Why yes, Roy, you were making a statement: Avengers #83
Marvel’s first story about racial conflict was Avengers #32 (correct me if I’ve missed one). Stan Lee and Don Heck (who did the cover) introduce us to the Sons of the …
Author: frasersherman
Save the environment! And the Native Americans! And the Chicago Seven! More relevance
One thing you can say about the relevant stories of the late Silver/early Bronze Age is that writers had no shortage of issues to choose from. By late 1970 writers …
Holy crap! Reading comics can make me a tall, guitar-playing karate master with a he-man voice who works as a game warden!
I was going through Avengers #83 for my Silver Age reread — it’s one of those where I have the original issue — but once I got past the John …
Honor and glory in a time long past
Another couple of random book reviews from my own blog. Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic by Joanne Freeman shows how the political leaders of the Revolutionary …
Was this when DC and Marvel started handing out the good drugs?
It’s common knowledge that back in the early 1970s, some among the new generation of Bronze Age comics writers were using drugs. The Golden and Silver Age generations, as far …
A historical inaccuracy I can’t help noticing
Anyone as old as me (67) knows how much Americans (and Brits) used to smoke. For much of the last century, tobacco use was commonplace. Cigars. Pipes. Cigarettes. Snuff. Chewing …
Creatures and Kryptonians: James Gunn relaunching the DC Cinematic Universe
(A repost from my own site) James Gunn’s first contribution to the relaunch of the DC Cinematic Universe was last December’s MAX TV series, Creature Commandos. I wasn’t thrilled. Now …