ISO Marvel Comics Index #1: Amazing Spider-Man & 8A: Captain America

[The Molten Man]

Does anyone have a copy of 'The Marvel Comics Index V.1 n. 1, The
Amazing Spider-Man, published in 1976 or so? I am interested in
buying a copy.

Here is the relevant info for the book:

The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 1
The Amazing Spider-Man / conceived and compiled by George
Olshevsky. -- Toronton : G & T Enterprises, 1976. -- 79 p.
-- Includes cross-indexes by personnel and characters.
1. Amazing Spider-Man--Indexes. 2. Spider-Man--Indexes. I.
Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.1

I'm also looking for the Captain America Index in the same series.

The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 8A
Heroes from Tales of Suspense, book one : Captain America /
conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G
& T Enterprises, 1979. -- 104 p.
Contents, with cross-indexes, of comic magazines featuring
Captain America.
1. Captain America--Indexes. 2. Tales of Suspense--Indexes.
I. Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.8A

Please email me at sctvman at yahoo.com if you have either for sale.
Thanks!.

[Gary Lightfoot]

Post by The Molten Man
Does anyone have a copy of 'The Marvel Comics Index V.1 n. 1, The
Amazing Spider-Man, published in 1976 or so? I am interested in
buying a copy.

These were excellent books IMHO, and despite being in B&W worth a
purchase. Do you know how many were published? I think I might be
mising the last couple.

Gary.

[unknown]

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:10:04 GMT, "Gary Lightfoot"

Post by Gary Lightfoot
These were excellent books IMHO, and despite being in B&W worth a
purchase. Do you know how many were published? I think I might be
mising the last couple.

Yes Gary, I do have the complete list. I have all of them except the
two I mentioned! Wish me luck!

Here is the info on all of them, copied from a web resoruce I can't
remember so I can't give credit where credit is due.

Some issues show up on ebay often, notably the last volume, 9B
Daredevil.

The volumes run from 1 to 9B, for a total of 12 indexes. Here is the
info! Enjoy!

The Marvel Comics Index

The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 1
The Amazing Spider-Man / conceived and compiled by George
Olshevsky. -- Toronton : G & T Enterprises, 1976. -- 79 p.
: ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 1)
-- Includes cross-indexes by personnel and characters.
1. Amazing Spider-Man--Indexes. 2. Spider-Man--Indexes. I.
Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.1

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 2
Conan and the Barbarians / conceived and compiled by George
Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G & T Enterprises, 1976. -- (The Marvel Comics
Index ; v. 1, no. 2) --
Includes cross-indexes by personnel and characters.
1. Conan the barbarian--Indexes. 2. Ka-Zar--Indexes. 3.
Kull the Conqueror--Indexes. 4. Savage Tales--Indexes. 5.
Sword and sorcery comics--Indexes. I. Olshevsky, George.
II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1no.2

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 3
The Avengers, Defenders and Captain Marvel / conceived
and compiled by George Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G & T
Enterprises, 1976. -- 116 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The Marvel
Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 3) -- Lists contents of each issue
and includes cross-indexes to personnel and characters.
1. Superhero comics--Indexes. 2. The Avengers--Indexes. 3.
Defenders--Indexes. 4. Captain Marvel--Indexes. I.
Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.3

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 4
The Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer / conceived and
compiled by George Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G & T
Enterprises, 1977. -- 100 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The Marvel
Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 4) -- Includes cross-indexes by
personnel and characters.
1. Fantastic Four--Indexes. 2. Silver Surfer--Indexes. 3.
Superhero comics--Indexes. I. Olshevsky, George. II.
Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.4

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 5
The Mighty Thor / conceived and compiled by George
Olshevsky ; produced by George Olshevsky and Tony Frutti.
-- Toronto : G & T Enterprises, 1977. -- 96 p. : ill. ; 28
cm. -- (The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 5) -- Includes
cross-indexes by personnel and characters.
1. Thor--Indexes. 2. Journey into Mystery--Indexes. I.
Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1no.5

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 6
Heroes from Strange Tales / conceived and compiled by
George Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G & T Enterprises, 1977. --
96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1,
no. 6) -- Includes cross-indexes by personnel and
characters.
1. Strange Tales--Indexes. 2. Doctor Strange--Indexes. 3.
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD--Indexes. 4. Superhero
comics--Indexes. I. Olshevsky, George. II. Series. III. G &
T Enterprises. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.6

