Plugging a gap with a zap!
As I mentioned a few months back, when Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes swapped books, it cut the LSH out of my Silver Age reread. Following Action Comics #376, the Legion …
Tag: Legion of Super-Heroes
Change partners and dance: Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes
Despite the title on the Curt Swan cover, Adventure Comics #380 (cover dated May 1969) wasn’t that amazing. It was, however, a landmark. (In case you’re wondering, this site is …
Comic books do not exist in a vacuum. Unless you screwed up while housecleaning
Superhero comic books, like any form of art, do not exist on a spiritual plane untouched by the real world. Sometimes, like Hawk and the Dove or Brother Power, the …
Superboy shattered! Batman becomes Robin! Captain America mourns Bucky! Wonder Woman forgets her mother’s birthday! And more!
Time for another random selection of stories. Most of them are from late 1968 as part of my Silver Age reread but the three at the end are earlier, taken …
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 …
Spoiled from the start!
Jim Shooter turned in another win with a two-part tale (art by Curt Swan) in 1968’s Adventure Comics #365 and 366.At the start, the Legion learn the peaceful planet of …
Jungle Tales
I’ve always enjoyed “The Hunter” by James Shooter and George Papp in Adventure Comics #358. Encountering it once again as part of my Silver Age reread, I found it disappointing. …