Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Avengers Motion Comics — In 1966

I was invited by college students
to lecture on super heroes and ethics
at a fun evening event.
This cartoon series is often criticized for its limited animation, but I have have always loved it for its use of the original Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Don Heck art and Stan Lee's dialogue. You can watch the Hulk here, Thor here, Iron Man here, Captain America here, the Sub-Mariner here and the Avengers together here. Today, these would be called "motion comics." The excellently cast voice of Tony Stark is the movie actor John Vernon. By the way, in the Subby cartoon you will see the first appearance of the X-Men on television. Don't blink.

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