tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8648083842463596152024-02-20T12:26:34.950-05:00The Marvel Comics Bullpen Bulletins IndexUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-89917243173279877042007-12-04T11:15:00.000-06:002007-12-04T11:37:25.603-06:00August 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcrXnRJ3c_5Jw1294rfGr-WCvtvxDOleMpV4oirbAn6KF_w-uT_ZL-Kct7EESWXAkP_D1Bafp3-0ZAnNN5Zq5fF1DdvqqbbJemSBLmObupGO0MtDpXwN8Ymbq2jaxZ65fR5Y1erCTEpFE/s1600-h/August+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcrXnRJ3c_5Jw1294rfGr-WCvtvxDOleMpV4oirbAn6KF_w-uT_ZL-Kct7EESWXAkP_D1Bafp3-0ZAnNN5Zq5fF1DdvqqbbJemSBLmObupGO0MtDpXwN8Ymbq2jaxZ65fR5Y1erCTEpFE/s320/August+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140168797739179442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"While we're on the subject of congratulations, let's hear it for <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/g/goodwin_archie.htm">Artful</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Goodwin_%28comics%29">Archie</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=21">Goodwin</a>, who's returned to the fold after far too long an absence... "</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=3090">Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1, No. 94</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-79738183076356372502007-12-03T13:11:00.001-06:002007-12-03T13:22:40.850-06:00July 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtc41I6BuY0vUZbaIw_adiVK2MRYhgRZYIMVS0Trbz8f2m5vXuN1m4Y0gxglMtiGedKZ_vJA1DjG2mbG_WmhvyuuQNklbq2KuyQIsciYLUUOFjAhhDpFsGC919UJTpArlrGI_KmOaNs5-/s1600-r/July+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10pt 50px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjy1P5SfsOAj9a-iozW9ae35WX9ISpFSnmZHGy2uRbG0VZN1YdLtDk1ZVU2MZdpJzgyrhyNQafat6qIs-CS7POJEISzJumvdu5xGjvdghPZygB4LGa-xeAq6d-fKysUU2EjuQnx1KVonlz/s320/July+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139826574745034146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Just this week (That's Marvel Standard Time, O Keeper of the Flame, not to be confused with the week when you finally read these wondrous words), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pal">George</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657162/">Pal</a>, producer of such well-remembered and deeply-cherished Science Fiction films as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine_%281960_film%29">The Time Machine</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%281953_film%29">War of the Worlds</a>, dropped by 575 Madison Avenue to let us in on the scoop of what many say may be his greatest epic - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage_%28film%29">Doc Savage, Man of Bronze</a>!</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=2252">Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 146</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-69388513929790730072007-11-26T11:19:00.000-06:002007-11-26T11:41:27.902-06:00June 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoqAtBLOgOWYP9Y9wa3Da5sV6EIQ4MqiKcllPPRZksTbZUJkBnx5zB46fwbOq1eC1OZzfwCmnbxP_lP0Gr6u9hLU3BSZk27u_aHWA8zXvaeMdnBubcQkOHS7V7JtIhFtq5-a7kOqrxOvv/s1600-h/June+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 70px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoqAtBLOgOWYP9Y9wa3Da5sV6EIQ4MqiKcllPPRZksTbZUJkBnx5zB46fwbOq1eC1OZzfwCmnbxP_lP0Gr6u9hLU3BSZk27u_aHWA8zXvaeMdnBubcQkOHS7V7JtIhFtq5-a7kOqrxOvv/s320/June+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137201995756989490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"... let's not forget <a href="http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/dave_cockrum_1943_2006/">Dynamic</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cockrum">Dave</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1149">Cockrum</a>, whose fan dream of a <a href="http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/masters/">lifetime</a> came true when he was chosen to illustrate the equally-all-new, equally-all-improved adventures of the X-cruciatingly X-citing X-Men, who are currently cavorting in their brand-new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-Size_X-Men">Giant-Size mag</a>!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Who says this ain't the Marvel Age of Sensational Second Chances?"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=18386">Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 188</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-44741917628889822792007-11-22T10:24:00.000-06:002007-11-22T10:34:05.882-06:00May 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssuurd4ifFxlw_1Qf8ksDg-Xgz7TItaERrrQOg4FoafFMO1M9jccOsrBFEI8DK_b48_66lLwB2-XGMhXMqDk-kLPkt2NHYs0-516M4YrlPNrCH_UZc_e8yH4mYSQ4cOAa4mvetVOW79B-/s1600-h/May+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 150px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssuurd4ifFxlw_1Qf8ksDg-Xgz7TItaERrrQOg4FoafFMO1M9jccOsrBFEI8DK_b48_66lLwB2-XGMhXMqDk-kLPkt2NHYs0-516M4YrlPNrCH_UZc_e8yH4mYSQ4cOAa4mvetVOW79B-/s320/May+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135701733615725602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"On his wedding day, paying no heed to the risks involved, <a href="http://www.whiterose.org/howlingcurmudgeons/archives/007058.html">Brave-hearted</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mantlo">Bill</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1111">Mantlo</a> cast aside all thought of his own safety to race to the rescue of a driverless bus plunging backwards down a hillside towards a rapidly-approaching brick wall. Stopping the vehicle mere inches from impact, Bill calmly returned to his wedding ceremony with the profound thanks of two much-relieved elder states-people still ringing in his ears.