At last, the Blue Beetle hits his stride...
...as he finally appears in the armored costume that will (with minor variations) strike fear into the hearts of evildoers for the next decade or so!
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Reading Room: BLUE BEETLE "Protection Insurance for Newsboys"
Friday, June 29, 2012
Reading Room: JET DREAM "Demon Dogfight"
...as a public demonstration of prowess goes awry due to evil intent!
Story by Dave Wood, art by Joe Certa.
This new story from Man from U.N.C.L.E. #22 (1968) backs up a reprinted U.N.C.L.E. tale, so most people (myself included) thought it was a reprint as well.Good thing I took a look inside the book! ;-)
There's one more never-reprinted Jet Dream story to tell, but you won't find it here.
It will appear on our "sister" blog Heroines™ blog in daily installments on the week of August 13th, along with another long-unseen tale with an unusual history!
And, as of our next post, this blog's title is altering to Hero Histories™...although the feed and addy will remain the same.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Reading Room: ONE-SHOT HEROES! The Owl
With the Court of Owls currently bedeviling The Batman...
...we'll be looking at previous heroes to use the motif of an owl.
This character from Centaur Publications' Funny Pages V4N1 (1940) was the first costumed Owl.
Written and illustrated by Martin Filchock, he appeared only a couple of months after the first appearance of The BatMan in Detective Comics #27 (1939), and shows a number of similarities to the initial version of the Caped Crusader.
As it turns out, 1940 was a good year for owls as two more heroes (and one heroine) would show up within six months to claim the name.
We'll be looking at them next week...
As it turns out, 1940 was a good year for owls as two more heroes (and one heroine) would show up within six months to claim the name.
We'll be looking at them next week...
Friday, June 22, 2012
Reading Room: JET DREAM "Terror of Ting-a-Ling"
What happens when an innocent stumbles upon a heroine's secret hq?
Ask Johnny Kai, Ting-a-Ling's boyfriend, when he ends up in "No Man's Land"!
"Stray dog"?
Jet doesn't have a very high opinion of men in general, does she?
Story by Dave Wood, art by Joe Certa.
This new story from Man from U.N.C.L.E. #21 (1968) backs up a reprinted U.N.C.L.E. tale, so most people (myself included) thought it was a reprint as well.Good thing I took a look inside the book! ;-)
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Dick Wood,
Gold Key Comics,
heroine,
Jet Dream,
Joe Certa,
Reading Room,
retro,
Silver Age,
spies,
vintage
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Reading Room: NATURE MAN "Terrible Torrent" & NATURE GIRL "Trapping the Trapper"
Jerry Siegel followed the pattern established by his biggest hit...
...Superman, when he did Nature Boy, including an adult incarnation...
...along with a distaff version...
Nature Man appeared in Nature Boy #3, Nature Girl in #5.
Both strips were written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by John Buscema.
While Nature Man is obviously a grown-up David Crandall, there's no explanation as to who Nature Girl is, how she got her powers, or why she has a pet elephant!
(Although I note, as an adult, Crandall finally puts on a pair of tights!)
These were their only appearances.
Both strips were written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by John Buscema.
While Nature Man is obviously a grown-up David Crandall, there's no explanation as to who Nature Girl is, how she got her powers, or why she has a pet elephant!
(Although I note, as an adult, Crandall finally puts on a pair of tights!)
These were their only appearances.
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