The third and final part of the saga of FLASH’s search for his missing wife showed up in my mailbox, folded right down the middle in the manner that subscription copies were sent in those days. It was a good issue, though a hair disappointing in that this concluding chapter didn’t take up the entire … Continue reading BHOC: FLASH #237
It came in the mail, folded in half as was the custom of the time: my subscription copy of the second half of 1975′s team-up between the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and their counterparts in the Justice Society of Earth-2. As I’ve mentioned while chronicling the preceding issue, this storyline was, to put it generously, … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #124
I was super-excited when my subscription copy of this issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA turned up in my mailbox, folded in half as was the custom of the time. That’s because it was the first part of the annual Justice League/Justice Society team-up. While I was familiar with the JSA, the only previous team-up … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #123
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
Once again, I have no particular memory of buying this issue of WONDER WOMAN. but I still have it, so I must have done so. It’s another installment in the “Wonder Woman’s Twelve Labors” cycle of stories wherein Wonder Woman needed to prove herself to her compatriots so as to regain her place in the Justice … Continue reading BHOC: WONDER WOMAN #215
Not 100% sure where this book came from. I’m going to guess the 7-11, and the fact that it was another 100-Page Spectacular that resulted in it being picked up. But I honestly have no recollection–i wasn’t a huge Legion fan, for all that I had read the preceding two issues. The lead story is … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #205
It’s difficult for me to recall in these days where not a week goes by that I don’t read dozens and dozens of comics, but as a child, getting a new comic was a rare and wonderful thing. My regular purchases of ACTION COMICS, the only true monthly I was following, give a good indication … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #439
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
The Tom Brevoort Experience 