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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Comics Then #4 – The Beginning of the End or a New Beginning?
I recently learned that Comics NOW! magazine has ceased publication. While this did not suprise me a great deal as I know how difficult it is for a new publication to develop a strong readership, I was still saddened by … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Age Comics
Tagged Censorship, Comics Then, EC Comics, Fredric Wertham, Senate Hearings, William Gaines
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Golden Age Reprints – The Batman Annuals Volume 1
Back in early December, I posted about the upcoming DC Comics Classic Library Series featuring the first three Batman Annuals. Well, the wait is over as DC released The Batman Annuals, Volume 1 hardcover this week. Back in the early 1960’s … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Age Comics
Tagged Batman, Batman Annuals, DC Comics, DC Comics Classic Library
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The Year of the Bat – 70 Years Old Today!
It’s April 18, the 70th Anniversary of Batman’s first appearance in the pages of Detective Comics #27. The introduction of this masked adventurer by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, with later major contributions by Jerry Robinson, Sheldon Moldoff, Dick Sprang, Gardner … Continue reading
The Year of the Bat, Part 3 – The Batmobile
In my previous post detailing the first year of Batman’s life in the comics, I mentioned a lot of aspects of the character that not only defined him, but made him an extremely popular superhero in the early Golden Age of … Continue reading
Are the Comics Bad for Children?
That was the question asked in the April 17th, 1942 issue of The Family Circle magazine a full decade before the attacks on comic books led by Fredric Wertham and Senator Estes Kefauver. Whereas they answered the question a resounding “yes” … Continue reading