I got Showcase Presents Men of War and Showcase Presents Jonah Hex Vol. 2 from Amazon over the weekend, so I know those two made it out this year, the first so far for 2014. It's odd they were both released at the same time. This morning I checked Am
Read more…The recent release of on-site photos of The Flash's costume during filming of the new Flash TV show on the CW have generated some comments about the somewhat unflattering costume, making comparisons to Flash's unfortunate encounter with being turned
Read more…This blast from the past appeared in CBG #1579 (Feb 20, 2004), just about a decade ago:
The Mighty Jane Foster!
Don Blake’s nurse came thisclose to marrying the Thunder God of her dreams.But she ended up marrying somebody else instead.
Dear Mr. Sil
Read more…Okay , what is the full version of this story I have occasionally seen brief reference to about the Inhumans' origins ~ Not within the 616 , but as comic-book characters ???????????
Specifically , this story that , before their introduction in FANT
Read more…This is in regards to Betty Kane's debut as "Bat-Girl". She figures out Aunt Kathy's identity, makes her cute party dress Bat-Girl costume, and "follows" Batwoman to the Scientific Equipment Exibition where she surprises the Dynamic Trio. My question
Read more…Well, Amazon's advance listings for Showcase Presents for late 2013 didn't pan out too well, since we didn't get a number of the titles that had been listed, including SP Unknown Soldier Vol. 2 and SP House of Secrets Vol. 3. Still, we push on for e
Read more…This is one of the most reprinted Flash stories of the Silver Age. It's probably one of the most reprinted Silver Age stories period. It's certainly one of the most important Silver Age comics. It's definitely one of the most iconic covers. But is it
I thought of this when I was scanning in the cover attached where Bat Woman becomes Catwoman. I thought of Lois and Carol Ferris becoming Star Saphires, not to mention Lois becoming Catwoman for a while. Was it just these two or were girl friend pron
Read more…Daredevil was always a favorite of mine and easy to collect. Unfortunately he spent his Silver Age as a definite Marvel B-Lister and a weaker version of Spider-Man. His title was never one of Marvel's best sellers and was almost cancelled at least on
This little blast from the past from the Ask Mr. Silver Age column first appeared in CBG #1590 (May 7, 2004):
A salute to Legion rejects!
The Legion’s American Idol-style review process turned up
some darn nifty heroes--and some that were less so.
D
Read more…Adam West's Batman TV show is FINALLY going to be released on DVD later this year!
http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/01/15/batman-adam-west-dvd-2014/4496717/
-- MSA
Read more…With the premiere of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, one can't help but consider the Silver Age comics version that began with STRANGE TALES #135 (Au'65) in response to the Spy Craze that hit the Sixties. At that time Pop Culture was dominated by the Thre
Read more…Dragging? Complaining? Here's something kinda entertaining! Mr. Silver Age rips the lid off a little-known fact (and that had to hurt) in his column from CBG #1492 (June 28, 2002):
Spider-Man's 'secret' identity
The web-slinger wasn't the greatest a
Read more…Let's use our own magic/scientific Time Pool to revisit this blast from the past: The Ask Mr. Silver Age column from CBG #1565 (November 14, 2003), a mere 10 years ago.
Ripples in The Time Pool
The Atom’s time-travelling device was a hit with fans—a
Read more…Due to popular demand (thanks, Mom!), here's another blast from the past: a classic Ask Mr. Silver Age column from CBG #1547 (July 11, 2003)!
Let me know if you have any requests, either columns you vaguely remember or characters you'd like to discus
Read more…Mile High Comics is having an auction of stuff they had lying around, and one of the items is so cool that Chuck Rozanski is opening the bidding to people by phone. It's the complete color guide to FF #88 in its original folder.
He expects it to go
Read more…So, many years ago, I bought a two pack of model kits on eBay for my kids for Xmas. One was the Hulk, and the other was Spidey. I remember these ads from the backs of silver age Marvel comics, but I never bought nor built one.
My kids turned their
As Thor: The Dark World is set to open, I thought that I would pay tribute to the biggest draw of the Marvel Movie Universe: Tom Hiddleston AKA Loki, God of Mischief! He is the most interesting character they have right now and deserves his own film!
Read more…I've been sitting on this for a couple of weeks now, trying to see what I could find out myself and these questions may be more speculative than factual. Still the Original Teen Titans always get shunted aside for the New Teen Titans so here's to Com
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