Getting past 90 is a good run, but still …
So I got the word this afternoon that my high-school drama teacher, Jo Yeager, died yesterday. Even though we haven’t been in touch regularly — I skipped two years of …
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When last we left our hero, Captain Action …
As you may recall from my previous post, the first issue of Captain Action culminates in Clive Arno, Mythological Manhunter, going down at the hands of his archfoe, Krellik. It’s …
His name is synonymous with action — no, wait, his name IS Action!
My memory of DC’s 1968-69 Captain Action series was that it had two great issues by Jim Shooter, one horribly written issue by Gil Kane — and two issues of …
Delivering papers and bicycling through time: Paper Girls
I finished the Brian K. Vaughn/Cliff Chiang series Paper Girls in 2020, then reread the whole thing in 2021 (yep, this is another repost from my own blog). I’m glad …
Is he superhero or monster — or is he both?
When I started my Silver Age reread, I didn’t pay much attention to Marvel because I didn’t have any Marvel stuff from the 1950s. As you can see here, most …
The bush league Justice League: Gerry Conway’s Detroit JLA
I often think that when comic book writers talk about the need to shake up a series they’ve been working on for years, it’s time for them to move on. …
They forgot they were dealing with Rambo! First Blood, Part II (1985)
(Another rewritten repost from my own blog) To paraphrase my friend Ross Bagby, some books and movies are ground-breakers, going where nobody’s gone before. Other fictional works don’t break fresh …