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Tales of Suspense #42 (1963) & The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (1963): Was Spider-Man really that good?

I recently started re-reading Marvel comics from the early 60s on, primarily due to an acute nostalgia for silver age  Spider-Man . I've read Spider-Man from the beginning until the late 90s covering everything that was available on Marvel Unlimited at the time, and as much as I was initially looking forward to reaching the mid-90s in publication history which would coincide with the period in time when I first got into comics ( ASM #403 was my first issue -- what a jumping-on point, right?), I ended up learning that the really good stuff was, in fact, back in the 60s and 70s just like all the comics gatekeepers always said. While I'm working my way through the publication of Spider-Man again, I wanted to read some additional titles to keep up with some other characters I've either liked or been curious about over the years; I've never been that into reading the stories of non-Spidey characters, but I found myself motivated to read through the catalogue of The Hulk , I...
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Avengers #1 (1963): From Plan B to A-list

Even before the 2012 movie and the films leading up to it made them a top-tier household name, the Avengers was one of Marvel Comics 's big titles, and both recognized and popular among comics fans. Over the decades, they're often positioned as "Marvel’s Justice League", but what's interesting about the Avengers is that they didn't start out that way at all, either in concept or in execution. The Avengers #1: "The Coming of The Avengers!" Writers: Stan Lee Artists: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers Editor: Stan Lee Publication Date: July 2, 1963 Cover Date: September 1963 Art by Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers. © Marvel Comics. Particularly now that the original characters are some of the most recognizable figures in popular culture, it's easy to lose sight of where the team originally came from and why. The team-up was created out of necessity rather than creative inspiration: i n 1963, the founding members of the Avengers -- Iron M...
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Opinion: The video game console industry seems to be falling apart, but maybe that's not a bad thing

The world has gone through significant economic (among other types) tumult in a relatively brief period of time since the start of the Covid pandemic in the spring of 2020, exacerbated notably by the war in the Ukraine beginning in early 2022. This has resulted in a variety of changes, including general financial insecurity and the shriveling of various fields of industry. However, a bigger effect still on the video game industry specifically seems to have resulted from economic policies set in motion by President of the United States, Donald Trump , specifically tariffs imposed on imported products and raw materials. Combined with the aforementioned tensions in the global financial landscape, the video game industry, already arguably stretched thin to keep game development and publishing profitable on a large scale, seems to finally have been forced to increase prices of products already on the market, which is unusual for a good reason. Speaking about video game consoles in partic...
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