Silver Age Comics

Mostly Dedicated to Comics Published from 1955-1970

Saturday, February 05, 2011

The Secret Origin of the Phantom Zone

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Wikipedia presents the following information on the Phantom Zone: The Phantom Zone is a fictional prison dimension featured in the Superman...
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Friday, February 04, 2011

Amazing Spiderman #1

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George M. Cohan once observed that plotting a three-act play was relatively simple. In Act 1, you get the hero up in a tree. In Act 2, you...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Clark Kent: Not An Atheist

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Because, as the old saying goes, there are no atheists in foxholes. And Clark (or his Superman identity) certainly found himself in foxhole...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

A Modest Defense of Death

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Well, the latest outrage to hit the comics community is the "death" of the Human Torch, Johnny Storm . In the latest issue (No. 58...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Amazing Fantasy #15

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I consider Spiderman the single best Silver Age character. For starters, he has the best motivation for putting on the outfit and fighting ...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Is May the Cruelest Month?

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I have often commented that DC released 30 comics a month, regular as clockwork, during the Silver Age. I based this on the fact that DC re...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

In Search Of...

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Emailer Jason writes of his search for a particular story from his youth: But I've been trying to find one Superman story in particular,...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Superman and Lois

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Over at Superman Fan, blogger Nightwing posts a scathing review of a Silver Age Lois Lane story. He's particularly hard on the suppose...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Detective #288

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On the most obvious level, this issue is part and parcel of the horrific "monster of the month" era in Detective Comics that chara...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Brave & Bold #57: DC's First Ambivalent Superhero

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Up till this point, DC's superheroes had all pretty much relished their superpowers. And why not? Who wouldn't want to be able to ...
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