Number 60Boy Heroes: Terror In TransylvaniaKid heroes were all the rage in the 1940s, especially during the war years. Simon and Kirby came up with Boy Commandos, Timely had the Young Allies, and Harvey Comics had the Boy [...]
Dr Jerry Bails, RIP
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Hai, 27 tháng 11, 2006
One thing I don't get into much around here is the fan aspect to comic book publishing. I liked comics but only attended one comic convention (around 1971 in New York), and only knew of a couple other kids my age who were into them as well. I only [...]
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Number 59A Humbug Christmas CarolHo! Ho! Ho! Only five weeks until Christmas, boys and girls! Have you got your online shopping done yet? It can be exhausting going to website after website, typing in your credit card number, [...]
Howling At Hitler
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In the early 1960s, the World War II generation began to come into power. This was reflected in both politics, where Navy veteran John F. Kennedy was elected to the White House over fellow Navy vet Richard Nixon, and in [...]
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Sáu, 24 tháng 11, 2006
Number 58Frankenstein Friday: The Strange Love Of Shirley ShmoolFrankenstein plays cupid in this cute story. It is the second story from Frankenstein #7, May-June, 1947, written and drawn by Dick Briefer.This story was most [...]
Getting Smaller, Getting Bigger
Người đăng: vanmai yeu em on Thứ Năm, 23 tháng 11, 2006
Following the Fantastic Four, the next super-powered hero to appear in the pages of a Marvel comic was the Ant-Man (technically, anyway). Hank Pym was introduced in Tales to Astonish # 27, January 1962, in a short story [...]
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Number 57The Flat Man Since I'm writing this on Thanksgiving Day, 2006, it seems appropriate that I inaugurate a new series I'll be running occasionally: The Comic Book Turkey Awards. Rules are strictly arbitrary, judgment [...]
