As we are about to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, I thought it would be fun to mention some Thanksgiving covers from the Golden Age of Comic Books. As I’ve discussed several times on the Podcast, there are many Christmas covers to be found, but when it comes to covers featuring a [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2008’
Comics Then Columns Now Online
Since the Fall of 2007 I have been writing the “Comics Then” column for Comics NOW! magazine. While the magazine focuses on the modern and current comic books and comics book characters, “Comics Then” showcases the comics and characters of the past. I thought it would be great to make available each of the columns here [...]
DC and Marvel Vaults
So, you’re struggling with what to get your Golden Age fan for the holidays and can’t come up with the cash for that elusive Action Comics #1? Why not raid the vaults over at Marvel and DC for some really cool Golden Age memorabilia! No, I’m not kidding, and there are a bunch of one-of-a-kind [...]
Golden Age Reprints for 2008
In the last episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast, I mentioned that there had been a plethora of Golden Age reprints over the past several months. In looking back at 2008 (at least through the date of this post) it seems that Marvel has been a little busier than DC in providing [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books – November 12, 2008 – #59
Welcome to the 59th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast! In this episode we discuss Phantom Lady, who was published by several comic book companies during the Golden Age. She first appeared in Quality’s Police Comics #1 (August, 1941) and ran until issue #23 in 1943. Four years later, she was published [...]
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