Tag: Flash
Sargon the Sorcerer fought the Creeper at the Battle of Jericho! Three from DC in ’69
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 …
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 …
A new face of 1968 — and a new Earth too!
Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #56 (Stan Lee, John Romita), Captain George Stacy is an excellent example of something I blogged about a few weeks back, that major changes to comics …
And the inaugural Sam Scudder Award for Penology goes to …
The warden on this page from Flash #174. And the guard too.Seriously, what kind of idiot looks at the Mirror Master polishing a mirror and doesn’t think “Uh-oh”? Certainly not …
Discarding characters to die in the gutter
One of the things that annoys me about 21st century comics is that along with the impulse to get back to the Silver (or at least the Bronze) Age versions …
What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – September 2020
Not a lot to say about comics this month, but I hope you’ll indulge me!