u/BlackJimmy88

For about a month, I've been reading Marvel Silver Age comics, starting with Fantastic Four #1. It started rough, but eventually I started to really enjoy the journey.

But it's getting to a point where it's turning into a slog because of all the redundant dialogue, thought bubbles and narration boxes. At first I thought it was the sheer amount of all the text on the page, but when I jumped ahead to Hero for Hire #1 from 1972, I can already see a massive difference. There's still a lot of dialogue, but it feels much more conversational and natural.

Is there a specific point where that became the norm, or is it very book dependant, even in the bronze age?

I'm currently reading Lee/Kirby era Marvel at the moment. It was going to be a "read literally everything in order" kinda deal but not every title is a winner, and I had to drop a bunch to avoid burn out.

Thor is the only Avenger solo book I stuck with, though, and I'm having a great time with it.

Loki, obviously, is probably the the most fun Thor villain so far, but it's also comical how evil he is. Like, radiating evil while he was still a baby type evil.

I know he goes through a few rebirths into hero, then anti-hero after the events of Siege, but do writers ever give him a bit more nuance before then?