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A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow…
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The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
Welcome to our re-read of the first and greatest superhero team in comics ... and quite a bit more! My plan is to re-read and discuss the Golden Age Justice Society of America, which ran from All-Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940) to All-Star Comics #57…
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Golden Age Captain America Stories
Recently, over in the JSA" thread, we've been discussing Golden Age stories vs. modern retellings citing Adventure Comics/Sandman Mystery Theatre and Captain America Comics/Invaders as examples of comic book stories that "really happened." In it,…
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Batgirl, the Dominoed Daredoll
"Out of the super-star studded firmament of Gotham City, where Batman and Robin shine supreme as masked manhunters -- bursts a brand-new luminary -- Batgirl! And like that very Batman after whom she models herself -- she too battles crime and…
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Ultra Q
I was a big fan of Ultraman when I was a kid. In the early ‘90s I discovered there was a new “Ultraman” show, but unfortunately I was more interested in acquiring episodes of the old show on VHS than I was episodes of the new one. Somewhat later I…
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The Five Green Lanterns (Alan Scott)
Pre-CrisisPost-CrisisSentinelNew 52CurrentAlan Scott first appeared in All-America Comics #16 in 1940 as a construction engineer (although he later switched professions and became a radio engineer). As Green Lantern, he was a founding member of the…
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William Naslund, Captain America
Since Jeff is doing yeoman work on Steve Rogers and Jeff Mace, I thought I'd help out with William Naslund. I cobbled together a list of likely appearances, and lifted, wrote or re-wrote summaries from online. This is a quick and dirty summary…
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The World War II Career of Captain America
Inspired by Captain America #32 (2000), I wrote a letter to the Comics Buyer's Guide which was printed in #1362. In it, I traced Captain America's involvement in World War II solely through what was revealed in the comics themselves. What follows is…
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