Love hurts! Silver Age romances as the Bronze Age begins
It’s a cliche that “nobody stays dead in comics except Uncle Ben and Bucky — ooops.” It’s also wrong. Sub-Mariner #37 killed off Lady Dorma and 50-plus years later, she’s still …
Tag: Roy Thomas
Groundbreakers and dead ends, swords and sorcerers
As I mentioned last week, Captain Comet could have jump-started the Silver Age, but instead he went nowhere, After debuting in 1951 in Strange Adventures #9, his series in Strange Adventures ran …
A turning point in the life of Marvel’s original anti-hero!
Or so Sub-Mariner #33 seemed at the time. Much as I disliked Atlantean noblewoman Lady Dorma when Stan Lee was writing the book — — Roy Thomas taking over Sub-Mariner has …
Why yes, Roy, you were making a statement: Avengers #83
Marvel’s first story about racial conflict was Avengers #32 (correct me if I’ve missed one). Stan Lee and Don Heck (who did the cover) introduce us to the Sons of the …
Save the environment! And the Native Americans! And the Chicago Seven! More relevance
One thing you can say about the relevant stories of the late Silver/early Bronze Age is that writers had no shortage of issues to choose from. By late 1970 writers …
Schemers! Red Raven! Dark Shadows! Hero (of course) fighting hero! Marvel, cover-dated June 1970
We’re working on getting our image-posting powers back. For now, all the covers of the books I’m talking about are visible here. And no, there’s no particular reason for picking …
Famous firsts
As I’ve mentioned before, both DC or Marvel were off their game as the Silver Age approached its end. DC’s trying anything and everything to make up for the sales …