Silver Age Comics

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 t...

Aka the Kendricks of Gotham City. In World's Finest #2, a brave attorney named William Kendrick is appointed special prosecutor in orde...

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 r...

This April-May 1961 offering from ACG cover features "The Green Flame". The opening story concerns the trials of one Michael Terre...

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 endi...

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 brothe...

Chess as a metaphor.

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...

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. Sta...

This is a pretty typical DC mystery story. Linda Lee accepts a week-long internship on the Daily Planet, when electrifying news breaks. Th...

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, ...

Silly story here. A boy fantasizes about Streaky having superpowers, and it comes true when Streaky is exposed to the X-Kryptonite that Sup...

After a long build-up, Supergirl loses her memory due to exposure to red Kryptonite and accidentally finds herself in Smallville as its newe...

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...

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 se...

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 ...

This is a significant issue for the introduction of Streaky, the Supercat. Supergirl attempts to find a substance that will neutralize Kryp...

The Superman story qualifies as a fairly idiotic story in the Action Comics catalogue. Superman meets a super-powered woman and they appare...

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