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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wonder Woman’
Golden Age of Comics – April 25, 2007 – #51
In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books we talk about DC’s Black Canary. She made her first in Flash Comics #86 (August, 1947) in a Johnny Thunder story. Her popularity skyrocketed to the point that a few issues later she knocked Johnny Thunder out of the comic and started her solo run [...]
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Comics Podcast Crossover #9
I was pleased to be included in the “Superhero Relationships” episode of Comics Podcast Crossover #9. A number of great comics podcasts are represented in this episode, and each focuses on the “intimate” relationships of various superheroes. My ten minute segment begins about half-way through the episode (listen for the familiar GAC Podcast intro music) [...]
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Golden Age of Comic Books – October 31, 2005 – #22
In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we focus on one of the DC Comics “big three”, Wonder Woman! Wonder Woman got her start in the pages of All-Star Comics #8, and became the main feature in Sensation Comics starting with issue #1. She also had her own title, Wonder Woman. Wonder [...]
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