Was this why train travel fell out of fashion? Time Express
I don’t think I’ve ever worked on a film book where I didn’t have to cover some film or TV series that was lost or unavailable. When I was writing …
Category: Fraser Sherman
Re-enter the Creeper
As I’ve blogged about recently, the Bronze Age was big on reviving Silver Age villains who’d faded from the scene, whether they deserved it or not. Detective Comics #418’s lead story, …
Book covers can be more than just images
Something I don’t see much any more on book covers is written copy. If there is any, it’s usually a blurb — “If you like Harry Dresden and Anita Blake, …
It’s a crazy thought, but maybe some super-villains deserve oblivion
A couple of months ago, I cited Flash #209 and Batman #234 as the beginning of what would become a Bronze Age trend — writers using supervillains again rather than “realistic” or …
Steve Ditko’s final concept for Marvel: an armored objectivist hero called Iron Rand!
Okay, I made that up. But I’m sure anyone nerdy enough to hang out here at Atomic Junk Shop knows Steve Ditko was a devout admirer of Ayn Rand’s Objectivist …
The most shocking cover of 1971?
Perhaps not, but Flash #210’s Murphy Anderson cover did raise a few eyebrows. I mean, WTF, Flash-creators — we’re in 2971, John Wilkes Booth just shot Abraham Lincoln and Adam …
Stranger in the mirror: the “definitive” Phantom Stranger arrives
I put quotes around “derivative” in the title because as I’ve written about before, definitive is a subjective term. Someone like me who grew up with Silver Age Mort Weisinger …