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Friday, November 21, 2008
Martin Goodman's Little Company....
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

 

Martin Goodman's  

Little Company....

...was known by many names during the years. It was known as Timely Comics, Atlas Comics, and later as Marvel Comics! Yes, that Marvel Comics!

Martin actually had several different companies, as he was a magazine publisher, but it was the comic book titled  'Marvel Comics" #1, (pictured below), that was his first entry in the Comics World in 1939!

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Martin was the Editor of this issue, and other contributors were names that would become well known in the industry: Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Frank Paul, Paul Gustavson, Ben Thompson, Ray Gill, and Fred Schwab.

You'll notice a few names that aren't listed there, that I blog about quite a bit:  Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, and Stan Lee.

Joe and Jack came in later as a team, and Stan came on board soon after that.

Comic characters that are well known to this day from this first issue are: The Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch, (not the FF's Torch). There are other versions of the characters with the same name of Ka-Zar and The Angel. 

Martin had been born in 1908. He was a salesperson for a publisher, and then a joint owner in another publishing company, before starting his own magazine company in 1933. 

Martin contracted with newly formed comic book packager Funnies Inc in 1939 to supply pages for a test comic book, as Superman had started in 1938 in Action Comics, and everyone was trying to get into that new publishing field of superheroes!

Martin had two hits in his first comic, with Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch. In 1941 Captain America was added to his publishing empire and the 'Big Three'  of Subby, Torch & Cap enjoyed a good sales run until the end of WWII.

Even though the first comic was 'Marvel Comics', Martin's company was considered to be called 'Timely Comics'.

This name lasted until the end of the Golden Age of Comics circa 1949. 

In 1951 Martin started using the Atlas Globe Logo for his comics that were printed on the covers by his multiple companies, which caused those comics to be called 'Atlas Comics'.

'Atlas Comics' were big sellers in the HoRRoR and MoNSTer days of the 1950's until the Comic Code Authority (CCA) came into being, and made publishing such comics not viable.

By 1957, Atlas Comics had 'imploded', and Martin centered on his mens' magazines and other publications, leaving his now dwindled down comics publishing empire to his relative Stan Lee to handle on a day to day basis.

It wasn't until 1961 that Stan along with Jack Kirby kick started the 'Marvel Age of Comics' with the first issue of the Fantastic Four.

The newly re-named Marvel Comics Group added several more superheroes into their anthology books, with co-creators Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and others.

(continued next column below the photo's text...)

 

 

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Photos of Martin Goodman are not plentiful to say the least! For a man who brought us so many comics and magazines during the decades, his face is not widely known. Above is a photo during the 'Golden Age of Comics' era!

(... continued from bottom of first column)

Marvel Comics also added even more comic book titles in 1968 when Martin changed the distribution company that he had used since the 'implosion' in the late 1950's.

Martin sold his interest in the company to Perfect Film and Chemical Corporation in the Fall of 1968, staying on as publisher till 1972.  

Perfect Film, made other acquistions and thus changed their corporate name to Cadence Industries in 1973.

Shortly afterward Martin left in 1972, he felt that the new Cadence didn't keep their part of the sales agreement in purchasing Marvel from him, so he went back to publishing comics... the new line being called "Atlas Seaboard Comics".

That was a time when there really only were the Big Two in comics publishing, DC - National Periodicals, and Marvel Comics. The 'independent comics' publishers hadn't really started yet...

This new Atlas - Seaboard was a short -lived publishing attempt due to several internal changes and because of spotty newstand distribution.

Martin's publishing empire 'Magazine Management Company' had published many magazines. That will be a blog post for another time, as those mags included 'Stag', 'Male', 'Modern Love Stories', 'Sports Action' and a lot more!

Martin passed away June 6th, 1992. His contributions to the comics industry is not always noted in mainstream articles.

A good source of stories about Martin Goodman have been written in magazines like 'Alter Ego', which I recommend for comics history buffs!

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we have an ongoing 'Comics Convention and Pop Culture Show' ourselves here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online store!

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!

~ Michael

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Welcome To Our World! Note From Make It So Marketing:
Above is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click on that photo to see 'Our World'!
                    
Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!    
           
We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale! 
           
If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!
          
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
           
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Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:54 PM PST
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mood:  caffeinated

Mitch Mitchell

 of the Jimi Hendrix Experience...

... Passed away last week, as I found out by seeing postings made by Facebook Friends.

I wanted to mention this in our blog, because Mitch was the last of the original Experience group....

Mitch had been born during 1947 in West London, and was brought in to play drums for the group that Wes Chandler, (ex of the Animals), was putting together to highlight Jimi Hendrix.

The group's first practice was in 1966, and from there it was a shooting star to the top.

However the strains of the road broke up the group, although Mitch did play with Jimi at Woodstock.

Jimi died in 1970, and Mitch went on to play with other bands and do session work. 

Most recently Mitch was playing with the 'Experience Hendrix' group at the age of 61.

