Showing posts with label Charles Nicholas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Nicholas. Show all posts
Monday, March 4, 2024

Russkie-Smashers PLASTIC MAN "Trio of Tyranny"

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What does comics legend Jack Cole's best-known creation look like without Jack Cole? Like this never-reprinted cover by Quality Comics ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "His First Case" Conclusion

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When Last We Left Our Hero ... Despite a rough upbringing in the slums, including the death of his mother during an epidemic, Dan Garret bec...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "His First Case" Part 1

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Several months after debuting in Mystery Men Comics , the Blue Beetle got his own book... ...and, finally, the story (at least some of it) ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Trap for the Blue Beetle"

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The Blue Beetle was a beat cop without much pocket money... ...so, unlike Batman and the other millionaire heroes, Dan Garret had to depe...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Protection Insurance for Newsboys"

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At last, the Blue Beetle hits his stride... ...as he finally appears in the armored costume that will (with minor variations) strike fear i...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Loan Shark Racket"

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In the early Golden Age, superheroes helped the "little guy"... ...when sleazeballs took advantage of honest citizens' dire fi...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Armored Car Robbery"

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The Blue Beetle dons his blue chain-mail costume for the first time... ...and displays the BeetleMobile in it's only appearance, ever...
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Debut"

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Last time , we presented his final tale... ...now, from Mystery Men Comics #1 (1939), is the very first appearance of the decidedly-diffe...