DC gets hip!
As I mentioned back in May, by 1968 comics were increasingly reacting to their times. In early 1969, Spider-Man tackled campus protests; DC cast its eye on that iconic late-sixties …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
Relevance! Galactus! The Serpent Crown! Glimpses of Marvel in January 1969
Along with the infamous marriage of Yellowjacket and the Wasp, Marvel had a few other books cover-dated for January 1969. Here are some of them, starting with Amazing Spider-Man #68. …
Kids these days — er, those days
As I mentioned last month, I’ve paid little attention to DC’s romance books during my Silver Age Reread. More recently it occurred to me I haven ‘t paid much attention …
I’ll never be a war comics fan—
But damn, this add for Our Army At War #203 makes me want to rush out and buy it. Cover art by Joe Kubert of course. #SFWAPro.
What is truth? Is truth unchanging taste?
(Time for another repost to fit an old topic into my Silver Age reread. This time: Avengers #60!) When I was in my teens I read an old copy of …
Captain Action in the Super City!
Having blogged a couple of times about Captain Action, the toy-turned-DC hero, I thought you might like to see him in his natural environment, the toy ad.At the link, Jim …
The most important woman in Batman’s life
That was the theme of Batman #208, one of DC’s 80-page giants. Lots of these reprint issues had themes: Flash’s most treacherous traps, the Dynamic Duo’s adventures in time and …