Wasted women of the Silver Age
No, not women who got wasted, women the writers wasted. Two women who deserved better. First we have Lesla-Lar, the Kandorian scientific genius who debuted in Action Comics #279 as “Supergirl’s …
Tag: DC Comics
Successfully scratched itches, part 5: Comix
After well over forty years, I finally got around to reading one of the earliest serious histories of American comic books.
They’re Maniaks, Maniaks at Your Door!
I would like to follow my title by saying “and you’re laughing like you’ve never laughed before!” but having read the Maniaks’ three Showcase tryout issues, I wasn’t. I doubt …
Superboy: The Farm Team of Steel?
One of the fun parts of rereading the Silver Age month by month is discovering stuff that never registered when I reread old issues or random reprints from the era. …
A retrospective on the career of President Prez Rickard: Prez, #1-4
Joe Simon created many loopy characters and ideas in the Bronze Age, but none more memorable than Prez. Most of them â The Outsiders, The Green Team â aren’t memorable …
DC’s Second Golden Age
When comics fans talk about “DC Rebirth,” they mean the branding from a couple of years back. But whenever I hear the expression, I always think of a different time from decades ago.
Beowulf met Dracula? That would have made English class much cooler!
Edit Post When Marvel launched Conan the Barbarian in 1970, it was a game-changer. Roy Thomas had seen fan letters asking for a Conan book and he knew there was …