The DC Comics Time Capsule: October 1961
Today is the day we get to tear the wrapper off of a time capsule near and dear to yours truly… 50 years ago this month – a kaleidoscope of images… fallout shelters, Ray Charles, Audrey Hepburn, Mary...
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It was Adventure #275. A crappy story by today's standards, but back in the day this was one of my favorite stories. [Whoa! Didn't mean to make the picture so big.]
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Right - that's where Bruce becomes "The Flying Fox"! I still think it's a shame they omitted that one in the recent Superboy Team-up collection. In B&B #39, Rick Flag and his Suicide Squad made...
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I LOVED those 6 silver-age Suicide Squad issues (that is the only SS I ever recognize). I always hated when Rick called Karen "Bright Eyes" (it was Rick, right that called her that?), made me think it...
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Thanks for pointing that out, Dearlenbaugh.Bruce Wayne looks to be at least 14 or 15 on that cover, which does not fit in with Batman continuity, given that according to this story his parents were...
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atomicknights2 wrote:I LOVED those 6 silver-age Suicide Squad issues (that is the only SS I ever recognize). I always hated when Rick called Karen "Bright Eyes" (it was Rick, right that called her...
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The sci-fi era Batman (circa 1958-63) often gets the cold shoulder from Bat-fans, but there were plenty of great stories, and yes, even great characters, forged during that period. For my money, the...
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dearlenbaugh wrote: Kanigher had this thing about dinosaurs, flying saucers, and the Empire State Building. They popped up frequently in various combinations in Wonder Woman.I would imagine that most...
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The War that Time Forgot had been around about a year by the fall of '61, but for the most part it had been fairly interchangeable members of the armed forces who shuttled in and out of Dinosaur...
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John Romita had done a fair amount of war, western, and even super-hero work for Atlas in the 50s, but as far as DC was concerned, he was consigned to romance. Why that was I have no idea. In any...
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OK, when I teased "Christmas in October" yesterday, I didn't mean to tempt fate by inviting a foot of snow to my neighborhood, thank you very much! Mother Nature has a sense of humor I see! Anyway,...
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The Atomic Knights series by John Broome and Murphy Anderson had a rather grim view of a future world in ruins from a nuclear war. Thankfully, their vision of the future never came to pass, as none of...
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NICE recap, and thanks for giving us the birthday gifts (love the last wrap-up is AKnights, of course). Lots of fun this month, and a mammoth task well done.
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Way to go, Osgood! Nice job, and the best Time Capsule, ever!
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dearlenbaugh wrote: I just watched the YouTube of Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens singing "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" on American Bandstand. When I was in the 6th grade, I thought this was the...
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Osgood Peabody wrote: How many times could Crawford Crow put one over on Fauntleroy Fox? No matter, it was always hilarious - here in F&C #71, .The Fox & the Crow remains my favourite funny...
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Osgood Peabody wrote:Meanwhile, the Challengers of the Unknown were defending earth from 2 alien criminals whose base of operations was hidden in the clouds! Here's Bob Brown's splash page to "The...
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For whatever reasons, I never saw any Kirby Challengers stories when they first came out. My first Challengers issue was soon after Brown took over. To me, Bob Brown is still the Challengers of the...
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Commander Benson wrote: “For Sale---the Justice League!”Editor: Julius SchwartzWriter: Gardner FoxArt: Mike Sekowsky (pencils); Bernard Sachs (inks)The rest of the chapter is all action, as we see...
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Here are my five favourite DC covers that I have in my collection from this month:
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Osgood Peabody wrote: Anyway, every October from 1950 to 1962, DC would issue a special comic chronicling the adventures of Rudolph and friends such as Grover Groundhog, Baddy Bear, a kid named Lenny,...
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