Another month, another issue of ACTION COMICS. This was still during the days in which many or even most comics, DC ones in particular, weren’t released monthly. My beloved FLASH was bimonthly, and just about to increase to 8 times a year. JUSTICE LEAGUE, likewise, was bimonthly. Even SUPERMAN was only 8 times a month. … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #438
First saw this one in a DC House Ad, and the presence of the Flash meant that I had to have it. Another 7-11 purchase unless I miss my guess, and the second installment in the Wonder Woman’s twelve labors plotline. This particular issue of WONDER WOMAN was produced by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, … Continue reading BHOC: WONDER WOMAN #213
Another comic whose origins are shrouded in mystery. I don’t really know where this one came from. But I do know that I should have loved it, with its vast roster of super heroes. But somehow, I didn’t–the style felt weird to me, in the same way as those earlier BRAVE & BOLD and WORLD’S … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #203
Now here’s a favorite comic of mine, and the one that was responsible both for making me realize that it was an actual job that real human beings had to make the comics that I was reading and me determining that this was what I wanted to do. From this point on, I began making … Continue reading BHOC: FLASH #228
Another issue picked up from the 7-11. This issue of ACTION COMICS was the second part of a two-part story, but I don’t think I really realized that at first–it was only when I later got the previous issue that everything came together and made sense. This is how I learned how the world of … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #435
Another book that came from that post-Church candy store. And look as that ominous call-out at the upper right: Still Only 20 Cents. I hadn’t ever experienced a price increase before, so I had no idea what this signaled–but I would find out very soon. It’s a pretty terrific overwrought Nick Cardy cover, though. But … Continue reading BHOC: FLASH #227
A little bit vague about exactly where this book came from, but I do remember my Mother reading it to me, or at least parts of it. This was the second part of a two-part story, but I’m not even sure that I realized that at the time, given how thoroughly the first chapter was … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #431
Here’s another comic that I can’t explain owning, another issue of LOIS LANE. I didn’t get this one in a 3-Bag, so I’m somewhat befuddled. The only thing I can think of is that, on occasion, my Dad or my Grandparents would just bring me a comic after they’d been out somewhere, and that this … Continue reading BHOC: LOIS LANE #136
Got this one at that same post-Church candy store. Look at that lovely Nick Cardy cover, very clearly done from a Carmine Infantino sketch. This was the first new issue of FLASH that I ever had. Artwork on this one was by Irv Novick, whose style I would come to associate with the character, as … Continue reading BHOC: FLASH #224
The Tom Brevoort Experience 