Most Recent Updates

Date:

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12 Feb 2005


Covers: 1547

Dunno what happened here, but the front page never gave the correct date, but I added:
Journey into Mystery # 22
Mighty Thor # 146
Incredible Hulk # 135
Fantastic Four # 110
...and upgraded:
Avengers # 31, 33, 51, 88
Fantastic Four # 62, 65, 114
Incredible Hulk # 127, 130, 132.

26 Jan 2005


Covers: 1543

Four covers were added this time:  Strange Tales # 78, Thor # 129 and 130 and Marvel's Greatest Comics # 54.
Covers upgraded were:  Avengers # 46 and 93, Fantastic Four # 50, 71 and 116, Tales of Suspense # 48 and Thor # 128.
The Featured Cover highlighted Strange Tales # 78 while this update also saw the third and fourth pages of The Grandiose Years (Pierre's Third Phase of Silver Age Marvel) as well as the first, eighth and fifteenth pages of The Twilight Years (actually, a couple of those pages have been on-line for quite a while, I just forgot to mention it...)

03 Oct 2004


Covers: 1539

Six covers were added this time, all by the underrated Dan AdkinsStrange Tales # 160, 162, 164, 166, 168 and Tales to Astonish # 94.
Plenty of upgrades, too:  X-Men # 3, 13, 16, 17, 22, 23, 32, 33, 38, 42, 43, 45 and 59.
The Featured Cover highlighted Adkins' Strange Tales # 162 and this update also saw the second page of The Grandiose Years (Pierre's Third Phase of Silver Age Marvel).

22 Sept 2004


Covers: 1533

Five covers were added this time: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics # 8, Marvel Tales # 16 and 25, and Sgt Fury # 46 and 55.  There were no upgrades. The Featured Cover highlighted one of the issues covered in the long-awaited first part of The Grandiose Years (Pierre's Third Phase of Silver Age Marvel): Journey into Mystery Annual # 1.

18 July 2004


Covers: 1528

This update was all about providing a new feature on the site: FF original vs. reprint cover comparisons!  Ten covers were added: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics # 11, 13 and 14, Marvel's Greatest Comics # 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 43 and 47.  Twelve covers were upgraded: Marvel Collectors' Item Classics # 12, Fantastic Four # 12, 20, 23, 33, 34, 36, 39, 42, 44, 45, 56 and 64. The Featured Cover highlighted one of the upgraded covers: FF # 64.

06 Feb 2004


Covers: 1518

Six covers added this update: Kid Colt, Outlaw # 116 and # 130, Love Romances # 87, Captain America # 121, Conan the Barbarian # 3 and Special Marvel Edition # 5.
Quite a few upgrades, too: Conan the Barbarian # 2, Captain Marvel # 3-10, 12-17 and 20-21. The Featured Cover was Kid Colt, Outlaw # 116.

08 Mar 2003


Covers: 1512

Six covers added this update: Tales to Astonish # 92, Strange Tales # 73, Journey into Mystery # 15, Kid Colt, Outlaw # 148, Patsy and Hedy Annual # 1 and Marvel Double Feature # 9.  Upgraded were Tales to Astonish # 82 and 88.  In reference to my popular Rejected Covers page, the Featured Cover was Captain America # 105.

10 Feb 2003


Covers: 1506

Four covers added this update: Tales to Astonish # 80 (also this update's Featured Cover), plus Fantastic Four # 120, Journey into Mystery # 31, and Patsy & Hedy # 107.  Also, some upgrades: Captain America # 105, Tales to Astonish # 81 and Tales of Suspense # 93.  *Plus* - something I've been wanting to include for a long time - a Rejected Covers page.  There are more to follow, but initially I've included Six rejected covers.

28 Jan 2003


Covers: 1502

Did I really add 16 covers?  Not quite. An audit of my statistics page revealed 7 x FF covers I'd neglected to count, but I did add 9: Journey into Mystery (Thor) # 119 (also this update's Featured Cover), Fantastic Four # 106, Sub-Mariner # 18, Tower of Shadows # 5, and Marvel Tales # 110 and 120. That's 6, the other 3 were 1980s additions to my Wordless Covers page.  A few upgrades, too: Fantastic Four # 76, 77, 88 and 98.

