My memory of the House of Mystery late-Silver Age/Bronze Age anthology format is that Cain sat around introducing the stories, made snarky quips, and occasionally bullied his brother Abel. As …
Okay, not so shocked. Silver Age comics frequently didn’t treat their women well. Particularly Marvel. Still the two examples that follow are particularly egregious Thor #164 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby) …
Unlike Jay Garrick vs. Barry Allen or Alan Scott vs. Hal Jordan, there was never a clear dividing line between the Earth-2 and Earth-1 Batman. I don’t think there’s anything …
One of the nice surprises about rereading the Silver Age is when comics series I don’t care for deliver a good issue. Three of the stories I’m looking at here …
My first encounter with Deadman was the splash page on his second story. It’s kind of weird. I didn’t think so at the time. A ghost talking with a trio …
In mid-1969, following Arnold Drake’s run on X-Men, fomer X-writer Roy Thomas returned to his old stomping ground. This time, though, it was with a new artist: Neal Adams. They …
Despite the title on the Curt Swan cover, Adventure Comics #380 (cover dated May 1969) wasn’t that amazing. It was, however, a landmark. (In case you’re wondering, this site is …
