Number 48Jack Bradbury's Spencer SpookAfter the unintentionally silly story in Pappy's #47, here is a story that is intentionally silly.This is a Spencer Spook story, originally published in Giggle Comics #54, June, 1948. [...]
The Atom Man
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Marvel was not the only comics company to notice the success DC was having with its Silver Age heroes. Gold Key Comics decided to try their hand at the superhero biz with an entry called Dr Solar, Man of the Atom, which [...]
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Number 47The Tomb Of TerrorThis is an enjoyable but hokey story from Forbidden Worlds #5, March-April, 1952. It's drawn by Lou Cameron, about whom I know very little. About all the biographical information gives is that [...]
The Avengers Part II: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
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One advantage that DC had over Marvel in the early 1960s (although it would change by the end of the decade) was that their characters seemed frozen in time. Thus it was no great challenge for writers and artists on different [...]
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Number 46 Bats #1Yeah, yeah…so this comic is from 1961...so that means it's a Silver Age comic, not Golden Age. It's Halloween, so I'm allowed to keep with a theme. Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats #1 was published to [...]
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Number 45Frankenstein Friday: Frankenstein's ArkThis is the third and final story from Frankenstein #2, written and drawn by Dick Briefer, published in 1945. Check Pappy's archives for other Frankenstein Friday entries by [...]
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Number 44COVERING IT: Classic Golden Age comic book covers: Archie Halloween.Poor Archie. When I was a teen I should've had his problems.Archie didn't seem to have to work; none of his friends did. They just hung out at [...]
The Avengers
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It is well-known that Marvel started the Fantastic Four as a way to cash in on the superhero team craze that the Justice League of America was creating over at DC. However, the team that actually seemed more like a knockoff [...]
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Number 43 The Werewolf's VictimsWhat's Halloween without a werewolf story? I'm partial to werewolves. They get to run around and bite people. Baaahahaha!This story is from Atlas Comics' Mystic #31, June 1954. It's by an [...]
The Identity Crisis Superhero of the 1960s
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Was the Mighty Thor. While vacationing in Norway, the lame doctor Don Blake discovers an invasion of Earth by the Stone Men of Saturn. They chase him into a cave, where he discovers a cane. When he taps it on the ground [...]
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Number 42Old Number OneClick on pictures for full-size images.Occasionally a curious person will ask me, "What's the oldest comic book you have in your collection?"I think it's a fair question, but my answer is, "I don't [...]
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Number 41Frankenstein Friday: Frankenstein's JobThis is the second story from Frankenstein Comics #2, published in 1945, written and drawn by Dick Briefer.There is a whiff of kinkiness in this story: Frankenstein on a leash, [...]
