I have to confess, of all of editor Mort Weisinger's assorted Superman titles of the late 1950s and 1960s, SUPERBOY is the one that I warmed to the least. In general, I liked the daffy storybook construction of most of the line's output, but somehow the low-stakes small town conflicts of the Boy of Steel … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #124
Like the rest of editor Mort Weisinger's Superman line-up of titles in the 1960s, SUPERBOY was a top seller. Though not appreciated all that much by the fan community of the next two decades due to the fact that Weisinger aimed his material squarely ad a younger audience than most, these books had a range … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #119
Now this was a bit of a seminal issue in DC Comics history, though you really couldn't tell so by looking at this cover. But it represents one of the very few times that a super hero legitimately was killed off during the Silver Age of Comics. And even though that character would be revived … Continue reading WC: ADVENTURE COMICS #304
Another title for which I received an inordinate amount of issues in my Windfall Comics haul was SUPERBOY. Like with SGT FURY and a few other books, SUPERBOY wasn't a series whose value to collectors had become apparent yet, so copies were plentiful and relatively cheap even as late as 1988. As much as anything, … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #115
Like FOOM before it, THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS was a fan magazine produced in-house--in this case, at National Periodical Publications. The work was done by the "Junior Woodchucks", a group of young editorial and production members who had been brought on staff. It was a very fine publication and represents a terrific inside … Continue reading THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #2
Much as with its sister title ACTION COMICS, ADVENTURE COMICS had adjusted to shrinking page counts by reducing the number of features that it ran from three to two. That second feature position eventually wound up handed over to the Legion of Super Heroes, who promptly took over the entire magazine. But before that, it … Continue reading WC: ADVENTURE COMICS #295
I have to confess that I've never been particularly enamored of the adventures of SUPERBOY, for all that I own and have read plenty of them. I understand the appeal of the series, but somehow, it's small town atmosphere and small-scale young heroics never really did anything for me. I can be difficult to even … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #95
This issue of ADVENTURE COMICS is another book that came in that box of 150 Silver Age comics that I purchased in 1988 for fifty bones--what I think of as my "windfall comics" purchase since it came about entirely by luck. As with ACTION COMICS last week, ADVENTURE COMICS back issues weren't especially in demand … Continue reading WC: ADVENTURE COMICS #292
This issue of SUPERBOY was another book that came to me in 1988 as a part of my purchase of a box of around 150 Silver Age comics for $50.00, the result of a chance meeting at the Post Office. And it was one of the more noteworthy issues in the bunch, given that it … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #89
Now, this was a noteworthy issue, and another one that I acquired as part of my big Windfall Comics purchase in 1988, when I bought a box of close to 150 Silver Age comic books for $50.00. Unfortunately, for me, it's also a book whose lead story was one that I had read many years … Continue reading WC: ADVENTURE COMICS #271
The Tom Brevoort Experience 