The most important woman in Batman’s life
That was the theme of Batman #208, one of DC’s 80-page giants. Lots of these reprint issues had themes: Flash’s most treacherous traps, the Dynamic Duo’s adventures in time and …
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Terra incognita
I doubt it will affect my reviews much but fmy Silver Age reread will feel very different to me going forward.When I start this reread five years ago, the comics …
Marvel at the end of 1968: some images and stories
Writing about my Silver Age reread in 1968, I’ve commented several times that Jack Kirby’s stories, while still entertaining, feel like he’s getting ready for his exit. Captain America #108, …
Women in love, women in action
I haven’t tackled romance comics in my Silver Age reread because I never read them as a kid (I did as a tween, hoping they’d offer some insight into this …
Hard times create strange heroes: new ideas from DC in the late Silver Age
As I said recently, the late 1960s were a tough time to be DC Comics. They’d been the top dog in the industry for most of their existence; now their …
It’s Marvel Art Wednesday!
Writing these Silver Age Reread posts, I’ve never denied my heart lies with DC more than Marvel. The reread has taught me that Marvel did some brilliant stuff; at the …
Superman, Cain and Quasimodo! Random oddities from the comics of late 1968.
Action #368 and 369 by Otto Binder and Curt Swan reminded me how some of Otto Binder’s Superman Family work resembles his Captain Marvel days. Scenes of cops sitting around …