Not only is May the 70th anniversary of Superman, but it's also the 50th anniversary of the Silver Age Superman. In 1958, Mort Weissinger took over responsibilty for the Superman family of magazines. This resulted in a remarkably different character [...]
Coming In May--A Celebration of Superman
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 4, 2008
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50 Years Ago--Action Comics #239
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 23 tháng 4, 2008
This is one of those goofy covers that you have to laugh at. "No comment?" That's what Mafia members were saying to reporters around this time.What happens in the story is that a scientist is experimenting with transmutation, [...]
#012.Indiana Jones Comics
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 18 tháng 4, 2008
This post is dedicated to our friend "comicrazee :-)".Dear "comicrazee", thank you very much for marvelous header for this blog. Every your work is unique!Henry "Indiana" Walton Jones, Jr., Ph.D., is a fictional professor [...]
More World's Finest Weirdness
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I'm working my way through the early Weissinger issues and I have to admit, I didn't realize how odd it gets. Batman exposing his secret identity is just part of it. Both Batman and Superman are characterized horribly [...]
Worst Mistake Ever?
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Ba, 15 tháng 4, 2008
Well, a pretty bad one, anyway. In 1964, DC decided to team up their two biggest teenage characters, Robin and Jimmy Olsen. So in World's Finest #141 we got the origin of the "Olsen-Robin Team":It's a classic DC puzzle [...]
Random Cover of the Day: Showcase #20
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Sáu, 11 tháng 4, 2008
Not too hard to guess who the editor was for this issue; if there's a monster, a dinosaur or an alien on the cover, odds are it's a Jack Schiff comic. Yep.Another hungry brontosaurus who hasn't been told he doesn't exist [...]
#011. Buz Sawyer
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Ba, 8 tháng 4, 2008
Update (24 Oct 2012): Thanks to Emile links (D1 to D24 and S000) are fixed, as well as 5 more files are added.--------------------------Buz Sawyer was a popular comic strip created by Royston Campbell Crane [...]
Silly Stuff
Người đăng: Unknown on Chủ Nhật, 6 tháng 4, 2008
In Superman #145 (May 1961), Clark and Lois attend "The Interplanetary Circus", which has mysteriously arrived on the outskirts of Metropolis. After observing some of the exhibits, they get a mite hungry:Gee, you think [...]
A Little Tribute to Murphy Anderson
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Bảy, 5 tháng 4, 2008
Murph is probably my favorite artist of the Silver Age, since Dick Sprang was only around for the first half of the era. And among inkers, Anderson had no peers, only envious rivals.Anderson was probably best known in the [...]
Sockamagee!
Người đăng: Unknown on Thứ Tư, 2 tháng 4, 2008
This was a post I had been planning to do for some time, but given the passing of Jim Mooney, it's especially apt.Mooney was a terrific artist for DC during the Silver Age of Comics. He was originally hired as a Batman [...]
