Why talk when you can punch people?
The 1966 JLA/JSA team-up I mentioned in last week’s Batmania post is not one of the best of those Silver Age events. The main plot involves superheroes, supervillains and ordinary …
Tag: Avengers
Oh Wasp, where is thy story logic?
Having read a couple of stories from July ’65 this weekend, I thought I’d do a quick add-on to Monday’s post. Avengers #18, “When the Commissar Commands” was the first …
Marvel 1965: a shared universe, a man-fish, a pointless engagement
My Silver Age reread is up to June 1965 at this point and the Marvel Universe is definitely a thing. It’s not like Stan Lee and the rest of 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 …
(Black) Knights in White Satin: The Strange Early Life of Dane Whitman
As probably everyone reading this knows by now, The Eternals introduces us to the MCU’s Dane Whitman, AKA the Black Knight. It’s one case where cutting out some of the …
Let’s do a quick check of all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies!
Yeah, okay, this is not quick at all, but let’s check it out anyway!
What is truth? Is truth unchanging taste? Avengers #60
When I was in my teens I read an old copy of Avengers #60 and I thought it was fantastic. Rereading “Till Death Do Us Part” by John Buscema …