<br /><br /> We're proud of you, Bill, but no matter how much you argue, we still don't think Mantlo-Man deserves to star is his own mind-boggling mag yet."</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=3089">Giant-Size X-Men, Vol. 1, No. 1</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-60298029034387668512007-11-21T11:09:00.000-06:002007-11-21T11:16:19.320-06:00April 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAeg1UBPeXQVf1VVUHcG1MmE__UGCgZyHjh_KklFMuPf4QwHwLb-dtsk_V_Re2y73t0ZwK26hjf5qI1uDzJa2BKoPuU0JDCgOna-x2jqsFEoHNm-VwLE6NBnZfJvT-CBxpMlM_SyRhzMm/s1600-h/April+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAeg1UBPeXQVf1VVUHcG1MmE__UGCgZyHjh_KklFMuPf4QwHwLb-dtsk_V_Re2y73t0ZwK26hjf5qI1uDzJa2BKoPuU0JDCgOna-x2jqsFEoHNm-VwLE6NBnZfJvT-CBxpMlM_SyRhzMm/s320/April+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135342214788279314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"So get on the ball, Tigers."</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=28504">Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 157</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-30517083481165180982007-11-20T16:03:00.000-06:002007-11-20T16:10:12.512-06:00March, 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvHuhiHGAHbIq83udW8WLgx186PmNqA0CzGjQ6yOlSulqmYDHieFq4tDtCGNQ8yIiBmGMuoKbYXAh6kMsce19K_2a4RhiWSH8BDA2GIOKpJYRBnrA9foqWtLc6MTcjbUlwbvzQH0sipua/s1600-h/March+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 100px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvHuhiHGAHbIq83udW8WLgx186PmNqA0CzGjQ6yOlSulqmYDHieFq4tDtCGNQ8yIiBmGMuoKbYXAh6kMsce19K_2a4RhiWSH8BDA2GIOKpJYRBnrA9foqWtLc6MTcjbUlwbvzQH0sipua/s320/March+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135046879952104450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Holiday Greetings, right from the heart</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">To our wondrous scripters</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Who make writing an art.</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">To our painstaking pencillers</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Breathing life to each tale</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">And our illustrious inkers</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Be they female or male.</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">To our editors, letterers,</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Production folk too,</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Colorists, proof-readers, </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Both the old and the new.</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">But heading the list</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Is our top superhero - </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">So, greetings to YOU, chum</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Without you - we're zero!"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=22521">Avengers, Vol. 1, No. 133</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-47038989200442485882007-11-14T12:41:00.001-06:002007-11-14T12:56:43.219-06:00February 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtUayRgR5GCs6gV-GB5iRHom63W5xLn_HWgqD4fFABI7hQtfH5h9VMf3cC-gJynvwDJBiZYd1_OwZ6RZcIhma_NoZU1LvOFcGCFij3JVFHjurGuqc1HFvl_FmbAVNOZgsSgbB3yz2Vsn7/s1600-h/February+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtUayRgR5GCs6gV-GB5iRHom63W5xLn_HWgqD4fFABI7hQtfH5h9VMf3cC-gJynvwDJBiZYd1_OwZ6RZcIhma_NoZU1LvOFcGCFij3JVFHjurGuqc1HFvl_FmbAVNOZgsSgbB3yz2Vsn7/s320/February+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132768253761346242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Let's roll out the red carpet for <a href="http://www.eeweems.com/artandartifice/frank_robbins.html">Free-wheelin'</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robbins">Frank</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=2207">Robbins</a>, Marvel's newest artist and bon vivant! As many of you know, Frank's the <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/r/robbins.htm">artist and writer</a> of the newspaper comic-strip '<a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/jhazard.htm">Johnny</a> <a href="http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Home_Frank_Robbins_Art_261.html">Hazard</a>' and is considered by <a href="http://drawman.blogspot.com/2005/04/what-we-can-learn-from-frank-robbins.html">his peers</a> to be one of the finest craftsmen in the business."