Whom do you trust?
Well over a decade ago, someone in a comments thread — I think it was in Peter David’s blog, discussing his writing on She-Hulk — said their gold standard for superheroes …
Author: frasersherman
Teen Titans #32: The Mystery Endures
(Another reposted column that fits into my Silver Age Reread). No, not a mystery in the story or about the story. The mystery is why the hell I bought it. …
Groundbreakers and dead ends, swords and sorcerers
As I mentioned last week, Captain Comet could have jump-started the Silver Age, but instead he went nowhere, After debuting in 1951 in Strange Adventures #9, his series in Strange Adventures ran …
“There is no one bedrock of reality” is an odd theme for Thanksgiving, but hear me out
(Crossposted from my own blog). There are multiple stories I’ve seen or read over the years where the protagonist is living a happy life, then the terrorists/mobsters/white supremacists/demon worshippers push …
I hear it coming. I can feel it in my bones
(Title is from the lyrics to Crystal Gayle’s “Our Love Is on the Faultine,” in case you were wondering). I’m pleased with DC’s new DC Finest reprint line. So far I’ve …
Has anyone ever said you look like Superman?
I recently wrapped up the first Silver Age Superman omnibus, which I bought to upgrade from the Showcase Superman black and white TPBs. As I’ve blogged about before, this was an …
The 1970s: two views, poles apart
(Another repost from my own blog) As I was a teenager during the 1970s, I have a fondness for the decade irrelevant of its actual merits as an era to …