{"id":812,"date":"2009-06-14T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T17:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=812"},"modified":"2017-03-04T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T00:38:00","slug":"golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age of Comic Books &#8211; June 15, 2009 &#8211; #61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast is back with a celebration of the <span style=\"font-family: mceinline;\"><strong>70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>Marvel Comics (known as Timely Comics then) got its start with the publication of <em>Marvel Comics<\/em> #1 (October-November 1939) and quickly changed its name to <em>Marvel Mystery Comics<\/em> with issue #2. &nbsp;This title introduced two of Marvel&#8217;s most popular Golden Age heroes, The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. &nbsp;Marvel went on the publish these characters in their own magazines, <em>Human Torch Comics<\/em> and <em>Submariner Comics<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One of Marvel&#8217;s greatest heroes, Captain America (by Simon and Kirby) got his start in <em>Captain America Comics<\/em> (March 1941), and was of their most popular Golden Age magazines. &nbsp;Marvel also published such titles as <em>All-Winners Comics<\/em>, <em>Young Allies Comics<\/em>, <em>Daring Mystery Comics<\/em>, <em>USA Comics<\/em> and others.<\/p>\n<p>As the superheroes lost popularity after World War II, Marvel ceased publications of these titles in 1949 and 1950 (except for a brief revival in 1954), and the world did not see their superheroes again until the 1960&#8217;s. &nbsp;During the interim, Marvel (under the Atlas name) published a number of horror and &#8220;weird&#8221; themed comic books.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy <strong>episode 61 of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_814\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/137_4_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-814\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" title=\"Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (July 1940)\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-814\" alt=\"Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (July 1940)\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/137_4_09-220x300.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/137_4_09-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/137_4_09-110x150.jpg 110w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/137_4_09.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (July 1940)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-812\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-812\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/14\/golden-age-of-comic-books-june-15-2009-61\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast is back with a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics! 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