Silver Age Comics

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 conv...

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. K...

Following the Fantastic Four, the next super-powered hero to appear in the pages of a Marvel comic was the Ant-Man (technically, anyway). H...

The Payola scandal involved (as this cover implies) the effort by record companies to bribe deejays to play their records. It hit the news...

A friend of mine suggested I review this terrific story from Superman #137 (May 1960): It starts with a brief retelling of Superman's or...

Overall, these stories don't move the character forward. Stan still seems to be struggling to find someone tough enough to fight Thor t...

It's well-established that prototypes for many Marvel characters appeared in the horror mags the company specialized in prior to the rel...

Although Batman did not have imaginary stories per se in his comics, there were many stories that served the same function--dream stories, m...

One of the more interesting DC magazines of the Silver Age was the Brave & the Bold. The first issue hit the stands in Aug-Sept 1955. ...

As remarked by Thelonius Nick in the comments on the earlier Thor post, Stan Lee seemed unsure as to what to do with the Mighty Thor at firs...

I've talked briefly about Thor in the past, but now it's time to discuss him in a little greater detail. Thor is the Norse god of t...

In the final (for now) post on Dial B for Blog. His blog is incredible; undeniably the finest comics blog on the net.

As we have discussed in the past, if there was a religion in the DC Universe back in the Silver Age, it was science. In a way, this is prob...

I didn't have the time or the inclination to read all of the Challengers series at this point, so I thought it might be entertaining to ...

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...

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 seeme...

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 w...

Was the Mighty Thor. While vacationing in Norway, the lame doctor Don Blake discovers an invasion of Earth by the Stone Men of Saturn. The...

Dial B for Blog has a terrific post on The Final Chapter from Amazing Spiderman #33, frequently cited as one of the highlights of the Silve...

That was the schtick of the Challengers of the Unknown. Ace Morgan, a test pilot, Prof Haley (Hale in #1), a skindiver, Red Ryan, a circus...