In the summer of 1966, titans fell (and other stuff happened)
Okay, “titans fell” is a clickbait exaggeration. House of Secrets was never a Silver Age titan and Mystery In Space dropped in quality after Jack Schiff took it over from …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
More advertising from DC’s Silver Age
Back in January I posted about some of DC’s experimental promotions in early 1966. My Silver Age rereading has since made it through the summer of that year and DC’s …
Ditko, departed
In the summer of 1966, Marvel Comics suddenly went Steve Ditko-less. I’ve read a variety of reasons — money, locking horns with Stan Lee, fundamental disagreements about the series’ direction …
Wyatt Wingfoot and Supergirl kick butt in the Silver Age
I don’t think anyone reading this really needs me to recommend Fantastic Four #51. The debut of the Black Panther is a dynamic story, introduces a landmark character and I …
Jim Shooter is in the house (Legion Clubhouse, Fortress of Solitude, whatever)
My Silver Age rereading has now reached the summer of ’66, which means teenage Jim Shooter is DC’s new writing star. His Legion of Super-Heroes work is what he’s best …
In hindsight, Tales to Astonish #81 becomes more interesting
For years my main interest in Tales to Astonish #81 was wondering why a villain called Boomerang doesn’t use more boomerangs.As you can see on the Jack Kirby cover (with …
It took me several decades to get this joke
Metamorpho #7 is a typical Element Man adventure. Simon Stagg, polymath, attends a conference of the world’s top vulcanologists, only to have someone kidnap them all. By default, the top guy …