22 Nov 2002


Covers: 1486

New covers this time: Tales to Astonish # 96 (which is also this update's Featured Cover), plus Strange Tales # 108 ...  I also upgraded Fantastic Four # 46 and 67.  Bigger news: my Steve Ditko gallery is back on-line, and I've added a new page to my Themes section - this one's all about Wordless Covers!

07 Oct 2002


Covers: 1484

Well I spent nearly nine months hatching this update, so I trust it was worth the wait!  Five new covers this time: Tales to Astonish # 16 (which was also this update's Featured Cover), as well as Strange Tales # 42 and 45, Tales of Suspense # 72 and Captain Savage # 13.  I also upgraded Avengers # 10 - well actually I did that back in June, but forgot to mention it until now!

27 Jan 2002


Covers: 1479

Six new covers for you this time, including a few you probably didn't think I was going to "cover" (or may never even have heard of): Strange Tales # 100, Kid Colt # 46, Modeling with Millie # 29, Ghost Rider # 6, Where Creatures Roam # 1, and Harvey # 1.  More upgrades, too: Avengers # 22, 39 and 50, X-Men # 30, Captain Marvel # 11 and Chamber of Darkness # 1.

12 Jan 2002


Covers: 1473

More work on the Months section, and three new covers: Groovy # 1, Captain America # 118, and Linda Carter, Student Nurse # 5.  (Hmmm, that's odd, didn't Cap know a couple of ladies named Carter???)  The latest Featured Cover is an upgraded Avengers King-Size Special # 2, a blockbuster if ever there was one, by John Buscema.  Big John passed away last week - the Silver Age thus loses another giant.  Our condolences to his family.

26 Dec 2001


Covers: 1470
Five covers added this time: Strange Tales # 95, Modeling With Millie # 25, Life With Millie # 16, Kid Colt113 and Rawhide Kid23.  I also upgraded a bunch of Avengers covers: # 37, 47, 49, 78 and 92.  Meanwhile, my latest Featured Cover was chosen to match Pierre & Greg's latest review!
12 Oct 2001-
22 Nov 2001
RELOCATED

Covers: 1465
Spent the last two months relocating and restructuring the site, and during part of that time erroneously had the main page claiming that the previous update's six western covers (see below) constituted a 'new' update.  What was actually new was Captain America # 133, Marvel Tales # 127, Kid Colt80 and Gunsmoke Western # 57, while I also upgraded Captain America # 107.
30 July 2001


Covers: 1461
Six more covers this time, all westerns: Kid Colt41, 73, and 128, Rawhide Kid19, 74 and Annual # 1.  This week's Featured Cover is the one that sprang immediately to mind when I noticed it was going to be the 50th - what better way to celebrate than with this immortal Spider-Man classic cover by John Romita from 1967?
14 July 2001


Covers: 1455
For this update I added no less than 21 covers, 20 of which are westerns: Rawhide Kid1, 11, 51, 61, 65, 68, 70 and 77, Kid Colt38, 70, 117 and 125, Two-Gun Kid46, 56, 66, 72, 77, 88 and 91, and Gunsmoke Western # 51.  The only non-western cover added is Kull # 9, which is a worthy addition to my expanded John Severin page.  This week's Featured Cover is, naturally, one of the above-mentioned westerns, also by John Severin.
23 June 2001


Covers: 1434
Eleven covers added this time, Journey into Mystery70, Thor141, Kid Colt97 and 139, Love Romances92 and 103, Rawhide Kid32, Two-Gun Kid34 and 36, Gunsmoke Western # 43 and Our Love Story # 8.  This week's Featured Cover is one of those "Origin" style covers that just about every title had at some stage - in this case, for one of Marvel's western heroes, and a cover by Joe Maneely.
08 June 2001

Covers:
1423
Five covers this time, Thor142, Kid Colt110, Love Romances98, Gunsmoke Western65, and The Mighty Marvel Western # 3.  I also added another two months to the month-by-month index - July and Aug 1961.  This week's Featured Cover answers the following trivla question - name the cover that features both Spidey and DD, drawn by Kirby!  (Thanks to Lyle for suggesting this one.)
28 Apr 2001

