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The Widow gets dangerous: Sting of the Widow
Comics, Fraser Sherman

The Widow gets dangerous: Sting of the Widow

By frasersherman January 25, 2023 January 18, 2023 6

Reading Black Widow: Sting of the Widow alongside my Silver Age reread made me much more aware what a game-changer the early 1970s was for Natasha. Though the collection includes …

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New faces of the Silver Age (not that I ever saw their faces back then).
Comics, Fraser Sherman

New faces of the Silver Age (not that I ever saw their faces back then).

By frasersherman January 16, 2023 January 12, 2023 1

In 1965 and 1966, change was in the air. New names were writing the comics I liked, as well as the books I didn’t care about. The new generation of …

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The Silver Age in 1966: more than just Marvel and DC
Comics, Fraser Sherman

The Silver Age in 1966: more than just Marvel and DC

By frasersherman January 4, 2023 January 8, 2023 6

As I’ve mentioned previously, DC in 1965 looked very different from when the era started in 1956. Marvel isn’t the same company either. Western comics are fading away, though they’d …

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The sensational DC promotions of 1966!
Comics, Fraser Sherman

The sensational DC promotions of 1966!

By frasersherman January 2, 2023 December 29, 2022 1

One of the fun things about rereading Silver Age comic books rather than reprints is the ads. DC and Marvel would both try their level best to convince you that …

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Now that’s realism!
Comics, Fraser Sherman

Now that’s realism!

By frasersherman December 28, 2022 December 24, 2022 0

As I’ve said before, the Silver Age origin of the Teen Titans is sheer elegance in its simplicity: they realized teenagers sometimes needed superheroes in their corner so they formed …

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The changing of the guard
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The changing of the guard

By frasersherman December 20, 2022 December 13, 2022 5

One of the dismaying truths about comics is that nothing is forever, particularly creative teams. Sometimes this works out great, as when Steve Englehart replaced Roy Thomas writing Avengers or …

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Even Lois Lane would find this cringeworthy
Comics, Fraser Sherman

Even Lois Lane would find this cringeworthy

By frasersherman December 14, 2022 December 12, 2022 0

As I said on Monday, Marvel upped its game amazingly between Fantastic Four #1 and the end of 1965. Stan Lee and his collaborators had become masters of continual narrative …

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