It's well past time for a new blast from the past in the form of a moldering--I mean classic Ask Mr. Silver Age column. This one comes from CBG #1582 (Mar. 12, 2004).
The Double Life of Pol Manning!
Green Lantern kept using his third identity to no g
Read more…This year's Silver Age Trivia Challenge at C2E2 was tight-fought contest, perhaps Mark Waid's closest brush with defeat yet. He led only 490-410 going into the Lightning Round, where questions were worth 50 points apiece!
Of course, he then won six o
Read more…I first read Justice League of America #40 (N'65) "Indestructible Creatures of Nightmare Island!" by Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs when it was reprinted in JLA #115 (F'75). It was a very odd comic when I was nine but now I realize how
I'm going to regret this...
Unlike the other major superhero teams (the Justice Society, the Justice League, the Avengers, etc.), the Legion of Super-Heroes developed gradually, appearing as guest stars throughout all the Superman titles until they g
Read more…Tsundere is a term manga fans use to describe a certain type of character. A tsundere character is "a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time. The word is derived from t
Read more…I seem to remember that every year DC would publish a " spot the mistake story "
Is that right ? Am I getting too old ?
Thank you again for your sharing with others about a great time in our lives.
Read more…Happy birthday to our old pal Don Rickles, and we assume, his look-alike Goody Rickels, born May 8, 1926!
Hoy
Despite the movie reboot, the Fantastic Four's place in the Marvel Universe has dropped in importance behind the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Hulk and even Iron Man. But they are important to the MU, as we all should know. They were the stand
With everyone else dipping their toes into the water--and given that lately it seems I'm more snarky than appreciative of comics--I thought I'd dip my own toes into the water with a reading project. So I'll be covering Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck.
Read more…What hath The Baron wrought?
With his "Baron Re-Reads the JSA" thread, he has inspired us all. Currently John Dunbar is writing a "Dunbar Re-Reads Thor" thread, which calls out for an accompanying "Avengers" thread, at least while Thor is part of tha
Read more…One aspect of the earlier years of Superman that has been all but totally forgotten is the concept of Krypton as a planet of Super-people , people with super-strength , leaping ,etc. powers not unlike the " faster than a speeding bullet " powers of t
Read more…I finally took the advice someone gave me 6 months ago, and started my own Jack Kirby Facebook group.
I kinda had to. This one [PERSON I DON'T LIKE], one of the 2 reasons I stopped contributiing to the GCD site 5 years ago, managed to fool one of t
I'm sure sonmeone here will know this (I'd lay a shade of odds on it being Mr. SA or the Commander who answers this, but I'm sure they're not the only ones), but I'm having trouble finding it on the interwebs..
What issue did Gail Manners first a
Read more…Yes, another strand of silver appears this date. All of us at the Ask Mr. Silver Age Forum wish you the best and many more to come.
--your pal, Hoy
I didn't want any of you Kirby fans (there must be a few, I figure) to miss this eBay listing. Pricing -- not to mention explanations-- like this don't come along everyday!
As the seller notes, it's the Holly Grail of Kirby art! I don't know who she
Read more…I'm pleased to say the Silver Age Pro-Fan Trivia Challenge will return to C2E2 again this year! It will be held at 2:30-3:30 on Sunday, April 27 on The Twitch Stage on the show floor, whatever that is.
Join moderator Mr. Silver Age as four (or more)
Read more…Can Anyone confirm if the First appearance of Bizarro in the newspaper strip appears in the Superman Dailies Volume. I've looked at some reviews and it's not mentioned and I haven't come across any copies I could look at to check myself.
Read more…I am still working on my 2012 New Year’s resolution to read all of the Marvel Silver Age comics in the order in which they were printed. It’s been slow going, but today I finished the titles published in
August 1964.
Previously I had posted that Au
Read more…When Silver Age Hal Jordan went on the road, in the issues numbered in the high 40"s, he wound up meeting a couple of new girlfriends, Eve Doremus and Olivia Reynolds. What does Mr. Silver Age think of them?
Read more…I receive ham from Heritage Auctions , listing their comics stuff ~ Well , most recently , I received on which had news of a comics character ~ an SA one ~ being sold outright .
AND his domain name !!!!!!!!!!!
Since this i
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