Marvel in the 60s
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Strange Tales #108 (May 1963)
View post: Strange Tales #108 (May 1963)Strange Tales #108 is another reminder that Marvel hadn’t completely left its anthology roots behind.
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Fantastic Four #14 (May 1963)
View post: Fantastic Four #14 (May 1963)Fantastic Four #14 isn’t just another adventure. It marks another important step in Marvel’s evolution, with storylines carrying over, characters continuing to grow, and the Fantastic Four beginning to feel like the stars of an ongoing saga rather than a series of standalone stories.
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Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May 1963)
View post: Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May 1963)Amazing Spider-Man #2 reinforces what already makes the series unique. Every issue expands Peter Parker’s world with recurring villains, evolving gadgets, and real-life problems. Nothing feels disposable.
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Tales to Astonish #43 (May 1963)
View post: Tales to Astonish #43 (May 1963)Tales to Astonish #43 takes the best elements of Marvel’s anthology comics—social commentary, relatable problems, and moral resolution—and folds them into a superhero adventure. The result is one of Marvel’s strongest stories to date.
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Journey into Mystery #91 (April 1963)
View post: Journey into Mystery #91 (April 1963)Journey into Mystery #91 isn’t a memorable story, but it quietly adds another layer to Thor’s mythology. Loki settles into his role as Thor’s great adversary, Asgard expands, and the God of Thunder begins sounding like the character readers have known for decades.
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Tales of Suspense #40 (April 1963)
View post: Tales of Suspense #40 (April 1963)Iron Man’s second appearance is still weighed down by Marvel’s anthology storytelling, but the seeds of the character we know today are already taking root. The armor changes because Tony Stark is always inventing something better.
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Strange Tales #107 (April 1963)
View post: Strange Tales #107 (April 1963)The fight with the Sub-Mariner is fun, but the real story is Marvel’s growing confidence. Strange Tales is beginning to develop its own artistic identity, and Johnny Storm is becoming a hero with a voice separate from the Fantastic Four.
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Tales to Astonish #42 (April 1963)
View post: Tales to Astonish #42 (April 1963)The plot of Tales to Astonish #42 is disposable. The larger trend isn’t. Marvel’s heroes are becoming more distinct, its artists are finding their voices, and its comics are beginning to care as much about ideas as they do supervillains.
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Fantastic Four #13 (April 1963)
View post: Fantastic Four #13 (April 1963)Fantastic Four #13 feels like the moment the series expands beyond superheroes and into something larger, a cosmic adventure that points directly toward the Fantastic Four readers would come to remember.
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Journey Into Mystery #90 (March 1963)
View post: Journey Into Mystery #90 (March 1963)After introducing Spider-Man and Iron Man, Marvel takes an unexpected step backward. Journey Into Mystery #90 is pure anthology-era Marvel disguised as a Thor comic.