Wyatt Wingfoot and Supergirl kick butt in the Silver Age
I don’t think anyone reading this really needs me to recommend Fantastic Four #51. The debut of the Black Panther is a dynamic story, introduces a landmark character and I …
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There is no I in team. Wait, that’s not my point.
In one of the recent Greg Hatcher reprint columns, Greg pondered how much you can rework a character before they’re someone else. That got me thinking about how that applies …
A football coach and Lex Luthor (no, they don’t walk into a bar)
As I discussed Monday, multi-part stories make it easy for the creators to change course mid-stream. This isn’t always a bad thing: I think Stan Lee’s change to Warlock’s origin …
Marvel in 1965: As good as the legend says
Rereading the Silver Age the past few years, I finally appreciate why so many people revered Marvel back in the day. Not that I disliked Marvel myself but I was …
Two 34s from 1965
By a weird coincidence, both today’s reviews come from a thirty-fourth issue. Once again, I think they show the respective strengths of DC and Marvel. First, from Green Lantern #34, …
Reed Richards, veteran
Blogging about the Siancong War Monday put me in mind of something I’ve meant to blog about for a while, how unusual Reed Richard’s military service is by today’s comic …
Fox, Lee, Kirby: Writing in the Silver Age
Once Marvel began publishing superhero comics in the Silver Age, the differences between the Marvel and DC styles firmed up quickly. Most of the DC stories I remember fondly give …