In the early 1960s, Marvel Comics had become something of a joke. They published a small line of magazines that mostly featured monsters with names like Fin Fang Foom or Shagg or Shamoo. But Stan Lee, the writer and editor for most of Marvel's stories [...]
The Elongated Man
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 15 tháng 12, 2005
The Elongated Man first appeared in The Flash #112, April-May 1960. The Flash kept getting upstaged by this stretchable sleuth called the Elongated Man. Although EM had been a hero every time he appeared, the Flash wondered [...]
Gay Batman?
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Ba, 13 tháng 12, 2005
I'm pretty sick of this theory myself, but this is one of the odder panels in the Batman series (from Batman #84, June 1954):Actually it just looks like a poor job of art by Sheldon Moldoff; a later panel makes it clear [...]
Classic Stories of the 1960s: The Sleeper Saga
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 1 tháng 12, 2005
I haven't focused much on Marvel Comics of the Silver Age much thus far. One of my favorite stories from Stan Lee and Company was The Sleeper Saga, which appeared in Tales of Suspense #72-74.Tales of Suspense was an anthology [...]
Lame Criminals of the 1960s--The Polka Dot Man
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Tư, 30 tháng 11, 2005
The only explanation I can think of for this goofy criminal is that some writer noticed the popularity of polka dots at the time (remember this was the era of the song "Itsy-Bitsy Teenie-Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini") [...]
More Recycling
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Bảy, 26 tháng 11, 2005
Aka the Kendricks of Gotham City. In World's Finest #2, a brave attorney named William Kendrick is appointed special prosecutor in order to stop a gang war. In World's Finest #3, Frank Kendrick is a crooked businessman who hires the Scarecrow to terrorize [...]
Green Lantern Silver Age: Qward
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There's an odd little symetry to Flash #106-108 and Green Lantern #2-4. In both cases the issues are the second through fourth of the respective title for the Silver Age. Flash Comics had been around in the Golden Age for 104 issues, so when DC decided [...]
ACG Comics: Adventures Into the Unknown #124
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Chủ Nhật, 13 tháng 11, 2005
This April-May 1961 offering from ACG cover features "The Green Flame".The opening story concerns the trials of one Michael Terrence O'Toole, a blue-collar guy struggling to get by as a steam shovel operator in Salem, Massachusetts. [...]
Covers That Give Away the Ending
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Chủ Nhật, 6 tháng 11, 2005
Maybe they thought that the Flash being turned into a block of ice wasn't dramatic enough, but how do you then decide to reveal the ending of the story?And that is in fact how the Flash defeats Captain Cold. One of the [...]
Great Stories of the Silver Age: Virus X
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The Virus X story ran from Action #362-366 in early 1968. It starts when Ventor, a stage ventriloquist, tries to get revenge for his brother Bruno, who died in prison after being captured by Superman. Ventor kidnaps Clark Kent and hypnotizes him into [...]
Favorite Covers of the Golden Age--Batman #23
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Bảy, 29 tháng 10, 2005
Chess as a metaph [...]
Who's Liz Allen's Dad?
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Tư, 26 tháng 10, 2005
This error comes to us from Amazing Spiderman #17:It's sure as heck not Mr Brant. Liz Allen (the blonde shown) is engaged in a romantic tug-of-war over Peter Parker with Betty Brant, which is why the writer thought of that [...]
Dan Hastings
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 20 tháng 10, 2005
This is a little off-topic, as it's Golden or even Platinum Age. A few years ago I noticed some very old coverless comics on ebay. Star Comics #5 and #7 predated Superman, being published in 1937. One of the features [...]
Supergirl--Action # 268
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Chủ Nhật, 16 tháng 10, 2005
This is a pretty typical DC mystery story. Linda Lee accepts a week-long internship on the Daily Planet, when electrifying news breaks. There is a Supergirl on Earth, who came from the planet Krypton. At first Linda worries that perhaps her robot [...]
Supergirl--Action # 267
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This is one of those oddball cases where DC actually thought about the continuity problems raised by a story idea, came up with a solution, and then promptly forgot about it, causing continuity problems for years to come.Linda Lee runs into several super-powered [...]
Supergirl--Action # 266
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Bảy, 15 tháng 10, 2005
Silly story here. A boy fantasizes about Streaky having superpowers, and it comes true when Streaky is exposed to the X-Kryptonite that Supergirl created again. Most of the humor in this piece revolves around the fact that the boy can't get his friends [...]
Supergirl--Action # 265
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Sáu, 14 tháng 10, 2005
After a long build-up, Supergirl loses her memory due to exposure to red Kryptonite and accidentally finds herself in Smallville as its newest super-heroine. For awhile Smallville relives its former glory as the home of a mighty being, but when Superman [...]
Supergirl--Action # 264
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 13 tháng 10, 2005
Something of a sad story here. Supergirl is adopted by a Mr and Mrs Wilkins quite unexpectedly. At first she thinks only of how to get out of the adoption. But as time goes by she finds the couple who adopted her loving and heroic, as the father is [...]
Supergirl--Action # 263
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Tư, 12 tháng 10, 2005
Supergirl saves a young man who is an orphan from drowning. He ends up at the Midvale Orphanage with her, and eventually figures out her secret identity, even helping her conceal it when an accident happens. Eventually she realizes that he is not from [...]
Supergirl--Action # 262
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In this story, Supergirl continues her efforts to find a solution for the problem of Kryptonite. She places a green K meteor in a cave and tries to approach it and marks where she first feels pain. The second day she goes a little closer, and then [...]
Supergirl--Action # 261
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This is a significant issue for the introduction of Streaky, the Supercat. Supergirl attempts to find a substance that will neutralize Kryptonite, but is unsuccessful. She throws the Kryptonite away, but Streaky, a stray cat that Supergirl (as Linda [...]
Supergirl--Action # 260
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Ba, 4 tháng 10, 2005
The Superman story qualifies as a fairly idiotic story in the Action Comics catalogue. Superman meets a super-powered woman and they apparently fall in love, much to the dismay of Lois Lane. But in the end it was all a [...]
The Horrifying Batman Era in Covers--Detective
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Ba, 27 tháng 9, 2005
Creatures:Weird Transformations:Ali [...]
Wonder Woman #17
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 15 tháng 9, 2005
Got the chance to read this Golden Ager today. Here are my observations:The story is a long one, a three-parter concerning a woman too willing to trust her villainous fiancee. Dr Lana Curee has invented a cure for cancer, but unknown to her, it was [...]
Supergirl--1959
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Chủ Nhật, 28 tháng 8, 2005
Appearances: Action #252-259, Superman #130, Jimmy Olsen #40Supergirl arrived on Earth in Action Comics #252 (May 1959), apparently following a successful tryout in Superman #123 (August 1958), although the concept of a [...]
Batman 1957
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Issues Covered: Batman #105-112, Detective 239-250.Significant Stories: In Detective #244, we are introduced to the man who gave Batman his first Batarang and taught him how to throw it. Lee Collins was an Australian with [...]
Batman And Guns
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Hai, 15 tháng 8, 2005
(Note to readers: This is a substantial reworking of the original post, which has now become the #1 result on Google for "Batman and Guns" and linked by many online forums. The original post was assembled over time and [...]
