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weird wonder tales 01 22

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Weird Wonder Tales ran for 22 issues beginning in December, 1973 and ending in May, 1977. Of all the reprint books Marvel produced during the early 1970s, WWT was the only one to be an artists\' book, featuring more name artists and fewer giant monster stories than any of the other reprint books Crypt of Shadows ran a close second .
Marvel was no a stranger to reprint books, having had success with Marvel Tales and Marvel Collectors Item Classics. These books sold well and were cheap to produce, since it wasn\'t until the 80s that comic creators were paid for reprinted work. However, both books were super hero reprints and this is what makes the early 70s reprint books such a departure.
For the reader of today, who is used to the Archives editions, these reprint books can be rather disappointing: paper stock is cheap, printing is poor and credits are nearly non-existent. What may seem even more shocking is that the stories themselves were routinely cut and edited for space and, at times, even re-lettered to change the content, something we older readers take for granted I have 3 different printings of the marriage of Reed and Sue from Fantastic Four Annual #1 in various incarnations . Even with these faults, Weird Wonder Tales is one of the few places to to read, and savor without a large loan , the non-super hero material that Marvel printed in the 50s and 60s.

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