Anyone who’s read Silver Age DC Comics knows they filled up space with gag strips written and drawn by Henry Boltinoff, brother to DC editor Murray Boltinoff. As a kid …
Y’all remember Ka-Bala, the mysterious toy with the power to predict the future? While I cannot predict the outcome of baseball games or someone’s love life, years of immersing myself …
Mid-1969 was during the few years I wasn’t buying comics so I had no idea DC made this announcement. I had no idea of any of this in 1969. By …
The mid-1969 Neal Adams cover of Superboy #158, “Superboy’s Darkest Secret” (Frank Robbins, Bob Brown) is completely accurate. Superboy’s parents show up alive and it’s not a dream, not a …
My memory of the House of Mystery late-Silver Age/Bronze Age anthology format is that Cain sat around introducing the stories, made snarky quips, and occasionally bullied his brother Abel. As …
Unlike Jay Garrick vs. Barry Allen or Alan Scott vs. Hal Jordan, there was never a clear dividing line between the Earth-2 and Earth-1 Batman. I don’t think there’s anything …
One of the nice surprises about rereading the Silver Age is when comics series I don’t care for deliver a good issue. Three of the stories I’m looking at here …
