August, 1965: Bondage comics
No, not the Wonder Woman kind of bondage.I mean “bond-age” as in the Age of James Bond. After Goldfinger came out in ’64, spies were suddenly cooler than they’d ever …
Tag: Marvel Comics
It was the summer of ’65. Here are some comics covers
No particular theme here other than picking covers I like, or that I at least find interesting. This Curt Swan cover is an excellent example of the drawbacks of Cover …
Oh Wasp, where is thy story logic?
Having read a couple of stories from July ’65 this weekend, I thought I’d do a quick add-on to Monday’s post. Avengers #18, “When the Commissar Commands” was the first …
Marvel 1965: a shared universe, a man-fish, a pointless engagement
My Silver Age reread is up to June 1965 at this point and the Marvel Universe is definitely a thing. It’s not like Stan Lee and the rest of the …
Is he superhero or monster — or is he both?
When I started my Silver Age reread, I didn’t pay much attention to Marvel because I didn’t have any Marvel stuff from the 1950s. As you can see here, most …
Once was enough
Rereading old comics, I’m often surprised how frequently writers would create great villains, then stop using them. Not always, of course. The Joker has seen lots of use in every …
The Siancong War: Worse Than I Thought
Thanks to my local library I read History of the Marvel Universe by Mark Waid and Javier Rodriguez yesterday, hoping to clarify some of my questions about the Siancong War. …