One of the greatest moments of my childhood was the day I reluctantly went with my mom to her sister's house to help pack for a move. I discovered a steamer trunk full of comics in the garage, including a near complete run of FF from issue 28 through 192! They were well-read but still looked good. My aunt was surprised that they were still around and was glad to gift them to me, and I still thank her for it today. I had just gotten into comics via Hama's G.I. Joe books and this got me hooked on Marvel and Kirby. There were also a lot of other great books in there; Romita Spider-Mans, Kirby Thor issues, etc. I still have nearly all of them.
I went to art school. And when I entered I told them ' I wanted to do comics '; they laughed at me because they thought there was no money in there. Jack and Stan are the titans of most badasses in the universe. Everything I like in design in some way must have aspects of Jack's design work.👍❤️💯
They were born the same year I was born. My earliest comic book memory is the cover that says shall man survive with a guy smashing a board and all the characters falling down.
I've read all the Kirby FF's, mostly from my childhood. I own am almost complete run of 60's FF's in beautiful condition.. They were the World's Greatest Comic Magazine.
Nobody ever talks about the makeup of the FF resembling The Sea Devils: four people with a brainy leader, his girlfriend, her younger brother, and the two-fisted adventurer. IMHO that resembles the quartet moreso than The Challengers; though I won’t argue that was obviously an influence as well, with Kirby’s involvement.
You definitely sold me on reading F starting from the Galactus story. Thus far I've only read issues 48-54. I'm really interested in it, but I have a hard time getting into heavily worded silver age material. Only Spidey is easy for me on that front. As I've understood, and as you also describe, the latter half brings in the most interesting concepts. That said, I surely will read annual 2! I've read criminally few stories about DOOM
Wow I love this, I can see the love and hard work out into this! Id say this is incredible but I feel marvelous and fantastic describe the video better! Thank you for this
A brilliant summary of a bigone era. Thank you SO much for doing this. Growing up myself on these creations, well, ten years later anyway, I still love Kirby's art. It's such a shame that Marvel really screwed him over as did DC. The man literally created the entire Marvel line - and got dismissed.
My recomendation would be FF# 38-40!! "The Battle of Baxter Building storyline FF caught in an atom bomb blast losing their powers and then discover that Doom has taken over the Baxter Building... Great story! Also the Doom steals the Surfer's Power Cosmic story...!! So may great stories until approx the time that SILVER SURFER came out leading to a rift which had been brewing between Stan & Jack for a long time...!
Love paying homage to the foundation(s) of what people think of as the Marvel Universe...A couple of comments: those early stories were definitely products of their times... if you read them as they came out, you were probably also reading a dozen or more other stories at the same time. Which means that you didn't necessarily have a inkling about how impactful some of the art and stories were... especially if you were a pre-teen (like me) who didn't really know much else. I started on FF in the early 70's, buying an issue every month and devouring anything that Marvel put out. But, by the early 70's, Kirby's art, although still very dynamic, was starting to look a bit dated to me when compared to artists like Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, or Jim Steranko, and my friends and I didn't care for it. It was only as I got older that I started to appreciate his art more and more.
One of the greatest moments of my childhood was the day I reluctantly went with my mom to her sister's house to help pack for a move. I discovered a steamer trunk full of comics in the garage, including a near complete run of FF from issue 28 through 192! They were well-read but still looked good. My aunt was surprised that they were still around and was glad to gift them to me, and I still thank her for it today. I had just gotten into comics via Hama's G.I. Joe books and this got me hooked on Marvel and Kirby. There were also a lot of other great books in there; Romita Spider-Mans, Kirby Thor issues, etc. I still have nearly all of them.
I agree with your reading choices. "This man... This Monster" is one of the best of all time. Put it up there with "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man".
That’s another great issue. Swamp Thing’s “Burial” story comes to mind. The list goes on.
Awesome video!! Can't get enough of 👑 Kirby 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I went to art school. And when I entered I told them ' I wanted to do comics '; they laughed at me because they thought there was no money in there. Jack and Stan are the titans of most badasses in the universe. Everything I like in design in some way must have aspects of Jack's design work.👍❤️💯
They were born the same year I was born. My earliest comic book memory is the cover that says shall man survive with a guy smashing a board and all the characters falling down.
Always appreciated those bombastic issue titles.
I've read all the Kirby FF's, mostly from my childhood. I own am almost complete run of 60's FF's in beautiful condition.. They were the World's Greatest Comic Magazine.
Nobody ever talks about the makeup of the FF resembling The Sea Devils: four people with a brainy leader, his girlfriend, her younger brother, and the two-fisted adventurer. IMHO that resembles the quartet moreso than The Challengers; though I won’t argue that was obviously an influence as well, with Kirby’s involvement.
I was a big fan of the Skrull stories. The old story of alien invasions was a favorite of mine since childhood.
You earned a subscription with this video. Well done.
You definitely sold me on reading F starting from the Galactus story. Thus far I've only read issues 48-54. I'm really interested in it, but I have a hard time getting into heavily worded silver age material. Only Spidey is easy for me on that front. As I've understood, and as you also describe, the latter half brings in the most interesting concepts. That said, I surely will read annual 2! I've read criminally few stories about DOOM
Wow I love this, I can see the love and hard work out into this! Id say this is incredible but I feel marvelous and fantastic describe the video better! Thank you for this
“Dated” is such a ridiculous term I hear people saying about not liking older comics. Them being dated is in fact what makes them fun and interesting.
A brilliant summary of a bigone era. Thank you SO much for doing this. Growing up myself on these creations, well, ten years later anyway, I still love Kirby's art. It's such a shame that Marvel really screwed him over as did DC. The man literally created the entire Marvel line - and got dismissed.
Luckily his work still lives on. Thank you for tuning in.
My recomendation would be FF# 38-40!! "The Battle of Baxter Building storyline FF caught in an atom bomb blast losing their powers and then discover that Doom has taken over the Baxter Building... Great story! Also the Doom steals the Surfer's Power Cosmic story...!! So may great stories until approx the time that SILVER SURFER came out leading to a rift which had been brewing between Stan & Jack for a long time...!
Very thorough!! Thank you!
Thank you for watching.
Can't wait for the MCU to continue the tradition of wiping out Doom's Romani heritage >:(
Man, you dont get those kind of bright colors from crummy digitized comic books nowadays. The older comic books and magazines were so much better.
Love paying homage to the foundation(s) of what people think of as the Marvel Universe...A couple of comments: those early stories were definitely products of their times... if you read them as they came out, you were probably also reading a dozen or more other stories at the same time. Which means that you didn't necessarily have a inkling about how impactful some of the art and stories were... especially if you were a pre-teen (like me) who didn't really know much else. I started on FF in the early 70's, buying an issue every month and devouring anything that Marvel put out. But, by the early 70's, Kirby's art, although still very dynamic, was starting to look a bit dated to me when compared to artists like Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, or Jim Steranko, and my friends and I didn't care for it. It was only as I got older that I started to appreciate his art more and more.
As a 11 old in the 60s this comic confused me
I couldn't tell if the thing or Dr.Doom was the villain. Not as clear cut as DC at the time
You forgot Chic Stone
Martin Goodman was not a good president or CEO. He was a sting. Under later management, Marvel boomed and did great.