Here’s a classic Golden Age Halloween cover from the fall of 1945. Comic Cavalcade was a great anthology book published by DC, featuring The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. Although this title saw 64 continuous issues published until 1954, the superheroes ended their run with issue #29 in 1948. The funny animals took over [...]
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Guest Appearance on Earth Station One Podcast
I had a great time appearing with the Earth Station One podcast gang on Episode 73, part 2 where they discussed all things related to Batman. As most of you know, the Golden Age Batman has always been my favorite, so I simply could not pass up the opportunity to discuss the character, his origins [...]
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Season Two, Part 1
Golden Age cool! That’s the best way to describe Warner Home Video’s newest release, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Season 2 part 1. I was pleased to see DC release another 2 disc set in this series. Like the other sets that I have reviewed here, this one does not disappoint. There’s some great [...]
The First Golden Age Patriotic Superhero!
Before Captain America made his debut in 1941, M.L.J. Magazines, Inc. introduced the first red, white and blue clad superhero with The Shield in the pages of Pep Comics #1 (January 1940). The Shield was very popular along with M.L.J.’s other heroes, the Hangman and The Wizard. I devoted an entire podcast to The Shield [...]
More Patriotic Covers from The Golden Age of Comic Books
Independance Day is almost upon us and partiotic images are hard to miss. During the war years, no Golden Age superhero evoked patriotic feelings more than Captain America, although on the Fourth of July many heroes jumped on this bandwagon with great ferver. We’ve all seen some iconic Fourth of July Superman and Batman covers, but what [...]