Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story — I guess it must be true!
“Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story!” In the Silver Age putting that or similar phrasing on a cover was a way to telegraph that no matter …
Tag: Cary Bates
Superman’s weakness is Brussells sprouts? Yeah, I hate them too!
By early 1970 my family had moved from Stanmore, England, to Fort Walton Beach, Florida. I was settling in, sort of — it was quite an adjustment — but I …
Superman, Cain and Quasimodo! Random oddities from the comics of late 1968.
Action #368 and 369 by Otto Binder and Curt Swan reminded me how some of Otto Binder’s Superman Family work resembles his Captain Marvel days. Scenes of cops sitting around …
New faces of the Silver Age (not that I ever saw their faces back then).
In 1965 and 1966, change was in the air. New names were writing the comics I liked, as well as the books I didn’t care about. The new generation of …
Comics You Should Own – ‘Silverblade’
“Silverblade?” you say, mystified. “Silverblade,” I say, definitively. You shrug and think, Let’s just see about that!