J M Wetherington Sr
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Happy 56th Birthday to The Incredible Hulk
Tuesday , 27, February 2018 Comic Books Comments Off on Happy 56th Birthday to The Incredible HulkIt was 56 years ago this month that The Incredible Hulk #1 hit the newsstands of the day, though cover-dated May, which was the practice in those days. The year before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had started the Marvel Comics revolution with the publication of Fantastic Four #1, and now they added The Incredible […]
Happy 92nd Birthday To Stan Lee
Sunday , 28, December 2014 Comic Books Comments Off on Happy 92nd Birthday To Stan LeeBorn on this date in 1922 in Manhattan, NY, Stanley Martin Lieber would grow up to rename himself Stan Lee and become the editor and eventual publisher of Marvel Comics, in addition to many other entertainment industry projects and businesses. But it is as writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics that most people of […]
Reading Old Comic Books – Amazing Spider-Man Pinup By Steve Ditko
Saturday , 20, December 2014 Art, Comic Books Comments Off on Reading Old Comic Books – Amazing Spider-Man Pinup By Steve DitkoI’ve posted before, here and here, that I have been reading old comic books that I read when I was a kid. One of my favorites that I’m REALLY enjoying is the original run of Amazing Spider-Man comics that began publishing in 1963, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Steve Ditko. I loved Ditko’s […]
Happy 91st Birthday to Stan Lee!
Saturday , 28, December 2013 Comics Comments Off on Happy 91st Birthday to Stan Lee!If the name “Stan Lee” means nothing to you, you should probably move on to another post. Are they gone? OK. Now it’s just us comic book and comic book movie fans. I’ve been reading comics that were created, in some form or fashion, by Stan “The Man” Lee since 1961 when the Fantastic Four […]