****1/2
Originally, this one was published back in August of 1962 and was the debut of one of Marvel's most well known characters, Spider-Man. I was able to find a reprint of this gem that was published in March of 1992. The stories in this one were written by none other than Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko.
Of course this one is going to have to get a good review, especially for giving birth to one of Marvel's greatest flagships. I've always been fascinated by the Spider-Man story, but I'm actually not to concerned with that right now. This mag is filled with five stories; two of them about Spidey, and three others. To be honest, these were my favorites in the book.
One was a story about a Bell Ringer in an island community who every day was responsible for ringing the church's bell, alerting sailors of the coast line, signaling the beginning of the day and other alerts for the village. One day, the island is threatened by a volcano about to erupt and the island must be evacuated, only the man refuses to leave, "The bells must be rung, someone will hear! Someone always hears!" Just before the church is engulfed by lava, a light is shone upon the Bell Ringer and escaping islanders swear that they saw the old man being carried by the light beam higher and higher until he couldn't be seen anymore. Someone heard the bells!
Another story follows a martian invasion. The community is living in fear as a search for landed extra-terrestrials ensues. People are hiding in their homes. A man leaves his wife at home alone, knowing the dangers, but he must go to work. Against her husbands wishes, she leaves to go to the store and on her return is chased and captured. When the husband returns home he finds that she is gone and begins to panic and we find out that they were in fact the martians, they just looked human.
This comic is definitely a classic. It has awesome stories, and the artwork isn't that bad either. It looks very, for lack of a better word, comical. It almost looks like the comics were colorized and taken out of the comic strip section of the newspaper. Upon doing a little research into Steve Ditko, I found out that he started out as a cartoonist for newspapers, so that is probably where that influence comes from. Either way, I would have to give this comic book a rating of 4 1/2 stars out of five!
Of course this one is going to have to get a good review, especially for giving birth to one of Marvel's greatest flagships. I've always been fascinated by the Spider-Man story, but I'm actually not to concerned with that right now. This mag is filled with five stories; two of them about Spidey, and three others. To be honest, these were my favorites in the book.
One was a story about a Bell Ringer in an island community who every day was responsible for ringing the church's bell, alerting sailors of the coast line, signaling the beginning of the day and other alerts for the village. One day, the island is threatened by a volcano about to erupt and the island must be evacuated, only the man refuses to leave, "The bells must be rung, someone will hear! Someone always hears!" Just before the church is engulfed by lava, a light is shone upon the Bell Ringer and escaping islanders swear that they saw the old man being carried by the light beam higher and higher until he couldn't be seen anymore. Someone heard the bells!
Another story follows a martian invasion. The community is living in fear as a search for landed extra-terrestrials ensues. People are hiding in their homes. A man leaves his wife at home alone, knowing the dangers, but he must go to work. Against her husbands wishes, she leaves to go to the store and on her return is chased and captured. When the husband returns home he finds that she is gone and begins to panic and we find out that they were in fact the martians, they just looked human.
This comic is definitely a classic. It has awesome stories, and the artwork isn't that bad either. It looks very, for lack of a better word, comical. It almost looks like the comics were colorized and taken out of the comic strip section of the newspaper. Upon doing a little research into Steve Ditko, I found out that he started out as a cartoonist for newspapers, so that is probably where that influence comes from. Either way, I would have to give this comic book a rating of 4 1/2 stars out of five!
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