Showcase #56
May-June 1965
Cover art by: Murphy Anderson
Story: Perils of the Psycho-Pirate!
Writer: Gardner Fox
Art: Murphy Anderson
Kent Nelson (Dr. Fate) with the backing of Rex Tyler (Hourman) has unearthed the legendary Medusa Masks. Tyler l
Read more…Weird War Tales #9
December 1972
Cover art by: Nick Cardy
Story: The Promise
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Art: Alfredo Alcala
Before we begin I actually liked what they did on the front page. Someone (GCD has it listed as Howard Chaykin, that's cool) d
Read more…World's Finest #159
August 1966
Cover art: Curt Swan & George Klein
Story: The Cape and Cowl Crooks
Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
I dunno. This comic just didn't work for me. I was always a big fan of Edmond Hamilto
Read more…Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #316
October 1984
Cover art: Terry Shoemaker & Larry Mahlstedt
Story: Meanwhile...
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
Cosmic Boy as well as Night Girl, Polar Boy, and Stone Boy from th
Read more…Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #318 & 319
December 1984 & January 1985
Cover art by: Terry Shoemaker & Karl Kesel
Story: Shadows of Future Past (318) & If Memory Should Fail (319)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
Read more…Secret Origins #37
February 1989
Cover art by: Ty Templeton
Story: The Secret Origin of Legion of Substitute-Heroes
Writer: Ty Templeton
Pencils: Ty Templeton
Inks: Van Bruggen
We all know the Subs' origins. A bunch of Legion rejects decide to fo
Read more…Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1
November 1984
Cover art: George Perez
Story: Various
Writer: Various
Pencils: Various
Inks: Various
After reading most of this short lived series I have come to the conclusion that this was the one that tried,
Read more…Thrasher Comics #9
Sometime in 1990
Cover art by: No idea.
Story: This is an anthology
Writer: Various
Art: Various
There really isn't a whole lot of information about this comic out there. This was published by the same company that puts out Thra
Read more…The Punisher #6
February 1988
Cover art: Mike Mignola & Kevin Nowlan
Story: Garbage
Writer: Mike Baron
Pencils: David Ross
Inks: Kevin Nowlan
This is one of those nifty stories that starts relatively small and just grows and grows. The Punisher wa
Read more…New Adventures of Superboy #50
February 1984
Cover art: Keith Giffen
Story: Dial “V” for Villain
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Pencils: Keith Giffen & Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks: Keith Giffen & Dave Hunt
There are actually a few things about this cover I
Read more…Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #315
September 1984
Cover art by: Terry Shoemaker & Karl Kesel
Story: Judgement!
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
A trio of Legionnaires are hot on the trail of Ontiir in Dark Circle
Read more…Mod Squad #1
December 1968
Cover art by: Unknown
Story: The Deadly Skies
and Nobody's Angels
Writer: Unknown
Art: Jose Delbo
Many kudos to the GCD for providing the art credit on this comic. Honestly, I am not even a Mod Squad fan. I was just so h
Read more…Superboy #159
September 1969
Cover art by: Neal Adams
Story: The Day it Rained Superboys!
Writer: Frank Robbins
Pencils: Bob Brown
Inks: Wally Wood
There are a few issues I had to work through on this comic. First, the middle aged Kents was a big
Read more…Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #87
September 1965
Cover art: Curt Swan & Sheldon Moldoff
Story: The Arena of Doom
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Art: Al Plastino
Hey Superman learns that Brainiac is a robot! After getting Brainiac to put Jimmy Olsen's brain bac
Read more…Punisher #2
August 1987
Cover art by: Klaus Janson
Story: Bolivia
Writer: Mike Baron
Art: Klaus Janson
What is very enjoyable about the Punisher here, is that it is still early in his story telling career, so there is a lot of fertile ground to co
Read more…Justice League of America #144
July 1977
Cover by: Dick Dillin & Frank McLaughlin
Story: The Origin of the Justice League – Minus One!
Writer: Steve Englehart
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
This is one of those books that tries to cl
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