I’m working on a title for a book, and I was hoping to scan through some old silver-age comic story titles for inspiration. I’m hoping to evoke some of that over-the-top excitement. But, surprisingly (ASTONISHINGLY!!!) I can’t find any lists of classic comic book story titles. I figured between the Marvel wiki, etc., that there would be a list of story titles for specific comic books (i.e., every Thor story, every Fantastic Four story, etc.) or specific writers (every Stan lee story), but I can’t find anything. This is a good start, but it’s just one person’s favorites.
Anyone with more powerful Google-fu that can help me?
Go to theGrand Comics Database, which should have everything you need.
What about the classic “When Titans Clash!”?
I would recommend this website:
It has a focus on more modern runs, but has classics as well, such as here:
where you find references to Demon in a Bottle, Life and Death of Captain Marvel, God Loves Man Kills, Born Again, Man Without Fear, Kraven’s Last Hunt, Death of Gwen Stacey…
and even where it doesn’t ‘name’ the story arc, it points you towards the classic runs - which you can then use to find the names of in a traditonal index site.
What’s nice about this site is that it isn’t just a list of everything - it focuses on helping you find the best runs / classics, as well as those that had the most impact on the Marvel universe.
Best of luck.
With this type of title, you can’t go wrong with WHEN (VERBS) THE (NOUN)!
This is spot-on. I can just select, say, FANTASTIC FOUR, and click through issue after issue to see the titles.
Thanks!
Actually, if by “Classic” you mean typical Silver Age comics, the titles themselves aren’t all that impressive. DC titles tended to be pretty prosaic and descriptive (“THe Luther-Braniac Alliance”). Marvel titles could be, too, (“The Coming of Galactus”) but they could also be purple prose, often ripped off from movie titles (“THe Good, The Bad, and the Uncanny!”)