Stranger in the mirror: the “definitive” Phantom Stranger arrives
I put quotes around “derivative” in the title because as I’ve written about before, definitive is a subjective term. Someone like me who grew up with Silver Age Mort Weisinger …
A blast from the past
Once again, an ad from yesterday — late 1971 in this case — caught my eye during my ongoing Silver/Bronze Age reread. Iron-on patches had become popular in the 1960s …
THAT’S what that song meant?
Recently I was talking to a friend of mine who’s involved with a woman in an open marriage. He said that when he and she got back together after several …
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 …