Comic book image of a mirrorball with colored lights bouncing off it

LAST STAND IN DISCOLAND! Guest starring Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Avengers!

The Dazzler helplessly shooting a laser beam at someone off-panel

The Enchantress, arm raised and dropping the hammer of pink magic electricity on an unfortunate target

DAZZLER #2
1981, Marvel Comics
John Romita Jr and Al Milgrom cover

Comic book panel of a woman's silhouette surrounded by strange energies.

DAZZLER #2
1981, Marvel Comics
Tom DeFalco Writer, John Romita Jr. penciler, Alfredo Alcala inks

Cropped cover art from Origins of Marvel Comics, featuring various original Marvel Comics characters drawn by John Romita

Closeup of the corner of a book cover with the price $6.95 visible under the creasing and wear. Dr. Strange seems to be reaching towards it.

Spine of a battered copy of Origins of Marvel Comics

The name "Matt" writing in angular scrawl on a page.

There are many copies of this book, but this one is mine.

Origins of Marvel Comics
Cover art by John Romita

Panel of a comic page with a woman in a red blouse saying I...I'M NOT MAD, CYNX... I KNOW WHY... YOU DID IT... I ONLY WISH... ...I ONLY WISH I HADN'S... DRAGGED YOU ALONG WITH ME...

ALIEN WORLDS #4
1983, Pacific Comics
Bruce Jones script and pencils, Dave Stevens inks

Trying to figure out if Bruce drew Kate Bush's face here or if it was Dave's inks that sealed the deal.

A sequence of four panels where a thug tries to fight the mighty Thing. Thug punches Thing, no effect. Thug tries again. Nope. The Thing lifts a mighty finger and flicks it at the dude's face and PLINK. Thug takes a nap. In the Mighty Marvel Manner.

MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS #35
1972, Marvel Comics
Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Joe Sinnott inks (uncredited)

Panel of a comic book with an explosion in red with a white center. The sound effect reads BA-ROOM! and the dialogue reads WE PULLED BACK IN THE NICK OF TIME! Kirby power.

MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS #35
1972, Marvel Comics
Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Joe Sinnott inks (uncredited)

Bill Mantlo knew the score.

Close up of a Micronauts comic page, where a figure is wrapped in glowing yellow-white energy and black Kirby dots. The figure shouts KARZA! KNOW THAT WE HAVE MASTERED THE STRANGENESS OF OUR METAMORPHOSIS.

MICRONAUTS #11
1979, Marvel Comics
Bill Mantlo script, Michael Golden (co-plotter) pencils and Al Milgrom inks

Dr Strange with hands in devil horns formation pointed at the viewer and emanating energy.

DOCTOR STRANGE #24
1977, Marvel Comics
Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom and Rudy Nebres shared credit, Annette Kawecki colors, Janice Cohen letters

Comics page held up to the light so the back side shines through. There are faces screaming and a panel reading IN DESPAIR HE FEELS HIS RATIONAL IDENTITY SHIFTING

CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #34
1975, Marvel Comics
David Kraft script, George Perez art, Frank McLaughlin inker, Joe Rosen letters, Phil Rache colors

Panel from an advertisement in a comic book. Two men discussing employment in the lucrative computer sector.

Ripped from the headlines!

(Or from a 1975 ad)

Jack Davis illustration of a very lanky and airborne Dr. J, slam-dunking a basketball, extolling the virtues of the Spalding Touch.

Jack Davis draws Dr. J, as seen on the back of many a 1977 comic from Marvel.

Three panels fading away from the viewer, right to left. One, a blonde woman's distorted face. The second, Marvel's Hercules gritting his teeth and saying "DANGER". The third, the same blonde woman, face undistorted.

THE CHAMPIONS #14
1977, Marvel Comics

Bill Mantlo and John Byrne co-plot, Bill Mantlo script, John Byrne pencils, Mike Esposito inks, Irv Watanabe letters, Glynis Wein colors

That's just good art 101!

A Kree Sentry droid emerging from stony rubble. The word balloon at the lower left corner reads "Faaaaaan-tastic!"

AVENGERS #90
1971, Marvel Comics

Roy Thomas writer, Sal Buscema art, Mike Stevens letters

Strange angle on an Avengers comics corner box, featuring the Vision, Black Panther, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Goliath.