Covers:
1418
Just 3 more covers this time, Journey into Mystery66, Our Love Story3, and Sgt Fury62.  This week's Featured Cover is a real curiosity - apparently the name "Hulk" was pretty popular with Stan because he used it ... well, more than once!  Actually closer inspection leads me to conclude that the monster on the cover was probably inspired by Jack Kirby's cat!  (Thanks to Dennis for the scan.)
14 Apr 2001

Covers:
1415
Five covers added this time: Tales to Astonish # 17, Strange Tales # 109, Kathy # 1, Sgt Fury # 29, and this week's Featured Cover which is one I'll bet you've never seen before.  Although it bears a striking resemblance to Spider-Man # 42, it was actually a half-sized giveaway, attached to the cover of the Feb 1969 issue of the now-defunct EYE magazine!
I also upgraded Journey into Mystery115.
31 Mar 2001

Covers:
1410
Just three more covers this time, Mighty Thor # 166, Strange Tales # 128 and Millie the Model126.  But I've also upgraded X-Men9 and 11 as well as this week's Featured Cover, which marked the first Silver Age re-telling of the origin of a particular shield-slinging hero whose name escapes me...
...and I finally, finally added the Annuals pages for 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970.  Whew!
10 Mar 2001

Covers:
1407
Four more covers this time, Strange Tales # 97 and 123, Iron Man17 and Journey into Mystery49.  I also upgraded X-Men26 and Spidey Annual # 1.  My 43rd Featured Cover marks the real first cover appearance of The Watcher, although he had actually made his debut back in FF # 13.  Last week's Featured Cover was NOT the uninterfering one's first appearance (thanks, Anthony and Harry, for pointing this out!) - he actually had his own series in Tales of Suspense, before Cap turned up!  Last but not least, Pierre and I treat you to another six sensational reviews!
03 Mar 2001

Covers:
1403
Just three covers added this time, Strange Tales # 120 and 134 and Journey into Mystery30 (the missing piece on my John Severin page).  I've also upgraded Not Brand Echh13.  My 42nd Featured Cover marks the very first appearance of The Watcher, a character who would loom large in the key Silver Surfer/Galactus issues of the Fantastic Four a few months later!  And of course, Pierre and I have six more reviews for you!
10 Feb 2001

Covers:
1400
Just one added cover this time, Journey into Mystery105, but there's plenty of other stuff a'happenin!  Upgrades abound once more, this time it's Journey into Mystery # 84, X-Men # 4, Hulk # 103 and Tales of Suspense78.  My 41st Featured Cover is one of the few "symbolic" covers produced by Marvel, and it's one that several of you have written to me about!  And as if that isn't enough, Pierre and I have six more reviews for you!
03 Feb 2001

Covers:
1399
Only five covers added this time, but boy, have I been busy upgrading lousy scans!  In honor of my latest Themes page, I've added Spider-Man Annual # 15, which is one of five issues I've found which have newspaper headlines on the cover! (Can you figure out the other four?)  The other added covers are Journey into Mystery # 110, Thor # 145 and 159 and Tales to Astonish # 51.  The upgrades keep coming: Journey into Mystery 93, 109, 112, 114, and Annual # 1, Tales of Suspense # 73, 77, 86, 87 and 92, and Spider-Man # 99.  My 40th Featured Cover is one of the true standouts of the Silver Age.
20 Jan 2001

Covers:
1394
Ten more covers for you: a whole bunch of X-Men: 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78 and 92, as well as Spider-Man Annuals # 8 and 9, and Sub-Mariner # 12.  Plenty of upgrades too, as I continue to replaces the worst scans with the best: X-Men: 2, 7 and 21, Incredible Hulk 102, 107, 126 and 128, Spider-Man # 35 and 96 and Not Brand Echh # 9.  My 39th Featured Cover is one of the upgraded Hulk covers, featuring a villain more commonly seen battling Iron Man.
07 Jan 2001

