Plot Synopsis of the Movie: Shortly after an important drugs bust, CIA agent Felix Leiter is married, but when the drug lord he arrested escapes, kills his wife and mutilates Leighter his old friend British agent James Bond [...]
#270: James Bond 007 - Licence To Kill
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 11, 2009
Trivia Quiz #37: Solve the Puzzle Cover
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I've talked a bit in the past about Mort Weisinger's fondness for what I call puzzle covers. These covers show something bizarre and unexpected, which he hoped would compel the kid to at least take the magazine off the [...]
Welcome to the End of My Life
Người đăng: lecuongle on Chủ Nhật, 29 tháng 11, 2009
Or, I started another blog. This one's called Nothing But Batman, and you can probably guess the topic. I wanted to talk about all eras of Batman and with the Silver Age focus of this blog I thought it was only fair to my readers to put the discussion [...]
The Unknown Spiderman Story
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Bảy, 28 tháng 11, 2009
Ross Andru pencilled a bunch of Spiderman stories in the 1970s, starting with ASM #125 (October 1975). But did you know that he also drew one Spiderman story in 1968? Well, to be honest with you, neither did I until I [...]
Fantastic Four Fridays: Let The Supervillain Team-Ups Begin!
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Sáu, 27 tháng 11, 2009
Supervillain team-ups had been rare in the DC Golden Age. Batman had two that I'm aware of; in Batman #2, The Joker Meets the Catwoman was published. However, it was not really a team-up as such, just a story with two [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Năm, 26 tháng 11, 2009
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I have remarked in the past how secular comics seemed to be in the Silver Age, and this was not exclusive to the Christmas season. Thanksgiving stories also were reduced quite substantially. According to the GCD, there [...]
The Dilemma of Superboy
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Tư, 25 tháng 11, 2009
I've talked about the problem that DC faced with Superboy in the past. Essentially you've got a character whose adventures are happening roughly 10-12 years in the past; how do you avoid making him seem dull and behind [...]
Flash #133
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Hai, 23 tháng 11, 2009
Strangest feeling, you say? You might look down at your feet and notice that you are being turned into a puppet!As the story begins a very successful governor is finishing out his term, but he has one last thing to do. [...]
Showcase Presents Reprint List
Người đăng: lecuongle on Chủ Nhật, 22 tháng 11, 2009
I needed this list myself, so I thought it might be useful for my readers as well. Here is a list of all the DC Showcase Presents volumes and the issues/stories they reprint:Adam Strange V1: Showcase 17-19, Mystery In Space 53-84 (Adam Strange stories [...]
Blogroll Surfing
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Bảy, 21 tháng 11, 2009
Aaron at Silver Age Gold covers the meeting of Tomahawk and several troglodytes and points out in a very interesting aside, why the revolutionary war character should not have known that they would be called cavemen. You [...]
Fantastic Four Fridays: Von Doom
Người đăng: lecuongle on Thứ Sáu, 20 tháng 11, 2009
What do Dr Doom and the Green Goblin have in common? Answer at the end of the post.As the story begins, Johnny is acting like a normal teenager:As you can probably guess, Johnny makes a wisecrack about how the Hulk looks [...]
