If Marvel Comics can have Captain Marvel, why not Mary Marvel? Incredible Hulk #142
As I blogged about last year, I’m not a fan of Valkyrie’s debut in Avengers #83. Though of course Valkyrie turns out to be a disguise the Enchantress adopted to …
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Bill Bixby, I did you wrong
Back when CBS’ The Incredible Hulk was on the air, I was in college and didn’t have convenient access to TV (my freshman dorm had one set, down in the …
Love hurts! Silver Age romances as the Bronze Age begins
It’s a cliche that “nobody stays dead in comics except Uncle Ben and Bucky — ooops.” It’s also wrong. Sub-Mariner #37 killed off Lady Dorma and 50-plus years later, she’s still …
Famous firsts
As I’ve mentioned before, both DC or Marvel were off their game as the Silver Age approached its end. DC’s trying anything and everything to make up for the sales …
A turning point in the life of the Hulk!
As I mentioned in an earlier post about my Silver Age reread, when the Hulk relaunched his series as Giant-Man’s companion in Tales to Astonish, it came with a reboot …
I looked at DC in September of ’66; now here’s Marvel
Back at the start of April I took a look at some of DC’s books from September of ’66. I wanted to follow up immediately with a Marvel-centered post but …
In hindsight, Tales to Astonish #81 becomes more interesting
For years my main interest in Tales to Astonish #81 was wondering why a villain called Boomerang doesn’t use more boomerangs.As you can see on the Jack Kirby cover (with …