Tag: DC Comics

Wonder Woman

Within the great halls in the pantheon of American cultural comic icons there are just four seats upon which rest the weary, yet still resilient and proud bodies…

Hot Rods & Racing Cars

Hot Rods and Racing Cars was published by Charlton.  The title had an unusually long run of 120 issues for over 20 years (1951 – 1973). This February…

Bulletman

Issue #14* of Bulletman was published March 1943 by Fawcett.  I’d say cover artist Jack Binder’s version of Bulletgirl is not quite as sexy as Mac Raboy’s version…

Detective Comics

These are the guys (D.C. aka Detective Comics) that started it all.  After the first Detective Comics issue back in 1937, they created and launched the first appearance…

Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel begin in Whiz Comics in 1940. Despite Fawcett‘s 150 issues of his own Captain Marvel title for 12 years, it is not easy to find an…

Blackhawk

Issue #30* (left) from April 1950 was one of the comics originally from the ‘ole man’s stash.  It features the art of Reed Crandall (himself a WWII air-force veteran) who…

Black Cat

Black Cat issue #13* (September, 1948)  features lesson thirteen of “Black Cat shows you how to do simple Judo tricks.” Artist Lee Elias, who is actually featured in a full…

Adventures of Bob Hope

The Adventures of Bob Hope is a comic book series that was published by National Periodical Publications (DC Comics). The series ran for 109 issues from 1950 through 1968…