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 7A
Heroes from Tales to Astonish, book 1 : The Incredible Hulk
/ conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky. -- Toronto :
G & T Enterprises, 1978. -- 96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The
Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 7A) -- Includes personnel
and major character cross-indexes.
1. Incredible Hulk--Indexes. 2. Tales to Astonish--Indexes.
I. Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.:
PN6725.M3v.1no.7A
-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 7B
Heroes from Tales to Astonish, book 2 : The Sub-Mariner and
Others / conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky. --
Toronto : G & T Enterprises, 1978. -- 96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
-- (The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 7B) -- Includes
cross-indexes to personnel and major characters.
1. Sub-Mariner--Indexes. 2. Astonishing Tales--Indexes. 3.
The Invaders--Indexes. I. Olshevsky, George. II. Series.
Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1no.7B

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 8A
Heroes from Tales of Suspense, book one : Captain America /
conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky. -- Toronto : G
& T Enterprises, 1979. -- 104 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- (The
Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 8A) -- Contents, with
cross-indexes, of comic magazines featuring Captain
America.
1. Captain America--Indexes. 2. Tales of Suspense--Indexes.
I. Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.:
PN6725.M3v.1,no.8A

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 8B
Heroes from Tales of Suspense, book 2 : Iron Man and Others
/ conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky
George Olshevsky and Tony Frutti. -- Toronto : G & T
Enterprises, 1978. -- 100 p. : ill. ; 28 cm -- (The Marvel
Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 8B) -- Contents, with
cross-indexes to characters and creative personnel, of
comic magazines featuring Iron Man (except Tales of
Suspense), and of Amazing Adventures, The Inhumans, The
Cat, Ms. Marvel, Nova, Omega the Unknown and Skull the
Slayer.
1. Iron Man--Indexes. 2. Amazing Adventures--Indexes. 3.
The Inhumans--Indexes. 4. The Cat--Indexes. 5. Ms.
Marvel--Indexes. 6. Nova--Indexes. 7. Omega the
Unknown--Indexes. 8. Skull the Slayer--Indexes. I.
Olshevsky, George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.8B

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 9A
X-Men / compiled by George Olshevsky. -- San Diego, Calif.
: G. Olshevsky and T Frutti, 1981. -- 112 p. : ill. ; 28
cm. -- (The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 9A) -- Title
from cover. -- Masthead title: The X-Men, also Featuring
Ghost Rider, Champions, Black Goliath and Dazzler.
1. X-Men--Indexes. 2. Ghost Rider--Indexes. 3.
Champions--Indexes. 4. Black Goliath--Indexes. 5.
Dazzler--Indexes. 6. Uncanny X-Men--Indexes. I. Olshevsky,
George. II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.9A

-----------------------------------------------------
The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 9B
Daredevil / conceived and compiled by George Olshevsky ;
produced by George Olshevsky and Tony Frutti. -- San Diego,
Calif. : G. Olshevsky, 1982. -- 113 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. --
(The Marvel Comics Index ; v. 1, no. 9B) -- Title from
cover. -- Masthead title: Daredevil, also featuring Black
Panther, Shanna, Black Goliath, Human Fly, and Dazzler.
1. Daredevil--Indexes. 2. Black Panther--Indexes. 3. Shanna
the She-Devil--Indexes. 4. Black Goliath--Indexes. 5. Human
Fly--Indexes. 6. Dazzler--Indexes. I. Olshevsky, George.
II. Series. Call no.: PN6725.M3v.1,no.9B

[Gary Lightfoot]

Post by unknown
Yes Gary, I do have the complete list. I have all of them except the
two I mentioned! Wish me luck!

I will indeed. :)

[..]

Thanks for the info - I'm definately missing the last two, and I've
never seen them anywhere since I bought them! I'll have to check my
box and see what ones I have. I'm not sure I have the Conan one
either...

I'm also after the last few issues of Foom, and some better condition
early ones - 1, 2 and 3 are a bit tatty now. They were a great read
when they came out, and I was around 9 or 10 then. :)

Cheers.

Gary.

[unknown]

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 18:55:58 GMT, "Gary Lightfoot"

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
Yes Gary, I do have the complete list. I have all of them except

the

Post by unknown
two I mentioned! Wish me luck!

