Arctic Ink Comics Review

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...

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...