Author Archives: Bill Jourdain

About Bill Jourdain

Bill is the host of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast. Learn more about Bill in the "About Bill" page to this site.

Comics Then #4 – The Beginning of the End or a New Beginning?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

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 →

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Golden Age Reprints – The Batman Annuals Volume 1

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

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 →

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The Year of the Bat – 70 Years Old Today!

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

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 →

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The Year of the Bat, Part 3 – The Batmobile

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

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 →

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Are the Comics Bad for Children?

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Bill Jourdain

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 →

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