Lo, the silver fades
As my Silver Age reread is now in mid-1969, I can see the Silver Age winding down. Dr. Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD just switched to bi-monthly. DC’s …
Tag: DC Comics
Two random images from ’69
One is this humor page from a 1969 issue of House of Mystery. No particular reason, I just found it funny. I’m not sure why this ad commanded my attention …
The image that fell out of time!
In blogging about Gardner Fox’s departure from DC Comics, I meant to talk about Justice League of America #61 as an example of one of Fox’s more convoluted plots, and …
DC gets hip!
As I mentioned back in May, by 1968 comics were increasingly reacting to their times. In early 1969, Spider-Man tackled campus protests; DC cast its eye on that iconic late-sixties …
Kids these days — er, those days
As I mentioned last month, I’ve paid little attention to DC’s romance books during my Silver Age Reread. More recently it occurred to me I haven ‘t paid much attention …
I’ll never be a war comics fan—
But damn, this add for Our Army At War #203 makes me want to rush out and buy it. Cover art by Joe Kubert of course. #SFWAPro.
The most important woman in Batman’s life
That was the theme of Batman #208, one of DC’s 80-page giants. Lots of these reprint issues had themes: Flash’s most treacherous traps, the Dynamic Duo’s adventures in time and …