It was at this point that my first folded-in-half subscription copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA arrived in my mailbox, a welcome surprise, though I was dismayed to learn that I’d missed two issues in the meantime. Also, at this point many of DC’s covers began to look crude and rough–the inking tended to be … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #121
I feel like this issue of SHAZAM was probably purchased for my brother before ultimately ending up with me. That said, given that the cover features a reverse version of the hero, it is possible that I selected it myself, given my love of the Reverse-Flash. It’s a pretty solid issue, with two stories both … Continue reading BHOC: SHAZAM #19
travisellisor:the cover to Superman (1939) #286 by Bob OksnerOriginal art to an issue I talked about recently.
Throughout the 1970s, DC experimented quite a bit with photographic covers (as did Marvel for a brief time in the 1980s.) None of them worked incredibly well, and this SUPERMAN cover is no exception. Shot outside the then-DC offices, the bystanders (actually DC staffers) aren’t quite looking at teh drawing of Superman and his phantom … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #289
WORLD’S FINEST wasn’t anything like a regular buy for me, the earliest issues of the title that I had read were somewhat odd and discordant to me–the stylistic difference between my preferred editor Julie Schwartz, and the approach favored by WF editor Murray Boltinoff. But the appearance of the Flash on this cover was enough … Continue reading BHOC: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #231
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #183, December 1965, Pencils: Jim Mooney
browsethestacks: Vintage Comic - Dynamic Comics #08 Pencils: Gus Ricca Inks: Gus Ricca Chesler (1944)
comicbookcovers: Secret Six #2, july 1968, Pencils: Nick Cardy
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #183, December 1965, Pencils: Jim Mooney
It seems remarkable to me at this later date that I bought (or was bought) only two comics between subscription issues of FLASH arriving, but that appears to be the case. I can only guess so many years later that my attention must have been at least somewhat diverted by the other elements of youth … Continue reading BHOC: FLASH #234
