Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Batman #47, cover dated June-July, 1948. Batman #48 was on sale in June."
23 hours ago
Richard Willis replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion The Five Green Lanterns (Alan Scott)
"Granted that I only bought the Zero Hour main title, but the impression it gave me was that Parallax took us all back to the Big Bang and forward so that Batman didn’t know who killed his parents.
….and Renee Montoya, who was coded that way from her…"
yesterday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Spider-Man #27. How did they ever think of this story title?

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yesterday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion Comical Comic Cuts
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Monday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Lois Lane #27. In the words of Emily Litella, "it's always something.""
Sunday
Richard Willis replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Batgirl, the Dominoed Daredoll
"Unless they can stop him, his next victim will be Val Lewton, a former high school classmate of Barbara's. Val and Babs were on the gymnastics team together, and now Val aspires to be Catwoman's sidekick, but Catwoman rejects her.
Val Lewton was the…"
Sunday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"True, but radio dramas had dropped off when more and more people had TV's.  Knowing Martin Goodman, he was probably trying to see if he would get sued. That's why he had all of those fake publishing companies instead of just one. I created a thread…"
Sunday
Richard Willis replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics for March 11, 2026
"GCD tells me that Detective 475 went on sale on November 29, 1977. I probably bought it and piled it up unread, along with all the DC and Marvel comics I was buying at the time. This was crazy and led to my ten-year cold-turkey period with comics.…"
Saturday
Richard Willis replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics for March 11, 2026
"ALIAS: RED BAND #1 (OF 5)
I'll be getting this one as a collection. I have all the others as collections. Great character  in comics and the TV series."
Saturday
Richard Willis replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics for March 11, 2026
"DETECTIVE COMICS #475 FACSIMILE EDITION: The Joker "Laughing Fish" story, by Englehart/Rogers. It was stunning at the time, and has become a classic.
I presume that they are going to also do a facsimile of #476, since this is a continued story. I…"
Saturday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Until JD pointed it out, I drew a blank on the famous name Matt Dillon. I was thinking about comics, not TV.
After several title changes, Gunsmoke Western ran from #32 (on sale Sep 22, 1955) to #77 (on sale May 2, 1963). The first episode of the…"
Saturday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Blackhawk #19, before he came to DC, cover dated June 1948."
Saturday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Many of us here are old enough to remember the days before comic book stores, aka the direct market. Like other magazines, unsold copies used to have their covers removed and returned by the retailers for refunds. The contents of these magazines…"
Friday
Richard Willis replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Got away with what?"
Friday
Richard Willis replied to Richard Willis's discussion My Wife Gayle's Cancer Battle
"Thanks to everyone who has responded and who will respond to this thread. Gayle has been gone for five years, but she will always be with me.
I am sorry to learn that Commander Benson’s mother died from Multiple Myeloma. The son-in-law of one of…"
Friday
Commander Benson replied to Richard Willis's discussion My Wife Gayle's Cancer Battle
"You needed to tell us Gayle's story, Richard.  It commemorates her; it keeps her alive in your heart; and it shares with us hers and your struggle, so that we may take some of the burden from you.  I particularly appreciate the photo of her that you…"
Friday
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