The secret history of Oz: the first two books
In a recent Greg Hatcher repost, Greg ummed up the existence of the sequels to The Wizard of Oz: “It was a success and naturally the creator wants to follow …
Category: Fraser Sherman
Mike: I never met him but I surely appreciated him
For years, my browser’s homepage has been Mike’s Amazing World with its array of comic-book covers, credits and synopses. I was thrown Monday morning when I opened up Firefox and …
Titans, Legionnaires, mutants: scenes from different Silver Age team books
Teen Titans #11, “Monster Bait,” by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy, is a standard yarn for the series in the Silver Age. With school out for the summer, Speedy shows …
I know it’s black Friday but these ads will not help you find fabulous bargains
They are, after all, more than 50 years old. Still, this seemed like the day to do another post about the DC advertising I encounter in my Silver Age reread. …
I’m thankful for comics
I just love this Joe Kubert cover. I am thankful for my wife, my pets and lots of stuff more important to me than comics. But having a fictional universe …
Jungle Tales
I’ve always enjoyed “The Hunter” by James Shooter and George Papp in Adventure Comics #358. Encountering it once again as part of my Silver Age reread, I found it disappointing. …
He’s not the chosen one: Kamandi, the last boy on Earth
(This being a repost from my own blog) Jack Kirby’s Bronze Age series, Kamandi, Last Boy on Earth is the only post-Fourth World book of his besides Eternals that impressed …