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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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
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
Today is George Reeves’ birthday. He was born in 1914, and fifty years later, years after his death, he would be one of the most important people in the world to me. About a year and a half ago, in the wake of the July 7, 2016 ambush shootings of fourteen police officers in Dallas, Texas that left five cops dead, I was asked to contribute a piece to an anthology about American heroes.… Read the rest
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