Oh I always love seeing FOOMs, but don’t go to any trouble tonight. I have them myself but it would be cool to do a #FOOMFriday flip through for everyone. I’m terrible at video so I’d repost the heck out of it!

Photo of front cover for FOOM #10 Marvel fanzine CGC graded 9.0. Shows the new and old X-Men team members running towards the reader

Saved pic from internet, double page from FOOM #10 - drawing of the new and old X-Men team members in action, with Professor X’s head floating there too

Saved pic from internet, interior page from FOOM #10 - drawing of Storm and some info about Beast and Angel

Photo of back cover for FOOM #10 Marvel fanzine CGC graded 9.0. Has a postage/mailing box, with address, and some comiccharacters coming out of the smoke of a lit cigar

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #10 (1976) the Giant Size X-Men #1 preview issue! Sry, only a couple interior pics (from the internet) and some related things below.

No shock it’s the first FOOM issue I bought, raw (unslabbed) at a con maybe 8? yrs ago.

#FOOM #xmencomics #GSX1
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Photo of cover of FOOM #9 (1975), says Special Cosmic issue, shows Silver Surfer front and center

Photo of part of a column in FOOM #9 (1975), announcing that issue #10 will focus on the X-Men (and GSX1)

Photo of interior page from FOOM #9 (1975), form for voting in the Irving Forbush Awards

Photo of interior page from FOOM #9 (1975), form for ordering Mego figures

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #9 (1975), the Cosmic issue. Articles about Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel and the Watcher.

Oh, and they mention that FOOM #10 will focus on the X-Men (as a preview for Giant Size X-Men #1!).

#FOOM #marvelcomics

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Photo of front cover of FOOM #8 (1975), a red white and blue cover of Cap and Bucky fighting the previous fascists. By Romita (Sr) and Esposito

Photo of part of an interior page of FOOM #8 (1975), a bunch of people on some stairs. The caption explains that each of them proved they cut out all 100 Marvel Value Stamps. Thus breaking the hearts of many future collectors, especially with Hulk 181.

Photo of back cover of FOOM #8 (1975), with a postage box and a red white and blue drawing of Cap fighting the Red Skull. Drawing by John Byrne and Duffy Vohland

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #8 (1975), has one of the most infamous photos in comic collecting history. This pic represents a group who collectively cut out about 2,000 Marvel Value Stamps.

Also in #8: Cap, Bucky, Sam articles, Kirby words and more!

#FOOM #marvelcomics

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Photo of front cover for FOOM #7 (1974), drawing of Avengers destroying the word FOOM

Photo of interior pages of FOOM #7 (1974), with the winners/top answers for the First Annual Irving Forbush Awards

Photo of interior pages of FOOM #7 (1974), with the winners/top answers for the First Annual Irving Forbush Awards. Also (highlighted in red) an announcing that the upcoming Giant-Size X-Men will r a quarterly book (it wasn’t)

Photo of back cover for FOOM #7 (1974), with sieve for address label and early drawings of Ghost Rider by Mike Ploog

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #7 (1974). Has results of 1st ever Irving Forbush Awards (announced upcoming Giant-Size X-Men as a quarterly)

Also in #7: Marvel team softball and con pics, detailed upcoming comic issues, fan art entries, ads and more.

#FOOM #marvelcomics

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Photo of front cover to FOOM #6 (1974), has a drawing of Jarvis taking care of the Avengers’ costumes. Says “Jarvis speaks: Avengers’ butler tells all!”

Photo of part of a page to FOOM #6 (1974), with Marvel announcements. The Welcome to the Bullpen section includes welcomes for Chris Claremont (assistant editor) and Bob McLeod (art and production)

Photo of back cover to FOOM #6 (1974), has a drawing of Tigra at a gas pump says “Put a Tigra in your tank!” and a space for an address

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #6 (1974) the Jarvis-Avengers issue. Right below, Marvel welcomes both Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod!

Included in #6: 8-page interview with Jarvis, early Wolverine-related pieces, some ads and more.

#FOOM #Jarvis #Avengers

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Front cover for FOOM #5 (1974), showing FF’s The Thing

Interior page for FOOM #5 (1974), showing a Fan Art Gallery including a drawing by John Byrne (pre-Marvel!) and Duffy Vohland

Interior page for FOOM #5 (1974), showing A cover art contest where someone could win the actual OA cover art for Giant Size Avengers #1. Crazy.

