Book Care
Oh No! Mouldy Books!
I should have been on the look out, I live in an old stone cottage in a damp part of world after all! But it’s struck!
Batman DC Comics Golden Age Superman
Escape to the Past 5: Superman Vs Batman Golden Age Rogues Galleries
While reading the earliest Golden Age adventures of Superman and Batman, it really struck me the different approaches to their early Golden Age rogues galleries the stories took.
Let’s take (Yes! Let’s!) take a quick overview:
DC Comics Silver Age Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1
Just when you think DC has given up on publishing more volumes of classic Wonder Woman material, alongs comes this book!
Bronze Age Jack Kirby Marvel The Eternals
Battle of the Omnibuses: The Fourth World & The Eternals
With the latest edition of Jack Kirby’s The Fourth World Omnibus now safely in my clutches, I thought I’d compare it to the recent The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus.
Bronze Age DC Comics Jack Kirby The Fourth World
Jack Kirby’s Fourth World Omnibus
DC does a fairly good job of keeping the Fourth World material available most of the time. However, whenever I looked for a copy I’d find that I’d just missed the latest edition(s). Once they’re out of print their prices on site likes ebay can rocket up very quickly.
Which is to say that for once, I managed not to fall into this trap and this year and I bagged myself a copy of the 2021 edition of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World.
It’s a bit of a beast!
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Batman DC Comics
Collecting Post-Crisis Batman
Over the last couple of years, DC has been putting out two companion lines collecting Post-Crisis Batman comics from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Let’s take a quick look at their contents and how they fit with previous collections.
Golden Age Marvel Timely
Escape to the Past 4.5: Toro!
This is such a great visual of Toro diving into water. Above water, he’s still on fire but as his head and arms go under his flame is extinguished.
Golden Age Marvel Timely
Escape to the Past #4: Steve Dahlman & Electro
While Superman and Batman on the DC side and The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner on the Timely/Marvel side are all of course hugely important, it can be the lower key discoveries that jump off the page at you.
Book Review Bronze Age Howard the Duck Marvel
Marvel Masterworks Vol. 300: Howard the Duck
I’ve been slowly catching up with the Marvel Masterworks program but I just had to jump ahead and get this special 300th volume. Featuring a duck trapped in a world run by hairless apes: Marvel Masterworks Vol. 300: Howard the Duck!
Golden Age Marvel Timely
Escape to the Past #3: The Blue Blaze!
In my continuing flight away from 2020 I switch over to Marvel precursor Timely’s obscure superhero oddity, the Blue Blaze.