Mitch is shown playing drums with the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the photo below:

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Additionally, The following is a repost from my March 2007 blog post about the graphic novel on Jimi Hendrix that included Mitch and also Noel Redding of the Jimi Hendrix Experience trio:

VOODOO CHILD....

the Illustrated Legend

of  Jimi Hendrix

This is one sharp graphic novel !

Being a child of the mid to late 1960's, Jimi was one of the mind-blowing rock stars that I listened to, although I never saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience band in concert.

I basically listened to his pop hits on the AM / FM radio stations during my high school years until  I went to college.

Then having my own pad I bought his albums at a used record store in downtown San Diego, (Arcade Music Store), and listened to them.

I have never been one to bone up on the  rock artists' personal lives, so this graphic novel really enlightened me as to what I didn't know about Jimi !   'Far out man' !

The graphic novel uses snippets of Jimi's lyrics as commentary on the action at the appropriate moments, so as to heighten the drama of the guitarist's colorful life. I found this to be a cool way of getting the scene across to the reader. 

I am not normally a fan of Bill Sienkiewicz's art, but this is a great showcase for his style of art. 

For those interested in Jimi Hendrix and a fan of comic book style of art, this is a 'must read' for you !

Additionally there is a 30 minuted CD of Jimi's home recordings that come with this graphic novel!  We don't sell this item, you can check out other eBay sellers or your usual book venues to purchase this item!

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The cover of the Graphic Novel, 'Voodoo Child' is shown above.

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Show' here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online store. Please join us for more blogs in the future.... 

 

~  Michael

 

 
Welcome To Our World! Note From Make It So Marketing:
            
Above is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click on that photo to see 'Our World'!
           
Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!    
           
We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!  
           
If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!
           
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
            
NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future! 
           
Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

 

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Have You Missed Any Of Our Recent Blog Posts? Just Click On Either of the Photos Below to See What We Have Also Been Blogging About! 

Wulf The Barbarian! Jungle Girl... Season 2... Already?!
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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 7:43 AM PST
Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:55 PM PST
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
This Upcoming Weekend.... Dublin City Comic Con!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Cons

 

Dublin City

 ComicCon 

November 22nd & 23rd, 2008!

 

This Blog is reaching an ever expanding global audience, thus we are publicizing more Comic Cons  and Pop Culture Conventions outside of North America that may be of interest to our blog readers...

So we are re-posting our earlier blog that... The Dublin City Comic Con 2008 is being held the weekend of 22-23 November in the Park Inn Smithfield Square of Dublin, Ireland.

The Con's Guest List includes:

Dan Slott (writer of She-Hulk, the Amazing Spider-Man)

Adi Granov (Artist Iron Man)

Olivier Copiel (Artist Thor)

Jonathan Hickman (Writer Artist The Nightly News, Pax Romana, Red Mass For Mars)

Tommy Lee Edwards (Artist Marvel 1985)

Michael Lark (Artist Daredevil, Gotham Central)

Paul Cornell (Writer Captain Britain And MI:13, Doctor Who)

CB Cebulski (Writer Marvel Fairy Tales, X-Men Divided We Stand, Wonderlost, Drain)

Liam Sharp (Artist Gears Of War, Lord Havok And The Extremists, Testament)

Esad Ribic (Artist Silver Surfer Requiem, Loki)

Matt Hollingsworth (Colourist Eternals, Daredevil, Death The High Cost Of Living)

Nick Roche (Artist Transformers, Transformers Maximum Dinobots)

Stephen Mooney (Artist Angel, The Mummy)

Stephen Thompson (Artist Star Trek  The New Frontier, Presidential Material John McCain)

There are also panels and signings throughout both days.

Plus there'll be two dealer rooms, a small press room and a lecture theatre / screening room.

 

 

For those of you that are new to our blog today, we also have an ongoing 'Comics Show and Pop Culture Convention' ourselves here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online store!

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!

~ Michael
           
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Note: If you work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers!

 

 

Click here to see our currently listed Comics, Cartoons, Graphic Novels, Promos, DVDs and Magazines for sale! 
            
The Dublin City Comic Con:
           
When - November 22nd and 23rd, 2008
           
Where - the Park Inn Smithfield Square Dublin
           
Cost - Admission is €20 per day or €35 for the weekend.
            
Additional Details -  dublincitycomiccon.
           
Welcome To Our World! Michael first started selling at Comic Cons back in 1972!   

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Above left is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click that photo to see 'Our World'!
           
The pic to the right of Michael and Tina's 2008 photo is from the 1973 San Diego Comic Con that Michael was a dealer at while working his way through college. Click that photo to see Michael's story!
           
Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!    
           
We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!  
            
If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!
           
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
            
NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future!  Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

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Have You Missed Any Of Our Recent Blog Posts? Just Click On Any of the Photos Below to See What We Have Also Been Blogging About!

           

  Stan Lee At The White House! Quantum Of Solace - Tina's Review ! 

 


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Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:57 PM PST
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Stan Lee At The White House!
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Comic Book History

 

Stan Lee

At The White House!

