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Golden Age of Comic Books – June 15, 2009 – #61

Jun 14th, 2009
by Bill Jourdain.
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The Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast is back with a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics! Marvel Comics (known as Timely Comics then) got its start with the publication of Marvel Comics #1 (October-November 1939) and quickly changed its name to Marvel Mystery Comics with issue #2.  This title introduced two of [...]

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New Golden Age Reprint – Marvel Masterworks All-Winners Vol. 3

Dec 2nd, 2008
by Bill Jourdain.
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Last week, Marvel published a new Golden Age Masterworks: All-Winners, Volume 3.  This volume reprints classic Marvel stories from the WWII years featuring the Human Torch, Captain America & Bucky, the Sub-Mariner and others.  Featured here are All-Winners #9 (Summer 1943), #10 (Fall 1943), #11 (Winter 1943-44), #12 (Spring 1944),  #13 (Fall 1944) and #14 (Winter [...]

Golden Age Reprints for 2008

Nov 22nd, 2008
by Bill Jourdain.
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In the last episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast, I mentioned that there had been a plethora of Golden Age reprints over the past several months.  In looking back at 2008 (at least through the date of this post) it seems that Marvel has been a little busier than DC in providing [...]

Golden Age of Comics – March 21, 2007 – #50

Mar 21st, 2007
by Bill Jourdain.
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In the 5oth episode of the Golden Age of Comic books, we discuss the Golden Age Sub-Mariner first published by Timley (later Marvel) Comics in 1939. Namor made his first appearance in a giveaway title, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly in 1939. This title was never distributed to the public, and a few months later he [...]

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