There must have been something in the water. Or maybe the ink.
When I think of how the Silver Age changed comics, I usually think of Julius Schwartz, then Marvel, putting their distinctive stamps on the superhero genre. Rereading the Silver Age …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
My strange fascination with DC’s Tomahawk
Tom Hawk — Revolutionary War scout, “Indian fighter” and “America’s favorite frontier hero” intrigues the hell out of me. Not that I have a burning urge to buy up some …
A world without superheroes: The birth of the Silver Age
Intellectually, I’ve known for years that between the Golden Age ending and the debut of Barry Allen in Showcase #4, superheroes were mostly dead in the water. My recent rereading …