“The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon” in World’s Finest #53 (June 1951) shows a rare glimpse of the early life of Commissioner James Gordon, including a panel featuring his first child, Tony Gordon. We are slowly seeing more of the supporting cast being fleshed out in DC Comics. An old enemy of Jim Gordon escapes […]
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In Superman #71 (May 1951), Superman contracts another case of “super amnesia” when he encounters kryptonite again. This time, Clark Kent becomes confused and thinks he has acquired superior mental powers to explain his super powers.
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Adam Blake is DC Comics’ first mutant, a man who is born 100,000 before his time and thus is further along in humanity’s evolution. He has extreme smarts, reflexes, no muscle fatigue, ESP, and telekinesis, the ability to control matter with his mind. He takes on the mantle of Captain Comet to fight science fiction […]
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Weird Science #8 (April 1951) features a story called “Seeds of Jupiter” in which a meteor crashes on an aircraft carrier. Cracking open the meteor, a navy man finds a bunch of nuts and gives one to “Peachpit”, another navy man who likes sucking on peach pits (?). “Peachpit” obliges but accidentally swallows the nut […]
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The Junior Justice Society of America (JJSA) was an actual DC fan-club that sometimes made in-universe appearances in stories. With the last appearance of the Justice Society of America in All-Star Comics, I suppose DC didn’t know what to do with this fan club, so they revived it in Wonder Woman comics.
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In Action Comics #156 (March 1951), Lois Lane has her third outing as Superwoman in “The Girl of Steel”. This time, it’s not a fever dream, or Superman faking her powers. No, this time Lois Lane actually acquires the powers of Superman thanks to a machine that Luthor invented which uses “vivanium”. She disguises herself […]
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In Sensation Comics #103 (March 1951), Wonder Woman goes up against a foe which requires her to time travel to 2051. Once in New York, she discovers that no one remembers Wonder Woman, yet the rest of the Trinity, Superman and Batman, are fondly remembered. It turns out the villain had deliberately wiped out every […]
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In February 1951, Marvel (Timely Comics) sold their first issue of the comic book Strange Tales. It is a mixture of horror-sci-fi stories, but in later years it becomes the home of Doctor Strange and Nick Fury.
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Weird Science #7 (February 1951) included the story “It was the Monster from the Fourth Dimension”. In it, a farmer, who just happens to have a brilliant scientist for a brother who can explain things to him and us, encounters a four-dimensional being, as a floating, morphing pink blob. The scientist goes on to explain […]
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DC debuts another science fiction comic to go along with Strange Adventures: Mystery in Space #1 (February 1951)! Mystery in Space will run for fifteen years straight. This first run features the “Knights of the Galaxy” as well as anthology tales. Many years later, Mystery in Space will feature the popular Adam Strange. The trend […]
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