As the Invisible Dr. Mabuse title appears on screen, we see an invisible man holding up opera glasses behind the lettering. It’s a neat trick, as the phantom is not …
When Flash #123 established Jay Garrick was as real as Barry Allen it changed the direction of the DC universe. It also established that at least some comic-book writers in …
What if the SF movies of the 1950s had been documentaries? Realistic portrayals of an America where mad science was part of everyday life, and a federal agency worked to …
Earth-Two’s Golden Age of comics probably looked a lot like ours, as I argued in the first part of this series. The Silver Age? Not so much. However I’ve less …
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961) has enough unmaskings for an entire season of Scooby Doo. With the exception of Inspector Lohmann (Gert Frobe) nobody is exactly who they appear …
It was early 1938 on Earth-Two when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster transformed their world’s comics books forever. Like our own Siegel and Shuster, they were established comics creators, working …
Rereading comic books has effects I never expected. The past few years I’ve read so many Bronze Age comics with the P.A.C.K. toyline ad (Professional Agents/Crime Killers!) I think I …
