10 January 2020

S&S's Forgotten Fantasies (Part The First)

Everybody (sic) remembers Amazing Adult Fantasy #15 as the first appearance of Spider-Man. But how many remember anything else about the series?


A title of all Stan Lee & Steve Ditko tales is well worth remembering, wouldn't you think? So, let's do that and spend this weekend looking at some of those old stories. We'll start with a classic Bradbury-esque time travel tale -
 

Sometimes the answer is obvious early on, even if it perhaps isn't obvious until they point it out -



I must admit, there are Many things in modern society that leave me feeling like that crowd above. 


We opened with a time travel tale - let's close for this post with another...
 

They produced seven issues of stories before Spider-Man took over. We'll be back with more this weekend.

page art by Steve Ditko for Amazing Adult Fantasy #s 7 & 10 (1961, 1962)

2 comments:

  1. You posted this three days late for the Russian Orthodox Christmas, but a late Christmas present of this quality is worth the wait. I am eagerly anticipating your promised upcoming & ongoing posting of this material. Thanks & Merry (Russian Orthodox) Christmas (not that I'm Russian Orthodox... but why not?)

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    1. Fair enough - a good holiday is a good holiday.
      For me, it would be a late Epiphany present.

      Either way, you're most welcome. I'm now awake and off to eat, then we'll get the next batch prepped and up.

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