There have been several Golden Age reprints issued by DC and Marvel over the last several weeks. DC continues with its Chronicles series, and Marvel with the celebration of its 70th anniversary. DC Comics This week, DC published the seventh installment of The Superman Chronicles. This book contains vintage WWII era Superman stories written by [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2009’
Christmas in July
For me, July 25th 2009 was “Christmas in July” for reasons other than just the date. This weekend, I picked up a number of Golden Age (and pre-Golden Age) comic books, many of which were “Christmas” themed. In fact, some of these issues are the oldest comic books I own. The highlight of my “summer Christmas” [...]
Green Lantern – First Flight
One of my favorite Golden Age superheroes is the Green Lantern (Alan Scott) who made his debut in the pages of All American Comics #16 (July 1940). I covered this honored member of the Justice Society of America in Podcast #15 (September 2005). Later, in the Silver Age of Comic Books, a new Green Lantern [...]
The Clock Strikes Twice – A Batman & Robin Swipe
I enjoyed reading Pat’s recent post at the Silver Age Blog about Batman’s swipe of Blackhawk. That got me thinking about an earlier swipe where the Silver Age Batman swipes a story from the Golden Age Robin the Boy Wonder. Although I covered this story way back in the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast [...]
New Classic Archie Reprints
Archie Andrews has been in the news lately with the announcement of his upcoming marriage (schedule to hit the stores in August). Over the years there have been a number of great reprints of vintage Archie material from the 1940′s to the present. Most notable among these are the “Americana Series” books that reprint Archie [...]