I hear it coming. I can feel it in my bones
(Title is from the lyrics to Crystal Gayle’s “Our Love Is on the Faultine,” in case you were wondering). I’m pleased with DC’s new DC Finest reprint line. So far I’ve …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
Has anyone ever said you look like Superman?
I recently wrapped up the first Silver Age Superman omnibus, which I bought to upgrade from the Showcase Superman black and white TPBs. As I’ve blogged about before, this was an …
Forever is a long time coming — but they’re here!
Following Jack Kirby’s DC debut — Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen — February 1971 (cover-dated) brought us two pure Kirby creations, Forever People #1 and New Gods #1 (though Alan Stewart says …
I always thought Iris Allen needed a secret origin, didn’t you?
Continuity implants of the Silver Age were often unremarkable, more like showing details of someone’s backstory they just hadn’t brought up before. Learning in Flash #126 that Barry Allen had a …
Would you buy a diamond ring from this comic book?
I’ve blogged before about some of the implausible stuff advertised in comics, like classes to become a dental assistant. This might be the weirdest yet. Even given comic-book readers skewed …
Kryptonite is gone! Can anything stop Superman now?
Following up on Monday’s post on reboots, here’s one of the biggest of the early Bronze Age — because it was Superman. Rebooting the Black Widow is one thing; making …
As the Bible says, some seeds fall upon stony ground
I don’t know where in my piles of comics I read it, or if it’s even in one I own, but Stan Lee once recounted in a Soapbox how a …