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 [...]
DC Comics is 75 years old this month! Without DC there would be no Superman, Batman or many other superheroes that have become so ingrained in popular culture. Following is my tribute to 75 years of DC Comics as written for the 2010 Vintage DC Comics Calendar.
In February 1935, Major Malcom Wheeler-Nicholson created National Allied [...]
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.
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This week, DC published the seventh installment of The Superman Chronicles. This book contains vintage WWII era Superman stories written by Jerry Siegel [...]
Considering that the height of the Golden Age took place simultaneously with America’s entrance into World War II, there are dozens of patriotic comic book covers from this era. While I have my favorites, there is only one cover that I always think of as the greatest of these patriotic masterpieces. Hands down, the cover [...]
Nine years ago, DC Comics published the Golden Age Starman Archives Volume 1 featuring the Starman stories from Adventure Comics 61 through 76. I was therefore pleased to see this week that DC finally got around to publishing the final Starman solo stories to appear in the Golden Age of comic books in the new [...]
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