Here’s my final “Comics Then” column that was prepared for the now defunct Comics Now! magazine. This column was to have been in an issue celebrating Black History Month, and I chose to write about the great Matt Baker. Enjoy! Comics’ First Great African American Artist In my last “Comics Then” column, I focused on [...]
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Love is in the Air
Having just celebrated Valentine’s Day, I started thinking about the birth of the romance comics in the Golden Age of Comic Books. Honestly, I don’t consider myself an expert on this genre, and I’ve read very few Golden Age romance comics over the years, but there is no disputing that romance comics became very popular [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books – November 12, 2008 – #59
Welcome to the 59th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast! In this episode we discuss Phantom Lady, who was published by several comic book companies during the Golden Age. She first appeared in Quality’s Police Comics #1 (August, 1941) and ran until issue #23 in 1943. Four years later, she was published [...]
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