At the end of one of my comments in the Secret Identities thread, I posted, "I never understood why they made CK into a crusading hero in his reporter guise. That just seems so wrong. But then, so does marrying Lois, and they did that, too."
To whi
Read more…I just bought the World of Archie Double Digerst which apparently reprints the entire Tiny Titans/Lil Archie crossover mini. But that got me thinking about the Titans so.....
Batman: The Brave and the Bold returns to Cartoon Network tonight at 6:30 p.m. with a story featuring Superman, Lois, Jimmy, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Krypto, Luthor, Brainiac, Kandor, red kryptonite, and even Giant Turtle Olsen!
http://www.comicbookresources.
Read more…Warner Bros has released the first image of Adrianne Palicki in her WW costume for the TV show:
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/129048-first-look-at-adrianne-palicki-as-wonder-woman
I actually think she looks pretty good, except for two th
Read more…A ways back , at the old home , MSA expounded upon the syndicated PEANUTS re-runs of early-60s strips and how he thought a " day of the year " one that ran a coupla days apart from that actual day showed how wrong this concept was , and also that the
Read more…Oh , the irony . Let's continue something that was discussed at the MSA Old Home , namely , remaining print comic fanzines - And , for diversity , pro/semi-pro/" pro-zine " comics publications as well .
CBG remains in business . The Comics Journal
Read more…Every so often I come across an auction on eBay that just makes me wonder if the seller has never been to eBay before, doesn't know how to use the Previous Auctions button or has money to burn and hopes to win the lottery.
One example that's been aro
Read more…I'm pleased to say that the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has invited back the Mr. Silver Age Trivia Challenge for this year's show!
Mark Waid will take on a panel of trivia geeks to determine who knows more thoroughly useless informatio
Read more…My column for this month's Comics Buyer's Guide has been posted to my Columnist section of the CBGxtra Web site. It's at:
You can com
Read more…Over in the other thread, we've been discussing people (mostly heroes) who died during the Silver Age. Some of them, surprisingly enough, are still dead! That's as it should be, dead should mean dead, but it usually doesn't happen. But in a few cases
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On the old Ask Mr. Silver Age forum at CBGXtra.com I reviewed more than 40 volumes of the DC Showcase Presents series and kept track of upcoming volumes, based on listings at Amazon and on the DC Comics website. Craig has asked that I continue
Read more…Dear Mr. Silver Age:
Did any team members, super or otherwise, ever die during the Silver Age?
Simon W.
Hollywood
Read more…In the 1970s, both Marvel and DC reprinted a lot of their Silver Age and older comics to help newer readers catch up. Often they reprinted the original covers as well, but they more likely commissioned new covers by modern artists. I'm going to start
Read more…Following up on discussion about ugly Silver Age comic book covers on another thread, I'm going to make this my first attempt at starting a new thread and posting an image.
Here's my nomination, Wonder Woman #159. It's got that good purple thing g
Read more…I was going to do a thread on my FIVE favorite Justice League/Justice Society team-ups when I discovered that I couldn't pick just five! So I'm going to write about all of them. These won't be synopses since I am assuming that everyone is familar wit
Read more…Why would anyone want to join the Legion of Super-Heroes? Here are nine reasons, courtesy of the Legion World page at Facebook, which happened to pop up on my page and I checked out. They have all kinds of photos of Legion-based stuff, including a lo
Read more…I ran across these photos of the testing done before the Adam West - Burt Ward Batman TV show went on the air, and I think they're pretty cool.
They apparently put together the Batman costume first and tried it out, and then decided to "update" it to
Read more…In a sidebar to my December CBG column on good reading for Silver Age fans in 2010, I suggested five collections that I wanted to see in 2011. Amazingly enough, between the time I wrote the column and it was published, TWO of those collections (Sugar
Read more…Welcome to the Mr. Silver Age Discussion Section! I'm Craig Shutt, aka the "Mr. Silver Age" behind the Ask Mr. Silver Age column for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Captain Comics has generously offered up this space due to the ongoing troubles with maint |
