Groundbreakers and dead ends, swords and sorcerers
As I mentioned last week, Captain Comet could have jump-started the Silver Age, but instead he went nowhere, After debuting in 1951 in Strange Adventures #9, his series in Strange Adventures ran …
Category: Fraser Sherman
“There is no one bedrock of reality” is an odd theme for Thanksgiving, but hear me out
(Crossposted from my own blog). There are multiple stories I’ve seen or read over the years where the protagonist is living a happy life, then the terrorists/mobsters/white supremacists/demon worshippers push …
I hear it coming. I can feel it in my bones
(Title is from the lyrics to Crystal Gayle’s “Our Love Is on the Faultine,” in case you were wondering). I’m pleased with DC’s new DC Finest reprint line. So far I’ve …
Has anyone ever said you look like Superman?
I recently wrapped up the first Silver Age Superman omnibus, which I bought to upgrade from the Showcase Superman black and white TPBs. As I’ve blogged about before, this was an …
The 1970s: two views, poles apart
(Another repost from my own blog) As I was a teenager during the 1970s, I have a fondness for the decade irrelevant of its actual merits as an era to …
Lost in the fifties tonight
(This week will be all reprints from my blog, due to a crazy week last week. On the plus side, the foundations of our house are not about to collapse …
Forever is a long time coming — but they’re here!
Following Jack Kirby’s DC debut — Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen — February 1971 (cover-dated) brought us two pure Kirby creations, Forever People #1 and New Gods #1 (though Alan Stewart says …