Roy Thomas reaches beyond comics—maybe Neal Adams does too
By 1969, Roy Thomas has already begun reviving the Golden Age heroes he love so much. However his story inspirations reach well beyond comics, as the books I’m looking at …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
I have become as all-seeing as the mighty Ka-Bala!
Y’all remember Ka-Bala, the mysterious toy with the power to predict the future? While I cannot predict the outcome of baseball games or someone’s love life, years of immersing myself …
Marvel’s also open to flinging stuff at the wall
I’ve blogged several times about how DC in the late 1960s was desperately trying new things to see what would work (most of it didn’t). Bat Lash. Deadman. Hawk and …
The New Look is ending, Batman is changing
In 1965, the ad below informed DC readers Batman was getting a New Look (more discussion of the look here). The New Look got the Bat-books away from the science …
Three cent price increase? Sometimes it’s not just an illusion of change.
Mid-1969 was during the few years I wasn’t buying comics so I had no idea DC made this announcement. I had no idea of any of this in 1969. By …
“Strange, I coincidentally became terrified while fighting Mr. Fear — what could be the reason?”
Last week I complained about the idiot plot of Fantastic Four #89; this week it’s Daredevil #54-55 (Roy Thomas, Gene Colan). Not that I plan to focus on idiot plots, …
Two visitors from Krypton
The mid-1969 Neal Adams cover of Superboy #158, “Superboy’s Darkest Secret” (Frank Robbins, Bob Brown) is completely accurate. Superboy’s parents show up alive and it’s not a dream, not a …