Now this was a cover that promised to live up to the title of the series; ACTION COMICS! Surely if Superman was about to go into a kill-or-be-killed battle to the death bereft of his super-powers and brandishing a sword and shield, the story within was going to be chock full of action, right? Well, … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #329
Here was another issue of ACTION COMICS that came to me as a part of my Windfall Comics purchase. It must be said that this series must be among the most misnamed during this period, as action was the aspect of the stories being told that you were least likely to get, at least in … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #328
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
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 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
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
I've always been just a little bit fascinated by this cover to ACTION COMICS #319. That's an awful lot of empty dead space to leave at the upper left side of the cover--an area that falls into the "Dynamic Live Area" that is most likely to be visible on racks whether the books are displayed … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #319
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