</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=2247">Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 141</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-59821473281590144112007-11-12T09:39:00.000-06:002007-11-12T09:48:07.387-06:00January 1975<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge05u3zdXd3r6YBFJIyQ7ufo4h8vg-O9K9CmFwpNDf1ijd1GOwfCesZks6NV-hSKZIMCPGJxMujlB3j4y2hFsk93eHdqpw5KA0bax44DolTSDjZwAx8AFl3IcH3pY8DQedh2UtH2wxvuZD/s1600-h/January+1975.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 150px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge05u3zdXd3r6YBFJIyQ7ufo4h8vg-O9K9CmFwpNDf1ijd1GOwfCesZks6NV-hSKZIMCPGJxMujlB3j4y2hFsk93eHdqpw5KA0bax44DolTSDjZwAx8AFl3IcH3pY8DQedh2UtH2wxvuZD/s320/January+1975.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131979273039379122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Remember how we promised you the latest scoop on our mighty Marvel softball team? Well, the other day the Marvel Comics (as some anonymous wag christened our Bullpen batters) took on the whole cockamamey staff of the Greenwich <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Village Voice</span></a>, one of New York's best-known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Voice">newspapers</a>. We won't exactly tell you who won - but let's just say that our new team motto is, 'Wait'll next year!'</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">'Nuff said?"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=10728">Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 181</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-60553359958953996042007-11-07T12:44:00.000-06:002007-11-07T13:25:26.747-06:00December 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFknDSmatCa1ZtLsyHNXMRGlm2yNi6H6IVwBN5AXqemWQKhLKl-Uwh91fNjVRRGowPKfSLVVe2kR41VWSZ7iWxjAZAXv_TX63NtfgzC1sUh2juSagAt67L_du17aGrpe4iDAKgXE-aBNg/s1600-h/December+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFknDSmatCa1ZtLsyHNXMRGlm2yNi6H6IVwBN5AXqemWQKhLKl-Uwh91fNjVRRGowPKfSLVVe2kR41VWSZ7iWxjAZAXv_TX63NtfgzC1sUh2juSagAt67L_du17aGrpe4iDAKgXE-aBNg/s320/December+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130172728010842594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Let's hear a hearty 'Welcome Aboard!' for a contingent of dynamic new artists who hail from the far-off Philippines, and who're adapting by leaps and bounds to the Mighty Marvel style of dramatic storytelling!<br /><br />First, there's <a href="http://www.alanguilan.com/museum/dezuniga.html">Tremendously-Talented</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_DeZuniga">Tony</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1673">deZuniga</a>... Next, there's<a href="http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL290.htm"> Awesome</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Alcala">Alfredo</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=693">Alcala</a> (Alfredo, believe it or don't, pencils and inks some sixty pages per month of beautiful, finely-detailed artwork). Thirdly, there's Slammin' <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/t/trinidad_sonny.htm">Sonny</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=5586">Trinidad</a> - and then</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT7NYjc-L2r4qcCvvB0n1oQtLLpZq1hhHQiAWfjI1Yi9QtJc4ftZShp45L7rNcBEH_d4VJL8LFibNTk9ZfbupnJFiOETdqygXFjScmjb9cxgpSvTYdPqTK25UPAs1jAsYJs-00T19hJUW/s1600-h/December+Bonus+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT7NYjc-L2r4qcCvvB0n1oQtLLpZq1hhHQiAWfjI1Yi9QtJc4ftZShp45L7rNcBEH_d4VJL8LFibNTk9ZfbupnJFiOETdqygXFjScmjb9cxgpSvTYdPqTK25UPAs1jAsYJs-00T19hJUW/s320/December+Bonus+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130172564802085330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> there's <a href="http://www.alanguilan.com/museum/stevegan.html">Startling</a> <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/g/gan_steve.htm">Steve</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=5480">Gan</a>..."</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=28500">Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 153</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-89694559033341184042007-11-05T12:30:00.001-06:002007-11-05T13:12:13.732-06:00November 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGCPm2o0q22BH2I8Cz90Bf-IVN-k1qiI7JhHAP7kvwVbCUCcsmBieFygBzfapXmJlc6SX3Q0loDzotrPTXxHcd8moiHlU7PWzK60L_K2i0DXaxeIKhTtrlEQrisM5cGhfyW5ympwF5meB/s1600-h/November+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGCPm2o0q22BH2I8Cz90Bf-IVN-k1qiI7JhHAP7kvwVbCUCcsmBieFygBzfapXmJlc6SX3Q0loDzotrPTXxHcd8moiHlU7PWzK60L_K2i0DXaxeIKhTtrlEQrisM5cGhfyW5ympwF5meB/s320/November+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129425914802446770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"All this and more await you in our first photo-profile, <a href="http://www.amazingco.com/amazingco.com/comics/marvel/items/ma362.jpg">Hitler</a> - produced by Marvel - and on sale <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span>!"