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That one guy at the con who said bronze age comics are 'just filler'
I was standing in line at the Charlotte Comic Con last summer and some dude in a Deadpool shirt told me bronze age runs are basically worthless filler. I told him my copy of Giant-Size X-Men #1 came from that era and he just walked away without saying anything.
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annajenkins1mo ago
Oh man, I gotta push back on that one a bit. The bronze age is where some of the most iconic storylines and character introductions happened, stuff that still shapes comics today. Your mileage may vary, but calling it "filler" feels like you're ignoring how much of the groundwork for modern comics was laid in that period.
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claire8721mo ago
Yeah, "groundwork for modern comics" is exactly right. I used to think bronze age stuff was mostly just campy filler too, but going back and reading stuff like Claremont's X-Men run changed my mind. That era's got way more weight than people give it credit for.
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drew_jones311mo ago
My buddy Mike once traded a whole stack of early 1970s books for a beat-up copy of Amazing Spider-Man #129 at a flea market, and the guy just called them "junk." He still has that book framed on his wall, and @annajenkins is right that calling that whole era filler ignores how many first appearances and key moments came from it. Makes you wonder if that Deadpool shirt guy has even read a bronze age book cover to cover.
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