I will indeed. :)

Gracias, amigo!

Post by Gary Lightfoot
Thanks for the info - I'm definately missing the last two, and I've
never seen them anywhere since I bought them! I'll have to check my
box and see what ones I have. I'm not sure I have the Conan one
either...

Most show up on ebay on occasion. Do a search for 'Marvel Comics
Index' andsee what comes up. Right now, for example, the Daredevil,
Conan, and Avengers indexes are on ebay and not priced absurdly high.

Some folks do list these at rediculously high prices. For me, reading
copies of these books aren't worth more than a few dollars each, maybe
$10 or so, topps. Ebay cam be strange. I saw somebody selling
Steranko's History of Comics 1 & 2 (which I have owned twice in the
past and in each case lost track of my copies) for 'Buy It Now' prices
of around $40 each. Even in super-duper mint condition, I don't think
they are worth that much. I emailed him a quick 'Buddy, these are
good to fine reading copies, worth nowhere near $80.' I made a fair
offer which he jumped on right away. GREAT books, by the way!

I agree with you that these Indexes are a wonderful resource. I was
about 8 or so in the mid 1970s when the Spider-Man index came out, and
really into comics at the time, especially all things Spider-Man.

I grew up in NYC and I used to shop for comics with my dad at the old
Comic Art Gallery (or Comic Art Shop) next to the Waverly Theater on
6th Ave & 3rd Street, and the Batcave comic store a block away in a
basement next to Bleecker Bob's on 3rd. Besides those stores, I would
send away for catalogs of back issues from comic dealers who
advertised in the comics. That's how I found out about the Spider-Man
index, and the whole concept just blew me away! Haha! I sent away
for it and it arrived '6 to 8 weeks later.'

That reminds me, few things I send away for get me that excited
anymore! Haha!

While it only chronicles Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 150 or so, the truth
is those are the only issues I have any genuine affection for and I
actually care about. Same goes for the other titles in the series.
Comics 'lost' me in the mid 1980s and I never really came back. Now,
I like Marvel Silver Age and up till around 1980 or so, Fawcett
Captain Marvel, and some other stuff. Now I'm really into comics
fandom history, which I find fascinating.

Good luck tracking the volumes you need down! Excelsior!

Post by Gary Lightfoot
I'm also after the last few issues of Foom, and some better condition
early ones - 1, 2 and 3 are a bit tatty now. They were a great read
when they came out, and I was around 9 or 10 then. :)

I need to collect reading copies of FOOM also. I'm on the lookout!

best

Molten Man

[Gary Lightfoot]

Post by unknown
Most show up on ebay on occasion. Do a search for 'Marvel Comics
Index' andsee what comes up. Right now, for example, the Daredevil,
Conan, and Avengers indexes are on ebay and not priced absurdly high.

I'll have to keep my eyes out - unfortunatley, being in England means
they are rarer to find!

Post by unknown
I agree with you that these Indexes are a wonderful resource. I was
about 8 or so in the mid 1970s when the Spider-Man index came out, and
really into comics at the time, especially all things Spider-Man.

Wow - same here! I was 9 when the UK reprints started, and I was
totaly awestruck by the stories. Like you, Spidey was my favouirite,
and boy, what a childhood I had!

Post by unknown
I grew up in NYC and I used to shop for comics with my dad at the old
Comic Art Gallery (or Comic Art Shop) next to the Waverly Theater on
6th Ave & 3rd Street, and the Batcave comic store a block away in a
basement next to Bleecker Bob's on 3rd. Besides those stores, I would
send away for catalogs of back issues from comic dealers who
advertised in the comics. That's how I found out about the

Spider-Man

Post by unknown
index, and the whole concept just blew me away! Haha! I sent away
for it and it arrived '6 to 8 weeks later.'

Fantastic! I've wanted to visit NYC since I was a kid and purley
becasue of Stan Lee, the bulpen and Spider-Man! I realised my dream
last year when I was 40. I was only there for 5 days, but it was the
best time ever - over 2 feet of snow too!! The most amazing part was
seeing the roof-tops and the huge water towers that Ditko drew, and
that he often had Spidey fighting around. It was a dream come true for
me to be there. :)

Your stories of the shops in NY reminded me of the UK comic shops I
went to in London as a kid. Dark They Were and Golden Eyed was almost
legendary, and they moved into a shop which had a downstairs cellar
that was just comics. It was great to flick through all the boxes.

