Feb 24th, 2010
by Bill Jourdain.
Needless to say, I had a great time appearing on Episode 794 of Comic Geek Speak to discuss the early days of DC Comics.
We discuss the period from 1935 through approximately 1947. These were the formative years of the company and the great characters they published. Thanks to the guys at CGS for inviting me [...]
Dec 20th, 2009
by Bill Jourdain.
Merry Christmas from the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast and welcome to our fifth annual Christmas episode! For Christmas 2009, we tell the story of ”Captain Marvel and the Plot Against Christmas” from Captain Marvel Adventures #42 (January 1945).
In this story, Captain Marvel foils the plot of Gouge Smith to deprive the orphans of the [...]
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Oct 18th, 2009
by Bill Jourdain.
Congratulations to our friend and fellow blogger Pat Curley of the Silver Age of Comic Books blog for being the first person to provide the correct answers to the trvia contest questions from the last podcast! Pat is the proud owner of the new 2010 Vintage DC Comics and Vintage Marvel Comics calendars from Asgard [...]
Oct 12th, 2009
by Bill Jourdain.
I’m back from a great weekend at the 2009 Baltimore Comic Con where I was privileged to be a guest of Asgard Press. We had a great crowd and I was very pleased with the interest in the Asgard products, including the DC and Marvel Vintage Comic Book Calendars. I signed a number of the [...]
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Oct 4th, 2009
by Bill Jourdain.
I’m back with another installment of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast. In this installment, we discuss the Golden Age Crimebuster who appeared in Boy Comics.
Crimebuster was the alter ego of teenager Chuck Chandler. After his parents were murdered by the evil Nazi villain, Iron Jaw, Chuck became Crimebuster and vowed to avenge their [...]
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.