Month of McGinnis: “The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker”

Part of a month-long celebration of Robert McGinnis’ book covers. The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker, by Otto Binder (Bantam, 1967). While this paperback original certainly deserves points for being the first Marvel Comics novel adaptation, it hardly wins universal respect. One critic grouses that “this tale would’ve been dated the day it was published.” Others have noted that “though [the