Because on Valentine’s Day We Should All … Quest for Love
One of the pleasures of writing film-reference books is that I get to watch films I’ve always meant to see but never found the time for. Another is rewatching films …
Author: frasersherman
Lois Lane and the Circus of Crime: two short posts, combined
“Half a Superman” in Action #290 (writer unknown, art by Curt Swan) demonstrates that as much as the Silver Age liked to humiliate and mock Lois Lane, she was never “galactically …
So maybe they should have kept his secret origin secret? Comet the Super-Horse
Some origins are just so right, they’re classic. Superman, last survivor of a doomed planet, fighting to defend his adopted homeworld. Batman, avenging the murder of his parents by waging …
You’re a wonder, Wonder Family!
Looking back from 2021, the Wonder Family era of Wonder Woman is just an amusing bit of comics trivia, as minor as Marvel’s Golem or the Maniaks. In their day, …
I don’t believe the laws of Gondor are binding on a United States court
But that’s basically the argument in the latest Hail Mary! move to overturn Biden’s victory. No, wait, that’s not fair. A Hail Mary! play is a long-shot; this case has …
The shipping of Lex and Lois
I recently reached July of 1962 in my Silver Age reread and I discovered this cover on Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #34. I don’t have the “great imaginary novel” but …
Kirby von Daniken: The Eternals
As I said in my Omac post, I didn’t care for most of Kirby’s Bronze Age work but The Eternals was an exception. Rereading them in TPB recently confirmed it …