The beloved house mag was launched 50 years ago this month…
One of the great marketing tools of the Bronze Age was the late, lamented FOOM — Marvel’s in-house prozine that was a guided tour of the House of Ideas. FOOM — for “Friends of Ol’ Marvel” — lasted for 22 issues and was so popular, the Distinguished Competition followed suit with its Amazing World of DC Comics, which was fab in its own right.
FOOM #1 was released 50 years ago this month. The date listed online is Feb. 1, 1973, but it was a mail-order mag so you got it when you got it.
Anyway, with the beloved pub celebrating its 50th anniversary, we gotta bring you 13 COVERS, right?
And here’s hoping that Marvel will deliver unto us a FOOM Omnibus — much like the forthcoming Marvel Age Omnibus.
Dig it.
Cover by Jim Steranko
Jack Kirby
John Buscema and P. Craig Russell
Artist unclear. Could be the Buscemas (one or both). Cockrum and Mike Ploog have also been listed but that seems less likely.
John Byrne and Joe Sinnott
George Perez and Joe Sinnott
Gene Colan
Steranko and Ploog
Cockrum
Colan and Steve Leialoha
Marie Severin
Arnold Sawyer
John Romita
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MORE
— Dear MARVEL: How About a FOOM OMNIBUS? Click here.
— Classic MARVEL AGE Series to Get Omnibus Treatment in 2023. Click here.
February 14, 2023
Happy 50th birthday to “FOOM”!
February 14, 2023
FYI, on his blog,Tom Brevoort has posted some nice scans of the first two issues of From. I think this is hos most recent Foom posting: https://tombrevoort.com/2023/01/21/foom-2-part-two/
(The earlier Foom postings should be searchable from the blog.)
February 14, 2023
If anything ever needed an Omnibus, it’s FOOM – A Foomnibus! Common Marvel, make it mine!
February 14, 2023
Love Foom !
February 14, 2023
Mr. Steranko gave Hulk a nice coiff; he looks like a cover model!
February 15, 2023
Is cover # 7 really Cockrum and Ploog? Looks a lot more like Sal Buscema did the pencils to me…
February 15, 2023
I’m not sure. Further research makes it muddy but this could be John and/or Sal. (Ploog did the back cover, though, so perhaps that is Cockrum on the front.) Thanks for the eagle eyes!