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Post by Yellowjacket on Sept 18, 2006 11:58:55 GMT -5
I´m looking forward to complete my set of the 1987 series (7 issues) and asking myself what about the 1994 series (6 issues). On www.comics.org are no informations about the content of the 1994 issues. So, are the 1994 issues the sequel to the 1987s (which end with Avengers #145)? Were the 1994s written by Olshevsky? Are the 1994s reprints of the 1987 issues? |
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 19, 2006 16:42:21 GMT -5
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 19, 2006 20:13:14 GMT -5
Vol. 2 starts again at Avengers #1 and ends with #333 and Annual #20. This is despite vol. 1’s longer 48-page length per issue (vol. 2 is 32 pages each). The discrepancy occurs because vol. 2 shows less-than-quarter-size cover images instead of nearly-full-size and is less detailed in its text. (Also, I think vol. 2’s typeface might be slightly smaller and show a tad less space between lines.) I find both volumes valuable and sometimes refer to them when reading and posting at Avengers Assemble! (I certainly did for this post…) In vol. 2, George Olshevsky is credited as “inspiration”; “writer” is Murray Ward, with Ronald Bialkowski and Laura Ward as “assistants”, followed by several “reviewers”. If you wish to pick up where vol. 1 left off, start at vol. 2 #3 (Avengers #123–176).
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 19, 2006 20:42:43 GMT -5
George Olshevsky and Peter Sanderson should be immortalized in stone for their contributions to Marvel history and fandom. Perhaps we should open a wing in the AA Hall of Fame for "friends of comics fandom".
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Post by Yellowjacket on Sept 20, 2006 7:50:03 GMT -5
@all Thank you and especially Night Phantom for the insight, now I will look for both series.  Many of you guys here may already know it. But I always found Olshevsky´s first steps with his passion fascinating. In the late 60s, early 70s he wrote a computer program (at the University of Toronto, I think) to list all superhero Marvel comics of that time. He must have owned a complete Marvel collection (I think he collected until the late 70s). The books (with about 400 pages they were indeed books) were printed on needle printers on continuous paper (no laser printers far and wide :-) ) - what an immense work, collecting the data and writing a computer program specially for his hobby! Soon, Marvel did get some of these books and later on did Olshevsky write his index books - and (finally) earned some money with his work. A friend of mine owns the one of these books, which did find it´s way to the editorial office of German Williams publisher (in the early 70s). I have copies of this book - fascinating to say at least. Likewise interesting: Today Olshevsky´s best hobby are dinosaurs... members.aol.com/Dinogeorge/ |
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 20, 2006 19:36:56 GMT -5
You’re most welcome, Yellowjacket. I’ve always enjoyed, respected, and admired Olshevsky’s Official index work—but you, sir, are truly an aficionado!  |
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