I’m in Charlotte, NC for Heroes Con 2011. It’s been a great show so far and I’m looking forward to the next two days. The highlight today was my conversation with Steve Saffel of Titan Books about the great new Joe Simon autobiography, “My Life in Comics”. Simon, along with co-legend Jack Kirby are perhaps [...]
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Golden Age Reprints – A Hodgepodge
Now that Heroes Con 2009 is over (have you listened to the podcast panel yet?), I’ve had a chance to look at last weeks’ comics and discovered a hodgepodge of Golden Age reprints. So, just a quick post to fill you in on what hit the comic shops last week. Tarzan – The Jesse Marsh Years, [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books – June 15, 2009 – #61
The Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast is back with a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Marvel Comics! Marvel Comics (known as Timely Comics then) got its start with the publication of Marvel Comics #1 (October-November 1939) and quickly changed its name to Marvel Mystery Comics with issue #2. This title introduced two of [...]
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New Golden Age Reprint Material – Captain America
I love to see Golden Age comic books reprinted. This is especially true for comics that have not been widely reprinted in the past and where to acquire the originals would probably break the bank. I was therefore doubly delighted this week when Marvel published the third volume of its Golden Age Captain America Marvel [...]