We've now reached the point where all that was left in my stack of comics purchased in my 1988 Windfall Comics sale were issues of ACTION COMICS, so get ready for a steady stream of ACTION reviews before we're done. This particular issue featured a lead story that I had already read years before, in … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #326
I had a couple of people rise to the occasion and come back to me with examples of even earlier comic book letters pages than the one that we looked at last week. https://tombrevoort.com/2023/10/21/the-first-comic-book-letters-page/ So I wanted to give these some space here as well, to make sure the record was straight. Comic book historian … Continue reading The First Comic Book Letters Page Redux
Editor Mort Weisinger was certainly putting himself on the line with the cover copy on this next issue of ACTION COMICS, #325. "Best Superman Story of the Year!" he cries, in the manner that was being used by rival Stan Lee. This is maybe a strange thing to say on a cover that features not … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #325
This issue of SUPERMAN was another book that I got from my friend David Steckel, who had nothing but scorn for DC's output. I, on the other hand, was a stalwart fan of the Man of Steel. Except that there was something a little bit weird about this issue of SUPERMAN as opposed to all … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #218
There's something that I don't really like about this ACTION COMICS cover. I'm not sure what it is--it's a nice piece done by the usually-winning combination of Curt Swan and George Klein. Possibly it's the light green background that puts me off here, I don't know. But the fact remains, I don't find this cover … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #324
Now this comic book I know was given to me by my friend David Steckel. As I've mentioned before, David was a thorough Marvel Zombie (before that term came into widespread use) and he found all DC comics to be juvenile kiddy stuff--which, in al honesty, they largely were. So he had less than no … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #104
I mentioned meeting my buddy David Steckel in gifted class a couple weeks ago. David was, like myself, an avid comic book reader. But he only liked Marvel comic, and turned up his nose at anything from DC or other companies, which he felt were too childish and stupid. Accordingly, every once in a while … Continue reading BHOC: DC SPECIAL #15
I had skipped buying SUPERMAN FAMILY #192 the previous month, for reasons that I'm not quite certain of apart from just a general dissatisfaction with the title. That was the problem with DC's Dollar Comics anthologies, they were wildly inconsistent. While any given issue probably had something in it that you thought was pretty great, … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #193
It was at around this time that JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA had begun to feel tired to me. It had once been a favorite series, but in recent months, coupled with a growing interest in the Marvel style of storytelling, the venerable JLA had seemingly been slowing down, becoming a bit trite and simplistic and, … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #162
The title that I got the most issues of in my Windfall Comics purchase of 1988 was definitely ACTION COMICS. There were close to twice as many issues of this book as anything else in that long box. Which is understandable--ACTION COMICS was selling in phenomenal numbers during the early Silver Age, and these books … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #322
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