In previous years, this was a memory box so we didn't miss any good nominations for the Cappies. With the Cappies hypertimed away, that doesn't mean we have to discontinue these threads. I've always liked going back at the end of the year and seeing the books and stories and moments that people really champion -- including plenty of stuff that I've forgotten about come Christmastime.
So have at it, Legionnaires! It's a bold new year! What in 2017 has knocked you out?
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My Gun is the Jury by Jack Davis and Wallace Wood is the fifth collection of Wood's work (following Atom Bomb, Came the Dawn, Spawn of Mars and Spawn of Venus) and the fifth featuring Davis's as well (following Death Stand, Foul Play, The Living Mummy and 'Tain't the Meat... It's the Humanity!), in Fantagraphics series of EC reprints spotlighting individual creators, and the 39th overall.
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DC Finest: The Fastest Man Dead overlaps three issues with The Silver Age Flash Omnibus v3.
Hey, it's better than a three-issue gap!
I've never thought about it before. But with the Silver Age Flash Omnibus series ending with with Flash #199 (Aug 1970), is that where DC considers the Flash Silver Age to end? Starting the Bronze Age in 1970 with a nice round numer like 200 is OK by me. Which, if we buy that, makes this the first Bronze Age Flash collection. I didn't get this, but now I'm thinking maybe I should. I don't remember Flash undergoing any serious transition here, but maybe I just forgot. Heck, issue #215 is a Jay Garrick/Barry Allen team-up, which seems very Silver Age-y, even though it's 1972.
Green Lantern's Silver Age Omnibus series ends with issue #75, which is a natural divide -- the next issue is, of course, "No Evil Shall Escape My Sight!" by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams. That was cover-dated April 1970, pretty close to Flash #199. And any cutoff of the Silver Age Green Lantern would have to include Green Lantern #61, the last Silver Age Alan Scott/Hal Jordan team-up, and continue until Gil Kane left the strip, which is, again, #75. (Jack Sparling and Mike Sekowsky filled in on issues #62-66. I don't know why. Maybe they were experimenting to see if sales would improve.)
Giving Iris West Allen a "secret origin" was a big departure from the Silver Age.
Issue 200 is where Flash transitions to mostly book-length stories rather than two shorter stories in one issue. Some issues still have backups, of course, but that's definitely a change in editorial direction & storytelling style, if not necessarily in-story character direction.
I'm really glad to see this book being published, and am looking forward to it arriving in the mail!
Good news! I could have lived with a tiny gap, but am happier not to have one. My copy arrived at my Amazon locker yesterday but I picked it up today. I hope they keep going with this one and the Superboy one.
IIRC this book will have "Bad Sargon"!
The second Sargon as villain story but not the first.
Dang! I want all my Bad Sargons in one place!
Sargon, but not forgotten.
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