Zha-Vam! Say his name and Superman still shakes!
(Once again reposting something I wrote earlier to fit it into my Silver Age reread) For years, I’ve suffered the frustration of having Action #351 and #353 — the first and last …
Tag: Superman
One by Dorfman, Two by Hamilton
I meant to review “Superman’s Sacrifice” in Superman #171 some time back — it came out August, 1964 and my Silver Age reread is now two years past that — …
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 …
It was the summer of ’65. Here are some comics covers
No particular theme here other than picking covers I like, or that I at least find interesting. This Curt Swan cover is an excellent example of the drawbacks of Cover …
Daredevil gets old school, Superman gets furious: my last look at 1964.
Silver Age Marvel gets a lot of credit for telling stories that were more contemporary than old-fashioned DC. “Contemporary” is not how I’d describe Daredevil #5, in which he battles …
Batman splits from Superman, then fights … Hydra? More from ’64
Following on Monday’s Bat-post, there are a couple more Batman stories from 1964 I wanted to talk about. First, from World’s Finest Comics #143, we have a story that asks …
“Say his name and even Superman shakes!”
For years, I’ve suffered the frustration of having Action #351 and #353 — the first and last parts of a continued story — without the middle section. Just last week, I rectified …