Batman & Catwoman Got Married – Once upon a time, Batman and Catwoman got married and they had a daughter – her name was Helena Wayne and she was Huntress. But wait! Didn’t Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Catwoman (Selena Kyle) get married just this past week in Batman #50 (July 2018)? No. No, they did not. At least that is what I heard tell the New … Continue reading Huntress
Hawkgirl had a marriage problem… I remember the first time I saw Hawkgirl. It was probably sometime in 1965 and I had bought a Hawkman issue for the first time. I and the other two guys were sitting around reading the comic books that we had just bought and one them asked me about the Hawkman comic that I was reading. I said, “He’s kind … Continue reading Hawkgirl’s Marriage Problem
Here another “first” that I recently “discovered”. In the 1970’s, the world needed a plus-size super hero and Power Girl came to the rescue weighing in at 30 pounds heavier than her Earth-One counter-part, Super Girl. Also, a cousin of Superman, Kara Zar-el first appeared in All Star Comics #58 (1976) and in 1978 she got her first cover in Showcase #97. Her origin story … Continue reading Power Girl
At the end of the Justice League of America issue #7 (Oct 1961), the members of the league go out on dates with their sweethearts. A couple of these “partners” are well known, but some of the others are a little obscure and I wanted to know if I could locate their back-stories and add to my collection of digital comics. Figure 1 – Justice … Continue reading Date Night
To get my mind off current events, I am burying my mind in the “fake news” – I mean “fiction” – of comic books. Yet, even today’s comic books are dark and disturbing. So, my new hobby is collecting digital comics from the “Silver Age”. I am finding as many “firsts” as I can. Here, for example, is Batman #139 (1961) with a “Bat-girl”, five … Continue reading “Bat-girl”: 1st Appearance
Back in 1985, I was laid off from AT&T and for a few months I took a job working at Walden’s Books. I recall noticing in the comic book section that DC had published a limited series of 12 issues called “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. My days of reading comic books were over, but I did briefly think of buying these issues because I remembered … Continue reading Crisis Averted
