[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by ariellagunas

@ Blue Marvel.

oh my god, you're right. Gulacy draw sweat! Haha! Yeah, it all felt claustrophobic and dangerous, because of the realism. I was just a kid but I knew even then how cool it was.
Paul Gulacy also did the super Cool Slash Maraud for DC, and who can forget the sexiest Widow ever, when she meets Humphrey Bogart, in Bizarre Adventures I think it was.
In fact all of the Bizarre adventures/ Marvel Premiere, was way more sophisticated than I'll ever be. Loved that original Starlord, which was super mysterious (and needs a ML), Parallox, Lady Daemon, and the more grounded stories with Thor, Punisher, X-men (Jean, Bobby and Kurt, actually that cover was Gulacy too!) etc.
I didn't read Son Of Satan then, but I was obsessed with Ghost Rider, Werewolf, Morbius, Satana and Lilith. No wonder I was a goth in my teens....lol.

And Turner D. Century in a bike with a mannequin. Yeah, I'll buy it. Also Dominic Fortune, whom together with Spidey battled Turner in Marvel-two-in one. In fact M 2in1 was a great showcase for new characters. I believe White Rabbit and frog Man started there, as well as Mockingbird, when she stop being The Huntress. Those were the times...

All of this, Ariel. Especially the trippy late 70's to 80-81 stuff.

I remember Marvel Magazine/Premiere/Bizarre Adventure, I was too young to know where to routinely get them, or understand what made them different - in hindsight, I now understand they may have functioned as safe places to intro new characters and experiment with different concepts using existing heroes outside of their regular continuity.

I got my hands on some Hulk mags that featured cool Doc Samson shorts. I also had a couple of Dominic Fortune mags that I hid from my rents because they were more...ahem...mature. Haha, I thought I was pretty slick at the time for managing to nab those - now that I think about it, those oversized mags were my gateway to the more adult themes of Epic books and, eventually, Heavy Metal. And, yes, I do remember how Gulacy illustrated Widow, he excelled at illustrating the human form sans clothing in a way that suggested that he'd penciled many nude portraits. I also recall Gulacy styling her hair, much like he did many other females, with that feathered bang look popularized by Farrah Faucet and other starlets of the time. Human memory is a such a fascinating phenomenon, sadly, I'll likely be a vegetable someday. Barely able to recall my own name, feed myself, or manage to keep from soiling my pants...if I'm wearing pants. Frail is the mortal coil...

And, yes, I'm also a big fan of Marvel 2in1 and Team-up as defacto Thing and Spidey books with lesser knowns in tow. Marvel was far more clever back then in marketing new heroes anchoring them with proven commodities like Peter and Ben. That's the sort of credit I attribute to Stan Lee, not the creation of characters that he claimed he co-created, but the bigger picture orchestrations for which an editor is responsible. So many people seem to worship him for shit he frankly lied about when he was broke. It's sad that he felt the need to do that, he really was a brilliant publisher. Creator? Nah, he couldn't even keep the civilian names of heroes straight.

Well, enough of that. I'm starting to drift in this stream of conciousness. Back to being a curmudgeon and intermittently kicking shit over and laughing at the mess...