Will they save the comic-book Western — or ruin it? Bat Lash and Scalphunter
Back in 1968, I kept seeing ads asking “Bat Lash—Will He Save the West or Ruin It?” I had no clue who or what Bat Lash was, and no way …
Tag: DC Comics
Whatever gods there be: theology in the DCU and MU
If you don’t think about it much, the Marvel and DC universes look like they have Christianity as their operating system. We’ve seen Heaven, often depicted with pearly gates. It …
Life will make you doubt. Anti-Life will make you right!
The Forever People was far and away the weakest of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World books. Mister Miracle had colorful foes and Scott Free’s determination to be free of Apokalips (and “He cheats …
BEM: Just like “Shazam!” only you know, not.
Back in the Silver Age, DC was always including one-page features to help us kids be better people. Reading them I learned to treat others as I’d like to be …
“Kryptonians can’t have babies with Terrans” is a silly hill to die on
So during a discussion about the new Superman and Lois elsewhere online, someone declared they couldn’t take the show seriously when it has a Kryptonian man impregnating a human woman (the …
Fox, Lee, Kirby: Writing in the Silver Age
Once Marvel began publishing superhero comics in the Silver Age, the differences between the Marvel and DC styles firmed up quickly. Most of the DC stories I remember fondly give …
The Kiss of the Kobra
Back in 2014 (this is a repost from my own blog that year), as part of rereading my comics collection, I came across a Kobra story from the 1990s. On …