Post by unknown
That reminds me, few things I send away for get me that excited
anymore! Haha!

Strangely enough, it's the same for me, with special memories of the
pre 100 or so issues. Ditko really set the style etc, and although I
love Romitas work and his definitive look for Peter Parker, something
was missing when Ditko left. I think it was an aspect of the humour of
the comic that changed.

Post by unknown
While it only chronicles Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 150 or so, the truth
is those are the only issues I have any genuine affection for and I
actually care about. Same goes for the other titles in the series.

Once I'd got into collecting the US original comics instead of the
reprints, I found a guy who imported the latest issues, so I started
to subscribe. Issue 151 was the first 'new' Spider-Man that I bought,
but it wasn't the same as those very first issues with Spidey being
unmasked by Doc Ock - that cover had my jaw on the floor when I saw
it!!

Post by unknown
Comics 'lost' me in the mid 1980s and I never really came back.

Now,

Post by unknown
I like Marvel Silver Age and up till around 1980 or so, Fawcett
Captain Marvel, and some other stuff. Now I'm really into comics
fandom history, which I find fascinating.

I sold of my collection in '84 and regretted it ever since. I found
Silver Age stuff again in '97 and haven't looked back, They still stir
those childhood emotions etc that I had 30 years ago. Nostalgia is a
wonderful thing. :)

Post by unknown
Good luck tracking the volumes you need down! Excelsior!

Nuff said!

It's good to be reminded of some things forgotten so that you can get
kick started into looking for them again.

Post by unknown
I need to collect reading copies of FOOM also. I'm on the lookout!

I hope you find them and have fun reading them. That's what it's all
about, and if you can get some nostalgia too, all the better!

Gary.

[d***@know.com]

I can definatly relate to you guys! Comics also lost me in the
eighty's, but I have now come back looking up the old issues i had
when I was a kid. I am finding that on several websites I can not only
get the issues i had, but the ones I didnt have!! Please shoot me an
email, and lets keep this discussion up, mabey even get us a club
together... "old dudes into silver age comics" or something like
that!!


david bush
***@houston.rr.com

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:55:53 GMT, "Gary Lightfoot"

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
Most show up on ebay on occasion. Do a search for 'Marvel Comics
Index' andsee what comes up. Right now, for example, the Daredevil,
Conan, and Avengers indexes are on ebay and not priced absurdly

high.
I'll have to keep my eyes out - unfortunatley, being in England means
they are rarer to find!

Post by unknown
I agree with you that these Indexes are a wonderful resource. I was
about 8 or so in the mid 1970s when the Spider-Man index came out,

and

Post by unknown
really into comics at the time, especially all things Spider-Man.

Wow - same here! I was 9 when the UK reprints started, and I was
totaly awestruck by the stories. Like you, Spidey was my favouirite,
and boy, what a childhood I had!

Post by unknown
I grew up in NYC and I used to shop for comics with my dad at the

old

Post by unknown
Comic Art Gallery (or Comic Art Shop) next to the Waverly Theater on
6th Ave & 3rd Street, and the Batcave comic store a block away in a
basement next to Bleecker Bob's on 3rd. Besides those stores, I

would

Post by unknown
send away for catalogs of back issues from comic dealers who
advertised in the comics. That's how I found out about the

Spider-Man

Post by unknown
index, and the whole concept just blew me away! Haha! I sent away
for it and it arrived '6 to 8 weeks later.'

Fantastic! I've wanted to visit NYC since I was a kid and purley
becasue of Stan Lee, the bulpen and Spider-Man! I realised my dream
last year when I was 40. I was only there for 5 days, but it was the
best time ever - over 2 feet of snow too!! The most amazing part was
seeing the roof-tops and the huge water towers that Ditko drew, and
that he often had Spidey fighting around. It was a dream come true for
me to be there. :)
Your stories of the shops in NY reminded me of the UK comic shops I
went to in London as a kid. Dark They Were and Golden Eyed was almost
legendary, and they moved into a shop which had a downstairs cellar
that was just comics. It was great to flick through all the boxes.

Post by unknown
That reminds me, few things I send away for get me that excited
anymore! Haha!