</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkXBVBNDtnNLxM0QC3i75yFdSbHq_r0g2RaglHkx4w6PMxdge8eDH-mdtId4L-TmP-qcxSu_S3Vd5jBDoyAhPsTkyeXIYeOpZ8F_j0bc5Y-nSQlbXOdEwXyygU3IjeXFKUxvpULdhZTjJ/s1600-h/November+Bonus+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkXBVBNDtnNLxM0QC3i75yFdSbHq_r0g2RaglHkx4w6PMxdge8eDH-mdtId4L-TmP-qcxSu_S3Vd5jBDoyAhPsTkyeXIYeOpZ8F_j0bc5Y-nSQlbXOdEwXyygU3IjeXFKUxvpULdhZTjJ/s320/November+Bonus+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129426215450157506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=18356">Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 181</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-2692270089802357552007-10-30T09:53:00.000-06:002007-10-30T10:46:58.565-06:00October 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLc9X2L0PQvls4Cvq340_Kq27CQUxIiubrK5k_Gv7U5rCf4WGwQsSIo_YgzO-BbOVMU8VPS3lVdOlt1IotOOaLjelTVYr_kJQ-gZeUXdMQHK1BUGOVPZJCBF8FmpmozRijDye8X5sep63/s1600-h/October+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLc9X2L0PQvls4Cvq340_Kq27CQUxIiubrK5k_Gv7U5rCf4WGwQsSIo_YgzO-BbOVMU8VPS3lVdOlt1IotOOaLjelTVYr_kJQ-gZeUXdMQHK1BUGOVPZJCBF8FmpmozRijDye8X5sep63/s320/October+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127161900101771682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"The nominations for the annual awards given out by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Comic_Book_Arts">Academy of Comic-Book Arts</a> have been announced, and while we don't have room to sandwich 'em all in here, suffice it to say that the minions of Marvel were not exactly <a href="http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/shazam73.shtml"><span style="font-style: italic;">overlooked</span></a> this time around."<br /><br /></span></div>From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=54133">Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1, No. 90</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-8646432393812910282007-10-29T09:29:00.000-06:002007-10-29T10:23:49.463-06:00September 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnS017ip98l2tyxhFAZRADwaLzYBlcDzybzT2iSzrkjwlvXNB8baIbRDBxni5IE5b1ssqunvTgRJIGiuUXkoUikFV5eGRh7wFyM72TLv18cMqgF7cO5__n8_RhBY0755JBbiFu4l6_wLJ/s1600-h/September+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 120px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnS017ip98l2tyxhFAZRADwaLzYBlcDzybzT2iSzrkjwlvXNB8baIbRDBxni5IE5b1ssqunvTgRJIGiuUXkoUikFV5eGRh7wFyM72TLv18cMqgF7cO5__n8_RhBY0755JBbiFu4l6_wLJ/s320/September+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126781868510519618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"This <span style="font-style: italic;">last </span>little tidbit isn't exactly chicken-fat, either! Yep, this is the month when the awesome, ultimate <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/search/label/Value%20Stamps">Marvel Value Stamp</a> will appear somewhere - sometime - in one (count 'em, <span style="font-style: italic;">one</span>) of our <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=72763">colorful classics</a>!<br />Nope, we still won't tell you just which of our world-famous super-stars it features: we'll leave you the fun of finding that out for yourself, when you discover it starin' back at you from one of our liltin' letters pages!"<br /><br /></span></div>From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=9065">Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 177</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-14613948663255389032007-10-25T14:26:00.000-05:002007-10-25T14:36:06.498-05:00August 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFptgt7RawARhV1ENa9Qe_L_rxh5QCIsVNM4XaygWW7RHsx_PGV4RtRrIWOAmLtCrrahMlME1Fs4HCQFdetAUHgLgEaVdPYeXw0yRcJMv8NpOuWz4UHBY8H1rJBZ2UoA6dGkgRLvWbbXb/s1600-h/August+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFptgt7RawARhV1ENa9Qe_L_rxh5QCIsVNM4XaygWW7RHsx_PGV4RtRrIWOAmLtCrrahMlME1Fs4HCQFdetAUHgLgEaVdPYeXw0yRcJMv8NpOuWz4UHBY8H1rJBZ2UoA6dGkgRLvWbbXb/s320/August+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125358623722807586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"And now, till we meet again, think peace - think love - think Marvel.<br />It could be habit forming.</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Excelsior!"<br /><br /></span></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=1745">Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 135</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-60162545490497928452007-10-23T13:16:00.000-05:002007-10-24T09:39:32.656-05:00July 1974<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VipNS09mNtw8UsdNXQrqifImoePQrqA8KtpYPmFk_zKA5NZcvi-UESNzNPIk6GBpLBFZaSNQDpwm6OFzjR5NaPpu4sVKtHe1uV7NXfF00RcBGNY6ZB5OeUF8Rm4OVx4zWbw3fU8EEMxd/s1600-h/July+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 5px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VipNS09mNtw8UsdNXQrqifImoePQrqA8KtpYPmFk_zKA5NZcvi-UESNzNPIk6GBpLBFZaSNQDpwm6OFzjR5NaPpu4sVKtHe1uV7NXfF00RcBGNY6ZB5OeUF8Rm4OVx4zWbw3fU8EEMxd/s320/July+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124902618980312226" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">"Here's a personal tid-bit or two we thought might be of interest: First off, let's give a harried hello to <a href="http://www.ugo.com/channels/freestyle/features/larryhama/">Lethal</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hama">Larry</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=1659">Hama</a>, who takes over as artist of our new Iron fist feature in the current ish of Marvel Premiere...