I’d like to meet a hairy too
I’m not sure which issue of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen this text page appeared in but it’s worth posting here even so. The Hairies debuted in #134, the product of something called …
Category: Fraser Sherman
A turning point in the life of Marvel’s original anti-hero!
Or so Sub-Mariner #33 seemed at the time. Much as I disliked Atlantean noblewoman Lady Dorma when Stan Lee was writing the book — — Roy Thomas taking over Sub-Mariner has …
The new comics creators of the 1970s — or at least new to these books
For any DC fan in the Silver Age, Carmine Infantino was the Flash artist. He’d been drawing Barry Allen from the beginning until 1967 when DC kicked him upstairs and Ross …
I’d have posted sooner —
But the Plush Dog went on a three-day binge and we had to bail him out of the drunk tank. Actually what happened was that a few weeks ago he …
Take his hand — he’s a Stranger in paradise
As I mentioned back in June, when the Phantom Stranger debuted in Showcase I had no idea he was an established character getting a second chance. If I’d read the …
My Alter Ego’s Secret Identity
(Another post cobbled together from reviews on my own blog). I don’t read a lot of non-genre fiction but Alex Segura’s Secret Identity and Alter Ego are mainstream novels set in the world …
Satan Is Alive and Well in Bronze Age Comics
In my last post here (sorry about the delay!) I discussed Supergirl donning a new outfit in Adventure Comics #397. There’s something else about the issue I want to cover, the …