BEM: Just like “Shazam!” only you know, not.
(Another old post I’m reposting because my Silver Age reread has caught up with it). Back in the Silver Age, DC was always including one-page features to help us kids …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
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In Green Lantern #49, John Broome and Gil Kane shook up the series by having Hal Jordan lose Carol Ferris forever, quit his job and split from Coast City. From …
Art, webs and more: somewhat random thoughts connected to Spider-Man.
One thing I’ve learned rereading the Silver Age is what a mixed bag the “Marvel method” — assigning the artists the lion’s share of the plotting — turned out to …
Maniaks, Maniaks at your door!
I would like to follow my title by saying “and you’re laughing like you’ve never laughed before!” but having read the Maniaks’ three Showcase tryout issues, I wasn’t. I doubt …
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than to untangle the continuity of Plastic Man
(Title is a paraphrased quote from DC’s Plastic Man #6). Courtesy of the DC app I recently read the first issue of DC’s Silver Age Plastic Man (November, 1966) for …
A few more reboots
Last month I posted about some of DC’s reboots from 1966. Continuing onward in my Silver Age reread, I stumbled across a few more from late that year and early …
You know what would make this character truly sing? Make them generic!
The Gladiator wasn’t a good villain when he debuted in Daredevil #18 — Silver Age Daredevil didn’t do good villains — but at least he stood out. As with the …