765 – Marvel Monsters: August 1960
The next batch of Atlas/Marvel Comics on sale in August 1960 include more giant monsters: Goliath, Gargantus, The Blip, and Elektro. No, not the Spiderman villain, just this one.
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The next batch of Atlas/Marvel Comics on sale in August 1960 include more giant monsters: Goliath, Gargantus, The Blip, and Elektro. No, not the Spiderman villain, just this one.
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Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls make their Silver Age reappearance in Wonder Woman #117 (August 1960), completely with a “Woo! Woo!” catchphrase. Etta is a little less chubby and a lot less bold. She is joined by three bland friends this time: Lita Little, Tina Toy, and Thelma Tall. It seems clear that Robert […]
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The Justice League of America graduates from the Brave and Bold magazine to their first issue in August 1960. We get to see all seven members working with each other to defeat would-be world-conqueror Despero, who makes his debut in this issue. Seeing god-level A-tier characters like Wonder Woman and Superman physically interact is pretty […]
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Blue kryptonite makes its first appearance in Superman #140 (August 1960), when Superman and Supergirl take on the entire Bizarro world of imperfect Supermen and Lois Lanes. This time a seemingly human child is born to Bizarro No. 1 and sent to Earth, where Supergirl helps care for him. Supergirl falls into the path of […]
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Speaking of trying to make their reader’s feel new emotions, the writer’s of Supergirl continue to explore its new audience base by giving Supergirl her first crush in Action Comics #269 (August 1960). Supergirl visits Lori Lemaris’ Atlantis for the first time and meets Jerro, the Mer-Boy who introduces himself as a “scientist’s son”. A […]
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Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #20 (August 1960) presents the second of an “Imaginary Series” in which Lois and Clark are married. This time around, Clark convinces Lois they should adopt Supergirl. Supergirl is thrilled, but Lois is told that in order to adopt, she must quit her job and be a mother full-time. Clark doesn’t […]
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Atlas/Marvel Comics continues to explore the “giant monster” concept in July 1960. Interestingly, all three comics have monsters with names of future Marvel superheroes / villains: The Hulk, The Thing, and Krang.
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The modern Marvel era inches closer with Atlas Comics’ Journey Into Mystery #62 (July 1960) where one of the “Marvel monsters” is given the name “The Hulk”. A giant orange hairy metal creature is discovered next to a shattered spaceship and nursed back to life by Joe Harper, who feeds the creature electricity. The creature […]
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In Green Lantern #2 (July 1960), Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) gets a confidante just like Roy Thomas suggested he should in an Inuit mechanic friend, Thomas Kalmaku aka “Pieface”. I’m pretty sure “Pieface” is referring to the round-ness of the face. Despite that racist nickname, the character is not depicted as a racist caricature, but […]
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Superboy #83 (July 1960) introduces a new Super-villain in the form of Kryptonite Kid. known in the future as Kryptonite Man. He starts out as a juvenile delinquent on the planet Blor, volunteers for a space mission, and is given powers by having his rocket pass through a “strange space cloud”: the ability to project […]
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