Legion of Superheroes – 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

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: April 1971

Thanks to several reprint Giants, and not-yet-monthly publishing schedules, this is a light month. The ongoing story in Superman comes to a screeching halt so that Superman can enter a…

Charlie 09/24/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: March 1971

March 1971: Aquaman saves Detroit from algae, but with a bit of a cliffhanger that won’t be resolved due to this being the final issue of the series (for now),…

Charlie 09/21/2017

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DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: September 1970

Boy is that Aquaman cover misleading. Just a scam to get some rich guys to blow up Atlantis with an atomic bomb. The Wonder Woman story is pretty forgettable, although…

Charlie 08/21/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: August 1970

This month, Batman takes on a monstrous man who is also a very articulate crime boss (O'Neil must have been paid by the syllable for this one), Flash dies (with…

Charlie 08/13/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: July 1970

This month, Aquaman returns to Atlantis, Wonder Woman goes to Red China made up like a Chinese woman (although with this art, the only change was the skin color), Superman…

Charlie 08/06/2017

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DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: June 1970

Another fun month down. Superboy time travels, GL and GA arrive in Desolation, Batman and Robin solve the mystery of the "not-Beatles," Flash thinks he's a little kid (but is…

Charlie 07/29/2017

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DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: May 1970

Another month down! Aquaman was doing decompressed storytelling before it was cool (which is annoying in a book that only came out 8 times a year). I'm not a big…

Charlie 07/23/2017

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project

DC Bronze Age Read-through Project: April 1970

Another month done. The Superman and Superboy issues feeling like the story was written based on the cover idea, which I know they used to do back in the day.…

Charlie 07/17/2017