The supermarket my mother would sometimes frequent occasionally carried some comics. It was never many, and there didn’t seem to be much rhyme or reason to what ended up on their shelves. One title they seemed to get semi-consistently was SUPERMAN FAMILY, and that’s how I wound up with this issue, one earlier than the … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #176
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a copy of this particular issue of SUPERMAN FAMILY whose cover wasn’t miscut. I wonder if this wasn’t the result of the switch-over from a squarebound binding to traditional end-staples–if the cover has perhaps been set up for the former, and so without that additional bit of space, shifted the trim on the … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN FAMILY #177
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
I have no idea why I would have bought this comic book. I would have guessed that it came in one of those 3-to-a-bag packs that were prevalent in this era, but there are no other comics that I read of the same exact vintage, so that seems to let that explanation out. It’s possible … Continue reading BHOC: LOIS LANE #133
slsblog: I killed her…what’s it to you? 1970, Curt Swan cover. Jeez, Lana, get off my back!
comicbookcovers: Superman’s Girlfriend, Lois Lane #63, February 1966, cover by Wayne Boring and Kurt Schaffenberger
A terrific concept cover–too bad the story that goes with it is so mediocre–by Kurt Schaffenberger for LOIS LANE #63 (with some revisions to the Clark/Superman figure by Wayne Boring, it looks like.) This one’s all about the promise of the story. But that yellow background is like a beacon, and Superman’s primary colors aren’t … Continue reading Great Covers – LOIS LANE #63
LOIS LANE #63 February, 1966 You could always count on the Mort Weisenger-edited Superman family comics of the late ‘50s and '60s for intriguing (if often silly, and usually misleading) covers. These books have a quaint, childlike charm. The stories were clearly geared for kids–not only are they told in the most straightforward manner possible, … Continue reading BHOCOS: LOIS LANE #63
The Tom Brevoort Experience 