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The most well know and recognized comic book in the history of comics was first published on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June 1938). Inside its pages the world was introduced to Superman, his alter ego Clark Kent as well as Lois Lane. They actually go on a date. It doesn’t go well. At all. Now, when I decided to do a post about the first appearance of Superman I suddenly realized I had never actually read Action Comics #1. I mean, I basically knew what happens in the Superman story in it. Because everyone who is even remotely a Superman fan talks about it.Read More →

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I make no secret about my love for Lois & Clark. I saved this one for Valentines Day because it makes me smile. So curl up with your super bestie. Or a good book. Both work.Read More →

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I’ve been meaning to comment on this find for a long time and it keeps slipping through the cracks. Several years ago I ran across an article or link or something that led me to a site called the Fortress of Solitude Super Network. Bet ya can’t guess what it is all about about.  Anyway, one specific feature there blew… my… mind. I mean seriously blew me away. Apparently there is a lost comic from very early in the careers of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman. The Powers That Be would not let them publish it. Wonder why?   Well, theyRead More →

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Especially the ones from around the 1960s. Because ya just never know what you’ll find. Don’t get me wrong, there are truly great and also truly bad covers from all eras. He and his support cast have been around for going on 80 years now. But there’s just something about the truly wacky covers from the late 1950s through the early 1970s that seem to outdo all the others, especially when it comes to his relationship with Lois. For example: I mean, seriously, that’s just so cute and so whacky at the same time.Read More →

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Romance comics are full of pain and anguish, but always end with the girl getting her guy. The mid-century stories always seem to follow the exact same path: (1) we are introduced to a painfully insecure girl (2) who falls in love with the man-of-her-drams, (3) but the promise of a relationship quickly turns to existential despair, (4) which is followed by a “surprise” happy ending where the lovebirds are reunited and plan to get married. Let’s take a walk through some vintage romance comics and see this play out, step-by-step. Insecurity-Love-Anguish-Matrimony: The 4 Stages of Every Mid-Century Romance Comic I knew they existed. I’veRead More →