I’ve marked centennial birthdays around here before, specifically for both Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, but this one is a first. Continue reading Jaffee Centennial
Category Archives: 1970s
A Super-Wonderful Valentine!
Some things just seem to fit together so naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Abbott and Costello. Continue reading A Super-Wonderful Valentine!
“War Against the World-Builders!”
Christmas comics? Sure. Halloween comics? Plenty of ‘em. Thanksgiving comics? Not so much—but there are a few. Continue reading “War Against the World-Builders!”
Spider-Mex Redux
A funny thing happened earlier this week. Continue reading Spider-Mex Redux
Happy Hell-oween!
It’s Halloween time! Also “Huluween” time—or so they tell me. Continue reading Happy Hell-oween!
The Sensual Duck
Gobbling up back issues of old comics is fun, but it’s also fun (and usually more challenging) to find old magazines and newspapers with articles about comics—particularly those periodicals designed with a wider, more mainstream audience in mind. Continue reading The Sensual Duck
The MCU’s Big “Eternals” Gamble
It’s said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and the MCU may not have studied their comics history as well as they should have. Continue reading The MCU’s Big “Eternals” Gamble
A Scorpion Off Baker Street
It’s early to mid-June, 1978, around the same time of year as right now. My aunt and uncle—still living on the first floor of the house, but getting ready to move to another part of town soon—are having a garage sale. Continue reading A Scorpion Off Baker Street
A Super 82nd & Other Nostalgia
Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the publication of Action Comics #1—in other words, Superman’s birthday. Continue reading A Super 82nd & Other Nostalgia
Man-Thing Addendum, Part Deux
In the last month, for no particular reason, I’ve been going back and picking at The Comics Journal Library 6: The Writers, which reprints old Journal interviews. Continue reading Man-Thing Addendum, Part Deux