871 – The Wizard

The Human Torch continues his solo adventures in Strange Tales #102 (Aug 1962), getting his first recognizable villain in The Wizard. The Wizard’s shtick is that he’s a super-genius, a chess champion, an inventor, and has a long craggy face a bit reminiscent of The Ringmaster. Having proven his “mental superiority”, he decides that his […]

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823 – The Fantastic Four!

Well, I talked about it for a long time, but we are finally here: the birth of the true Marvel Universe with The Fantastic Four #1 (Aug 1961). Stan Lee and Jack Kirby bring us a full book-length story here that introduces their first true super-heroes of the Silver Age named, of course, The Fantastic […]

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