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Marvel Firsts: The 1970s Volume 1 by Howard Chaykin, Dick Ayers, Marie Severin, Gil Kane, Gerry Conway, Syd Shores, Linda Fite, Tom Sutton, Gary Friedrich, John Buscema, Jean Thomas, Mike Ploog, Gene Colan, Ross Andru, Mike Friedrich, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, Gray Morrow, Gardner F. Fox, Steve Gerber, Archie Goodwin

tobin_elliott's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was just a fun collection of some great, some not-so-great, and some downright terrible stuff Marvel pumped out in the early 70s. And I was there for all of it. I enjoyed it far more as a teen than I did this time around, but it's worth it just for the nostalgia factor.

And the fact that, unlike today, it actually to more than five minutes to read the entire comic.

thesgtrekkiereads's review

4.0

fun compilation. enjoyed it though not as much as the 60s version. wish it focused more on the heroes instead of the other comics as well. I skipped those..