So sayeth the God of Thunder!
Category: Comic Books
Captain Before Fantastic
Yesterday’s Jeopardy! had this clue that I was pleased to see a younger person answering correctly.
Two of My Favorite Things
At the NCS conference last August, Colleen Doran and I discussed how, generally, comic book people are more familiar with comic strips than comic strip people are familiar with comic books. Today’s Jumble has an exception to that generality.
Boomer boy that I am, Marvel Comics from the Sixties are one of my favorite things. Another is, of course, the Beatles.
LBJ was notorious for strong-arming legislators into voting his way. What if he had been a flat-out authoritarian president, like Trump? Could he have kept the Beatles out of America?
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Little Shop of Horror
Facebook has become a good source for blog-worthy photos. This one popped up today.
On that spinner rack of comics is Vault of Horror #27, cover dated Oct-Nov 1952. Two years later, the comic book witch hunt ended EC’s Old Witch.
Drawing a Blank
As Ben Grimm would say, whatta revoltin’ development this is! Back on New Year’s Day, none of the Jeopardy! contestants knew the solution to this clue.
Spectacular Spider-Scan
Spectacular Spider-Man #1 from 1968 is my only black & white e-book comic. Making it the only one suitable for viewing on my Kindle e-reader.