Strangely enough, it's the same for me, with special memories of the
pre 100 or so issues. Ditko really set the style etc, and although I
love Romitas work and his definitive look for Peter Parker, something
was missing when Ditko left. I think it was an aspect of the humour of
the comic that changed.

Post by unknown
While it only chronicles Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 150 or so, the truth
is those are the only issues I have any genuine affection for and I
actually care about. Same goes for the other titles in the series.

Once I'd got into collecting the US original comics instead of the
reprints, I found a guy who imported the latest issues, so I started
to subscribe. Issue 151 was the first 'new' Spider-Man that I bought,
but it wasn't the same as those very first issues with Spidey being
unmasked by Doc Ock - that cover had my jaw on the floor when I saw
it!!

Post by unknown
Comics 'lost' me in the mid 1980s and I never really came back.

Now,

Post by unknown
I like Marvel Silver Age and up till around 1980 or so, Fawcett
Captain Marvel, and some other stuff. Now I'm really into comics
fandom history, which I find fascinating.

I sold of my collection in '84 and regretted it ever since. I found
Silver Age stuff again in '97 and haven't looked back, They still stir
those childhood emotions etc that I had 30 years ago. Nostalgia is a
wonderful thing. :)

Post by unknown
Good luck tracking the volumes you need down! Excelsior!

Nuff said!
It's good to be reminded of some things forgotten so that you can get
kick started into looking for them again.

Post by unknown
I need to collect reading copies of FOOM also. I'm on the lookout!

I hope you find them and have fun reading them. That's what it's all
about, and if you can get some nostalgia too, all the better!
Gary.

[unknown]

Works for me Dave! I started a Yahoo Group called 'Oldschool Marvel
Fans' so please join up. We can all compare notes easy that way! I
will advertise the group and maybe we can get more members!

Here is the link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldschool_marvel_fans/

I hope many folks on this join up!

Excelsior!

Post by d***@know.com
I can definatly relate to you guys! Comics also lost me in the
eighty's, but I have now come back looking up the old issues i had
when I was a kid. I am finding that on several websites I can not only
get the issues i had, but the ones I didnt have!! Please shoot me an
email, and lets keep this discussion up, mabey even get us a club
together... "old dudes into silver age comics" or something like
that!!
david bush

[unknown]

On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:55:53 GMT, "Gary Lightfoot"

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
Most show up on ebay on occasion. Do a search for 'Marvel Comics
Index' andsee what comes up. Right now, for example, the Daredevil,
Conan, and Avengers indexes are on ebay and not priced absurdly

high.
I'll have to keep my eyes out - unfortunatley, being in England means
they are rarer to find!

Ebay and Yahoo auctions are great and many sellers ship to the UK.
Tally ho!

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
I agree with you that these Indexes are a wonderful resource. I was
about 8 or so in the mid 1970s when the Spider-Man index came out,

and

Post by unknown
really into comics at the time, especially all things Spider-Man.

Wow - same here! I was 9 when the UK reprints started, and I was
totaly awestruck by the stories. Like you, Spidey was my favouirite,
and boy, what a childhood I had!

Spider-Man was by a wide margin my favorite character. In my day,
there were four Spider-Titles: Amazing, Spectaular, Marvel Team-Up,
and the reprint Marvel Tales. That meant, pretty much, that every
week I would have a new Spider-Man title. Cheap, too! ;-)

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
I grew up in NYC and I used to shop for comics with my dad at the

old

Post by unknown
Comic Art Gallery (or Comic Art Shop) next to the Waverly Theater on
6th Ave & 3rd Street, and the Batcave comic store a block away in a
basement next to Bleecker Bob's on 3rd. Besides those stores, I

would

Post by unknown
send away for catalogs of back issues from comic dealers who
advertised in the comics. That's how I found out about the

Spider-Man

Post by unknown
index, and the whole concept just blew me away! Haha! I sent away
for it and it arrived '6 to 8 weeks later.'

Fantastic! I've wanted to visit NYC since I was a kid and purley
becasue of Stan Lee, the bulpen and Spider-Man! I realised my dream
last year when I was 40. I was only there for 5 days, but it was the
best time ever - over 2 feet of snow too!! The most amazing part was
seeing the roof-tops and the huge water towers that Ditko drew, and
that he often had Spidey fighting around. It was a dream come true for
me to be there. :)

I grew up in NYC but moved away in 2002. I don't miss it at all, but
I know what you are talking about! Lee-Ditko, Lee-Romita, and most of
the Marvel creative teams through the 70s really did a good job of
depicting NYC. The Spider-Titles really did have the 'feel' that they
were happening in nyc!