</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Speaking of kung fu, we've gotta tell you how pleased we are with <a href="http://www.gulacy.com/">Peerless</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gulacy">Paul</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=850">Gulacy</a>, who's taken over our much-heralded Master of Kung Fu title, now that <a href="http://www.starlin.com/index.html">Judo</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Starlin">Jim</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=122">Starlin's</a> devoting his full time to his own rendition of Captain Marvel.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLbYCeO5bJgF6y8sqva5zf5aDis4EeLwuNouyYUkq-uX7Hq8PNq8fppIqgK2G362olDht0Ky8PNDCFa2NwJmaPnWrZZ47Fa2HrytvRYuIEz_hrMzWk0bWH4Eqw8oaRQmehhn5ZVK4J4R0/s1600-h/July+Bonus+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 5pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLbYCeO5bJgF6y8sqva5zf5aDis4EeLwuNouyYUkq-uX7Hq8PNq8fppIqgK2G362olDht0Ky8PNDCFa2NwJmaPnWrZZ47Fa2HrytvRYuIEz_hrMzWk0bWH4Eqw8oaRQmehhn5ZVK4J4R0/s320/July+Bonus+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124902314037634194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Add the above names to the roster of new young talents who are swiftly growing to Marvel-ous maturity, a list which already includes <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2005/06/16/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-3/">Affable</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Milgrom">Al</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=620">Milgrom</a>, (<a href="http://www.comiculture.com/creators/klausjanson/">Santa</a>) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Janson">Klaus</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=142">Janson</a>, plus the other new lights we've discovered - or, more truthfully, who've discovered us, since we're nothing without 'em...</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=28495">Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 148</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-46400817003914943722007-10-22T11:26:00.001-05:002007-10-22T11:31:11.609-05:00A Special Announcement From Stan, Roy, and Marvel Comics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXiC-_FyEKZ324mAMJwgFJARd_cVw6PqeswrcoQZfwPTItxcwtZ94IYTKPoqVgliNNdFtgXRLZ3a2cDyIJjBKAgF-SAby_V33HFugFToVp2FxZ_yctRm4YGtXaDX9mv8vVkR3z105x7M7/s1600-h/June+Special+Announcement+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKXiC-_FyEKZ324mAMJwgFJARd_cVw6PqeswrcoQZfwPTItxcwtZ94IYTKPoqVgliNNdFtgXRLZ3a2cDyIJjBKAgF-SAby_V33HFugFToVp2FxZ_yctRm4YGtXaDX9mv8vVkR3z105x7M7/s400/June+Special+Announcement+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124198278703506562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From Marvel's <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/coverdate.php?month=6&year=1974">June 1974</a> letters' pagesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-75619944897441506662007-10-22T11:08:00.000-05:002007-10-22T13:22:16.553-05:00June 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9AAP8D1cq2unNNtw58LvxpieNNbDKGgFJzZyQK92M9rZ7wXmrmIa9OnLO0kmyPKFY3VG3aIt-Esn3eikvntjlkD19LQKZjC9jyWgMKeMrgCPPMqAC6OEK3OD09RCEQVQanB9ZNUhCfNZ/s1600-h/June+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 90px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9AAP8D1cq2unNNtw58LvxpieNNbDKGgFJzZyQK92M9rZ7wXmrmIa9OnLO0kmyPKFY3VG3aIt-Esn3eikvntjlkD19LQKZjC9jyWgMKeMrgCPPMqAC6OEK3OD09RCEQVQanB9ZNUhCfNZ/s320/June+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124196762580051058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Due to <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/2007/10/special-announcement-from-stan-roy-and.html">a last-minute emergency</a>, we had to forego our widely-acclaimed <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/search/label/Bullpen%20Bonus%20Page">Bullpen Bonus Page</a> this go-round. So, we'll just have to wait till next month to tell you about all the brain-blasting bargains that'll be yours when you've amassed a complete set of <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/search/label/Value%20Stamps">Marvel Value Stamps</a> - or about some of the hectic hijinx which the World's Weirdest Bullpen have been up to - not to mention the return of our capricious Checklist.