost all of those issues, and have a few. Like almost all here, I tossed them in a box/barrel without a thought to "collecting." Oh well :)
Good start fellas.
I will be here every morning as I was for BAB.
Yoyo
You're right, HB- "Red and Marti" definitely has a catchy ring. Thanks Groove, well put! Say, weren't they on "Mickey Mouse Club"? Oh wait, that was "Spin and Marty"...
Spencer- glad to have you aboard! Many of us seemed to have that "box/ barrel" catchall. Many of those boxes are lost to the years- might be a good topic one of these days.
Yoyo- thanks, and a big hearty "Welcome" to you!
Wow, even Mike in T and T beat me here! Always late nowadays, what can I say? Great start fellas, and proud to see you carrying on the tradition. I'll be popping in whenever I can. Well, maybe not for the Team America posts though...but otherwise, sure!
I'm late as always, but let me add my congrats. Looks like home.
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Geez, Mike from T&T, you had to blab about the silverware - now they'll both be extra vigilant!
Anyway, it looks like this 'Red & Marti' thing is going to catch on; it'll do, I guess, although personally I was hoping for one of those Brangelina or Bennifer type nicks, like Redartinex, or Martinartz...
Glad you liked the nicks "Red and Marti", guys! Actually, I was just channeling my inner, wannabe Stan Lee, and it turned out pretty well. Whew. Glad I didn't say "Artzie and Exie" as my inner, very real, Potsy suggested...
You guys have a Twitter? You should get a Twitter, if only to share links to new posts (and later to the backlog of posts)
Thanks for doing this! The BAB blog was absolutely awesome. And this is a great spinoff!
A trio of #1s that come to mind are Spider-Woman #1, Machine Man #1, and Human Fly #1. Those three were highly coveted among my fellow 11 year olds during 1978.
Again, thanks for launching this.
That Joker cover was sure outstanding (and 'splashy'..), especially when heralded as the first attempt at a Villain having his own mag..
It's shame it didn't get all that encompassing (origins, motivations), nor more than superficially interesting (a crush on Black Canary...? Really..?).
Some others were great to see at first glance, but that one would have grabbed me for the sheer 'what-would-DC-do-with-this..?' idea.
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