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Aug
21

DC Comics’ Barbara Friedlander Panel at Terrificon 2018

Paul Kupperberg on August 21st, 2018

The first panel of the 2018 Terrificon in Uncasville, CT was “DC Comics’ Long Lost Love, with Barbara Friedlander,” moderated by yours truly. The lovely and gracious Ms. Friedlander was a DC Comics’ romance and humor editor and writer in the 1960s, as well as the co-creator of the company’s teenage comic title, Swing With Scooter, and generously shared stories of her experiences in the business and with some of the legendary names of the Silver Age  with me and the audience.… Read the rest

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Aug
20

80 Years of Superman at Terrificon

Paul Kupperberg on August 20th, 2018

Look! Up on the dais…it’s Roger Stern! It’s Paul Kupperberg! It’s Jerry Ordway! It’s Peter Tomasi…and the “Eighty Years of Superman” panel at the 2018 Terrificon in Uncasville, CT, moderated by John Siuntres of the Word Balloon podcast!

(I got the recorder started a little late and missed the first couple of minutes of John’s introduction.)… Read the rest

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Jul
31

Superman vs. The Warlords of Krark by Milligan, Collins & Farmer

Paul Kupperberg on July 31st, 2018

We come to the last of the U.K. London Editions Superman Official Album text stories (the last that I’ve got, at least), this one from 1986. It’s “Testing Times for Superman,” written by Pete Milligan and illustrated by Mike Collins and Mark Farmer.… Read the rest

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Jul
28

Superman, Osgood Peabody & Grant Morrison

Paul Kupperberg on July 28th, 2018

Another text tale from the U.K., this one first appearing in the 1986 hardcover Superman Official Album, published by London Books. Nestled among three 1970s Legion of Super-Heroes and Superman stories written by Cary Bates were two prose stories, starting with this one by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Barry Kitson and Jeff Anderson!… Read the rest

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Jul
25

Superman in “Time Trap!” Text Tale by Jamie Delano & Bryan Talbot

Paul Kupperberg on July 25th, 2018

Back this time with another text story from the British Superman Official Album 1985, one of the nifty hardcover reprint collections published by London Editions. “Time Trap!” was written by Jim Delano and illustrated by Bryan Talbot. You can check out previous stories HERE and HERE and HERE.… Read the rest

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Jul
23

Look, Up In The Sky…1985 Superman Text Tale by Alan Moore

Paul Kupperberg on July 23rd, 2018

In addition to reprinting a trio of swell 1971-72 Superman stories with art by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson, the British hardcover Superman Official Album 1985 (London Editions) also featured a pair of illustrated text stories, including “I Was Superman’s Double!”… Read the rest

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Jul
21

Na-Na-Na-Na-Na-Na…Bat-Text Tale!

Paul Kupperberg on July 21st, 2018

As noted last time, short prose stories used to be a staple of comic books but had largely faded from favor by the 1950s. But the idea lived on and appeared often in the 1970s and 1980s in the pages of assorted DC Comic British hardcover, square bound reprint annuals and albums.… Read the rest

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Jul
19

Super Text!

Paul Kupperberg on July 19th, 2018

Text features used to be a thing in comic books. Not just letter columns or chatty behind-the-scenes pieces like you get today, but actual short prose stories (often illustrated) starring the characters featured in the title. Stan Lee’s first published story was a Captain America prose story in that title’s third issue in 1941.… Read the rest

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May
30

Back Into the TIME WARP!

Paul Kupperberg on May 30th, 2017

Time Warp was a DC Comics science fiction title that ran for five issues between October-November 1979 and June-July 1980. Published in the Dollar Comic format (64-pages, no ads, for a buck) and sporting covers by Michael Kaluta, Time Warp featured all new stories by a variety of talent.… Read the rest

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May
22

Don Newton…In Glorious Black & White

Paul Kupperberg on May 22nd, 2017

The character of Ch’p, the Green Lantern from the planet H’lven, first appeared in an untitled Tales of the Green Lantern Corps back-up story in Green Lantern #148 (January 1982). Ch’p wasn’t supposed to be a joke, contrary to the eventual fate of the character at the hands of the clueless.… Read the rest

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