There have been some good Golden Age reprints over the last few weeks. Both Marvel and DC have provided some interesting and esoteric offerings. DC Comics DC has published The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. This hard back book features the “new look” Sandman and Sandy from Adventure Comics 72 (March 1942) through [...]
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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 [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books – November 14, 2005 – #24
In this episode, we cover the Boy Commandos who made their first appearance in Detective Comics #65 (July 1942) and later got their own title that debuted with issue #1 in the winter of 1942-43. The Boy Commandos were created by the great Golden Age team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon (of Captain America [...]
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Golden Age of Comics Books – October 3, 2005 – #18
In this episode we don’t cover any specific Golden Age character, but instead discuss some of the earliest Golden Age titles, New Comics, New Fun Comics and More Fun Comics. This was all one comic book published by DC Comics starting in 1935. Through its various title changes, the title continued until the last issue [...]
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