Back cover for FOOM #5 (1974), showing Mantis

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #5 (1974) the Ben Grimm Thing issue! These Marvel fanzines are such amazing time capsules.

Included in #5: a fan drawing by Byrne/Vohland, a Thing article, a Dethlok introduction, Marvel B&W monster mag updates, and more.

#FOOM #TheThing #BenGrimm

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Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), winner of Marvel’s create a character contest

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), various entries for Marvel’s create a character contest

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), various entries for Marvel’s create a character contest

#FOOMFriday FOOM #4

Create a character contest winner

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Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), list of DOOM quotes by topic

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), list of DOOM quotes by topic

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), list of DOOM quotes by topic

#FOOMFriday FOOM #4 (1974)

List of DOOM quotes, by topic

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Interior page for FOOM #4, description of current comics coming out

Interior page for FOOM #4, description of current comics coming out

Interior page for FOOM #4, description of current comics coming out

Interior page for FOOM #4, description of current comics coming out

#FOOMFriday FOOM #4 (1974)

Marvel comic current releases at the time

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Front cover for FOOM #4 (1974), drawing of Dr. Doom

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), bullpen bio by Steranko

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), self portrait by Marie Severin

Interior page of FOOM #4 (1974), article about a student made Spider-Man movie

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #4 (1974) the Dr. Doom issue! These Marvel fanzines are such amazing time capsules.

Included in #4 is a Steranko bio, Marie Severin self-portrait, 70’s Spidey student movie, current comics, DOOM quotes, create a character contest winner

#FOOM #DrDoom

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Photo of front cover for FOOM #3 (1974), shows Spider-Man sitting down reading the current issue of FOOM

Photo of interior page of FOOM #3 (1974), a self portrait and montage of characters by John Romita (Sr)

Photo of back cover for FOOM #3 (1974), shows the Avengers team and the mailing box with sticker still attached

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #3 (1974), the Spidey issue. These Marvel fanzines are such amazing time capsules.

Included the 1974 version of the Spidey comic origin story, index of issues, create a character contest, bullpen bio.

#FOOM #SpiderMan

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I could send you imperfectly taken pics if you like. I did #FOOMFriday on the Other Place so I have phone pics of most of the pages.

I could take the ones I’m missing and DM to you. But tbh my FOOMs are in really nice shape so I’d rather not scan them. And if you say no thanks it’s all good.

Photo of front cover for FOOM #2 (1973), CGC graded 9.8 and sealed in plastic. Has a big drawing by Steranko, showing Hulk wearing ripped purple pants and matching purple broken shackles. Lifting a chunk of rock over his head that says FOOM on it.

Photo of back cover for FOOM #2 (1973), CGC graded and sealed in plastic. Has a postage box for an address label, but it’s empty. Drawing of Frankenstein by Ploog, carrying a maybe lifeless body of a woman wrapped in bandages like a mummy.

Screenshot of part of an interior page of FOOM #3 (1973). Shows an entry in a Marvel create-a-character contest. Says “The Wolverine by Andy Olsen” and while it’s a superhero in a suit, beyond the name does not have too many noticeable visual connections to Logan Wolverine, in my opinion.

Continuing a weekly #FOOMFriday with FOOM #2 (1973). An amazing Steranko cover, but better known as a possible (Logan) Wolverine prototype - from a character contest entry.

Mine’s slabbed, lucky for us Tom Brevoort greatly detailed FOOM #2 here! tombrevoort.com/2023/01/07/f...

#XMenComics #XMen

Cover of FOOM #1 Marvel fanzine (1973), pic of Stan Lee on the cover

Pages from FOOM #1 Marvel fanzine (1973), shows cover of Fantastic Four #1 and a page explaining it’s importance

Pages from FOOM #1 Marvel fanzine (1973), lists all the (current to then) Fantastic Four issues and annuals

Starting #FOOMFriday here, posting some pages from Marvel’s amazing 70’s fanzine. Doing this b/c they’re not reprinted, such amazing time capsules and hard to find.

This week, FOOM #1 (1973) has an FF index, launch of the B&W horror mags, some Marvel products.

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New Year’s Bluesky Resolutions:

1) More posts about mutants, esp Glob Herman and Doop
2) Make sure my followers see every X-shirt I own, multiple times
3) Restart #FOOMFriday here
4) Unlimited pizza and mac and cheese posts
5) Let’s be there for each other, we’re gonna need it

Appreciate you all.

Just in time for #FOOMFriday !