BC: SHAZAM #17

Continuing with my read-through of the complete run of SHAZAM which I'd borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims, who had inherited it from some older relative who had outgrown comic books. The next three issues were all ones that I already owned and which I've written about previously: https://tombrevoort.com/2016/06/18/another-delight-filled-100-page-spectacular-this/ https://tombrevoort.com/2016/07/23/i-have-a-vague-memory-of-getting-this-issue-of/ https://tombrevoort.com/2016/08/21/another-100-page-spectacular-and-a-sure-call-for/ It was … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #17 →

BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #119

The cover to this issue of GREEN LANTERN bugs my eye in a way that it didn't when I first bought it back in 1979. Having spent time working with John Romita Sr., who was attuned to every discontinuity in spatial relationships on a cover and made me similarly sensitive to them, it bugs me … Continue reading BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #119 →

BC: BATMAN #263

Especially in the first half of the 1970s in which I grew up, comic books were a ubiquitous item. Almost every kid read them, at least a little bit, and they were on sale in every candy store and convenience store you were likely to encounter. This changed as the decade went on and those … Continue reading BC: BATMAN #263 →

BHOC: BATMAN Tempo Paperback

At around this time, I wound up buying a number of Tempo paperback editions dedicated to assorted DC characters. These were DC's answer to the Marvel Pocket Books format, and they released six volumes through Grosset & Dunlap's Tempo imprint all at once. I wound up owning four of those six, starting with this BATMAN … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN Tempo Paperback →

BC: BATMAN #257

I'm not 100% certain who I borrowed this issue of BATMAN from. it might have been my grade school friend Donald Sims as with most of the books that we've been looking at recently. But I suspect that it was actually my next-door-neighbor Johnny Rantinella. Johnny was a year younger than I was and a … Continue reading BC: BATMAN #257 →

BC: SHAZAM #9

I was continuing to work my way through the stack of issues of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my buddy Donald Sims that comprised a complete run of the series. But issue #9, changes were starting to take place. First off, following the prior issue's all-reprint format, from this point forward the book would … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #9 →

FSC: DAREDEVIL #181

Going into 1982, there was no comic book series that was of greater interest to me and my small collection of comic book reading friends as DAREDEVIL. The title had been gaining momentum ever since newcomer artist Frank Miller had been brought on to pencil it a year or two earlier. Miller's storytelling chops were … Continue reading FSC: DAREDEVIL #181 →

BC: DETECTIVE COMICS #411

This issue of DETECTIVE COMICS was another that I borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims to read. I wasn't a big Batman reader particularly, but something about this issue evidently made me want to take a closer look at it. I had no idea that it was significant, containing the first appearance of … Continue reading BC: DETECTIVE COMICS #411 →

BC: SHAZAM #7

I continued over a period of a day or two to delve into the complete run of SHAZAM that my grade school friend Donald Sims had lent to me. By now I was up to issue #7, an issue that I can vaguely remember having seen on the spinner rack at my local 7-11 some … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #7 →

BC: SHAZAM #6

I was still making my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. SHAZAM #6 featured the series' second photo cover, and it was a bit less successful and convincing than the prior one which had run on issue #2. But there was something appealing … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #6 →