After the hullabaloo we saw in the world of comics in , our new year of looks to be equally as interesting. Spidey, in particular, has featured some great tales recently. Other Marvel books have taken on the modern world, too. Most surprising was probably Sgt. Stan and co. But my concerns were confounded. Stan installed artist John Buscema on the new title, and Big John brought the same majestic heroic splendor to the book which he has been demonstrating on Avengers.
Silver Surfer 4, released in November, was an early Christmas gift for anyone looking to see gorgeous super-hero art.
The aforementioned Mr. Steranko drew two mind-blowing issues before giving way to a young but promising tyro named Barry Smith. Speaking of Adams, the fan press tells us that brilliant artist will be taking over X-Men starting next month, so I am on the edge of my seat waiting for that day to arrive.
Marvel still rounds their line out with a plethora of other super-hero mags including Captain Marvel, Daredevil and Doctor Strange as well as war comics, westerns and Archie-style books. JLA 69, for instance, is a fairly sober look at the rule against heroes killing, an interesting exploration of violence in an era when violence causes hell on Earth.
Gone was the patriotic costume, transparent plane and magic lasso. Just this month, Sekowsky is leading perennial also-rans the Metal Men into their own revolution. In Metal Men 39, he has the robot heroes melted down and transformed into human form. And while the Superman comics seem as stuck in their rhythm as ever though the Adams covers on those books are fantastic!
