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In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we focus on one of the DC Comics “big three”, Wonder Woman! Wonder Woman got her start in the pages of All-Star Comics #8, and became the main feature in Sensation Comics starting with issue #1. She also had her own title, Wonder Woman. Wonder [...]
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In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we discuss none other than Plastic Man! Plastic Man was created by the great Jack Cole for Quality Comics. Plastic Man first appeared in Police Comics #1 in August, 1941. He was given his own title in 1943, and appeared in both Police Comics and [...]
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In this episode we talk about the one and only Captain Marvel! The “Big Red Cheese” made his first appearance in Whiz Comics #2 (#1) in February, 1940. He had first appeared in ashcan copies of Flash Comics and Thrill Comics as Captain Thunder. Due to copyright issues, Fawcett changed the character’s name to Captain [...]
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In this installment of the Golden Age of Comic Books we cover The Spectre from DC Comics! This supernatural character made his first appearance in the pages of More Fun Comics #52 (February 1940) as written by Jerry Siegel and drawn by Bernard Bailey. The Spectre was a big hit for DC, and he went [...]
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In this episode we don’t cover any specific Golden Age character, but instead discuss some of the earliest Golden Age titles, New Comics, New Fun Comics and More Fun Comics. This was all one comic book published by DC Comics starting in 1935. Through its various title changes, the title continued until the last issue [...]
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