It's no great secret that Thor was one of the earliest super heroes introduced during the beginnings of the Marvel Age of Comics, and that it was likely Jack Kirby who first proposed the idea of making a super hero out of an ancient god. Kirby had an abiding interest in mythology and in folk tales … Continue reading Lee & Kirby: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #16
Editor Mort Weisinger wound up inheriting the oversight on WORLD'S FINEST COMICS in the DC editorial shuffle that passed the flagging Batman titles into the hands of editor Julie Schwartz in the hopes that Julie could reverse their fortunes. One gets the sense that, while he was happy enough to have another series that regularly … Continue reading WC: WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #160
Here was another issue of BATMAN that I got in my Windfall Comics purchase of 1988. While it's a 12 cent issue, it was still published during the editorial reign of Jack Schiff. And as such, it was a bit noteworthy, as by this time schiff and his creative teams had largely pivoted the Caped … Continue reading WC: BATMAN #148
The Tom Brevoort Experience 