> In 2000 I had the pleasure of being a guest at a show in White Plains New York, and among the invitees there were Julie Schwartz, Carmine Infantino and Jerry Robinson, all of whom had experience with Bob Kane, much of this column will be filled … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2022
SHAMELESS BOB KANE: PART I
For 76 years Bob Kane's name was the only one credited with Batman's creation but history has a way of outing the truth and towards the end of his life Kane changed his tune and began to attribute some of Batman's creation to his childhood friend … [Read more...]
SUPERMAN’S BIG CHECK
SUPERMAN'S BIG CHECK Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were lifetime friends even in their early 20s when they approached comic strip publisher M.C. Gaines with their SUPERMAN Concept, a comic strip they'd been trying to sell for a number of years. … [Read more...]
MARVEL’S GODZILLA
Godzilla first roared to life in 1954's GOJIRA from Toho Studios in Japan, and was later re-edited and released in the US as GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS in 1956 and he's been a star ever since, although the character evolved from a horrifying … [Read more...]