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Even though I wouldn’t lay eyes on it until it was reprinted in the early 70s, the bizarre tale of the Super-Moby Dick of Space fist hit newsstands in March of 1965. When I finally did get around to reading it, it left…
Fifty years ago this month, fans of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil (assuming there were any) found a surprise on the cover of issue #7: a whole new look for the world’s greatest blind superhero courtesy of artist Wally Wood. Daredevil had…
Well, I guess it happens to all of us sooner or later (if we’re lucky): this is the year I hit the big 5-0. No doubt the AARP literature is already on its way to my mailbox. Rather than count…
The first time I ever read a comic book was almost certainly before 1974, but in that year — my ninth year here on Earth-Prime — no trip to the local pharmacy or grocery store was complete without a stop…
What seems like a gazillion years ago, I started a fan page dedicated to Superman. Originally it was just a few static pages devoted to my favorite artists and stories, but when the blogging craze took hold, I transformed it…
At some point in the last few months, I noticed everything happened in 1974. Well, okay so maybe not everything, and certainly not everything good. In the headlines that year, Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace to avoid impeachment in the…
I don’t know what’s worse, failing to update this site with no posts for months at a time, or ending that drought with an act of shameless self-promotion. But hey, we can’t really judge until I’ve done both, right? So…
It’s likely the first images I ever saw of Batman were created by Carmine Infantino. Sometimes I try to remember my first exposure to the character and I’ve just about decided it wasn’t through the comics, the TV show or…
I don’t get out to the movies very often these days. Partly that’s thanks to the logistics involved in finding a sitter for the kids, but mostly it’s due to my own indifference. Going to the theater is frankly a…
Some time ago, I posted images of Scott’s self-created superheroes Fireflash and Tongueman. Well, lately he’s been at it again. I gather Fireflash is his signature character, as he’s still a frequently drawn subject and the recent recipient of a…