Zitat von Eymen (Beitrag 489710)

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Zitat von Barry Pearl

Dick Ayers as a wonderful gentlemen and I am so glad we developed a friendship with him and Lindy before we lost him. Dick had much to say but came from the generation of “If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, say nothing.” He told us funny stories about Stan, his children and how they handled his profession. Once, his kid told a teacher, “My Dad draws monsters” and they called him to check on that. Of course, he did draw monsters!

Ayers was one of the big four at Marvel at the beginning. Along with Don Heck his drawings were not as dynamic as Kirby or Ditko and so both them were often not as celebrated by fans. But Dick was a great inker too and made the early comics of the Marvel Universe look in sync.

When we started our visits they first thought that we wanted something from them. But we only wanted to share. I soon gave Dick an abbreviated form of my book (mike Vassallo and Nick Caputo helped) and called it “The Marvel Age of Dick Ayers.”

Nick had found a DVD of 1948 live TV show where did the artwork (showing his hands) in “The Comic Book Murders.” Nick gave it to the Ayers and we watched it with them.

And Mike made arrangements for a giant Ghost Rider cover. Dick Ayers was the co-creator of the first Ghost Rider and then Marvel’s. They got two for one. And he was always proud of the time he spent in the service during WWII.

Zitat von falkbingo (Beitrag 489938)

Mein erster Eindruck : WOW! Diese Fülle von Informationen über das Marvel Imperium und diese nostalgischen Titelbilder lassen keine Wünsche offen. Das ist Lesestoff für Monate. Klare Empfehlung.;)

Zitat von Barry Pearl

Thank you very much for offering to share my book. It took a while to get all this done!

If I may explain the pages:

During a stay in the hospital 45 years ago, Stan sent me a stack of comics and a very nice letter. I had sent him a fan letter in rhyme, so this book began as a large thank you letter to him.

It’s 1250 page book, whose first goal was to completely list, describe and give credits to all the Marvel Age comic of the era. While doing that, I put in features about their origins and interviews with their creators. There are also thousands of links to different points in the book that relate to any story. (see files entitled Listings). There are about 1,500 scans, all from the original comic books! (which I have)

There is a section of credits for every cover of this era. No one else has that. (cover credits)

The book has a huge history section which explains not just the behind the scenes working of Marvel, but a COMPLETE Chronology of the company until up until 1976. (timeline). The timeline also contains a grid of every published Marvel comic and the year and month it was published.

Marvel was not just super-heroes, but westerns, romance and comedy. Many of the plotlines in the latter turned up in the super hero line. Throughout the book I show their influnce. (History and westerns).

Zitat von Barry

The Silver Age was a wonderful time for me. BUT, my brother and I had a very small room and I couldn’t keep everything. In looking back, I am surprised that I was able to keep anything! I had read twice as many DC comics as Marvels, DC just had more titles. And yes I read the Dell/Westerns/Gold keys, Archies, and many others when available.

I was growing up at the time and the Marvels were growing with me. Peter Parker graduated H.S and was going to college and had dated several girls, Sue and Reed got married and had a child, and the Hulk’s identity was revealed to the world. Nothing like that was happening at DC, there was no character development then. The name of her comic was “Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane” but he never took out on a date!!! Over dinner, a decade ago, I got to speak to Julius Schwartz and Carmine Infantino over this. I’ll post about that.

My book started as a thank you note to Stan when I had a long stay in a hospital . I wrote him a funny poem, "The Rhyme of the Sub-Mariner" and he sent me a big stack of comics!!!! I wanted to write an unusual Thank You Note!!! Well, it took me 40 years!!!!!!

But if I read more DC’s than Marvel why a Marvel book? The answer for me simple: I was there in the beginning. This was not true for DC. Before comic stores and reprints these stories were unattainable. How could I write about Superman who started in 1938? Or Batman? Or Wonder Woman? Or Congo Bill? Even now, there are few reprints from the 1950s, (a lot from the 1940s and 1960s) I just didn’t have the history of DC.

But I was there at the beginning for Marvel, I had it all. Technically, DC incorporated their Golden Age heroes into the Silver Ager (Flash of Two Worlds and Crisis) and I knew little about the originals. Marvel treated the Torch, Capt. America and Namor as NEW characters and did not carry over their previous continuity.

So, I sent Stan a printout of the book and we have emailed since. He said, “I so glad sent you those comics!” But then he also sent me a couple of letters.