IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME! In 1961, the company that would become known as Marvel Comics had a reduced outcome of just eight or so comics per month, due to an onerous distribution deal with their main competitor, National Periodical Publications, better known as DC Comics. Publisher Martin Goodman and editor Stan Lee published a steady diet... Continue Reading →
Here's a sneak peek at the new Tales From My Spinner Rack! special Valentine’s Day episode featuring a look back at Marvel’s Romance titles from the late 1960s, titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” At the end of the Silver Age, Marvel had a brand new distributor who didn’t care how many books... Continue Reading →
Apologies for the clickbait headline … it’s nothing life-threatening or urgent. Just a personal favor, please. For the past year, I’ve been creating videos on my YouTube channel @ TalesFromMySpinnerRack. They’re based on my nostalgia for the old comic books I grew up loving in the 1960s and ‘70s. To-date, I’ve done 13 videos (#14... Continue Reading →
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