Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. This is Part 4—the final installment—of... Continue Reading →
We’re counting down to Comic-Con 2023, which is now less than a month away (July 20-23, with Preview Night on July 19) at the San Diego Convention Center, and I thought it might be fun (for me, at least!) for the next four Mondays (including today) to look back on some of the things I... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. Over the next two weeks, we’ll... Continue Reading →
We continue with our special Superman Month coverage during the month of June here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. Over the next few weeks, we’ll... Continue Reading →
Four graphic novels and two mysteries in May’s thoroughly enjoyable (for the most part) reading stack. Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters Vol. 3 by Chris Samnee, Laura Samnee, and Matt Wilson This concluding book in the series collects issues #9 through 12 published by Oni Press. Written and drawn by husband and wife team Chris... Continue Reading →
Superman #1, June 1939. Cover by Joe Shuster and Leo O'Melia. All images in this post TM & © DC. Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! Somehow I’ve come back to Superman. No, not necessarily the current comic book incarnation of the Man of Steel; although I am buying... Continue Reading →
Wonder Woman #126, November 1961. Cover by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. All inages TM & © DC Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! I’m not sure what was in the water—or non-stop coffee—the mostly male DC Comics editors were drinking in the company’s offices in the late 1950s... Continue Reading →
Captain Marvel #17, October 1969. Cover by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins. TM & © Marvel Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! The name Captain Marvel is a famous one in comics. In 1940, Fawcett Publications introduced the original character in Whiz Comics #2. Originally envisioned as... Continue Reading →
World's Finest #142, June 1964. Cover by Curt Swan and George Klein. TM & © DC. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen ... all art TM & © DC. I was almost nine years old when this gem hit the stands in 1964, and it remains my... Continue Reading →
Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #13, December 1964. Art by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone. TM & © MARVEL Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! This is another one of those books I love almost solely for its cover, which is by Jack Kirby (inked—I think—by... Continue Reading →
Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #130, January 1959. © Um ... maybe Warren Beatty? Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! I can’t remember a time without comics in my life. As a little kid, they were always around, bought and brought into our home by my older brother,... Continue Reading →
I’ll be making another appearance at the Comic-Con Museum this Saturday (April 15) at 1:00 PM alongside Eisner Awards administrator Jackie Estrada to talk with the great Rick Geary about his career and all the wonderful artwork he did for Comic-Con. I commissioned numerous covers with Rick when I was Comic-Con’s director of print &... Continue Reading →
Tales from the Tomb #1, October 1962. Cover painting by John Schoenherr. © Respective Copyright Holders. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! In 1962, the parents divorced and one of them took just about all the kids—especially the good ones—and moved on. That in a nutshell is... Continue Reading →
Seven books this month, not bad considering I spent a lot of time working on a presentation for WonderCon. Between holiday gifts, my UK trip last year, and just a bad case of “Oh, this book looks good!”, I am overwhelmed right now with stacks and stacks of books and books. But don’t worry, I’m... Continue Reading →
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