All this and World War I
I read a lot of books. Since I started my blog back in 2009 (jeez!) I’ve blogged about a lot of books. It occurred to me that I could add …
Category: Fraser Sherman
Nanananananaaa, Batman! Wait, he’s dark and spooky now
Early Bronze Age Batman isn’t my favorite era of the Darknight Detective by any means. It is not, however, a bad era, and it’s fascinating to watch Batman’s continued transition …
To every man he knows, he stays a stranger
The first time I ever saw the Phantom Stranger it was in DC house ads showcasing the Neal Adams cover below. As far as I knew, it was the first …
Out with old, in with the new — no, wait, it’s in with the old too!
Back in 1968, Marvel shook off its restrictive distribution deal with DC and began expanding its line. Simple enough for them to do: instead of Tales of Suspense with Iron Man and …
Cover art for a Sunday
As a kid I was fascinated by the Carter Brown mystery novels (a pseudonym for Australian writer Alan Yates), purely because of the sexy (and obviously sexual) women decorating the …
A couple of quick images from the comics of 1970
First, this Neal Adams shot [edited to get name right] from Thor #179. It’s not a great story: Loki swaps minds with Thor and Odin can’t help because he’s sealed …
They say that Stark is a mean mother—! You shut your mouth! I’m talking about Howard Stark! Then we can dig it
(Another repost to fit in chronologically with my Silver Age reread). Howard Stark’s first appearance highlights how working in a shared universe is different from just writing stuff by yourself. …