A bit of the past I still don’t get
In my Silver Age Reread, I’ve made use of my old comics, reprint comic books, TPB collections and most recently the DC and Marvel apps. Much as I prefer reading …
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Getting past 90 is a good run, but still …
So I got the word this afternoon that my high-school drama teacher, Jo Yeager, died yesterday. Even though we haven’t been in touch regularly — I skipped two years of …
When last we left our hero, Captain Action …
As you may recall from my previous post, the first issue of Captain Action culminates in Clive Arno, Mythological Manhunter, going down at the hands of his archfoe, Krellik. It’s …
His name is synonymous with action — no, wait, his name IS Action!
My memory of DC’s 1968-69 Captain Action series was that it had two great issues by Jim Shooter, one horribly written issue by Gil Kane — and two issues of …
Delivering papers and bicycling through time: Paper Girls
I finished the Brian K. Vaughn/Cliff Chiang series Paper Girls in 2020, then reread the whole thing in 2021 (yep, this is another repost from my own blog). I’m glad …
Is he superhero or monster — or is he both?
When I started my Silver Age reread, I didn’t pay much attention to Marvel because I didn’t have any Marvel stuff from the 1950s. As you can see here, most …
The bush league Justice League: Gerry Conway’s Detroit JLA
I often think that when comic book writers talk about the need to shake up a series they’ve been working on for years, it’s time for them to move on. …