<br /><br /></span></div>From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=11394">Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 176</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-58612354164949469252007-10-18T12:50:00.000-05:002007-10-18T13:17:47.336-05:00May 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbh8QZGLWyIm6Ok3lN5LBSikR-xrVQuLFTiCG-hPjRUuOd1VzvF3nMrLXb3EEtinFkQye3XEs12rCPe5DmP-q9tzpsg-wd7_fzGx4anU5T8nDTwVKdE3XrdW7sEQKU8HW3P5y55H_srku/s1600-h/May+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbh8QZGLWyIm6Ok3lN5LBSikR-xrVQuLFTiCG-hPjRUuOd1VzvF3nMrLXb3EEtinFkQye3XEs12rCPe5DmP-q9tzpsg-wd7_fzGx4anU5T8nDTwVKdE3XrdW7sEQKU8HW3P5y55H_srku/s400/May+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122737908218487906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"As to our ever-enchanting color comics, they're mostly proofread and pondered over by <a href="http://www.donmcgregor.com/">Dutiful</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McGregor">Don</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=4270">McGregor</a> and our newest nabob, <a href="http://www.comicfoundry.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=191">Devil-May-Care</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Moench">Doug</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=738">Moench</a>, who just blew in from the Windy City!"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=1313">Captain America, Vol. 1, No. 173</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-85773317460912749062007-10-17T08:35:00.000-05:002007-10-17T08:51:06.963-05:00Get Well Soon, Marie Severin<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs3BL5FKAf8wUKyWVB25kVMjU_y_WNaFSs2bVd2wmtGdAcf4pMwqUvcYZ3JbZjExBNxK62S7pui_D2om9T0fXvwDJ_5VTKpxJOKYtIjErcgM-3ETGXAX_z_MdzJZUy_W-WWldAjA6M6je/s1600-h/Marie+Severin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBs3BL5FKAf8wUKyWVB25kVMjU_y_WNaFSs2bVd2wmtGdAcf4pMwqUvcYZ3JbZjExBNxK62S7pui_D2om9T0fXvwDJ_5VTKpxJOKYtIjErcgM-3ETGXAX_z_MdzJZUy_W-WWldAjA6M6je/s400/Marie+Severin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122302557448463426" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/get_well_soon_marie_severin/"><span style="font-size:180%;">V</span>ia Tom Spurgeon</a> comes word that <a href="http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/niven/142/talentpo/tp20.html">comics great</a> and <a href="http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/masters/108025293842076.htm">Bullpenner</a> from way back <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/2007/06/march-1967.html">Marie Severin</a> has been hospitalized following a stroke. Get well cards can be sent to:<br /><br />Marie Severin, patient<br />c/o Huntington Hospital<br />270 Park Avenue<br />Huntington, NY 11743<br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-56814387156681366002007-10-17T08:20:00.000-05:002007-10-17T08:32:52.666-05:00April 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBL4k9aGo6-5hol5QETnOPfrVMj9seMh0laJKBt-op66RY1aYcMQWDSofmP6mTVEmCkDbAJM9zygHn0VNnlU_1VbY3ycydCZTOy6k8fQEwkt-2Yvgpbw3mhvmRyXkr_HDaiS0JRSxIo8F/s1600-h/April+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBL4k9aGo6-5hol5QETnOPfrVMj9seMh0laJKBt-op66RY1aYcMQWDSofmP6mTVEmCkDbAJM9zygHn0VNnlU_1VbY3ycydCZTOy6k8fQEwkt-2Yvgpbw3mhvmRyXkr_HDaiS0JRSxIo8F/s320/April+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122295655436018738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"After all, didja know that <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=5662">Fantastic Four #1</a> is now selling for up to $50 in many back-issue comic-book store across the nation, and that <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=1611">Spidey #1</a> isn't far behind?"</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhputPsrNdZDlFY5KIjjkjRUGcgz61W9ntRqnhPpPOWzB3jj8v50hK-EJ43cJ-Lo9uZZA21AV_BfOB3ShyhivsAh9sy2s-SPo1Xf7CDUlZbZewQEzRud_A6AVDFmsv-ngvo4valdEGry5-L/s1600-h/April+Bonus+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhputPsrNdZDlFY5KIjjkjRUGcgz61W9ntRqnhPpPOWzB3jj8v50hK-EJ43cJ-Lo9uZZA21AV_BfOB3ShyhivsAh9sy2s-SPo1Xf7CDUlZbZewQEzRud_A6AVDFmsv-ngvo4valdEGry5-L/s320/April+Bonus+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122295427802752034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=20378">Avengers, Vol. 1, No. 122</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-69098818265785861132007-10-15T09:38:00.000-05:002007-10-17T08:26:24.885-05:00March 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXB5roUqk7u6BgSg-kO5knhVFQsNEqZxgjpFzHIfamECl7M1x8Gq-53li7sGPj_p4_srCPGwuU2RWvN9iluHP7UD4Rd9XyFkIPRSyZUtArmVfZnYRz-qB1EjHh65pFDZSXHTgiHH_I0oJ/s1600-h/March+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXB5roUqk7u6BgSg-kO5knhVFQsNEqZxgjpFzHIfamECl7M1x8Gq-53li7sGPj_p4_srCPGwuU2RWvN9iluHP7UD4Rd9XyFkIPRSyZUtArmVfZnYRz-qB1EjHh65pFDZSXHTgiHH_I0oJ/s320/March+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121573976376239090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"So, starting now - and without abandoning our search for ever-newer horizons to conquer in the name of Marveldom Assembled - we're returning this paged to all its former, much-lauded glory, and adding a new <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/search/label/Bullpen%20Bonus%20Page">Bullpen Bonus Page</a>, to boot!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">That's right, believer - now you'll get two full pages of news and views each month (three, if you count our liltin' letters pages)!