A couple of months ago, I cited Flash #209 and Batman #234 as the beginning of what would become a Bronze Age trend â writers using supervillains again rather than “realistic” or …
Okay, I made that up. But I’m sure anyone nerdy enough to hang out here at Atomic Junk Shop knows Steve Ditko was a devout admirer of Ayn Rand’s Objectivist …
Perhaps not, but Flash #210’s Murphy Anderson cover did raise a few eyebrows. I mean, WTF, Flash-creators â we’re in 2971, John Wilkes Booth just shot Abraham Lincoln and Adam …
I put quotes around “derivative” in the title because as I’ve written about before, definitive is a subjective term. Someone like me who grew up with Silver Age Mort Weisinger …
Once again, an ad from yesterday â late 1971 in this case â caught my eye during my ongoing Silver/Bronze Age reread. Iron-on patches had become popular in the 1960s …
If you’re wondering how Homo magi, something Gerry Conway came up with in 1979, fits into my Silver Age reread â well, Superboy #175 (cover by Neal Adams) came out in …
There’s no question a lot of the Bronze Age was solid gold. Steve Englehart’s Avengers. Tomb of Dracula. Starlin’s Warlock and Captain Marvel. Plus less spectacular but solidly entertaining books such as Cary Bates …
