Yesterday (May 24, 2015), Charles Moss wrote this article claiming that Superman had a “dark past” and that “Man of Steel” and the upcoming “Superman v. Batman” were simply brining him back to his roots. Here is my response to that premise: Mr. Moss, you’re article is based on incomplete and incorrect information. As such, …
Category Archives: Comic Books
Incubation – Stage 2
As you know from my previous posts on this subject, by this time I was hooked on Action Comics. The comic book infection I was already experiencing was about to get much worse. On another trip to the grocery store, I notice a comic book called “Justice League of America” (#112). I didn’t know anything …
Incubation – Stage 1
In my previous post, I told the tale of how I was infected by a love of comic books. Continuing the story of the progress of the disease, we come to approximately one month later. Again, I was grocery shopping with my mother. As I passed the comic book rack, I spied the next issue …
Infection
OK… I’m old school when it comes to (DC) comic books. I was born in 1961. Comic books were on the periphery of my life for my earliest years. I would occasionally run across a comic book at a friend’s house, in the barber shop, doctor’s waiting rooms, etc. I would read them and enjoy …
The Atom!
The subject of my first (non-introductory) post is one of my all-time favorite DC super-heroes, the Silver Age Atom! Ray Palmer was a physics professor at an Ivy League University (Ivy University) in New England. Ray discovered that a piece of white dwarf star was destined to impact the Earth near his home. Ray calculated …