Mercy-killing comic books
One bad thing about rereading the Silver Age is that it includes reading stuff that I don’t particularly like.Sgt. Fury, for example, was sometimes billed as the “the war comic …
Tag: DC Comics
Cavemen, beast-bombs and an outsider: the weirder side of 1965 in Gotham City
As I mentioned last week, the New Look Batman era toned down the SF elements that Jack Schiff had pumped into Batman such as alien criminals. Weird changes either to …
Batman, right before Adam West
In January of 1966, Batman would debut on ABC TV, launching a craze that would make Batman DC’s biggest star and pump “camp” into DC’s comic book line. In 1965, …
When last we left our hero, Captain Action …
As you may recall from my previous post, the first issue of Captain Action culminates in Clive Arno, Mythological Manhunter, going down at the hands of his archfoe, Krellik. It’s …
His name is synonymous with action — no, wait, his name IS Action!
My memory of DC’s 1968-69 Captain Action series was that it had two great issues by Jim Shooter, one horribly written issue by Gil Kane — and two issues of …
The bush league Justice League: Gerry Conway’s Detroit JLA
I often think that when comic book writers talk about the need to shake up a series they’ve been working on for years, it’s time for them to move on. …
Once was enough
Rereading old comics, I’m often surprised how frequently writers would create great villains, then stop using them. Not always, of course. The Joker has seen lots of use in every …