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You asked... you even begged, pleaded, and demanded - but Barry Pearl has decided to ignore your entreaties and write another guest post for Crivens anyway. (Ho ho, only kidding, Barry.) Take it away, BP...
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I'm not one of those people who have absolutes... so I don't have an absolute favourite title or comic. I don't go nuts when people ask "What is your favourite comic, or movie, or book, or TV show?" But if you put a gun to my head I would think about it and come up with an answer. So the Fantastic Four was my "favourite" in Marvel's beginning, then Spider-Man, then Thor, then Steranko on Shield and so on. I read and enjoyed the comics from the Marvel Age and I know many of you have collected a great deal too.
But, like I said, if someone put a phaser to my head and forced me to pick a title and a comic that was the "best" (really meaning my favourite) all-time Marvel mag, it would be the Fantastic Four and issue #51, "This Man, This Monster!"
In the middle of the Inhumans, Silver Surfer, Galactus, and the Black Panther is a story without a known villain - or a named one. It is first a story of a tragic figure, Ben Grimm, and then a story of redemption. It was Lee and Kirby at their best and it could make you cry. And it has my favorite splash page of all time.
So with a phaser pointed at you, what would be your choices from the era of the 1960s and 1970s?
So with a phaser pointed at you, what would be your choices from the era of the 1960s and 1970s?
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Great question, Barry. Hopefully our merry contingent of Crivvies will take the time to provide their answers in our captivating comments section.
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