Episode 1057 - '70s Marvel

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I am new to podcasts, and this is my first CGS episode. It's great! I haven't been able to find any discussions on this episode. I know it is somewhat old now. The 20-cent era is when I got hooked on Marvel. My favorite comments were from Jamie D. I think he was the commentator who said that his group of friends favored Marvel, and that shaped what type of reader he was. Same with me. Not only were the other kids who did like comics Marvel chauvinists, they actually disliked DC. We used to joke that DC stood for "Dumb Comics." Funny, these days I mostly read DC now. Again, I think it was Jamie who expressed so well how just the "black bar" on the cover with the Marvel Comics" name can bring back nostalgic feelings of his childhood. I wish you guys had discussed the great Avengers/Defenders war. The story may have been simplistic compared to todays mega-events, but it is a classic. I still love the cover of the Avengers issue (117?) where Namor is pounding on Cap's shield. I have no interest in AVX at all. I agee that the MTU and MTIO were great at introducing the reader to less prominent heroes and villains. I am buying the MTIO Essentials now. I look forward to listening to more great episodes. I hope there are more silver age fans on this site.

Caliban

The discussion thread for that episode was lost in the last forum crash - Crisis on Finite Servers.

Any episode about 60 or 70s Marvel is always a good listen.

You might also like
1237 - Talking Marvel in the 60s and 70s with Pierre Comtois
http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-1538.php
and
1235 - Spotlight on Spider-Man in the Bronze age
http://www.comicgeekspeak.com/episodes/comic_geek_speak-1536.php

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Crisis on Finite Servers - good one! Thanks for the tip on 1237 and 1235. Just when does the Bronze Age begin? I thought all comics in the '70s were in the Silver Age. I guess I am wrong, since I have seen comments on books that came out in '78 as Bronze.

Caliban

Wikipedia says the Bronze age was 1970-85
The CGS Spidey episode starts with ASM #101 which was cover dated October 1971
and goes up to #200 Jan 1980

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Thanks for the clarification. If it has a 20-cent price on the cover, chances are I will like it.
I had bought ASM #129 as a kid. That was the only comic I ever bought new that turned out to be valuable later. I have seen estimates of up to $800 for mint. I just remember how cool I thought the cover was. I stupidly sold my very small collection at that time because I thought I was getting too old for comics ...