I’d like to meet a hairy too
I’m not sure which issue of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen this text page appeared in but it’s worth posting here even so. The Hairies debuted in #134, the product of something called …
Tag: DC Comics
The new comics creators of the 1970s — or at least new to these books
For any DC fan in the Silver Age, Carmine Infantino was the Flash artist. He’d been drawing Barry Allen from the beginning until 1967 when DC kicked him upstairs and Ross …
I’d have posted sooner —
But the Plush Dog went on a three-day binge and we had to bail him out of the drunk tank. Actually what happened was that a few weeks ago he …
Take his hand — he’s a Stranger in paradise
As I mentioned back in June, when the Phantom Stranger debuted in Showcase I had no idea he was an established character getting a second chance. If I’d read the …
Save the environment! And the Native Americans! And the Chicago Seven! More relevance
One thing you can say about the relevant stories of the late Silver/early Bronze Age is that writers had no shortage of issues to choose from. By late 1970 writers …
This post is an excuse
For what, you ask? Well, to post this Marshall Rogers cover as part of my Silver Age Reread. I’m sorry I couldn’t get it in as one photo but it’s …
Some comic-book images from 1970
The backup to Man-Bat’s second appearance, the Robin story “My Place in the Sun” (Mike Friedrich, Gil Kane) isn’t particularly memorable. It is interesting, though, that much as Stan Lee …