Looks matter
As I’ve mentioned before, throwing characters away under the assumption they’ll never amount to anything is often a mistake. Sometimes it takes a new writer or a new angle to …
Tag: DC Comics
Let them go down to the dust from which they sprung
(Title courtesy of Sir Walter Scott writing that the man with no love for his native land shall “go down to the vile dust from whence he sprung, unwept, unhonour’d …
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 …
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 …
Now that’s realism!
As I’ve said before, the Silver Age origin of the Teen Titans is sheer elegance in its simplicity: they realized teenagers sometimes needed superheroes in their corner so they formed …
The changing of the guard
One of the dismaying truths about comics is that nothing is forever, particularly creative teams. Sometimes this works out great, as when Steve Englehart replaced Roy Thomas writing Avengers or …
Sabertooth cats and alien insects
My Silver Age reread is now into January, 1966, which brings me to Daredevil’s encounter with Ka-Zar in Daredevil #12. I’ll have more to say about it when I complete …