The sensational DC promotions of 1966!
One of the fun things about rereading Silver Age comic books rather than reprints is the ads. DC and Marvel would both try their level best to convince you that …
Tag: Batman
Exactly how I’d expect Batman to act, yet it didn’t work: Tower of Babel
A few years back, I began rereading my Justice League of America books. As I don’t binge, I’m currently midway through Joe Kelly’s run (I have a lot of JLA …
Discarding characters to die in the gutter
One of the things that annoys me about 21st century comics is that along with the impulse to get back to the Silver (or at least the Bronze) Age versions …
What is the point of Sherlock Holmes?
When I attended the Mysticon SF con back in 2018, one of the panels I sat on was on Sherlock Holmes, particularly the TV series Sherlock and Elementary. At some …
It was the summer of ’65. Here are some comics covers
No particular theme here other than picking covers I like, or that I at least find interesting. This Curt Swan cover is an excellent example of the drawbacks of Cover …
Cavemen, beast-bombs and an outsider: the weirder side of 1965 in Gotham City
As I mentioned last week, the New Look Batman era toned down the SF elements that Jack Schiff had pumped into Batman such as alien criminals. Weird changes either to …