Mercy-killing comic books
One bad thing about rereading the Silver Age is that it includes reading stuff that I don’t particularly like.Sgt. Fury, for example, was sometimes billed as the “the war comic …
Category: Fraser Sherman
Cavemen, beast-bombs and an outsider: the weirder side of 1965 in Gotham City
As I mentioned last week, the New Look Batman era toned down the SF elements that Jack Schiff had pumped into Batman such as alien criminals. Weird changes either to …
In the words of Ace, “How long will this keep going on?”
Since I started my Silver Age rereading three years ago I’ve had a lot of fun. Enough that I’ve periodically wondered if I should make it something bigger, rereading the …
Batman, right before Adam West
In January of 1966, Batman would debut on ABC TV, launching a craze that would make Batman DC’s biggest star and pump “camp” into DC’s comic book line. In 1965, …
Oh Wasp, where is thy story logic?
Having read a couple of stories from July ’65 this weekend, I thought I’d do a quick add-on to Monday’s post. Avengers #18, “When the Commissar Commands” was the first …
A Bite of “The Apple”
I love the original Star Trek very much but I don’t deny its flaws, some of which Greg Hatcher discussed here. Along with flaws in the philosophy and political arguments …
Marvel 1965: a shared universe, a man-fish, a pointless engagement
My Silver Age reread is up to June 1965 at this point and the Marvel Universe is definitely a thing. It’s not like Stan Lee and the rest of the …