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Marvel Comics elements in D&D - Havard - 06-12-2014

In this blog entry from the Mule Abides, written by our own Tavis, we learn the following:

The cover of OD&D’s Men and Magic shows striking similarities to artwork by Dan Adkins, originally found in Doc Strange comic #167, Apr 1968, on page 11:
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Similarly the art from writer/artist Jim Steranko’s SHIELD story in Strange Tales #167, page 6, panel 1 also made it into OD&D:
[Image: 14220412007_da2bb95598_o.jpg]

I also heard a couple of spells as well as how Astral Travel works in D&D was something Gary based on Doc Strange comics.

Does anyone know of more examples where elements from Marvel Comics (Or other comics) make it into early editions of D&D?

-Havard

Re: Marvel Comics elements in D&D - h3athrow - 06-26-2014

What beautiful swipes! I'm not surprised that fan artists of the era were reading Marvel Comics. If I come across any others, I'll be sure to let you know.

Re: Marvel Comics elements in D&D - Havard - 06-29-2014

h3athrow Wrote:What beautiful swipes! I'm not surprised that fan artists of the era were reading Marvel Comics. If I come across any others, I'll be sure to let you know.

Please do! Smile

-Havard