Just filling pages? Maybe
In one way “filler” is an odd word to describe a given comic-book issue. It’s the nature of the medium that you have to have something to fill next month’s …
Author: frasersherman
A minor (but mighty!) Marvel landmark
Following the Kingpin’s debut in Amazing Spider-Man #50 we have him meet and defeat Spider-Man the following issue. #52 resolves his introductory arc with Spidey turning the tables. In addition …
Daredevil vs. the live volcano, Baron Zemo … and Stan Lee?
Back when Marvel’s Essentials came out, I’d flip through the Silver Age Daredevil and conclude, time and again, that Gene Colan’s art made them look way better than they really …
Spiderman No More? Say it ain’t so, Joe!
When I read a reprint of Spider-Man #50, “Spider-Man No More!” by Stan Lee and John Romita, I thought it was a good story but no more than that. It …
Another bit of Silver Age deconstruction
As I mentioned last year, Batman #166 was one of the earliest times I’ve seen a superhero book deconstruct superhero cliches, pointing out the absurdity of putting Batman (or by …
It’s 1967 and the space race is ON!
Comics got in on the space race before the space race was a thing. DC was sending chimps into space before Sputnik, as on this Murphy Anderson cover. Likewise Titano’s …
Doc Savage in Oz? Doc Phoenix in the The Oz Encounter
Having written about a bad Doc Savage pastiche Monday, I thought I’d follow up with a good pastiche (also edited from an old post on my own blog), from the …