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Contents Introduction: The Twilight Years . 5 PART I: 1968-1970 . 9 PART II: 1970-1974 . 46 PART III: 1974-1976 . 155 PART IV: 1976-1979 . 203 Creator Spotlights : Roy Thomas . 10 Gene Colan . 16 Neal Adams . 31 Gil Kane . 52 Joe Sinnott . 54 Gerry Conway . 90 Marv Wolfman . 143 Jim Starlin . 150 Jim Shooter . 197 John Byrne . 210 Frank Miller . 218 Key Marvel Moments : Marvel Con . 175 Marvel Comics in the 1970s 3 Introduction: The Twilight Years n volume one, Marvel Comics in the 1960s , it was mix, vaulting Marvel Comics into a pop-culture Ishown how the development of the company’s new movement that threatened to overwhelm established line of super-hero books introduced in that decade notions of art and its role in society. As a result, Lee could be broken up into four distinct phases: the came to be seen as Marvel’s front man, and through a Formative Years, the Years of Consolidation, the combination of speech making, magazine interviews, Grandiose Years, and the Twilight Years. Led by and his often inspiring comic book scripts, he became editor Stan Lee, who was allied with some of the a sort of pop guru to many of his youthful readers. best artists in the business including Jack Kirby, However, by 1968, Marvel Comics had reached its Steve Ditko, Don Heck, John Romita, John Buscema, zenith in terms of its development and sheer creative Jim Steranko, and Gene Colan, Marvel moved quickly power. Soon after came an expansion of the company’s from its early years when concepts involving continuity line of titles and a commensurate dilution of the and characterization were intro - duced to new features with little thought given to their revolu - tionary impact on the industry to the Years of Consolidation when concepts of characteriza - tion, continuity, and realism began to be actively applied.
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