Report what comic books you have read today--and tell us a little something about it while you're here!
You need to be a member of Captain Comics to add comments!
This reply was deleted.
Report what comic books you have read today--and tell us a little something about it while you're here!
You need to be a member of Captain Comics to add comments!
Replies
NEW COMICS I HAVE READ TODAY THIS MONTH: Absolute Superman #1, JSA #1, Cruel Universe #4, Wrong Earth: Dead Ringers #4, Action Comics #1074-1077, Batman #154, Captain America #15, Absolute Batman #2, Batman: Dark Age #6, Helen of Wyndham #6, Toxic Avenger #2, Batman & Robin: Year One #2, Jenny Sparks #4, Wonder Woman #15, Archie: Mr. Justice #1, Epitaphs from the Abyss #5, Space Ghost #7, Jonny Quest #4, Absolute Wonder Woman #2, Babs #4, Black Canary #1, Justice League Unlimited #1.
Absolute Wonder Woman #2
Justice League Unlimited #1
My reading of the "DC Finest" edition of Superman: The First Superhero proceeds apace. I just finished reading Action Comics #22-23. This story, a rare early two-parter, is significant because, in part one, Clark and Lois are sent on assignment by The Daily Star, and in part two they return to The Daily Planet. When I first read part one in 1974 (reprinted in DC Treasury Edition #C-31), I simply assumed the Planet bought out the Star while they were in Europe. IRL, the McClure Syndicate was shopping the Superman comic strip around. Many cities had a newspaper called The Star, and it was thought a rival newspaper might not pick it up for that reason, so the in-story newspaper became the less-common Daily Planet. Action Comics #23 is also significant as the first appearance of Lex Luthor.
The cover of DC Treasury Edition #C-31 was painted by pulp artist H.J. Ward and hung in Julis Schwartz's office for years.
TRIVIA QUESTION: What was the first named newspaper Clark Kent worked for in the Golden Age?
I always assumed The Daily Star was the first-- though I believe the radio show quickly referred to the paper as The Daily Flash for one episode.
Is there another one, besides The Smallviille High Retcon or some other such paper?
Actually, The Daily Star was mentioned in Action Comics #1 (I'm going to have to re-phrase the question), but in Action Comics #2, Clark sends his story to and it is published in The Evening News of Cleveland Ohio (which makes sense because that's where Siegel and Shuster were from). I suspect the name The Daily Star may have been used in the first place because it was so common and might facilitate sales of the newspaper comic strip and it was only later that the competitor angle I mentioned yesterday was considered.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Action Comics #23 is also significant as the first appearance of Lex Luthor.
As noted in the GCD entry for Action 23, Luthor never had a first name until Adventure Comics #271 (APR60), when teenage him was revealed to be called Lex. I guess a new attendee at the high school without a first name would be problematic. Amazingly, he became another “LL” character in Clark’s life. This went on sale shortly before my twelfth birthday and I bought it at the time. A lot happened in this issue (from GCD):
Young Lex and Superboy start out as friends, but after Superboy accidentally destroys Luthor's laboratory and accidentally causes Lex to lose his hair, Luthor vows revenge.
I read the intro to Atlas War Comics collection last night. My vision being what it is, my eyes were too pooped to continue into any of the actual comics. That's not Vassalo's fault, of course, but what is his fault (and his editors) is how relentlessly repetitive the intro is. A good editor could have sliced that puppy in half. And then I could have read some comics.
Vassalo's introductions lean too heavily on plot summaries for my taste. I generally just skim them, or read them after I have read the stories (or both).
This one would have benefited from cutting the summaries. He repeated everything he said pre-summaries anyway.
-
715
-
716
-
717
-
718
-
719
of 719 Next