The image that fell out of time!
In blogging about Gardner Fox’s departure from DC Comics, I meant to talk about Justice League of America #61 as an example of one of Fox’s more convoluted plots, and …
Author: frasersherman
I think I know how this scenario will end
The scenario? A young (and damn cute) scientist declaring that “A Kiss Is Just a Biological Phenomenon.” in Career Girl Romances from early 1969.If by the end of the story …
DC gets hip!
As I mentioned back in May, by 1968 comics were increasingly reacting to their times. In early 1969, Spider-Man tackled campus protests; DC cast its eye on that iconic late-sixties …
Relevance! Galactus! The Serpent Crown! Glimpses of Marvel in January 1969
Along with the infamous marriage of Yellowjacket and the Wasp, Marvel had a few other books cover-dated for January 1969. Here are some of them, starting with Amazing Spider-Man #68. …
Kids these days — er, those days
As I mentioned last month, I’ve paid little attention to DC’s romance books during my Silver Age Reread. More recently it occurred to me I haven ‘t paid much attention …
I’ll never be a war comics fan—
But damn, this add for Our Army At War #203 makes me want to rush out and buy it. Cover art by Joe Kubert of course. #SFWAPro.
Everybody knows that! Everybody’s wrong
Earlier this summer I signed a contract with McFarland for my sixth film-reference book, Jekyll and Hyde on Screen (the title’s a placeholder until I think of a better one). …