Even before FLASH COMICS met its end, other members of the Justice Society of America were experiencing their final solo adventures of the Golden Age. Green Lantern was luckier than some--his solo series lasted for a couple of months after his spot in ALL-AMERICAN COMICS had been taken over by western hero Johnny Thunder. But … Continue reading The Last Dr Mid-Nite Story
Just like her fellow heroes the Flash and the Hawkman (though not the Atom, as we've previously discovered), Black Canary also had her final solo outing of the Golden Age in the pages of FLASH COMICS #104. She'd continue to appear regularly in ALL-STAR COMICS as a member of the Justice Society of America for … Continue reading The Last Black Canary Story
After we ran our piece on the Last Atom Story last week: https://tombrevoort.com/2024/11/03/the-last-atom-story/ A reader identifying himself as Zoomy wrote in to the comments to let me know that there'd actually been one additional Atom story published a week later, snuck into the back pages of an issue of SENSATION COMICS, #86. So I figured … Continue reading The Actual Last Atom Story
Continuing to pick the bones of this final issue of FLASH COMICS, the long-running series that had introduced the Flash, Hawkman and Johnny Thunder to the world, this time we're looking at the final published adventure of the Mighty Mite, the Atom. Like his fellow Justice Society members, the Atom's last published solo adventure of … Continue reading The Last Atom Story
As with Hawkman, the Flash's final golden age appearance was in ALL-STAR COMICS #57 in 1950 as part of the Justice Society of America. But we're talking about the Scarlet Speedster's solo exploits here. And by that metric, Jay Garrick's final run in his winged helmet took place in the final issue of FLASH COMICS, … Continue reading The Last Flash Story
Well, not quite. For the members of the Justice Society of America, most of them made their final appearance of the Golden Age of Comics in the last JSA adventure, published in ALL-STAR COMICS #57 in December of 1950. But before that, many of the heroes' home anthology series came to an end, and with … Continue reading The Last Hawkman Story
And so, we come at last to the end of the road for MIGHTY COMICS, Archie's attempt to replicate and cash in on the popularity of the Marvel titles of the day. By late 1967, the super hero fad that had driven sales to enormous numbers across the past few years had cooled off considerably, … Continue reading Brand Echh: Mighty Comics #50 and the Last Web Story
A few years ago, I ran a piece on the first book-length comic book story ever produced. You can take a look at that page here: https://tombrevoort.com/2022/03/19/the-first-book-length-comic-book-story/ But as it turns out, I had overlooked something. Prior to ALL-FLASH COMICS #2, there had been at least one earlier book-length story produced. And it saw print … Continue reading The First Book Length Comic Book Story Redux
The end of the Golden Age of Comics wasn't especially kind to super heroes. Whereas once they'd been the primary drivers of sales of the colorful magazines, in the postwar period, their appeal among readers dwindled, and other genres such as teen humor, westers, romance, war, crime and horror began to be those that primarily … Continue reading When Captain America Wasn’t In Captain America
There is always one firm whose comic book output during the era we think of today as the Golden age of Comics stands head and shoulders above all others and which is held in teh utmost regard by those readers who encountered it in their formative years--not that there are many of those still around … Continue reading The First Crypt of Terror Story
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