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Posts from ‘December, 2005’

Golden Age of Comic Books – December 19, 2005 – #29

Welcome to the first annual Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast Christmas special!  In this episode we talk about a number of great Christmas stories and covers from the Golden Age of Comics.  Enjoy and Merry Christmas! Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast #29 (Standard MP3)

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Golden Age of Comic Books – December 12, 2005 – #28

In this episode, we start by discussing the Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Juvenille Delinquency from 1954.  These hearings that took place over two days in 1954 explored crime, violence, sex and horror in comic books.  As a result of these hearings and the efforts of those like Fredric Wertham whose book Seduction of the Innocent [...]

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Golden Age of Comic Books – December 5, 2005 – #27

In this episode, we discuss the Batman Origin Trilogy as crafted by the great Bill Finger in the pages of Detective Comics #33 (November, 1939), Batman #47 (July, 1948) and Detective Comics #235 (September, 1956).  Finger stated in Detective Comics #33 with a very limited origin that detailed the murders of Bruce Wayne’s parents in [...]

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