Covers:
1384
Seven more covers for you: Tales to Astonish # 99, Strange Tales # 106, Sub-Mariner # 20, Kid Colt # 29, Modeling with Millie # 34, Mad About Millie Special # 1 and My Love # 6.  As well, there are upgrades of Fantastic Four # 85 and Annual # 2.  My 38th Featured Cover is one of the only covers ever to feature a pink background (and NO, it's not a Millie, Patsy or Chili cover - it's an airborne Kirby classic from Jan 1964, and it's one of the mags reviewed in Pierre's analysis of 24 key issues from Marvel's formative years!)
03 Jan 2001

Covers:
1377
Twelve covers added this time, with the emphasis on the "gal" titles which I've pretty much ignored until now: Patsy Walker # 99, Patsy Walker's Fashion Parade # 1, Patsy & Hedy # 85, 88 and 102, Millie the Model # 141, Modeling with Millie # 40, 46 and 52.  (OK, that should make it 1384, but I took a few sub-standard Millie scans down!)  There's also Journey into Mystery # 78, Strange Tales # 7, Tales of Suspense # 11, and an upgrade of Iron Man # 5.  My 37th Featured Cover is one of those gal titles that celebrates the swingin' sixties - whatever they were!
10 Dec 2000

Covers:
1372
Eight covers added this time, with a distictly western flavor: Kid Colt # 34, Rawhide Kid # 10 and 47, Two-Gun Kid # 28 and 52 and Gunsmoke Western # 33 and 40.  There's also Tales to Astonish # 3, and a few more upgrades: Captain America # 101, Avengers # 35 and 44.  My 36th Featured Cover is one of those westerns mentioned above - a classic if ever I've seen one!
26 Nov 2000

Covers:
1364
This update saw six 'new' Silver Age covers: Tales of Suspense # 19, 27 and 34, as well as Tales to Astonish # 33 and Kid Colt # 5 and 92.  As well, I found time to upgrade some of my site's worst scans - Spider-Man # 21, 56, 63, 72, 75, 77, 82, 93, 97 and 100, Captain America # 113 and 114, and Tales to Astonish # 48.  My 35th Featured Cover is one of those upgraded Spidey classics by John Romita, on whose page you'll also find a post-Silver Age addition of some historical significance.
5/6 Nov 2000

Covers:
1358
Five 'new' covers for you this time - Journey into Mystery # 14 and 75 and Tales to Astonish # 41, 42 and 46.  A few upgrades - Astonish # 47, and Journey into Mystery # 83, 100 and 121, with the first of these coinciding with Greg & Pierre's latest review. My 34th Featured Cover is a forgotten Crossover from a new section of the site that you'll find in the Themes gallery.
15 Oct 2000

Covers:
1353
Just three covers added this time - Strange Tales # 8, 26 and 36 - but I've spent several hours putting all the larger Thor and Doctor Strange images back on-line (they'd been off-line for several weeks).  While I was at it, I took the opportunity to upgrade a couple of Doc Strange covers - # 174 and # 179, and couldn't resist selecting another for my 33rd Featured Cover.
09 Sep 2000

Covers:
1350
Four covers added this time - Marvel Tales # 128, Strange Tales # 66, and Tales to Astonish # 9 and 21.  Meanwhile, my 32nd Featured Cover pays tribute to the recently-departed and now, I guess, immortal Chic Stone.
05 Aug 2000

Covers:
1346
For this update I added seven new covers - Journey into Mystery # 104, Strange Tales # 103 and 105, and Sgt Fury # 34, 44, 53 and Annual # 6.  Meanwhile, my 31st Featured Cover is an Avengers classic from 1967.  Enjoy!
15 July 2000

Covers:
1339
Just two new covers this time - Tales to Astonish # 45 and Marvel Tales # 151, plus four upgrades: Tales of Suspense # 85, Iron Man # 4, Journey into Mystery # 85, and a classic Kirby/Stone Sgt Fury cover, one of the most unusual crossovers of all time - it's my 30th Featured Cover.

See also:
Updates Oct 1999 - June 2000
Updates Aug 1998 - Sept 1999
Updates Nov 1997 - July 1998

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