BATMAN'S CRAZIEST ADVENTURES: TALKING FLOWERS Batman's been around for a lot of years first appearing in March of 1939, but it's often in those earliest stories that he had some of his craziest adventures, let's take a closer look. DETECTIVE … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2022
STERANKO’S INCREDIBLE HULK
When Jim Steranko was let loose after starting with Jack Kirby's breakdowns Marvel Comics knew they had a force of nature at loose. Steranko dominated Nick Fury Agent of Shield with amazing page layouts, design, storytelling, power and energy-- the … [Read more...]
CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: WILL EISNER
CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: WILL EISNER Willam Erwin Eisner was born on March 6, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. From an early age Will had an affinity to art, and his father, Samuel, encouraged him by buying him art supplies and give him advice, much to his … [Read more...]
BATMAN’S TOUGHEST TEN YEARS
BATMAN'S TOUGHEST TEN YEARS Batman first blasted his way into the comic pages as the bloodthirsty avenger known as The Bat Man blasting his enemies with his .45 automatic or pushing the bad guys into a vat of acid with little remorse. A year later … [Read more...]
CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: DICK SPRANG
SPOTLIGHT: DICK SPRANG, BOB KANE'S FAVORITE GHOST Richard W. Sprang was born July 28, 1915 in Fremont, OH. From his teen years Sprang worked as an illustrator in pulps for publishers like Columbia and Street & Smith before joining a daily … [Read more...]