Golden Age of Comic Books Rotating Header Image

Posts from ‘January, 2006’

Golden Age of Comic Books – January 26, 2006 – #33

In this episode we cover Spy Smasher from Fawcett.  Spy Smasher made his debut in Whiz Comics #2 (February, 1940) and continued in that title until he changed his name to Crime Smasher in issue #76 (July, 1946).  Crime Smasher continued until issue #83 of Whiz Comics (March, 1947).  He had his own title, Spy [...]

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Golden Age of Comic Books – January 18, 2006 – #32

In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover the two great war titles from EC Comics: Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat.  Two-Fisted Tales debuted with issue #18 in 1950 and ran through issue #41 in 1955.  Frontline Combat began with issue #1 in 1951 and ran through issue #15 in 1954.  Much of [...]

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Golden Age of Comic Books – January 12, 2006 – #31

In this episode, we discuss all things related to Golden Age Science Fiction Comics.  The first was Fiction House’s Planet Comics that ran from 1940 until 1953.  Other classic Golden Age science fiction comics included the great titles Weird Fantasy and Weird Science from EC Comics as published in the early 1950′s.  Some of the [...]

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Golden Age of Comic Books – January 3, 2006 – #30

In this episode, we learn about the Golden Age Tomahawk from DC Comics.  Tomahawk was a revolutionary war era frontiersman.  He was created and drawn by Fred Ray and first appeared in the pages of Star Spangled Comics #69 (June, 1947).  At first he was a back up feature in Star Spangled Comics, but he [...]

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.