2017 – Superman in the Bronze Age

DC Comics Bronze Age Read-through Project: January 1972

Superman questions his existence, Superboy meets Jules Verne, and Batman solves a murder. All this, and more, in the comics cover-dated January 1972. Superman 247: A giant cluster of yellow…

Charlie 12/07/2017

Guest Appearances Podcast

DC Comics Presents Show Episode 79: Superman and Clark Kent

This episode features me as the guest host. Regular host Russell Bragg asked for volunteers to do an episode of his show, and I jumped at the chance to dip…

Charlie 11/25/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Comics Bronze Age Read-through Project: December 1971

Algae cleans up Metropolis, Batman and Robin fight Nazis and the Reaper, we get a new Green Lantern, Ollie considers politics, the JLA take on the youth of America, someone…

Charlie 11/21/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: November 1971

Autumn 1971: kids return to school, football starts, baseball ends, and National Periodicals continues pumping out comics. Batman 236: In yet another, somewhat mystical story by Frank Robbins, the ghost…

Charlie 11/10/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: October 1971

Another lighter month (lighter based on the number of books, not subject matter), and, unfortunately, quite a step down from last months offerings. Superman 243: Returning to Earth from a…

Charlie 11/03/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: September 1971

Another month o' fun from the folks at National Publications! Wonder Woman 196: Diana spends most of the issue protecting an ambassador from assassination attempts, then has to take him…

Charlie 10/27/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: August 1971

This month, DC raised the cover prices to 25¢. To lessen the blow, extra pages were added, but those extra pages were pretty much just reprinted material dubbed Demand Classics.…

Charlie 10/19/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: July 1971

Another mostly magically, mystical month in the DCU. After being stuck in a snow storm, Diana and I-Ching, along with some escaped convicts, take shelter in a mysterious inn. Meanwhile,…

Charlie 10/14/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: June 1971

This month, Superboy's soul is separated from his body, leaving his body useless and his soul stuck being a child's genie. In JLA, we learn about the dangers of dumping…

Charlie 10/10/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: May 1971

This month, Wonder Woman basically adapts "The Prince and the Pauper" except with a princess so that Diana can be the shlub. The irony is that she is actually a…

Charlie 10/04/2017