In Adventure Comics #120 (July 1947) features the debut of a young Perry White in the Superboy story. Perry gets his first job at the Daily Planet as a cub reporter, while Clark becomes a paper boy. It’s not really clear why Clark is living in Metropolis at this time, when it’s been clearly established […]
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Speaking of love interests, Green Lantern (Alan Scott) is given a supporting cast member in All-American Comics #89 (July 1947). Molly Maynne is Alan’s mousey secretary at the radio station where he works. It turns out she is secretly athletic and outgoing and is in love with the Green Lantern. While working on a new […]
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Flash Comics #87 (July 1947) features the second appearance of the Black Canary in Johnny Thunder’s story. This time, it is firmly established that the Black Canary is working on the side of the law and is being framed by criminals. She and Johnny end up with a lot more action this time and it’s […]
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In July 1947, Boy Commandos #23 includes a story where the Boy Commandos are brought to the underwater city of Atlantis, which of course differs from the versions of Atlantis that each of Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Superman have variously visited. But what’s interesting about this story is the hints of Jack Kirby world-building and […]
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Remember when the Phantom Lady’s costume was adjusted to bare more skin? Well, at some point, Quality Comics stopped publishing Phantom Lady stories and somehow Fox Feature Syndicate believed they had the rights to the character. Give her a blue costume redesign, show even more skin, and why not give her a “black flashlight” that […]
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Once again, a Timely (Marvel) superhero comics is completely renamed and has its genre changed: “Sub-Mariner Comics” becomes “Official True Crime Cases” with issue #24 (June 1947). Crime stories, like “teen humor” and “funny animal” comics were increasingly popular in the 1940s. The crime comics genre was started with Lev Gleason’s “Crime Does Not Pay” […]
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In All-Star Comics #36 (June 1947), honorary members Superman and Batman join the JSA on a mission. This is not the first time that Batman and Superman have appeared together in DC continuity, that happened six years earlier. Nonetheless, it’s exciting to see the big three meet – and for more than a single panel. […]
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Johnny Peril is finally named in a new “Just A Story” installment in Comic Cavalcade #22 (June 1947), “The Kid by the Side of the Road”. Johnny Peril gets involved with a murder mystery and a kid by the side of the road gives him some tips on where to find the murder weapon inside […]
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in Flash #86 (June 1947), in a six-page Johnny Thunder story, we get what I believe is the last significant character introduced during the Golden Age of Comics: Black Canary! Created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino, she is positioned in this story not as a hero, but as someone who robs crooks. Stylistically, she […]
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By June 1947, Batman still hasn’t learned how to swing dance as evidenced by Batman #42. In it, Batman and Robin take on the Catwoman yet again, landing at The Cat and Fiddle, a dance club for “swing cats”. Some girl dressed as a tiger accosts him and forces him to dance. Oh the indignity!
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