In November 1956, DC took over production of Blackhawk, a team of aviator heroes that first appeared back in 1941 published by Quality Comics. Interestingly, DC decided to keep the publication going from its original number (#108) and kept the original penciller and inker. This makes Blackhawk one of the few titles/heroes continuously published from […]
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Action Comics #223 (October 1956), brings us another super-coincidence, as Superman discovers a chunk of Krypton that happens to contain the laboratory of Jor-El, including his journal and films of his exploits. Superman is discovers that before he sent his son to Earth, he had built an “Earth valley” on Krypton to explore how Kryptonians […]
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Though Batman may be insisting on only One Robin for now, Action Comics #222 (Sept 1956) brings us “The Duplicate Superman”. The government sets off a new experimental bomb, the Q-Bomb, and Superman is caught in the blast, resulting in the splitting of Superman into two nearly identical beings. It turns out they are identical […]
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Complete with a cheeky sidelong glance to the reader, Detective Comics #237 (September 1956) seeks to ensure Dick Grayson that there will _NEVER_ be another Robin. “Search for a New Robin” finds Bruce Wayne seeking a new identity as “Barney Warren”. While sinking into his new identity, he encounters a couple of brash youngsters and […]
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The early Martian Manhunter stories relied a bit more on J’onn J’onnz interacting with Mars, like earlier in the year when he encountered a Martian criminal on Earth. In Detective Comics #236 (August 1956), he finds a way to contact his parents on Mars through “recent solar explosions… they must have created space energy that […]
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A meteor destroys the Kents home just as they are prepping for a camping trip in Adventure Comics #229 (August 1956). Because there was an eyewitness, the Kents decide to start new identities as the “Kings” in Centerville, with Clark adopting the name Charles King. Typical minor plots like Charles meeting “Millie”, a Lana substitute […]
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In Detective Comics #236 (August 1956), a criminal scientist is released from prison and starts selling defenses against Batman’s gadgetry. As a result, Batman switches up all their tricks, introducing new vehicles like the above “Bat-Track” tank, an aerodyne, and the like. Of course once the scientist is re-captured, it’s back to the same ol’ […]
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In Detective Comics #235 (July 1956), Bruce and Dick are cleaning out the attic when they discover an older bat costume and evidence that Bruce’s father, Thomas Wayne, originally wore a bat costume to a masquerade party wherein he foiled a crime by a mob boss, Lew Moxon. It is later revealed that Lew Moxon […]
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Comic book historians like to call the appearance of the Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen) in Showcase #4 (July 1956) the beginning of the Silver Age of Comic Books. From my standpoint, having gone through the first twenty years of superhero comic books, I don’t think there is single defining moment. I believe the Silver […]
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Well it happened enough to Superman, so I guess it was Batman and Robin’s turn to get amnesia. In Detective Comics #234 (June 1956), the dynamic duo is subject to a “sonic beam” that completely robs them of their memories of who they are. Some nice detective skills are exhibited as the pair piece together […]
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