Losers, robots and spiders
As I’ve mentioned before in this Silver Age reread, I’ve never been a war comics fan, and I was barely reading any comics from the start of ’69 until 1972. …
Tag: Mike Sekowsky
From artist to auteur: Mike Sekowsky
I’ve often wondered what prompted Mike Sekowsky, after decades as a DC artist, to become a writer as well. In 1968 he and Denny O’Neil co-created the adventurer formerly known …
Wonder Woman faces her greatest foe — lesbian BDSM bullies!
My Silver Age reread is approaching the (cover-dated) end of 1969 (though there’s still some earlier stuff to blog about, such as Secret Six). Wonder Woman is now, as you …
The image that fell out of time!
In blogging about Gardner Fox’s departure from DC Comics, I meant to talk about Justice League of America #61 as an example of one of Fox’s more convoluted plots, and …
Wonder Woman … no more!
(Another old post I’m fitting into the right time frame in my Silver Age Reread) Wonder Woman #178 warned all readers that Big Changes Were Coming. The following issue, they …
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. …
No longer invincible? The Justice League in 1966 and ’67
For some reason, Gardner Fox in late ’66 and on into the following year — Justice League of America #50 through #55 — decided it would be interesting if he …