I sincerely hope that everyone in the states stays safe and finds whatever resources they need

Unfortunately all I can offer are directions and to let everyone know that this will always be a safe space

Journey into Mystery (1952) #85

I'm keeping you wet so you can't use your magic

Journey into Mystery 1952 #85

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg

3/5

Don't go into these early issues expecting modern Loki is all I can really say about it

Tales to Astonish (1959) #35

It's not pee I swear

Tales to Astonish 1959 #35

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3/5

It's cool I guess there's not a lot mention here, I like the costume a lot but all in all it's a 60's comic where he talks to ants

Fantastic Four 1961 #1

I'm amazed the FF got the permits to install a missile into a residential building

Fantastic Four 1961 #6

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Terry Szenics

3/5

It's a fun team up for Namor and Doom, it's very 60's though so expect Doom to use a little pill to launch the Baxter Building into space

The Incredible Hulk (1962) #3

Yep

The Incredible Hulk 1962 #3

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

2/5

Now we get to the part where Rick Jones can verbally command the Hulk for some reason, again, glad this was dropped eventually

Journey into Mystery (1952) #84

I can't overstate how much I love the art in this series

Journey into Mystery 1952 #84

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3.5

I know he's still new to this, but Thor is gonna struggle with powerscaling for a while

Journey into Mystery (1952) #83

I love the way the motion is drawn

Journey into Mystery 1952 #83

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

4/5

Maybe a hot take, but I think Thor's early costume looks better than Spider-Man's, I can't wait for the weirdness I know I'll see

Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15

Amazing Fantasy 1962 #15

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Penciler(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

4/5

This one definitely sticks out among origin stories, there's not much more to say than this really changed the superhero game forever

Fantastic Four (1961) #5

Captain Blackbeard Thing is a badass

Fantastic Four 1961 #5

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3.5/5

Doom's big debut, introducing his time chair which leads to Thing becoming Blackbeard, which totally slaps look how good he looks here

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961) #14

Nope, it's not Charles, but you can clearly see the connections

Amazing Adult Fantasy 1961 #14

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3/5

This one is super interesting, Tad Carter is the first Marvel mutant, and has had a few appearances since this issue. Solid early concepts here

The Incredible Hulk (1962) #2

"magnetic" uh huh sure, just wait till you see what Magneto can do with "magnetism"

The Incredible Hulk 1962 #2

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Letterer(s): Art Simek

2.5/5

The beginning of Stan Lee's lack of understanding of what magnets do, like seriously if you didn't know Stan Lee had zero clue about what they actually did

Tales to Astonish (1958) #32

ve-ry fun-ny

Tales to Astonish 1958 #32

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Don Heck
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

2.5/5

D Story is a Medusa story, so that's fun, I don't really have anything interesting or witty to say

The Incredible Hulk (1962) #1

"I shall call this weapon... X!"

The Incredible Hulk 1962 #1

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): -
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3.5/5

Great origin, glad they move on from the night time transformations quickly, overall this makes me wish Rick Jones was in the MCU, or any Hulk movie

Tales to Astonish (1958) #30

He looks like he's about to start speaking for the trees

Tales to Astonish 1958 #30

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway

2/5

Again, the E Story is only canon because "Quogg" will show up 60 years later, so whatever

Tales to Astonish 1958 #29

Well isn't that just a god damn coincidence

Tales to Astonish 1958 #29

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Ray Holloway, Artie Simek

2/5

The A Story is only canon because a 2019 Kid Kaiju comic had the alien species in it so sure whatever I guess

Fantastic Four (1961) #4

this is the kind of nonsense I'm gonna be dealing with for years

Fantastic Four 1961 #4

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

3/5

This guy with amnesia was wearing Namor's clothes and didn't put 2 and 2 together, oh well, at least horny McBig Brain is back

Fantastic Four (1961) #3

I love this stupid little box car

Fantastic Four 1961 #3

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

4/5

Unironically one of my absolute favorite covers of any comic ever, and contains a lot of recognizable imagery that would carry on for a long time

Tales to Astonish (1958) #27

It's not a condom I swear

Tales to Astonish 1958 #27

Writer(s): Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Colorist(s): Uncredited
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

4/5

Pym judo chops an ant 10/10

Fantastic Four (1961) #2

Skrull Invaders, they all speak English which is lucky for the viewers

Fantastic Four 1961 #2

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): John Duffy

2.5/5

One thing I've learnt from these early issues is every other issue of every single title is an alien invasion story. Every. Single. One.

Fantastic Four (1963) #1

Reed decides to call himself Mister Fantastic after Sue Storm calls Ben Grimm The Thing

Fantastic Four 1961 #1

Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciler(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): George Klein, Christopher Rule
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): Artie Simek

4/5

It's honestly hard to try and review these older comics being 60 years old, but one thing is always true, Reed is a total dick