Silver Age Comics

I should mention that I do go back and add details to some of my older posts as I learn more about the topic or see another story that hits ...

In Superman #169, DC editor Mort Weisinger had a rather unusual little contest for his readers: Readers were encouraged to scour the story f...

One of the more distinctive features of the Marvel Comics of the 1960s was the Bullpen Bulletins page. About 1/2 hype, 1/4 advertising, and...

Much of what we consider today to be the DC Silver Age was developed under the watchful eye of Julius Schwartz. Schwartz was an influential...

Modern comic writers frequently marvel (and sniff suspiciously) when they hear that old-time comics stories frequently ran 6-8 pages or less...

Here's a new one on me; I found this bit of DC promotion in the pages of All-American Men of War #24 (August 1955). And yes, the specia...

Jacque Nodell locates a 1971 Easter Egg in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #5. Very cool stuff; it's not the earliest Easter Egg I'v...

Picking back up again with Tales of Suspense #79, Tony Stark is wanted by the police for failing to appear before Senator Byrd's committ...

I've mentioned in the past my biggest criticism of Wayne Boring ; the man simply could not put eyeglasses on the nose of Clark Kent to s...

Just for the heck of it, I thought I'd take a quick look at the letters columns in Tales of Suspense #s 70-79 to see if there are any in...

At least, you did when you read DC's Silver Age comics. In addition to the regular features, several of the mags had informative featur...

Picking up with issue #4, we encounter our first repeat Green Ring Thing, a Giant Net: As with the first net it's marginal to call it gi...

Hmmm, given that the Amerikaner has a better grip on the rope, with his right hand instead of his left hand, I'd guess that he can hang ...