Stan Lee was among the select few that were at the White House on Monday, November 17th, when he and a few others were awarded the National Medal of Arts.

The award  is billed as the highest bestowed by the U.S. government.

President Bush presented the awards to Stan Lee (comic book writer, producer), Olivia de Havilland (actress), Hank Jones (jazz pianist), and Robert B and Richard M Sherman (songwriters). 

The National Medal of Arts was established by the US Congress in 1984.

It is awarded by the President and managed by the National Endowment for the Arts, (NEA).

Award recipients are selected based on their contributions to the creation, growth, and support of the arts in the United States.

I am personally pleased that this award was presented to Stan Lee, who at the age of 85 has finally been seeing several of his co-creations from the 1960's finally hit the big screen after all these years.

Congrats Stan!

For those of you that are new to our blog, we have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Show' here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online store!

Thanks for reading this blog post today and please join us again for more!

~  Michael

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Note: If you work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers!

 

Click here to see our currently listed Marvel Superheroes Comics and Magazines for sale! 
            
Stan Lee is pictured above in 1993, when he signed and personalized my reader copy of Fantastic Four #1. That is a keepsake that will not be sold!
           
Stan, along with his co-creators of the early Marvel Comics Universe, is the reason that my casual reading of comics led to a life long collecting habit, and why you are reading this blog post today!

 

Welcome To Our World! Michael first started selling at Comic Cons back in 1972!   

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Above left is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click that photo to see 'Our World'!
           
The pic to the right of Michael and Tina's 2008 photo is from the 1973 San Diego Comic Con that Michael was a dealer at while working his way through college. Click that photo to see Michael's story!
           
Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!    
           
We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!  
            
If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!
           
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
            
NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future!  Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

"Hammering Out the Web
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Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 12:46 PM PST
Updated: Sunday, November 23, 2008 5:40 AM PST
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Breakout Show Of The New Season For Me....
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: TV Shows

 

The Breakout Show Of The New Season....

For Me Is

"Life On Mars"!

Thursday night's episode was the 6th episode in the USA version of the popular British TV Series.

Although this episode was not as riveting as the previous five episodes for me, (probably due to the lack of several 1970's tunes this time), it is still the ONE show that I have to view each week!

Last week's airing was the 6th episode, entitled "Tuesday's Dead".

Tina has also added this show to her Top 20 Current TV Shows! For Tina's first review of the series, please click Jason O'Mara's photo below:

Click Here To See Tina's Review on 'Life On Mars'!

For me, some TV Shows like "Heroes" have lost their way... 

It could be because of the WGA Strike from last season, but after seeing the fantastic Season Premiere episode at the San Diego Comic Con International, that show has once again 'Lost' its' way IMHO....

This show, 'Life On Mars', is fresh, doesn't have as much baggage, has a great cast, has 1970's tunes that I can relate to PLUS the tunes fit each scene in the episodes,  and makes me want to come back for more each week...

If that isn't a sign of a good TV Series, then I don't know what is!!!

The four tunes that were featured this episode were:

'Sweet Lucy', 'We're An American Band' - (great scene tie-in for this one, had to replay it!), 'Going To Make A Time Machine', and 'Tuesday's Dead'.

So with great music, a great time period for the show to be in (1973), great casting, and a wierd sci-fi twist, I gotta recommend this one again!

For those of you that haven't seen it... it's on ABC's web site, with all six episodes there for you to catch up on!

For those of you that are new to our blog, we have an ongoing 'Comic Con and Pop Culture Show' ourselves here at "Make It So Marketing Inc.", what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale in our online store!

Thanks for reading this blog post today and please join us again for more!

~  Michael

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Click here to see our currently listed TV & Movie Comics, Graphic Novels, Promos, DVDs and Magazines for sale! 
            
Jason O'Mara and Gretchen Mol are pictured above in the latest episode.
           
Other stars on this show are Harvey Keitel, Michael Imperioli, and Jonathan Murphy among others!  

 

Welcome To Our World! Michael first started selling at Comic Cons back in 1972!   

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Above left is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click that photo to see 'Our World'!
           
The pic to the right of Michael and Tina's 2008 photo is from the 1973 San Diego Comic Con that Michael was a dealer at while working his way through college. Click that photo to see Michael's story!
           
Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!    
           
We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!  
           
If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!
           
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
            
NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future!  Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Now Celebrating the 10th Year On The Web!

"Hammering Out the Web
For You Since May 12th, 1998!"

Thank You For Being One Of This Blog's

Site Meter

 

 

Have You Missed Any Of Our Recent Blog Posts? Just Click On Any of the Photos Below to See What We Have Also Been Blogging About!

  Jungle Girl... Season 2... Already?! Jesse's Story.... A Work In Progress... 

Even Though The New 2008-09 TV Season Has Started...  The BIG Question This Morning Was...?

       

Note: If you work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers!

 

 

 


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Updated: Sunday, November 23, 2008 6:32 AM PST
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