Stories from series I don’t usually like
One of the nice surprises about rereading the Silver Age is when comics series I don’t care for deliver a good issue. Three of the stories I’m looking at here …
Category: Fraser Sherman
He’s Deadman, Jim
My first encounter with Deadman was the splash page on his second story. It’s kind of weird. I didn’t think so at the time. A ghost talking with a trio …
This was so much cooler when it first came out
In mid-1969, following Arnold Drake’s run on X-Men, fomer X-writer Roy Thomas returned to his old stomping ground. This time, though, it was with a new artist: Neal Adams. They …
Change partners and dance: Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes
Despite the title on the Curt Swan cover, Adventure Comics #380 (cover dated May 1969) wasn’t that amazing. It was, however, a landmark. (In case you’re wondering, this site is …
Lo, the silver fades
As my Silver Age reread is now in mid-1969, I can see the Silver Age winding down. Dr. Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD just switched to bi-monthly. DC’s …
Two random images from ’69
One is this humor page from a 1969 issue of House of Mystery. No particular reason, I just found it funny. I’m not sure why this ad commanded my attention …
There’s an app for that!
One of my first posts here (dear god, back in 2017?) was about how having old comics available in trade paperback affected my reading choices and therefore my shopping choices. …