Month: October 2009
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Zatara Is Above the Law
Generally, Zatara’s pretty heroic. He rescues damsels in distress, finds lost fortunes, destroys would-be world-beaters, and all the usual stuff. Sure, he lets The Tigress go a bunch of times, just because she’s hawt, but that’s good enough for Batman, right? Then there’s this story:
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Zatara vs The Biggest Foe of All part II.
When we last left our hero, the Atlantic Ocean was rising. But why?
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Zatara vs The Biggest Foe of All.
Here’s a rather… prescient story. Warning: This is big. Warning II: This is an older story, in which Zatara does not talk backwards to make with the magic.
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The Outcome of The Hawkman vs Alexander Fight
I almost forgot to post this!
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Jim Corrigan is a Prince Among Men
Meet Jim Corrigan. He’s going to die a few pages later and be reborn as the Spectre, the wrath of the Almighty. Before that, he’s an engaged cop.
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Sunday Shill: Bret Taylor aka Howyadoin Graphics
I thought it would be nice to do some Sunday posts supporting friends of mine. The first guy I want to point out is Bret Taylor, who runs Howyadoin Graphics. He’s a great artist. I’m lucky enough to own two of his pieces, including the below: Bret has a book of pin-ups (nothing naughty, just…
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No Wonder Everyone Knew
Early on, Jay Garrick’s identity was known by a small circle of associates, then basically public knowledge, then retconned to no-one knowing.
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He’s Super at a Lot of Things.
What he’s not though, is a super-doctor.
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Give Me a Moment.
You have to love how obliging comic book bad guys are. Bottom of page …and the top of the next… Either Hourman has super-speed changing powers, or the guy just stood there while he stripped down.
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Oh It Is to LAUGH!
Blackface humor. Blegh.
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Cross Dressing to the Rescue
The hero of this story is Biff someone, a guy whose stories I totally have forgotten.
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Who What Now?
I have to confess that this is just a terminology quibble, but it’s too good a term to pass up. Assuming that they want to say the victims are dying from lack of air, I think he means suffocation in this case… but honestly, I think by then you’d likely be freaking out due to…
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Now, Shiera On The Other Hand…
Shiera Sanders, lady love of Carter Hall aka Hawkman, aka The Hawk, may be the Worst Love Interest Ever.
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I Like Joan
The Golden Age Flash’s girlfriend, Joan, is a lot of fun. She has the same nose for trouble as other Golden Age comic women, but there are a few differences.
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Oh. Oh My.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but sometimes, it’s a GREAT BIG PAHLUS. Woo-hoo, ride that “unusual steed”, super-cowboy.
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Zatara Doesn’t Mess Around.
There’s a reason most people can’t name an arch-foe for Zatara; he didn’t go much for repeat performances.
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Forgive Me
Behind on my reading. No post today.
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Here’s a Fun Siegel and Shuster Story.
I love some of the non-Superman S&S stuff. Slam Bradley is awesome, of course, but Federal Men and I, Spy are gems too. Take this Federal Men from Adventure Comics #39.
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More Flash “Facts”
I’d have included this with yesterday’s “fact”, but I wanted to give it a spotlight.
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Actual SCIENCE!
Actual bad science, but actual science none-the-less. I give you, The amazingly mundane secret origin of Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash.
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Red, White and Blue
All-American Comics used to feature a great little serial called “Red, White and Blue“, about three servicemen (Red, who wears blue, Blooey, who wears white, and Whitey, who wears “red”) and their secret-agent galpal, Doris.
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Remember the Harmonica Kid?
Sure you do! Well, he has company. What’s sad is the kids in the third panel are totally hazing him, and he’ll spend the rest of his life hanging out in seedy polka halls.
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Little Known Fact
It’s a common comic book conceit that all the world descended from Atlantis and that modern languages are all modern forms of Atlantean. However, here’s a language I wasn’t expecting:
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Superman vs Cars, Part Two!
Lighting McQueen could totally take Golden Age Superman (with prep time, anyway). Did I mention that the only reason Superman took a sudden interest in the car accident rate was because a friend of his was hurt? I didn’t, did I? Yeah, so car accidents are fine – as long as they don’t personally impact…