Scooby Doo, Where Are You? All mashed up in the DCU!
When Gorilla City is haunted by a ghost, and Flash’s speed isn’t enough to help …When hard-traveling heroes Green Arrow and Green Lantern arrive in groovy Karma Corners during a …
Author: frasersherman
The vanishing bookshelf
Like so many of us, my shelf of “to be read” books has always been long. While I set some limits on myself — there’s no point to spending money …
The T in James T. Kirk does not stand for tomcat
Even before Chris Pine gave us a hotheaded, womanizing Jim Kirk in the Star Trek reboot films, lots of people, including Star Trek fans, though of James Tiberius Kirk that …
Starfish, snail mail and the Silver Age Justice League
The starfish, of course, appeared on the cover of the Justice League’s debut. The first time I read “Starro the Conqueror” it was a reprint in an 80-page Giant. I …
Me, movies and movie books
So last week I signed a contract with McFarland Publishers for a book, due next year, on Alien Visitors (working title): ET invaders, alien/human romance, friendly aliens, alien superheroes, aliens …
The covers that got away
I love looking at comic book covers from the Silver Age. They were made for the days when comics sat on the spinner rack for a few days, then poof, …
Nanananananana Batwoman!
While it’s far from the worst thing about the pandemic, seeing several CW superhero shows (not to mention the network’s Nancy Drew) have to cut their seasons short is frustrating …