Steve Ditko’s Shade: The First Changing Man
Steve Ditko’s Bronze Age series Shade, The Changing ManĀ has definitely been overshadowed by the later Vertigo reboot. That’s a shame ā it’s easily my favorite of Ditko’s DC work. Rac …
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So maybe they should have kept his secret origin secret? Comet the Super-Horse
Some origins are just so right, they’re classic. Superman, last survivor of a doomed planet, fighting to defend his adopted homeworld. Batman, avenging the murder of his parents by waging …
The shipping of Lex and Lois
I recently reached July of 1962 in my Silver Age reread and I discovered this cover on Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #34.Ā I don’t have the “great imaginary novel” but …
Call Him B’Wana
The Silver Age super-hero BāWana Beast (Beast Master more or less) is, as they say these days, āproblematic.ā In 1967, when much of Africa had declared independence from the West, …
Deus Ex Brother Eye: Omac, the One Man Army
Reading Jack Kirby in the Bronze Age made me wonder what his fans were smoking. Why did everyone keep talking about the guy who wroteĀ Devil Dinosaur and The Demon as …
“The Three Jokers” is a perfect Christmas gift for comics fans. That’s a joke
If you findĀ The Three Jokers in your Christmas stocking, blame Krampus. Jason Fabok’s art is good, but Geoff Johns’ story for the three-issue miniseries embodies everything wrong with the Clown …
Three early Silver Age covers, three related mini-posts
First cover, by Curt Swan, forĀ Superman #146. It’s a full-length retelling of Superman’s origin from1961, but it feels about 20 years ahead of its time. “The Story of Superman’s Life” …