The spy on whom the sun never sets: James Bond and England
When Ian Fleming published the first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1953, Britain was widely seen as a nation in a decline. During the war years, the UK had been …
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The Bond Girl Changes: The Spy Who Loved Me
So as the combination of two puking dogs this weekend and (more pleasantly) multiple social events over the past nine days has thrown off my schedule. So it’s a recycled …
Thunderball, your fiery breath would burn the coldest man!
It’s my birthday today and as I mentioned on my own blog, I’m feeling good. While I wouldn’t say the future is so bright I have to wear shades, the …
Captain America — Young Punk?
One of the things Silver Age Marvel (nor most later Marvel that I can recall) rarely touches on is how fricking young Captain America was in the Golden and Silver …
If I might be the one to ask a question … what’s the dumbest comics take?
This is a tough call because there are many stupid takes on comic books. I think the worst one, for me, is “superheroes are fascists.” Some superheroes are fascists, of …
What took them so long?
If there’s one thing we know about the Golden Age, it’s that publishers chased trends even more than they do now. Superman spawned more superheroes. Batman bred an endless string …
Doom, Don Heck, the Thing and More: Marvel in 1964
As part of my Silver Age reread I got to Fantastic Four Annual #2 and is it ever a game-changer. It’s the issue that gave us Doom’s backstory as a …