Famous firsts
As I’ve mentioned before, both DC or Marvel were off their game as the Silver Age approached its end. DC’s trying anything and everything to make up for the sales …
As I’ve mentioned before, both DC or Marvel were off their game as the Silver Age approached its end. DC’s trying anything and everything to make up for the sales …
As everyone probably knows, the first JLA/Avengers crossover took place in 1969. As Roy Thomas explains it, “This initial takeoff on 4 members of DC’s Justice League was the result …
For some reason Marvel got robot-happy in early 1969. The robot doesn’t show in this Gene Colan cover, but he’s in the story. Kree warrior Captain Marvel discovers Walter Lawson …
(Time for another repost to fit an old topic into my Silver Age reread. This time: Avengers #60!) When I was in my teens I read an old copy of …
1968 was not a good year to be a woman in superhero comics. Ever since Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne returned to the Avengers in #28, the team has …
Tony Isabella once wrote (IIRC at least) that what inspired him to write comics was reading Fantastic Four Annual #1 and noticing how much better it was than the previous …
Once again my Silver Age rereading has caught up with a post (from almost exactly two years ago) so I’m reposting. This time it’s about the strange Silver Age career …