Weekly Update 7/7/19
Added 2019-07-07 23:09:32 +0000 UTCWe don't quite shake off the Silver Age this year, but there's still some fun to be had. Marvel brings in a celebrated sci-fi author, Harlan Ellison, to write an issue of the Incredible Hulk. He'll be the first of many prose authors to make the leap into comic book writing, a trend we see more and more in modern comics (Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Marjorie Liu, and Ta-Nehisi Coates just to name a few). It'll be interesting to see how well that skill set translates from one medium to the next, and who needs a helping hand (Roy Thomas actually wrote the script for Ellison).
This week's episode is Marvel Year Ten: 1971 Pt. 1, due out tomorrow 7/8/19. Please get any 1971 feedback for us to discuss on our next Variant Cover episode by 7/9/19. You can send it to mymarvelousyear@gmail.com
THE COMICS COVERED FOR 1971, PT. 1 ARE:
Amazing Spider-Man #92
Incredible Hulk #140, 141, (137 if you want, but ugh)
Avengers #85, 86
Amazing Spider-Man #96 - 98
Fantastic Four #110, 116
Marvel Feature #1
THE COMICS COVERED FOR 1971, PT. 2 ARE:
Amazing Adventures #8
Astonishing Tales #8, page 23 onward only
Avengers #89 - 94
Amazing Spider-Man #100 - 102
Captain America #144
In addition, $3+ Patrons will get access to Extra Issues, the bonus newsletter that fleshes out each year's readings.
Extra Issues: 1970 will cover the intro of the Zodiac Cartel, Agatha Harkness, the Petrified Man, Conan the Barbarian, and more, and should be out shortly!
EXTRA ISSUES 1970:
Avengers #72
Fantastic Four #94
Avengers #73
Sub-Mariner #23
Avengers #75
Spider-Man #83
Avengers #80
The Incredible Hulk #131
Astonishing Tales #2-3
Conan the Barbarian #1
Sub-Mariner #32
UPCOMING PODCAST SCHEDULE:
July 08: Marvel Year Ten: 1971 Pt. 1
July 15: Marvel Year Ten: 1971 Pt. 2
July 16: Feedback for 1971's Variant Cover Due
July 22: Marvel Year Ten: 1971 Variant Cover
July 29: Marvel Year Eleven: 1972 Pt. 1
August 5: Marvel Year Eleven: 1972 Pt. 2
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