Lo, there shall come changes (but small ones)
The big change in Fantastic Four #61 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby) was supposed to be the Sandman. The costume upgrade on the cover is only part of it. As the …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
No longer invincible? The Justice League in 1966 and ’67
For some reason, Gardner Fox in late ’66 and on into the following year — Justice League of America #50 through #55 — decided it would be interesting if he …
DC’s Batman in 1967
When I was a kid, the Batman TV show was amazingly cool. A superhero, right there on the TV, and in live action! I hadn’t seen the George Reeves Superman …
A turning point in the life of the Hulk!
As I mentioned in an earlier post about my Silver Age reread, when the Hulk relaunched his series as Giant-Man’s companion in Tales to Astonish, it came with a reboot …
Things I didn’t get into
Comic books of the Silver Age were, of course, rife with ads and many of them sounded so amazingly cool. X-ray spectacles! A tank full of tiny sea monkeys! Foolproof …
Zha-Vam! Say his name and Superman still shakes!
(Once again reposting something I wrote earlier to fit it into my Silver Age reread) For years, I’ve suffered the frustration of having Action #351 and #353 — the first and last …
Just when it was getting good!
I’ve mentioned before that including Sgt. Fury in my Silver Age Reread hasn’t changed my feelings about the book. Which are negative, despite some striking moments like this one (courtesy …