Fifty years ago today, Superman #299 concluded a 4-issue saga with “The Double or Nothing Life of Superman.” We open by eavesdropping on a subspace radio conversation between the mysterious Mr. Xavier, aka “Xviar” and his alien superiors on an…
Holy Geritol, can it really be 60 years since “Batman” premiered on television? Yes, it’s shocking but true. Not that I was paying much attention back on January 12, 1966, being all of 9 months old, but I’d care soon…
It’s a lovely day in Metropolis as Clark Kent and Lois Lane enjoy a relaxing stroll, marred only slightly when a fellow pedestrian is fatally struck by a car mere feet away from them. Lois wonders if the unfortunate fellow…
Despite appearing on newsstands in December of 1975, Superman #297 did not feature a holiday-themed story, but it still added up to a Christmas of sorts for Clark Kent. Emerging at last from the long shadow of his Superman alter…
Fifty years ago today, a measly quarter bought me a comic book that kicked off my one my all-time favorite Superman stories. Starting with Superman #296, the writing team of Cary Bates and Elliott S! Maggin posed our hero with…
Jungle Comics, as the name implies, was generally devoted to a collection of Tarzan imitators, but one strip stood out: Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle. Arriving before Wonder Woman, she may be the comics’ first female superhero. Never given…
Once a certain guy from Krypton made it obvious how much money there was in superhero comics, the race was on to duplicate his success at other publishers. The challenge, though, was how to make a hero “super” without copying…
Fifty years ago this month, I was reading a tabloid-sized comic collection called “Christmas With the Super-Heroes” (aka Limited Collector’s Edition C-34) and in the years since I’ve trotted it out almost as often as I’ve watched Rudolph The Red-Nosed…
Fifty years ago this month, Superman #284 appeared on newsstands, and young me was happy to get it. In something of a homecoming for the Man of Steel, the story sees Clark Kent reuniting with two cherished childhood friends to…
Ten years ago I did a series of posts here looking back at the year 1974, and now that that year is officially a half century in the past, I find myself thinking about it again. In particular, I was…
