Women problems: the comics of 1968 had them
1968 was not a good year to be a woman in superhero comics. Ever since Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne returned to the Avengers in #28, the team has …
Tag: Hawkman
Rise and fall
Tony Isabella once wrote (IIRC at least) that what inspired him to write comics was reading Fantastic Four Annual #1 and noticing how much better it was than the previous …
I’m thankful for comics
I just love this Joe Kubert cover. I am thankful for my wife, my pets and lots of stuff more important to me than comics. But having a fictional universe …
This girl split in two! You won’t believe what happened next!
As my Silver Age reread is approaching the end of 1964, I’d planned a round-up post covering several stories from that year. After rereading Hawkman #4 last week, I decided …
Wasted women of the Silver Age
No, not women who got wasted, women the writers wasted. Two women who deserved better. First we have Lesla-Lar, the Kandorian scientific genius who debuted in Action Comics #279 as “Supergirl’s …
How To Make A JLA Movie
So how DO you go about bringing the World’s Greatest Superheroes to film? John has a few ideas.