In Superman #142 (Nov 1960), Superman encounters a “flame-dragon from Krypton”. The beast appears and breathes fire at Clark, incinerating his clothes in front of Lois. It’s mostly a cutesy-but-tired-and-unrealistic story about how Superman manages to yet again disprove her “Clark-is-Superman” theory (with the help of Batman and Supergirl this time). Superman wraps up the […]
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Atlas/Marvel continue their monthly parade of crazy giant monsters in October 1960, featuring title stories of The Brute (a proto-Incredible Hulk story), “It”, Goom (the Thing from that pesky Planet X), and Vandoom! Other stories in these issue include even wackier names like Kragoo and Moomboo. Boy that’s a lot of double-O names this month. […]
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A new form of kryptonite is introduced in Adventure Comics #279 (Oct 1960): Superboy is yet again thrust into the distant future and must prove he wasn’t just a myth, that he actually existed in the past. He finally convinces folks when he uses a piece of white kryptonite from a museum to kill all […]
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Remember that time that Streaky the Supercat accidentally used his X-ray vision on a couple of criminals, burning out sections of their brains such that they no longer remembered Supergirl’s secret identity? Oh no? It happened in Action Comics #271 (October 1960) and yeah I’m with you Linda Lee, let’s not worry about further repercussions […]
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A new Flash rogue is introduced in Flash #117 (Oct 1960): Captain Boomerang. Conceived as a spokesman for the W. W. Wiggins Game Company to publicize boomerangs in the United States, “Digger” Harkness takes up the mantle and is given a costume, which suits him just fine because he was already looking for an opportunity […]
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Comic books from Atlas/Marvel Comics on sale in September 1960 include more giant monsters: Rorgg (King of the Spider Men), The Scarecrow, Colossus (no, not that one), and Thorr (no, not that one).
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In Superman #141 (Sept 1960), we are treated to another melodramatic 3-part “novel” when a quirk of fate propels Superman across the barriers of both time and space to land him in the Krypton solar system. After a quick landing he is, of course, robbed of his super powers and rendered a regular Kryptonian. The […]
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The next batch of Atlas/Marvel Comics on sale in August 1960 include more giant monsters: Goliath, Gargantus, The Blip, and Elektro. No, not the Spiderman villain, just this one.
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Etta Candy and the Holliday Girls make their Silver Age reappearance in Wonder Woman #117 (August 1960), completely with a “Woo! Woo!” catchphrase. Etta is a little less chubby and a lot less bold. She is joined by three bland friends this time: Lita Little, Tina Toy, and Thelma Tall. It seems clear that Robert […]
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The Justice League of America graduates from the Brave and Bold magazine to their first issue in August 1960. We get to see all seven members working with each other to defeat would-be world-conqueror Despero, who makes his debut in this issue. Seeing god-level A-tier characters like Wonder Woman and Superman physically interact is pretty […]
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