Starfish, snail mail and the Silver Age Justice League
The starfish, of course, appeared on the cover of the Justice League’s debut. The first time I read “Starro the Conqueror” it was a reprint in an 80-page Giant. I …
Tag: DC Comics
The covers that got away
I love looking at comic book covers from the Silver Age. They were made for the days when comics sat on the spinner rack for a few days, then poof, …
Steve Englehart, the Lazarus Man
As a teenager in the Bronze Age, Steve Englehart was one of my favorite writers. Looking back, I still love his stories, but I’m almost as impressed by the number …
There are eight million stories in the Batman’s city. These are some of them.
Collecting the Golden Age Batman Omnibus volumes has been a joy in itself. Seriously; I now have every story for the first decade of Batman’s existence and then some. That’s …
There must have been something in the water. Or maybe the ink.
When I think of how the Silver Age changed comics, I usually think of Julius Schwartz, then Marvel, putting their distinctive stamps on the superhero genre. Rereading the Silver Age …
My strange fascination with DC’s Tomahawk
Tom Hawk — Revolutionary War scout, “Indian fighter” and “America’s favorite frontier hero” intrigues the hell out of me. Not that I have a burning urge to buy up some …
True confessions: I like Gunfire.
No, not the sound of bullets, I like Gunfire the 1994-5 comic book and its eponymous protagonist. I’m aware that’s a minority view. Gunfire is usually, and not unreasonably dismissed …