I don’t want to sound like an old guy yearning for yesteryear, but the comic book artists of the 1970s do not get enough recognition. Bronze Age comic book masters of the art form, like Neal Adams, Dave Cockrum, Walt Simonson, Bernie Wrightson, and more, should be known to modern readers. Their talents, style, and art contributions would greatly influence the comic book creators of the late 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
The X-Men story tropes and art style that fans take for granted today began in the 1970s. Also, the aesthetics of Spider-Man, Thor, the Fantastic Four, and Darkseid had their origins in that decade. The costume aesthetics of the X-Men were set in that decade. There is something about the comic books of the 1970s that is being forgotten by time, and it shouldn’t.
