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 →

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 →

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, Nov. 1965. Cover by Wally Wood. © Respective Copyright Holders. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! I can’t tell you exactly when I learned to read, but I know that comic books hastened that skill very early on. By the age of six I... Continue Reading →

The Spirit #1. Art by Will Eisner. Harvey Comics, 1966. TM & © Will Eisner Studios, Inc. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! The superhero revival of the 1960s—also known as the Silver Age of Comics—had its not-so-secret origin in the late 1950s when DC Comics brought... Continue Reading →

Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, June 1968. Cover by Steranko. TM & © MARVEL. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! One of my fondest memories of buying comics as a kid was walking into Moser’s newsstand in downtown Tamaqua in 1968 and finding Nick Fury, Agent... Continue Reading →

Batman #147, May 1962. Cover by “Bob Kane” (Sheldon Moldoff) TM & © DC. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! Batman was in a scary place in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Both his books, Batman and Detective Comics, had reduced the Dark Knight from a... Continue Reading →

Fantastic Four Annual #1, July 1963. Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. TM & © MARVEL. Click on the images in this post to see them larger on your screen! I cannot begin to tell you how excited 8-year-old me was to find out there was a Fantastic Four Annual coming out in the... Continue Reading →