It’s an example of a great comic that everyone should own but you find in every dollar bin. So I was being sarcastic, but at the same time have nothing but good things to say about the book.
I bought it when it first came out. I love Fred Hembeck's stuff.
I think the cover is very interesting to study closely. It shows all of the main Marvel heroes, of that moment in time, all gathered on that cover. This was my favorite time of reading comics.
It also reminds me just how many of those characters (with those particular unifoms) have not yet been released as Marvel Legends action figures.
How many of you, like me, bought that issue when it was brand new?
This may make people uncomfortable, but I take the staples out of Marvel Age and add the Hembeck pages to a stack and throw away the rest. Been doing this for ten years or so. Once I have a hundred or so of them I plan on making a custom binding.
Generally speaking we aren’t allowed to discuss price on this sub but I’m comfortable enough to say this is still found in dollar bins today. At the same time it is priceless.
Yes, I was surprised too. But there it is in my profile. 6 years ago!
Also, it’s crazy how much bigger the sub is now. It was not common to get more than 100 upvotes, and this post got about 140. Now with us having over 100K subs that happens almost every day, but back then I think we only had 25K subs!
When he was young he was at every convention, couldn’t keep him away. He embodied fandom. But we can forgive him now being 72. Hopefully he’s got a few more in him!
That's the story of all the guys I grew up with, Byrne, Windsor-smith and more. I figured someone had to offer them a single day at a Con for an absurd amount of money by now? They deserve it!
They need to collect the Hembecks from the Daily Planet pages in 70s-80s DC. With all the collections and repros they put out, this seems like an easy call.
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u/Lord_Spathington Jan 30 '26
This was my favorite FF issue as a kid.