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Green Lantern – First Flight

One of my favorite Golden Age superheroes is the Green Lantern (Alan Scott) who made his debut in the pages of All American Comics #16 (July 1940).  I covered this honored member of the Justice Society of America in Podcast #15 (September 2005).  Later, in the Silver Age of Comic Books, a new Green Lantern [...]

Big All-American Comic Book

As I was writing about the Dell Giants, I remembered that DC also had a large comic book of its own during the Golden Age, The Big All-American Comic Book (December 1944).  This one shot was 132 pages and had a 25 cent cover price.

While many of the All-American heroes appeared on the cover of [...]

Golden Age Thanksgiving Covers

As we are about to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, I thought it would be fun to mention some Thanksgiving covers from the Golden Age of Comic Books.  As I’ve discussed several times on the Podcast, there are many Christmas covers to be found, but when it comes to covers featuring a [...]

Golden Age of Comic Books – September 12, 2005 – #15

In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books we discuss the Golden Age Green Lantern from DC Comics.  The Green Lantern got his start in the pages of All-American Comics #16 (July 1940) and continued in that title until issue #102.  He also had his own title, Green Lantern Comics that ran for [...]

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