Comics scribe Mike Friedrich was writing serious “relevant” stories pretty much from the get-go. As I said when I wrote about Teen Titans #19, it’s a surprise to find him …
Late 1968 must have been a scary time at DC. Since the Golden Age, they’d been top dog in comic books. Now Marvel was making steady gains and the massive …
In the summer of 1966, Marvel Comics suddenly went Steve Ditko-less. I’ve read a variety of reasons — money, locking horns with Stan Lee, fundamental disagreements about the series’ direction …
One thing about the “white pantsuit” era of Wonder Woman (though she didn’t wear that outfit half as much as people remember), it didn’t stick to a formula.After setting up …
Some years back, I began rereading my run of Wonder Woman, which I do with most of my old comics eventually, and blogging about them, which I don’t usually do. …
The East Coast Comicon has become my favorite con to attend. It’s large enough to have big name guests, but not so large that its impossible to move around in. It’s got everything you’d expect a modern day con to have — celebrities, panels, autograph lines, cool vehicles, back issue dealers, costume contests — but unlike most other cons, the emphasis remains on comic books.
