Silver Age Comics

This issue featured the debut of the Silver Age Atom. Although the Golden Age Atom had no real super powers and was merely a strong but sho...

Here's an interesting website dedicated to Dick Tracy Memorabilia . I was not much of a fan of Tracy in the comics pages in the 1960s, ...

One of the great theme songs of all time. With the death of Patrick McGoohan it seems like a perfect time to cover Secret Agent #1, which a...

This was the beginning of the "hip" new Teen Titans, and in some ways it worked, but in others you can only shake your head in ama...

1. What was the name of Jimmy Olsen's helicopter? His distinctive red helicopter was called the Flying Newsroom. 2. What was the secret ...

These panels set the stage: I love that little gag in the opening panel. Of course, the representatives are unconvinced until the alien dem...

1. What was the name of Jimmy Olsen's helicopter? 2. What was the secret identity of the Batman of the Future? 3. What substance was the...

Interesting article on an upcoming Spiderman issue to feature the new president-elect: "It was a natural after we learned the new pres...

Mark Engblom is looking for further information on a very cool Revell models giveaway: A complete Gemini space capsule. In the comments I ...

Good lord. Annette Funicello was a pretty girl, but you'd never guess it from this photo cover. One assumes that it cannot have been d...

Before there was Richie Rich, there was Uncle Scrooge. Originally a supporting character in Donald Duck comics, Uncle Scrooge quickly becam...

Wow. There's a lot not to like there, starting with the obvious. What the heck is going on? It almost looks like Mike Sekowsky forgot ...

Strange Tales was another one of Marvel's anthology magazines. It had originally been a horror comic, but after the debut of the Fantas...

I have noticed that quite a few blogs are now posting scans of either complete comics or complete stories online. I'll be right up fron...

Mystery in Space was one of DC's long-running science fiction magazines. It was a generally outstanding title for much of its run, init...

Tales to Astonish was one of Marvel's anthology magazines, with two features, much like Tales of Suspense. Initially, of course, it had...

Batman #27 (Feb-Mar 1945) featured one of my all-time favorite Christmas stories in the comics, A Christmas Peril . While doing their Chris...

1. Who was the first Marvel villain of the 1960s to wear a cape? The Mole Man, the very first Marvel villain of the 1960s, wore a snazzy red...

This comic appears at the very tail end of the Silver Age with a cover date of December 1970. It marked clearly the move to the more "...