As my family would go shopping around town, I would occasionally get momentary access to spinner racks and other shelf spaces that I couldn't get to on a regular basis. And in most of those instances, these trips revealed comic books that I wanted to buy. Such was the case with this issue of SUPERBOY … Continue reading SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #246
Another 1966 issue of ACTION COMICS, and another one in which the content is hard-pressed to match the title. The book wasn't about action at this point at all, despite the name. This issue presented another story in the short-lived "Superman of 2965" series, which postulated the adventures of the Man of Steel's descendant 1000 … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #338
I bought this issue of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE like clockwork when it showed up at my regular 7-11 source for comics. While the series had been suffering a bit, running an assortment of fill-in issues and not really having a settled creative team or direction to it, it starred the Thing of the Fantastic Four, and … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #48
I was still sampling different Marvel titles that caught my eye, which is no doubt why I picked up this issue of THE HUMAN FLY under forgotten circumstances. I didn't quite understand from this one issue the tagline on the front cover, about him being a real life super hero. So you aren't similarly confused, … Continue reading BHOC: HUMAN FLY #18
Here we go, yet another issue of ACTION COMICS that's practically devoid of any action at all. Instead, editor Mort Weisinger continued to ply his very successful trade of creating fairy tales for young children revolving around the Man of Steel and his cast of characters. By this point, it was 1966, as commemorated by … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #337
SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES was one of those titles that consistently failed to hook me for the long term. It always felt like a series i should really enjoy, with an awesome variety of futuristic heroes. But I found most of the individual issues no better than okay. Every so often, something would … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #247
This issue of GREEN LANTERN (co-starring GREEN ARROW) was one that I looked forward to after reading the first chapter of this story in the preceding issue. It featured a team-up between the regular Earth-1 Green Lantern Hal Jordan and his Golden Age Earth-2 counterpart Alan Scott. What's more, the story tied Scott into the … Continue reading BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #112
Now this was a cover that promised to live up to the title of the series; ACTION COMICS! Surely if Superman was about to go into a kill-or-be-killed battle to the death bereft of his super-powers and brandishing a sword and shield, the story within was going to be chock full of action, right? Well, … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #329
Every so often, BRAVE AND THE BOLD would pair the Caped Crusader up with one of DC's war comics heroes such as Sgt. Rock. In some instances, the stories would be set in contemporary times, with the guest star seemingly well-preserved despite the passage of years. In other instances, Batman would be alive and active … Continue reading BHOC: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #146
I've always liked the concept of the mystery villain. The notion that there'd be some figure in a story who was pulling the strings and whose identity you might be able to work out if you were clever enough and could make sense of all the clues. This is pretty much the premise behind any … Continue reading BHOC: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #26
