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Complete Marvel Chronology 1961 01 06

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1961 - The Re-Birth of the Super Hero

When the Atlas implosion of 1956-57 reduced the number of titles per month to eight, very few were in the monster/suspense genre. It was the humour and teenage titles that were dominant. By 1961 this had changed and as a result Tales of Suspense went monthly, Kid Colt went bi-monthly.

The restrictions imposed on publisher/owner Martin Goodman by Independent News (owned by the publishers of DC Comics) were relaxed a little and the number of titles went up to around 12 per month.

Amazing Adventures

Amazing Adventures became the fourth monthly monster/suspense title in June. Featured in this title is Dr Droom, who would be renamed Dr Druid and would reappear in the seventies. The story seems like a early version of what would become Dr Strange's origin story - Dr Droom travels to Tibet to treat an ailing Lama and is chosen as his successor.

The title would last six issues, when it would be re-named Amazing Adult Fantasy in December, targeting the more mature reader.

Fin Fang Foom

Another first happened in Strange Tales 89 with the debut of Fin Fang Foom, a character inspired by the giant monsters such as Godzilla and Rodan.


Together Again - For The First Time

But 1961 will always be remembered as the year the Modern Age of Marvel begins, with the first issue of Fantastic Four in November. The story goes that Martin Goodman heard that super heroes were selling well at DC, especially the Justice League. Goodman's way of publishing had always been to copy whatever sold and put as many versions of his own on the news-stands. He directed Stan Lee to come up with a new super hero group title.

What Stan Lee didn't do, though, was take a group of old characters and team them up. Instead he would create a totally new team. They argued among themselves, made mistakes, didn't wear colourful costumes and everyone knew their identities. This became the template by which the Marvel Universe would be indentifiably different to the type of super heroes at DC, who had none of the problems experienced by Marvel's new breed of hero.

Lee also worked on the FF in what is known as the 'Marvel Method' giving Jack Kirby an outline of the story from which he would do pencil art upon which Lee would add the dialogue, as opposed to the usual method of a fully scripted story which the artist would work from.

Complete Marvel Chronology 1961 January - June

This upload features the first six months of Marvel comics from 1961.

First Issues

Amazing Adventures (June)
Linda Carter, Student Nurse (September)
Fantastic Four (November)

Final Issues

Two-Gun Kid 059 (April)
My Girl Pearl 011 (April)

Re-Named Issues

Amazing Adventures renamed Amazing Adult Fantasy (December)

59 titles were published from January to June 1961.

17 titles are still unscanned.

Of the 42 scanned titles, 34 are c2c.

1961 01
Gunsmoke Western v1 062 c2c scanned by Gambit
Journey Into Mystery v1 064 c2c scanned by Pmack
Kid Colt Outlaw v1 096 c2c scanned by ABPC
Love Romances v1 091 c2c scanned by Gambit
Millie The Model Comics v1 100 fc only
Strange Tales v1 080 c2c scanned by Pmack
Tales Of Suspense v1 013 c2c
Tales To Astonish v1 015 c2c
Teen-Age Romance v1 079 fc only
1961 02
Journey Into Mystery v1 065 c2c scanned by ASP + Pmack
Kathy v1 009 fc only
Life With Millie v1 009 fc only
My Girl Pearl v1 010 fc only
Patsy And Hedy v1 074 fc only
Patsy Walker v1 093 fc only
Rawhide Kid v1 020 c2c scanned by Brigus
Strange Tales v1 081 24pgs (2pg text story k-266 'Mystery Trip' missing)
Tales Of Suspense v1 014 24pgs
Tales To Astonish v1 016 c2c
Two-Gun Kid v1 058 c2c
1961 03
Gunsmoke Western v1 063 c2c
Journey Into Mystery v1 066 c2c scanned by Marble River
Kid Colt Outlaw v1 097 c2c scanned by ABPC
Love Romances v1 092 c2c
Millie The Model Comics v1 101 fc only
Strange Tales v1 082 c2c scanned by Ontology
Tales Of Suspense v1 015 24pgs scanned by Atlas-Fan + BullsEye
Tales To Astonish v1 017 c2c scanned by Ontology
Teen-Age Romance v1 080 c2c
1961 04
Journey Into Mystery v1 067 c2c
Kathy v1 010 c2c scanned by Gambit
Life With Millie v1 010 fc only
My Girl Pearl v1 011 fc only
Patsy And Hedy v1 075 fc only
Patsy Walker v1 094 c2c
Rawhide Kid v1 021 c2c
Strange Tales v1 083 c2c scanned by Pmack
Tales Of Suspense v1 016 remix 24pgs scanned by Bullseye
Tales To Astonish v1 018 c2c scanned by Pmack
Two-Gun Kid v1 059 c2c
1961 05
Gunsmoke Western v1 064 c2c
Journey Into Mystery v1 068 c2c scanned by Pmack
Kid Colt Outlaw v1 098 c2c
Love Romances v1 093 c2c scanned by Gambit
Millie The Model Comics v1 102 fc only
Strange Tales v1 084 24pgs (2pg text story F-889 'The Inventor' missing)
Tales Of Suspense v1 017 remix 24pgs (2pg text story J-707 'The Bridge' missing)
Tales To Astonish v1 019 c2c
Teen-Age Romance v1 081 fc only
1961 06
Amazing Adventures v1 001 35pgs
Journey Into Mystery v1 069 c2c scanned by Pmack
Kathy v1 011 fc only
Life With Millie v1 011 fc only
Patsy And Hedy v1 076 fc only
Patsy Walker v1 095 fc only
Rawhide Kid v1 022 c2c scanned by Brigus
Strange Tales v1 085 c2c scanned by Pmack
Tales Of Suspense v1 018 remix 24pgs scanned by Bullseye
Tales To Astonish v1 020 c2c scanned by Pmack

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DOWNLOADED THE CHRONOLOGY VERSION 001
All titles in this upload are new to the Chronology.

GLOSSARY
c2c - cover to cover
c2cO - Official Marvel scan
remix - a full version of the comic sourced from reprints
24pgs - not a c2c,usually just the cover and story pages
fc only - front cover only where the comic is missing

Thanks go to all the scanners and uploaders, and to Chuck for his original idea.

Enjoy the comics, please seed for as long as you can and let's keep the CMC alive.

Pete

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