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyZJgRLzDR8VT9YVUpIAewYUXHFEIEa3AmewBhDEkqyZDwsK4ZRk5Hu-lmZuuSm4NKbBeBX-flcGBDug7OGiq2ZnWsDrZuycUVGujy8P5o8P23InTOcuMIV3A1-Oeqh6hLkMEGQyCIa20/s1600-h/March+Bonus+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 10pt 10px 10px 10pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyZJgRLzDR8VT9YVUpIAewYUXHFEIEa3AmewBhDEkqyZDwsK4ZRk5Hu-lmZuuSm4NKbBeBX-flcGBDug7OGiq2ZnWsDrZuycUVGujy8P5o8P23InTOcuMIV3A1-Oeqh6hLkMEGQyCIa20/s320/March+Bonus+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121576858299294738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">And, for those of you who are counting: Nope, we haven't dropped any pages of art and story, just a paid ad which took up the space last month - and this is spite of ever-rising printing costs and that depressing paper shortage you've been reading about (often, we might add, in newspapers with fewer pages).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">So now who says mighty Marvel isn't the Company with a Heart?"</span><br /></div><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=28490">Fantastic Four, Vol. 1, No. 144</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-71021376290025965952007-10-12T12:59:00.001-05:002007-10-15T10:36:24.369-05:00Who Is Steve Ditko?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1h3xMbuoAvjzbW5uY8PG2AiRABhP8OmCIy6OHNcbo-8G9e_RQjTHo-nwi9tEPyFykYQtpUncK-dFegtWSxHzDdkPSEXxCnOUZCL5IUCUXANRAIYxUu1AkkDoQ1TdLDoInIXBlOIYUvh7/s1600-h/Ditko.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 90px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1h3xMbuoAvjzbW5uY8PG2AiRABhP8OmCIy6OHNcbo-8G9e_RQjTHo-nwi9tEPyFykYQtpUncK-dFegtWSxHzDdkPSEXxCnOUZCL5IUCUXANRAIYxUu1AkkDoQ1TdLDoInIXBlOIYUvh7/s400/Ditko.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120511603330671586" border="0" /></a><a nicetitle="Jeet Heer on Ditko" href="http://www.jeetheer.com/comics/ditko.htm"><span style="font-size:180%;">C</span>o-creator</a> <a nicetitle="Ditko's cover for Amazing Fantasy #15 and the published cover by Jack Kirby" href="http://www.povonline.com/alternate/Alternate13.htm">of</a> <a nicetitle="The Secrets of Spider-Man" href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/152/">Spider-Man</a>, <a nicetitle="Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ditko">Steve</a> <a nicetitle="Comic Book Database entry" href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=101">Ditko</a> is famous for <a nicetitle="Cover gallery" href="http://ditko.blogspot.com/search/label/Cover%20Only">weird</a>, <a nicetitle="Cover gallery" href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator_covergallery.php?ID=101&offset=0">distinctive</a> <a nicetitle="Ditko pencils" href="http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko/preinked/prmain.html">art</a>, <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_09_11.html#013999">his 1966 departure</a> <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_09_11.html#014000">from Marvel Comics</a>, and granting <a nicetitle="1965, from Comic Fan #2" href="http://www.geocities.com/toonpro/domains/text/ditko_int.html">very</a> <a nicetitle="1965, Voice of Comicdom #4, Letter to the Editor" href="http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko/artist/arvoc4le.html">few</a> <a nicetitle="1968, from Marvel Main #4" href="http://www.vicsage.com/essay/ditko.php">interviews</a> <a nicetitle="1998, Letter to Time Magazine" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989726-4,00.html">in</a> the course of his <a nicetitle="50's art" href="http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko/50s/50main.html">decades</a>-<a nicetitle="History of longtime Ditko publisher, Charlton" href="http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/09empire.html">spanning</a> <a nicetitle="Ditko does Chuck Norris" href="http://www.progressiveruin.com/2005_12_04_archive.html#113420338592880792">career</a>, preferring to let <a href="http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko/crea/crea.html">creations</a> such as <a href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/251/">The</a> <a href="http://datajunkie.blogspot.com/2007/02/dont-fear-creeper-re-post.html">Creeper</a>, the <a href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/296/">Objectivism</a>-<a href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/297/">inspired</a> <a href="http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/298/">Mr. A</a>, and <a href="http://www.geocities.com/druj_nasu/">Squirrel Girl</a> speak for him.<br /><br />Okay, Squirrel Girl not so much.<br /><br /><a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2169000,00.html">Jonathan Ross</a> - along with such comic luminaries as Stan Lee, John Romita, Flo Steinberg, Jerry Robinson, , Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Alan Moore's Beard - turns the spotlight on the artist in the swell <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/comicsbritannia/ross-ditko.shtml">BBC4 documentary</a>, <a href="http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=in+search+of+steve+ditko"><span style="font-style: italic;">In Search of Steve Ditko</span></a> (BitTorrent). Did they find him?