The fox of justice: Three yarns by Gardner F. Fox
Gardner Fox wrote the first comic book I ever read, Justice League of America #30. He is without question, one of my favorite all-time comics writers and in hindsight wrote …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
Raising Cain
Rereading the Silver Age has taught me repeatedly that my memory is fallible. Even so, sometimes my errors surprise me.I have a crystal-clear memory what happened after Dial H for …
A new face of 1968 — and a new Earth too!
Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #56 (Stan Lee, John Romita), Captain George Stacy is an excellent example of something I blogged about a few weeks back, that major changes to comics …
Women problems: the comics of 1968 had them
1968 was not a good year to be a woman in superhero comics. Ever since Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne returned to the Avengers in #28, the team has …
When the New Look became the Old Look
My Silver Age reread has now reached the books cover-dated June of 1968 (I’ve still got some earlier stuff to blog about though). Batman’s New Look is about to transition …
Jeepers, Creeper
As my Silver Age reread has now reached Showcase #73 I planned to recycle my 2021 post on the Creeper. As my reread has done what it’s supposed to, giving …
Roy Thomas and the Hulk were both in New York in April, 1968?
My Silver Age reread has now reached the April, 1968 cover date. By this point Roy Thomas has been writing at Marvel for over two years, starting with his debut …