Text reading DEATH LIES WAITING--- AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD! in a jagged word balloon.

The Avengers (The Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and I think Rick Jones) cowering from some barely-on panel menace. It looks spidery.

The Wasp, knocked cold. Behind her, Quicksilver is reaching towards her saying "But--- We've got to try! We've got to!" He is agitated.

AVENGERS #90
1971, Marvel Comics

Sal Buscema cover

Captain America smashing a Nazi with his shield. Right in the nuts, it looks like. The sound effect is BLONG! Ow.

THE INVADERS #31
1978, Marvel Comics

Donald Glut writer, Chic Stone art, Bill Black inker, Tom Orzechowski letters, George Roussos colors

Page of comics held up to the light so there's two sets of overlapping images. It is dreamlike and weird.

THE INVADERS #31
1978, Marvel Comics

Donald Glut writer, Chic Stone art, Bill Black inker, Tom Orzechowski letters, George Roussos colors

A bride and groom, extreme close up. Both seem worried, concerned. The text "MARRY DEATH!" appears over their heads. Maybe that's what's got them worked up.

THE PHANTOM STRANGER #12
1971, DC Comics

Bob Kanigher story, Jim Aparo art

The Phantom Stranger logo and the character himself turned from the audience.

An old man aghast at the apparently dead or ghost of a dead woman hovering in a canopy bed.

Tighter on the scared old man, moire dot coloring apparent.

DC Batman-styled logo with the words DC PHANTOM STRANGER inside it.

THE PHANTOM STRANGER #12
1971, DC Comics

Neal Adams cover

A stellar explosion with the caption "Prompting earthbound astronomers to announce the birth in the heavens... of a new STAR!"

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Bill Mantlo story, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito artists

A mysterious humanoid figure beaning in via a strange energy beam in oranges and yellows. "Is it Banshee or Storm? -- Or someone ELSE?"

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Bill Mantlo story, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito artists

Text reading "Into... HELLPIT!" There's some dialogue too but it's really not that important. The background is radiating color/energy.

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Bill Mantlo story, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito artists

The X-Man Storm shooting lightning at a giant robot and, apparently, Spider-Man's boots. Extreme angle.

The hands of Wolverine (with claws extended) and Nightcrawler (all three digits) against a background of yellow-green Kirby energy.

Extreme close-up of the crab-robot face which is mostly made of moire dots. Spider-Man partially visible in lower right. The text "Lords of Light and Darkness" is at the top of the frame.

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Dave Cockrum cover

Dave Cockrum's signature on a grubby comic book cover.

Marvel Team-Up featuring Spider-Man and the X-Men. Colossus, a literal man of steel, is caught in some giant robot's pincer grip.

Spider-Man swinging towards a weird crablike robot with the text "Lords of Light and Darkness!" in a blue caption box above them.

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Dave Cockrum cover

The character Cyclops, in civilian clothing, shooting eye beams out of his round sunglasses. He's saying "I see them!" which is funny as I wonder how light gets past the force beams and to his retinas.

MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL #1
1976, Marvel Comics

Bill Mantlo story, Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito artists

A big game hunter with some kind of fancy space-rifle shooting a multi headed monster with a large explosion occurring on the thing's chest. A cave-girl in fur bikini is on all four next to him. Yes, this was a common thing in boy's adventure comics of the era.

ALIEN WORLDS #4
1983, Pacific Comics

Bruce Jones script and pencils, Dave Stevens inks

Iron Man, being punched from panel side right, folding like a two-dollar beach chair. The sound effect is KRUNG in purple type.

AVENGERS #184
1979, Marvel Comics

David Micheline script, John Byrne pencils and Diverse Hands inks

The lovably furry Beast twirling a helpless and human Crusher Creel above his head. Why is it that we never got Michael Berryman playing him on the big screen? He'd have brought some humanity to the role.

AVENGERS #184
1979, Marvel Comics

David Micheline script, John Byrne pencils and Diverse Hands inks

Three partial comics panels from The Avengers, featuring primarily, the Vision smacking a powered-up Crusher Creel glowing bright red. The vision says "You may have it back!" The sound effect reads FWOMP!

AVENGERS #184
1979, Marvel Comics

David Micheline script, John Byrne pencils and Diverse Hands inks