Barry's Pearls of Comic Book Wisdom: The Marvel Age of Merchandi$ing : 1965-1977

Monday, August 22, 2016

The Marvel Age of Merchandi$ing : 1965-1977

Probably more than the other comic publishers of that era, Marvel produced, licensed and sold self-promoting products. This included sweatshirts, stationary, fan club membership, books statues and much more. Here are over fifty ads from 1965-1977, including a few Hostess Cup Cake pages, complete with Spider-Man and Captain America!

The scans are from the original comics.

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The Essential Marvel Age Companion: 1961-1977:

This 1,400 page interactive PDF is a book about the Marvel Age of Comics 1961-1977. Every single story, every single comic is covered here. That is about 5,000 comics including the reprint comics and black and white magazines.

A Full blog is at: https://forbushman.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-making-of-essential-marvel-age.html

An entry for every single comic of the Marvel Age 1961-1977. It has a full description of each story, complete credits including the cover artists; the publication AND the street date, important facts plus references to other comics when necessary. These are full descriptions, not a synopsis so the stories are NOT spoiled and surprises not revealed.

A Timely History of Marvel: Starting at the beginning of the 20th century, this section lists the important events that lead us up to and carries us through the Timely, Atlas and Marvel Ages. There is also a chart for each year listing what comics were published and when they were published.

The Character Map: For over 1,000 heroes and villains, it lists their appearances in chronological order and displays each comics publication date.

Being There: A Memoir of the Marvel Age. My favorite part of the book. It looks back at the Silver Age of Comics and what it was like living through the Marvel Age.

Not Necessarily the Marvel Age: Marvel published many comics and magazines not associated with their comics. This includes a magazine on Streakers (believe it or not); Evel Knievel, Pussycat, Captain Britain, Spidey Super-Stories, MarvelMania, FOOM and many others.

There are sections on the Marvel Value Stamps, In-House Ads of Marvel Merchandi$e; a listing of all Timely/Atlas comics/ a Credit section that lists the individual credits of the creators and much more.

If you don’t like the book, I’ll give you your money back. Really!!!!!

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Monday, August 22, 2016

The Marvel Age of Merchandi$ing : 1965-1977

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