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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In Our Army At War #81 (Feb 1959), Easy Company and its leader Sgt. Rock are introduced. Called “The Rock of East Company” in the above panel, which must clearly be a mistake, he is a steelworker from Pittsburgh and was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert.
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In June 1955, DC premieres an important new anthology comic book: The Brave & The Bold #1. Starting off as an anthology series, the book features three new heroes plucked from historical fiction, the best of which is The Viking Prince. The other two were Silent Knight and the Golden Gladiator. The Viking Prince was […]
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In June 1952, DC launched “Our Army At War” #1. In it, the tale “Dig Your Foxhole Deep!” written by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Irv Novick features many panels empty of dialog but filled with dread and psychological warfare. Our Army At War also features a letters column, which may be the first DC […]
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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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