Tag Archives: 1973

Chasing the Cool Kids

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Joe

Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was trying to chase an audience beyond the typical comic reader which was comprised chiefly of seven to twelve year old boys. Somebody thought a rock album based on their most popular character would … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, Cartoon, comic, comic book, comics, Creem, humor, magazine, Marvel, Spider-man, USA | 2 Comments

Mail Order Muscles

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Joe

Charles Atlas is the body builder that everybody knows from comic book advertisements, but if you actually bought and read comic books regularly any time between the 1950s through the 1970s, you would be just as familiar with the name … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, comics, Joe Kubert, Joe Weider, muscles, Tarzan | 2 Comments

Go-Kart or Speed-Bike?

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Joe

So you scraped together the two bucks and waited patiently for the instructions to arrive in the mail while you pictured yourself buzzing the town on your boss GO-KART or sweet SPEED-BIKE! Wouldn’t it be great?! Imagine all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, comics, Fantastic Four, go-kart, Jack Kirby, reprint, speed-bike | 2 Comments

Turned On & Supernatural Effects

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Joe_Williams

Back in the ’70s while my parents shopped for clothes and boring stuff, my younger brother and I were left to our own devices wandering the toy and record sections of the department stores that anchored the shopping malls. Invariably … Continue reading →

Posted in What I Miss About Comics | Tagged 1973, black light, comic, Hippie, Sad Sack, vintage | Leave a comment

Benicio, Zat You?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I recently went to see the new Thor movie which I didn’t really care if I saw or not, but my son insisted. Thor was not one of my favorite characters when I was first reading comics. I had come … Continue reading →