Was this when DC and Marvel started handing out the good drugs?
It’s common knowledge that back in the early 1970s, some among the new generation of Bronze Age comics writers were using drugs. The Golden and Silver Age generations, as far …
Tag: Rereading the Silver Age
The king and the kook: Jack Kirby takes over Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen
Looking back, I’m not sure it’s possible to grasp what a seismic shock Jack Kirby leaving Marvel in 1970 was at the time. There was a lot less moving between …
Bruce Wayne goes to the movies!
Just as it’s easy to inject Superman into a story by having Clark Kent assigned to cover something (“A scientist has been digging up graves to get raw material for …
Farewell to the King
As I’ve mentioned many times, I didn’t read Marvel much as a kid. I came in late on the Fourth World, shortly before DC pulled the plug on New Gods and Forever …
This post is an excuse
For what, you ask? Well, to post this Marshall Rogers cover as part of my Silver Age Reread. I’m sorry I couldn’t get it in as one photo but it’s …
I am old enough to remember when this was cool …
While reading some late 1970s comics for my Silver Age reread, I came across this ad. Man, did it take me back. I wouldn’t have paid much attention to this …
Dying is easy. Research is hard
When I was working on my first movie book, Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan (covering made for TV science fiction, fantasy and horror films), I discovered that giving a full accounting …