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 …
Category: Fraser Sherman
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. …
He learned fast
Writing about Daredevil #49, I said Barry Windsor-Smith wasn’t anywhere near the artist he’d soon become. By a couple of issues later, he’s a lot closer. In #50 and #51 …
Time, time, time, see what’s become of me
As I wrote about last year, when Roy Thomas started writing the origin of the X-Men — how did Professor X recruit Scott, Bobby, Warren and Hank before #1? — …
Gene Colan, Frank Springer and other Marvel artists
As I’ve written before, Gene Colan is one of the artists who often seemed to struggle with the Marvel Method requiring him to do the lion’s share of the plotting. …