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Speed Reading: DC 2000, Lo3W, Strips and Zoom
Some weekend linkblogging… Comics and…Other Imaginary Tales looks back at DC Two Thousand, a two-part story from the turn of the millennium in which the modern Justice League of America goes back in time to 1941 and meets the Justice Soci...
Speed Reading: Breathing in Space, the Blur, Casting, EVS vs. Carmine Infantino & More
Comics Alliance has a couple of Flashy items: First, a page from the Shortpacked! coloring book: Batman Can Breathe In Space, But Not The Flash. Second: they look back at a pair of Baby Ruth commercials from the 1990s, featuring Hawkman and an obviou...
Speed Reading: Dezago, Manapul, Reviews and More (UPDATED)
It’s been a busy week, and while I’ve got a couple of posts I’m working on, nothing’s quite close to ready. So what to do? Of course! Some mid-week linkblogging! Interviews Here are a couple of interviews with upcoming Flash...
Speed Reading: Joan, Posters, Kerschl Tour & More
Some linkblogging for the week… Flashy What Were They Thinking?! approves of Joan Garrick, even in her original Golden Age appearances. High Five! Comics looks at Flash #206: 24 Hours of Immortality and Nurse Barry. The Idol-Head of Diabolu has...
On the Comics Code
The Comics Code Authority is little more than a rubber stamp these days, but in the 1950s, it was a last-ditch attempt to save the industry from a popular backlash against perceived immorality, primarily (but not exclusively) in crime and romance com...
Speed Reading: “Science,” Homages, and an Atomic Banana Peel
CBR Live found themselves “Flashed” by Warner Bros. — or rather, by an advertisement for The Big Bang Theory at their studios in Burbank, California. What Were They Thinking? uncovers the amazing science behind Jay Garrick’s o...
Flash Smash Crash!
Hmm, I wonder how many newsstands displayed these books next to each other: An explanation: A while back, I stumbled across a mention of Smash Comics, a series from Quality Comics that ran more or less concurrently with the more familiar Flash Com...
Is There Demand for More Flash Archives?
Note: The discussion is from 2007, and while the Silver Age material has gotten a fifth archive volume, three Showcase books and the start of a Chronicles line, the situation for the Golden Age Flash books has not changed. Newsarama reports that duri...
Deadly Nightshade After Closing TIme
Comic Cavalcade was an anthology series that ran from 1942 until 1954, publishing super-heroes and other adventures for the first six years. Wonder Woman, the Flash, and Green Lantern were the headliners. Earlier this year, DC reprinted the first t...
Extinguishing a Speedster’s Smokes
Comic Coverage posted a humorous look at the role smoking had in the Golden-Age Flash’s origin. Jay Garrick was working late, took a cigarette break, and knocked over a beaker of “hard water.” Interestingly, later retellings of hi...
The Dimwits and the Thinker
After almost 1½ years, my Golden-Age back-issue hunt finally netted a relatively cheap copy of All-Flash #12, the first appearance of the Flash villain, the Thinker. It’s an odd read, because the origin of the Thinker (a mob boss who plans hi...
One-Man Team
Something I’ve noticed as I read through various Golden-Age Flash Comics is a repeated subgenre in which the Flash plays an entire team. “Nine Empty Uniforms” (Flash Comics #90, 1947) is the first one I read, since it was reprinted...
Flash and the Happy Pills
One of the characters I encountered early in my exploration of Golden Age Flash stories was Ebenezer Jones, the Worry Wart. In fact, All-Flash #24 (1946) was one of those first two GA Flash books I bid on just to see if I could win. The story ...
Classic Flash: Cool Moments, Lame Bits, and…Octopus Fighting?
Some more linkblogging… CSBG’s Cool Comic Book Moments #245 features the death of Barry Allen from Crisis on Infinite Earths. Crimson Lightning finishes up the Super-Powers retrospective with the original mini-comic that came with the act...
Speed Reading: Dezago on Casper, Undead Allies, Marvel vs. DC, and More
Some Friday linkblogging: Former Impulse writer Todd Dezago is working on a Casper the Friendly Ghost miniseries. Again with the Comics considers other times that DC’s heroes have had to face undead former allies. Being Carter Hall posts a sket...
Minor Site Updates: Appearances, Covers, Dimwits, Josh
I finally made an effort to catch up a little bit on my waaaaay-behind Flash reference site, Flash: Those Who Ride the Lightning. This afternoon I’ve accomplished: Added the fourth printing of Flash: Rebirth #1 — yes, fourth printing! &#...
2009 DC Archives Survey is Up
The Comics Archives has posted their annual DC Archives Survey in which readers are asked to state what future collections they’d like to see. It’s not an official DC survey, but the surveyor does send the compiled information to DC. If ...
Speed Reading for a Friday Morning
Some linkblogging for the end of the week: Flash Features Comics Alliance has a huge interview with Geoff Johns in which he talks about the emotional bases of the characters he’s writing, particularly the various Lantern Corps in Blackest Night...
Long-Running Speedster Series
After reading more about the breakdown of the Velocity ongoing series that would have launched this year, I realized it would have been something very rare: An ongoing solo book about a speedster who wasn’t the Flash. Off the top of my head, th...
Quick Thoughts: Reprints, Tropes and Cons
Some links and observations for the day. Links Comics Should Be Good looks at DC Super-Stars reprints from the 1970s — including a Flash book which re-drew a Golden Age story. Hmm, I have a new blog post idea: comparing the original and redraw...
On the Hunt: Finding Back Issues, Then and Now
How I searched for back issues of comics in… 1989: Look at the local comic store. Wait for a convention that my parents were going to. 1999: Look at the local comic store. Drive around to other stores. Save up for San Diego Comic-Con. Look o...
Wait…What? (Golden-Age Hijinks)
I’ve got a saved search set up at eBay that lets me know when Golden-Age Flash comics show up in my price range. It’s been a while since I actually bought one, though. Most of them are either too expensive or contain stories I’ve a...
