The batshit racist character find of 1965: Egg Fu!
(This is a repost from my own blog from 2016. I see no need to re-evaluate my 2016 assessment of Egg Fu). So having finished Showcase Presents Wonder Woman Vol. …
Tag: DC Comics
DC’s sensational character finds of 1965!
(Or more precisely the end of 1964 through the beginning of 1966, going, as usual, by cover dates). One of the joys of my Silver Age reread is when I …
Kids These Days
I’m guessing most of y’all have seen one of those Beloit College lists that go around every year, reminding teachers of what Kids These Days are like. If you were …
Exactly how I’d expect Batman to act, yet it didn’t work: Tower of Babel
A few years back, I began rereading my Justice League of America books. As I don’t binge, I’m currently midway through Joe Kelly’s run (I have a lot of JLA …
The Silver Age: Cute, goofy and … lethal?
One of the more annoying cliches about the Silver Age is that it was too utterly silly and lighthearted for the modern, sophisticated adults of today to take seriously, without …
1965: The year the Justice Society failed
By 1965, the Justice Society had become semi-regular guest stars in DC’s Earth-One series. Three popular crossovers between Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. Two highly acclaimed JLA/JSA team-ups. So it’s …
Discarding characters to die in the gutter
One of the things that annoys me about 21st century comics is that along with the impulse to get back to the Silver (or at least the Bronze) Age versions …