We continue with part 2 (of 3) of Stan Lee's Secrets Behind The Comics from 1947.
One thing i've found particularly interesting about this book is how Stan is already trying to form a relationship with the readers and draw them deeper into comics. This tendency would become the hallmark of the Marvel age, setting them apart from the competition every bit as much as the new trends in characters and story telling.
Picking up where we left off...
Was this the first time that Captain America's origin didn't include Jack Kirby and Joe Simon? It certainly wouldn't be the last. It's also interesting to note that 9 years had passed between 1941 and 1947. Maybe that 6 got pasted on upside down?
We'll be back one more time with the third and final part of this unique book from early years of comics.
One thing i've found particularly interesting about this book is how Stan is already trying to form a relationship with the readers and draw them deeper into comics. This tendency would become the hallmark of the Marvel age, setting them apart from the competition every bit as much as the new trends in characters and story telling.
Picking up where we left off...
Was this the first time that Captain America's origin didn't include Jack Kirby and Joe Simon? It certainly wouldn't be the last. It's also interesting to note that 9 years had passed between 1941 and 1947. Maybe that 6 got pasted on upside down?
We'll be back one more time with the third and final part of this unique book from early years of comics.
continuing from Secrets Behind The Comics (1947)
I don't think Stan was trying to rob credit from Joe or Jack, he was merely using Cap (their star character) to illustrate what the USUAL process was in the creation of a comic strip. A bit of 'artistic license' so to speak. Besides, it seems that Jack & Joe were often trying to rob one another of any credit for the character down through the years anyway.
ReplyDeleteSince Simon & Kirby had left the company, and not under the best circumstances, it's not surprising at all that they weren't featured. I think that if they had still been with the company, their names might have been highlighted. But now that they were working for the competition it was better to just gloss over that point.
ReplyDeleteAlso, note the focus on Martin Goodman and making him look good. The handling of the entire sequence might have been a bargaining tool for Stan to get approval to do the book.
So, no - i wasn't thinking it was malicious, merely likely the first time.