My Secret, Entirely Head-Canon History of Homo Magi
If you’re wondering how Homo magi, something Gerry Conway came up with in 1979, fits into my Silver Age reread — well, Superboy #175 (cover by Neal Adams) came out in …
Continuity: it matters behind the scenes too
There’s no question a lot of the Bronze Age was solid gold. Steve Englehart’s Avengers. Tomb of Dracula. Starlin’s Warlock and Captain Marvel. Plus less spectacular but solidly entertaining books such as Cary Bates …
Techcitement Review: Back to School (AND MORE) with Cocoon Bags
Back when I first started reviewing, on a no longer extant site, my very first review was a cool device called a “Grid-It“; a storage solution using tactical webbing. I …
The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #375: ‘Friday’s Editorial Conference’
It’s always time for a good rant!
In the Bronze Age, the past wasn’t dead. It wasn’t even past
As I’ve mentioned before, the early Bronze Age was an age of reprints. By 1971 DC, in particular, was all in. For the comics cover-dated August 1971, they raised the …