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. …
Category: Fraser Sherman
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 …
There was a time Holmes battling Lovecraftian horrors would have been unusual
Which is how I came to write my first published story back in 1983. Not that I’m claiming The Adventure of the Red Leech was the first such crossover — …
Wonder Woman, Power Girl and Black Canary
I picked up Wonder Woman #1 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere (cover by Sampere, I believe) because King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was amazing. I hate King’s Batman and …
The Shield of Steranko!
When Jim Steranko jumped to Marvel from the advertising world, he brought a very different style of illustration with him. He started out inking Kirby on the SHIELD strip in …