Silver Age Comics

The Silver Age Superman was dramatically different from the Golden Age Superman. Aside from the very early stories, the Golden Age Superman...

In Flash #165 (Nov 1966), Barry Allen and Iris West finally get married. This was not DC's first wedding; Aquaman and Mera had finally ...

A buddy of mine scanned in this issue and I thought I'd do a solo issue review. Here's the cover: (Cover art by Jerry Grandinetti) ...

This is not the first time I have remarked on this, but when you look at the Silver Age DC they were miles ahead of Marvel in terms of their...

Sometimes even I'm surprised at what turns out to be well-grounded. I was reading Atom #10 (Dec 1963-Jan 1964). The second story in th...

I've talked a number of times in the past about the weird scientific fascism that many DC comics of the Silver Age appeared to endorse, ...

Two-Face was one of Batman's better villains. Harvey Kent (later changed to Dent) was a handsome District Attorney in Gotham City, with...

I haven't spent much time discussing funny animal-type comics on this blog so far. Of course, funny animal comics were not a huge segme...

And has an amazing series of posts about Batman's original stories that are staggering in their implications. You'll have to scroll...

The Alley Awards were the comic equivalent of the Academy Awards during the 1960s although for some reason they died out after 1969. Using ...

This is a topic I will be returning to over time to add details. Comic books were always interested in cutting-edge technology, and compute...

In JLA #37-38, DC brought back the JSA for the third teamup with the Justice League. Once again, they continued to rotate the characters. ...

I've always liked this particular issue, for several reasons. First, it features Batwoman and Robin working together. Why? Well, beca...

In 1963, Marvel really got hopping. For September of that year, they turned out not one, but two new superhero teams. The first, The Aveng...

This is another post, like my Batman and Guns post, that will be regularly updated as I come across interesting stuff to add to it. To mos...

The second JLA/JSA teamup took place in Justice League of America #29-30. The first issue features probably my favorite JLA cover ever: In ...