The text on the cover always cracked me up, even when I first bought this issue as a Marvel zombie when it first came out. 150,000,000,000 TONS?? That is not in accordance with the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
Marvel Comics may have jumped the shark with Secret Wars. This started the horribly manipulative trend of tie-in, event comics. It was the beginning of the end for me, anyway. Wasn't the true purpose of this comic to sell toys? I still have some of them in a shoe box.
Don't get me wrong, I went apeshit for Secret Wars when it came out. I didn't feel like a chump until Secret Wars II. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine didn't help either.
I guess the real time Marvel jumped the shark was when Kirby left, but I still have a real fondness for a lot of late 70's / early 80's Marvels. It's probably nostalgia, .
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ReplyDeleteHembeck drawing prove Hulk smash Thing in one-on-one brawl.
-Hulk
Awesome! I gotta get me a haircut like Hulk here!
ReplyDeleteFor whatever reason, I take great pleasure that this blog has featured 2 Secret Wars covers; one by Fred and the other by Jeffrey Brown.
ReplyDeleteThe text on the cover always cracked me up, even when I first bought this issue as a Marvel zombie when it first came out. 150,000,000,000 TONS?? That is not in accordance with the OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point.
ReplyDeleteDude, the Hulk isn't holding a mountain up. He's pushing the rest of the planet down.
ReplyDeleteThis was the issue in which Secret Wars jumped the shark.
ReplyDeleteWith Secret Wars #2, it was issue #1!
Marvel Comics may have jumped the shark with Secret Wars. This started the horribly manipulative trend of tie-in, event comics. It was the beginning of the end for me, anyway. Wasn't the true purpose of this comic to sell toys? I still have some of them in a shoe box.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong, I went apeshit for Secret Wars when it came out. I didn't feel like a chump until Secret Wars II. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine didn't help either.
I guess the real time Marvel jumped the shark was when Kirby left, but I still have a real fondness for a lot of late 70's / early 80's Marvels. It's probably nostalgia, .
I figured it out....
ReplyDeleteAl Milgrom was the shark!