Post by Gary Lightfoot
Your stories of the shops in NY reminded me of the UK comic shops I
went to in London as a kid. Dark They Were and Golden Eyed was almost
legendary, and they moved into a shop which had a downstairs cellar
that was just comics. It was great to flick through all the boxes.

It was great browsing through the back issues. Since continuity was
more meaningful back then, back issues had a certain importance to me.
Also, the hobby was more affordable, even for a young kid. I think
comics are pricing out younger reader these days, and thats bad.

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
That reminds me, few things I send away for get me that excited
anymore! Haha!

Strangely enough, it's the same for me, with special memories of the
pre 100 or so issues. Ditko really set the style etc, and although I
love Romitas work and his definitive look for Peter Parker, something
was missing when Ditko left. I think it was an aspect of the humour of
the comic that changed.

Yes. I love both Ditko's run and Romita Sr's run. The spirit of the
title changed a bit, you are right. SM consistently had a great sense
of escapist fun that it didn't really lose until issues 190-200 or so.
Then things just got downright silly with new costumes, Venom and more
violence, McFarlane's vision (which many people love but always looked
like 'Spastic-Man' rather than Spider-Man), and the clones nonsense.
I pretty much stopped buying SM in the 1980s but kept my eye on it on
occasion and I was never happy with what I saw.

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
While it only chronicles Amazing Spider-Man 1 - 150 or so, the truth
is those are the only issues I have any genuine affection for and I
actually care about. Same goes for the other titles in the series.

Once I'd got into collecting the US original comics instead of the
reprints, I found a guy who imported the latest issues, so I started
to subscribe. Issue 151 was the first 'new' Spider-Man that I bought,
but it wasn't the same as those very first issues with Spidey being
unmasked by Doc Ock - that cover had my jaw on the floor when I saw
it!!

I'm with you. For me, Amazing was AWESOME up until issue 129 or so,
and had strong signs of life through the 2nd Green Goblin story and
the original Jackal storyline. It got tired shortly therafter and
almost unreadable after # 200.

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
Comics 'lost' me in the mid 1980s and I never really came back.

Now,

Post by unknown
I like Marvel Silver Age and up till around 1980 or so, Fawcett
Captain Marvel, and some other stuff. Now I'm really into comics
fandom history, which I find fascinating.

I sold of my collection in '84 and regretted it ever since. I found
Silver Age stuff again in '97 and haven't looked back, They still stir
those childhood emotions etc that I had 30 years ago. Nostalgia is a
wonderful thing. :)

Yes, nostalgia is a wonderful thing!

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by unknown
Good luck tracking the volumes you need down! Excelsior!

Nuff said!
It's good to be reminded of some things forgotten so that you can get
kick started into looking for them again.

Yes, I had made a pledge to get these Indexes years ago, and an
email-pen pal causally mentioned them to me a few weeks ago. I was
lucky and was able to re-assemble most of the collection cheaply.
I'll track those last 2 titles down, in time!

Keep on Truckin!

[unknown]

Hey Gary,

I hope you join the new Yahoo Group I started about Silver Age &
1970s Marvel Comics!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldschool_marvel_fans/

[unknown]

This is an email group for fans of Marvel Comics from the Silver Age
through the 1970s. If comics lost you a bit in the 80s and became
unreadable in the 90s, and you long for the days of extended story
arcs, protracted angst, 'hip' references, and a stronger feeling of
connection with the heroes, this is your group!

Please join! Thanks!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldschool_marvel_fans/

[Oldschool Marvel Comic Fans]

This is an email group primarily for fans of Marvel Comics from the
Silver Age through the 1970s, and into the 1980s.

Actually, while our main thrust is oldschool Marvel but oldschool DC,
oldschool any comic company, and even newschool comics stuff is
welcomed!

So if comics lost you a bit in the late 80s and extended and hackneyed
clone-crossovers became unreadable during the 90s, and you long for
the days of extended story arcs, protracted angst, 'hip' references,
and a stronger feeling of connection with the heroes, this is your
group!

Please join! Thanks!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldschool_marvel_fans/