Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8: Legion of Super-Heroes edited by Jack C. Harris We’re skipping quite a few stories of the Legion of Super-Heroes since the last digest I posted about. This collection reprints the Legion stories from Adventure Comics #355-357 plus stories from Superboy #198 and #202. By this point,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8: Legion of Super-Heroes
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Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1 edited by Jack Schiff with various writers and artists Superman was first published in 1938, with Batman following in 1939, swiftly becoming the two biggest sellers for National Comics, which would become DC Comics. Despite the obvious synergy potential of… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 4–Let There Be Battle
Comic Book Review: Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 4–Let There Be Battle written by Stan Lee, pencils by Marie Severin, various inkers This volume collects the tail end of the Hulk’s run in Tales to Astonish, the first issue of his solo continuing series, and a couple of stories from Not Brand Echh.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 4–Let There Be Battle
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern edited by Jack C. Harris This volume contains six stories of the Silver Age Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, mostly about first appearances of certain concepts. “The Planet of Doomed Men” story by John Broome, art by Gil Kane & Murphy Anderson, was in Green… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #4: Green Lantern
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503 edited by Nicola Cuti All good things must come to an end, they say, and this digest issue was the last one of the original Adventure Comics run. (It would be picked up again as a title 2009-11 before being cancelled for the New 52 reboot.) At the end… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3 by Jack Cole Plastic Man was first published in Police Comics #1 in 1941. He wasn’t the first stretchy superhero in comics, but quickly became the most popular. Much of this was down to the talent of Jack Cole (1914-1958), who did both the writing and art… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502 edited by Nicola Cuti We are getting towards the end of the digest version of Adventure Comics, and presumably the people putting these together were already aware of this, but there’s no hint about that in this issue. “Plastic Man” (no subtitle) written by Martin Pasko, art by Joe… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #502
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy edited by Julius Schwartz With the success of Superman as a character and a cash cow, it was pretty much inevitable that the comic book company would find ways to expand the franchise. Thus in 1944, Jerry Siegel was convinced to create tales of Superboy, Superman… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #7: Superboy
Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider First, let’s talk about Kamen Rider. It’s a children’s superhero television show that started airing in 1971 in Japan. In it, the evil organization Shocker, founded by surviving Nazis and their collaborators, wants to take over the world. To do so, they used cybernetic and… Continue reading Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500 edited by Nicola Cuti For this milestone issue of the anthology comic book in digest form, DC decided to go with the most popular feature, all Legion of Super-Heroes stories! “The Secret of the Mystery Legionnaire” story by Jerry Siegel, art by John Forte, opens with a reminder that… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #500