I was checking the other day and my Marvel volume 1 of The Avengers covers issues 13-426 (the final of that volume). I have all the other Avengers volumes though I think two only in trades as the contents were not that good (see my various reviews) so paying full price was something I was not willing to do and the trades were even cut price!
My early issues are not "fresh off the rack" quality but considering how old they are and all the moves I have had over the years "low grade is better than no grade". Issues 57 and 58 (of course!!) are damaged and coverless but still readable . I did, as a kid, pick up X-Men 1-6 and Fantastic Four 1-7 (NEVER ask what happened to them -=you cannot choose your parents!).
Oddly I had a dream of the Golden Age Vision meeting the Silver Age Vision lovely John Buscema art with it.
The early issues were before my time. On a whim this month I have been checking out the old Avengers trades from the library. Read a little from the regular title and some issues of Avengers West Coast. Very impressed with the quality of writing and art, especially compared to 2024.
ReplyDeleteWell I started re-reading again but thought "Oh gods they are going to appear lame now" but was surprised by how good they were. The people knew the characters and a few were lifelong writers in various fields and Lee/Kirby/Thomas and even Shooter knew how to put together a good story and art because they were not writing it for themselves but comic fans. Trades are well worth reading.
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