In this episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover all things related to the DC Comics title, Star Spangled Comics. This title brought us the adventures of such great characters as The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy, Robin the Boy Wonder, Tomahawk and Ghostbreaker. Batman also had a few appearances in this title that ran from 1941 until 1952 when is became Star Spangled War Stories.
We also cover Superman on the radio in this episode.
In this edition of the Golden Age of Comic Books we cover one of DC Comics’ longest running titles, Adventure Comics! Adventure ran from the mid-1930’s and first featured adventure stories before being dedicated to Sandman and other DC Comics superheroes. The Sandman debuted in Adventure #40 (July 1939) and appeared until issue #102. The title then changed its focus to Superboy with issue #103. Johnny Quick, Green Arrow and Aquaman also moved to Adventure with issue #103.
In this installment of the Golden Age of Comic Books, we cover The Spirit by the great Will Eisner. Eisner is known as the father of the graphic novel and a comic book pioneer. He was truly one of the giants in the Golden Age of Comic Books.
The Spirit Section from June 2, 1940 – The very first appearance of Denny Colt a/k/a The Spirit
Here’s Will Eisner at his drawing board during the Golden Age of Comic Books.
The most prestigious comic industry award bears Will Eisner’s name. Here he is holding the award.
In this episode we discuss the Golden Age Flash from DC Comics. The Flash made his first appearance in Flash Comics #1.
In this episode, we cover the Golden Age Captain America from Marvel Comics. He made his first appearance in the pages of Captain America Comics #1 in 1941.
