Silver Age Comics

Meet Little Ambrose: That's him at the top of the ladder. More to the point is the chap at the bottom of the ladder. That's Little...

I decided to try something different this week. I've combined bits and pieces from several different covers from the Superman family of...

The always-recommended Dial B for Blog has a terrific series on what would have happened if Bazooka Joe had joined up with the Justice Leag...

Match these villains with the person who either created them, or augmented their powers in some way: 1. The Destroyer 2. The Absorbing Man 3...

One of the nice things about having a Sitemeter is that you can see where people are coming from. I saw a couple referrals from SupermanFan...

Match these villains with the person who either created them, or augmented their powers in some way: 1. The Destroyer 2. The Absorbing Man 3...

Undeniably the Holy Grail for DC Silver Age fanatics (no, I don't have it either), Showcase #4 is generally credited with kick-starting ...

I once read a book by PG Wodehouse on writing, where he mentioned that as he plotted a new story, he would always track his characters with ...

Go check out Diversions of the Groovy Kind , a new blog covering what is called "The Groovy Age of Comics" (defined as 1967-1980)....

1. Who was the first villain to return for a second battle against Spidey? The Vulture, who first appeared in Amazing Spiderman #2, returned...

1. Who was the first villain to return for a second battle against Spidey? 2. Name the first villain(s) to appear in three different stories...

Mark Engblom has a terrific post on Action #304's The Interplanetary Olympics . Comic publishers were always looking for ways to tie-in...

1. What famed superhero was the first to be declined entry to the Legion? Superboy was declined admission in the very first Legion story. H...

Neal Adams illustrates a terrific story of Auschwitz (PDF file) from the New York Times the other day. Highly recommended!

1. What famed superhero was the first to be declined entry to the Legion? 2. What famed superhero was the first to really be declined entry ...

I haven't given enough attention to Harvey Comics so far, so I thought I might try a couple posts on their features. Harvey's produ...

Mark Engblom did a terrific series of posts back in March on the Fortress of Solitude, pointing out that there had been twelve different ver...

1. Name the pair of letterers for Marvel who were frequently the butt of Stan Lee's jokes in the credits section. And: Thelonius Nick an...

1. Name the pair of letterers for Marvel who were frequently the butt of Stan Lee's jokes in the credits section. 2. Name these Marvel ...

Luthor: We'll get these Superman dolls-- Brainiac: Action figures you mean, not dolls. Only girls play with dolls. Saturn Queen: Watch ...