The Siancong War: Worse Than I Thought
Thanks to my local library I read History of the Marvel Universe by Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez yesterday, hoping to clarify some of my questions about the Siancong War. …
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Alan Moore and the golliwog
(another repost from my own blog) When I first read the Alan Moore/Kevin O’Neill Black Dossier, I was baffled by the Galley-Wag. He’s a huge blackface figure who comes out of …
1965, the year everything changed! Okay, not really
So I’m in early 1965 in my Silver Age reread and DC Comics have changed a lot from when I started rereading the Silver Age. As I mentioned in my …
Unlikable women and shocking twists: Martin Pasko’s Swamp Thing
(Another repost from my own blog because it’s turned into a hectic week). In 1982, to correspond with the first Swamp Thing movie, DC revived the series with Martin Pasko’s …
Frustrated — by J. Jonah Jameson!
J. Jonah Jameson, Spider-Man’s perpetual nemesis cum comic relief character, doesn’t have as high a public profile as comics’ other famous editor, Perry White. Still, between the comics, the movies …
RIP James Bama
So Sunday, April 24, James Bama died. He’s best known for his work as a Western artist but for me he’s first and foremost the definitive Doc Savage paperback artist.I …
Two 34s from 1965
By a weird coincidence, both today’s reviews come from a thirty-fourth issue. Once again, I think they show the respective strengths of DC and Marvel. First, from Green Lantern #34, …