<br /><br />Well, that's <a nicetitle="Alan Moore on Ditko, Charlton Comics, and Watchmen" href="http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/09moore.html">The Question</a>, isn't it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-41393674912061158202007-10-11T12:39:00.000-05:002007-10-17T08:26:00.411-05:00February 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXpYr23IWfo9eh1Tk63wfrkQjwuggo4BnLOVEBQ5pZSaaDsF2iy05P_FUIMO1xDWTE08mDjDEyHBp7P20g5ActwMr-zpgoODZDAI23szG9rfL7pho-o5jqQCWAP92F5wiSvaKGuktSKKO/s1600-h/February+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXpYr23IWfo9eh1Tk63wfrkQjwuggo4BnLOVEBQ5pZSaaDsF2iy05P_FUIMO1xDWTE08mDjDEyHBp7P20g5ActwMr-zpgoODZDAI23szG9rfL7pho-o5jqQCWAP92F5wiSvaKGuktSKKO/s320/February+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120136644095796162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"RQF ILFBSHFXY UJDTUF</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">EFIRQ SO LIGXSVW - VSHDJP</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">BSSJ DJ RQF QUXW!"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=1739">Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 129</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-18747615094558887812007-10-10T09:27:00.000-05:002007-10-11T12:51:48.005-05:00January 1974<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLzHtlmEaHnRE6xF7huHJJ4NpQf_vo_kh5iGDDbKsPknvW9NdA4ms9lvgOn3_odj2IN58mfIssNld2L2GTIUUUy3jSdb633DdRQMPYHUZViQQrHqfyU785hHtOJuQpfQh6HjfWv9m89lW/s1600-h/January+1974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLzHtlmEaHnRE6xF7huHJJ4NpQf_vo_kh5iGDDbKsPknvW9NdA4ms9lvgOn3_odj2IN58mfIssNld2L2GTIUUUy3jSdb633DdRQMPYHUZViQQrHqfyU785hHtOJuQpfQh6HjfWv9m89lW/s320/January+1974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119716871172154290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"In answer to countless queries: Yes, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynis_Wein">Glynis</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=323">Wein</a> who does that sensational coloring in so many Marvel Masterworks these days is indeed the lovely wife of one <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Wein">Len</a> <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=322">Wein</a>. And, so help us, if your next question is 'So who's <a href="http://lenwein.blogspot.com/">Len Wein</a>...?'"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=18346">Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 171</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-36054356162735882712007-10-09T13:38:00.000-05:002007-10-09T13:50:12.005-05:00December 1973<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGqXzUDodzetR-QH-0iyyf56-ILz20EYYp3KPvsdmA5YYscm0rB-SmtD-5__-yrHMr0jRkt3rxT0ivuGi0g703TE_5cHo6-0T3C1YNUBaj8mqrFxYLuKE4dsDsphsRlFFEEWOYdSeyaRL/s1600-h/December+1973.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGqXzUDodzetR-QH-0iyyf56-ILz20EYYp3KPvsdmA5YYscm0rB-SmtD-5__-yrHMr0jRkt3rxT0ivuGi0g703TE_5cHo6-0T3C1YNUBaj8mqrFxYLuKE4dsDsphsRlFFEEWOYdSeyaRL/s320/December+1973.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119409166830166930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Bad news, it seems, never travels alone. </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Only two months ago, this space told of the demise of our friend and co-worker, <a href="http://bullpenbulletins.blogspot.com/2007/10/september-1973.html">Bill Everett</a>. And now, we regret to announce the untimely passing of another all-time <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator_covergallery.php?ID=1794">great comic artist</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Shores">Syd</a> <a href="http://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/shores_syd.htm">Shores</a>, on Sunday, June 3, 1973."</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=1737">Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1, No. 127</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864808384246359615.post-90711288099584656872007-10-04T12:11:00.000-05:002007-10-04T12:23:26.766-05:00November 1973<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd5XHxhxzAv1lnRLPC-GWy6vaHNGGNzAXyLKf_jghpMC6teBN6EmjZTMpeBRG4-958UVTxV9MkMlEOU3WKryxUP1w7aoerMjt6WTTwE3AeTBTQ4jmNRbkgNOkUPb4J2rjTzXCeW4Mb4t_/s1600-h/November+1973.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd5XHxhxzAv1lnRLPC-GWy6vaHNGGNzAXyLKf_jghpMC6teBN6EmjZTMpeBRG4-958UVTxV9MkMlEOU3WKryxUP1w7aoerMjt6WTTwE3AeTBTQ4jmNRbkgNOkUPb4J2rjTzXCeW4Mb4t_/s320/November+1973.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117532120092926850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">"Know what, friend and neighbor? It's been a good <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Senate_investigation">summer</a> - at least from mirthful Marvel's point of view!"</span><br /></div><br />From <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=18343">Incredible Hulk, Vol. 1, No. 169</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0