{"id":1021,"date":"2009-07-26T17:24:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T22:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2009-07-26T20:49:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T01:49:40","slug":"golden-age-reprint-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/26\/golden-age-reprint-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age Reprint Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been several Golden Age reprints issued by DC and Marvel over the last several weeks.\u00a0 DC continues with its Chronicles<\/em> series, and Marvel with the celebration of its 70th anniversary.<\/p>\n

DC Comics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This week, DC published the seventh installment of The Superman Chronicles<\/em>.\u00a0 This book contains vintage WWII era Superman stories written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Leo\u00a0Nowak and John Sikela, with covers by the great Fed Ray.\u00a0 In this volume you’ll find Superman stories from Action Comics<\/em> #s 41 and 42, Superman<\/em> #s 12 and 13, and World’s Finest Comics<\/em> #4.\u00a0\u00a0 Kudos to DC for continuing their Golden Age Superman and Batman runs in these books.\u00a0 The Batman Chronicles<\/em> volume 8 is due out in September.<\/p>\n

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Superman Chronicles Volume 7 (2009)<\/p><\/div>\n

Marvel Comics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In celebration of its 70th Anniversary, Marvel has continued to publish some of their old Timely titles with new and old stories.\u00a0 Recently, Marvel has published U.S.A. Comics<\/em> #1, with a Golden Age reprint of a Destroyer story, “The Secret Tunnel of Death” from All Winner Comics #3 (Winter 1942).\u00a0 This story was written by Stan Lee.\u00a0 Next up is Young Allies Comics<\/em> #1 which reprints one comic story and two text pieces (both by Lee) from 1940 and 1941.\u00a0 First, the text piece “The Young Allies Deal a Blow for Justice” in included from Captain America Comics<\/em>#8 (October 1941).\u00a0 This is followed by “The School Boy Sleuth” starring Terry Vance from Marvel Mystery Comics<\/em> #14 (December 1940).\u00a0 Finally, Lee is back with his text piece, “Captain America and the Bomb Sight Thieves” from Captain America Comics<\/em>#4 (June 1941).\u00a0 There are also a couple of vintage “Captain America’s Sentinels of Liberty” membership ads included in this issue.<\/p>\n

In Miss America Comics #1, Marvel again reprints several stories from the Golden Age.\u00a0 First, there are two stories featuring The Whizzer from All-Winners Comics<\/em> #s 9 (Summer 1943)\u00a0and 10 (Fall 1943), and a detective yarn, “Let’s Play Detective: The Mystery of the Ghost Killer” from All-Winners Comics<\/em> #11 (Winter 1943-44).\u00a0 Most recently, Marvel has published All Select Comics<\/em>#1, featuring a Golden Age reprint of “Marvex the Super Robot” from Daring Mystery Comics<\/em> #3 (April 1940) and #4 (May 1940).<\/p>\n

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Marvel 70th Anniversary Collection (2009)<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to these individual “anniversary” issues, Marvel recently published the Marvel 70th Anniversary Collection<\/em>.\u00a0 This 344 page trade paperback collects some great stories from all 70 years of Marvel’s history.\u00a0 From the Golden Age, you will find the first Sub-Mariner story from Marvel Comics<\/em> #1 (October 1939), “Trapped in the Nazi Stronghold” from Captain America Comics<\/em> #2 (April 1941),\u00a0 and “Captain America Foils the Traitor’s Revenge”\u00a0 a Stan Lee text piece from Captain America Comics<\/em>#3 (May 1941).\u00a0 From the Atlas Era (one from the Golden Age and one from the pre-hero Silver Age) you will find, “Till Death Do Us Part!” from Journey Into Mystery<\/em>#6 (April 1953) and “I Challenged…Groot! The Monster from Planet X!” from Tales to Astonish<\/em>#13 (November 1960).\u00a0 This book continues with reprints from Marvel’s early superhero run in the 1960’s and on into the present.<\/p>\n

It appears that for the 70th Anniversary Celebration, Marvel will publish several more of the individual Timely issues, so keep an eye out for them.\u00a0 The stories reprinted in those issues for the most part have never been reprinted before.<\/p>\n