Even reprints need a better cover than this
One of the trademarks of the Bronze Age was Marvel and DC’s increasing use of reprints. They were cheaper than new material, easier than new material and attracted lots of …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
Love changes everything. Except when it doesn’t.
Monday I wrote about Marvel superheroes and their love interests as of mid-1971. DC didn’t play up the personal drama as much as Marvel (nor usually as well) but as …
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 …
A legion of monsters in your house! Can anything stop Dr. Deadly?
I’ve periodically looked at the model kits of the 1960s as part of my Silver Age reread. We have the classic horror models — —the superheroes — — and the …
Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story — I guess it must be true!
“Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story!” In the Silver Age putting that or similar phrasing on a cover was a way to telegraph that no matter …
Victor von Doom’s astonishing adventures!
I think we can all agree that Dr. Doom is a superior character to DC’s Eclipso. That did not, however, make him a more successful character. Eclipso debuted in House of …
The only good goblin is a dead goblin
Comics nerds like us have generated endless discussion — spoken, print, online — about the decision to kill Gwen Stacey. Who came up with it? Why? What did her co-creator, …