Tales to Astonish #44 - Ant-Man and the The Wasp

And so it is that we come to the first female super hero sworn about by this blog: The Wasp. And based on having already read some early Avengers titles (of which #1 will be sworn about next week) I can be reasonably sure my credulity will be mightily challenged.

Comics and Equality

A slight break from my usual "swearing about comics" content to swear about how comic fandom reacts to equality and inclusiveness.

You see, something I see a lot of on Facebook and other social media is people in various fandoms whinging that EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER because some aspect of said fandom isn't exactly like it was during some rose-tinted past that usually coincides with the person being in their teens. Quite often these whingers are white, middle-class, cis-gendered, heterosexual Western men, in other words: privileged, and quite often the thing they are whinging about is how whatever fandom is changing to be more inclusive for those less privileged: black people, gay people, women, et cetera.

Tales to Astonish #27 - The Man in the Ant Hill

And so we near the end of our introduction to the original Avengers line-up with the first appearance of one Hank Pym, AKA the Ant-Man.

Journey Into Mystery #83 - The Mighty THOR!

Welcome to the fourth instalment of The Negative Zone! Today I'll be reading, for the first time, a comic that managed to have a metalhead in it before metal was even a thing... so without further ado, I give you the mighty THOR!

Incredible Hulk #1

Doc Bruce Banner

Belted by gamma rays

Turns into the Hulk

Ain't he un-glamour-ays?

Leaving Iron Man behind for the time being, it's time to introduce the next hero in the original Avengers line up: the ever-lovin' Hulk! (Hulk! Hulk!)

Tales of Suspense #40 - MOAR IRON MAN

No, I'm not bored of this joke yet.

Ahead of astonishing you with the earliest adventure of the Incredible Hulk I've decided to bring you Iron Man's second outing.

Tales of Suspense #39 - "IRON MAN!"

DUN DUN DUN DUH-DUH DUDDA-DUDDA-DUDDA-DUDDA DUN DUH DUHHHHH!

IRON MAN.

I am going to be literally this hilarious, if not moreso, for as long as I do this blog.

In a similar vein to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (henceforth referred to as Earth-199999 because multiverse) I'm kicking this whole thing off with Iron Man's first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39.