Marvel Comics In The Late 1960s: An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide To A Pop Culture Phenomenon

Comtois, Pierre

ISBN 10: 1605491349 / ISBN 13: 9781605491349

Published by TwoMorrows Publishing, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marvel Comics In The Late 1960s: An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide To A Pop Culture Phenomenon
• Publisher: TwoMorrows Publishing
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605491349
• ISBN 13: 9781605491349
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This latest volume in the ongoing "Marvel Comics in the..." series takes you back to the company’s late 1960s era, when past throwaway villains suddenly became world shakers, and stories grew to encompass the earnestness and immediacy of the turbulent times.
As the company's western, monster, and dramedy offerings waned, their super-heroes exploded as Marvel boldly entered the pop culture arena with increased attention from critics and college students. Featured here are the best of those stories not covered previously, completing issue-by-issue reviews of every Marvel comic of note from 1966-1969!
See scores of handy, easy to reference new entries on the final issues of Tales of Suspense, Astonish, and Strange Tales; The Mighty Thor, Fantastic Four, the Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, the Avengers, and X-Men; and newcomers Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, and more! It's author Pierre Comtois' last word on Marvel’s grandiose years, when Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, John Buscema, Gene Colan, and John Romita―together with writer/editor Stan Lee and righthand man Roy Thomas―continued to build an unprecedented new universe of excitement!

About the Author

Pierre V. Comtois has been the editor and publisher of Fungi, the Magazine of Fantasy and Weird Fiction since 1984 and has had a number of books released by numerous publishers including Goat Mother and Others by Chaosium Fiction in 2015, A Well Ordered Universe by Desert Breeze Publishers in 2016, and three volumes dealing with Marvel Comics including Marvel Comics in the 1980s: An Issue by Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon, Marvel Comics in the 1970s, and Marvel Comics in the 1980s by Twomorrows Pubs in 2015.