It doesn’t get any more classic than this–E.E. Hibbard’s cover illustrating the first meeting of the Justice Society of America in ALL-STAR COMICS #3. Granted, it’s just a shot of a bunch of super heroes sitting around a table, looking like a club photo in a high school yearbook. But this was the very first … Continue reading Great Covers – ALL STAR COMICS #3
My father never showed any particular interest in religion, but my Mom came from a family that had strong Catholic traditions, and so she still went to church every Sunday, dragging me and my younger brother along with her. This would eventually lead to years of “Church class”, where our young minds would be indoctrinated … Continue reading BHOC: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #219
I have no idea why I would have bought this comic book. I would have guessed that it came in one of those 3-to-a-bag packs that were prevalent in this era, but there are no other comics that I read of the same exact vintage, so that seems to let that explanation out. It’s possible … Continue reading BHOC: LOIS LANE #133
I got my very first comic book at the age of six, at a 7-11 where my father would go to buy cigarettes. On this visit, for some reason the comic book rack had been moved to near the door, and while we waited in the checkout line, my attention was drawn to it. I … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #268
travisellisor: page 1 from Superman #268 by Curt Swan and Bob Oksner Splash page from the first comic book I ever read.
TRIBUTE TO LEGENDS The following is the last of a series of columns originally written for a proposed revival of the Comic Reader a couple years ago. But the magazine folded before ever putting an issue to press, and they’ve been languishing on my hard drive ever since. We’re running them here as originally written, … Continue reading Joe Sinnott
MAD HATTER #2 September-October, 1946 Another Holy Grail finally found, thanks to that addictive little monster known as ebay. I first saw a reproduction of this cover in an issue of COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE (a magazine I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone interested in the history of comic books), and I was immediately taken with the … Continue reading BHOCOS: MAD HATTER #2
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY October, 2000 A novel set during the formative years of the comics industry, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY is must reading for any fan of the medium. Author Michael Chabon crafts an immersive multi-faceted saga that covers a decade and a half in the lives of … Continue reading BHOCOS: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 March, 1960 This is why it pays to know Mark Waid. It was Thursday morning at the 2000 Comic Con International–San Diego, and I was walking the floor before the auditorium opened. Mark beckoned me over to a table where he was shopping, “Hey, have you ever tried these guys?" … Continue reading BHOCOS: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28
DAREDEVIL #42 May, 1947 To this day, I continue to come across comics that had intrigued me as a child. Earlier this year, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, I finally found an affordable copy of this one, DAREDEVIL #42. I first saw this cover reproduced in the first volume of THE STERANKO HISTORY OF … Continue reading BHOCOS: DAREDEVIL #42
