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    A panel from a 1948 Wonder Woman story showing her being held up by her friend Steve Trevor and other men while she speaks the message "It takes real character to admit one's failures - and not a little wisdom to take your profits from defeat. But remember, this man's world of yours will never be without pain and suffering until it learns love, and respect for human rights. Keep your hands extended to all in friendliness but never holding the gun of persecution and intolerance!"
    DC Comics Golden Age Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman has an Important Message

    “It takes real character to admit one’s failures – and not a little wisdom to take your profits from defeat. But remember, this man’s world of yours will never be without pain and suffering until it learns love, and respect for human rights. Keep your hands extended to all in friendliness but never holding the gun of persecution and intolerance!”

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    By Collected Wonders, 2 months18th April 2025 ago
    A close up of Namor in his first strory from Marvel Comics #1
    Golden Age Marvel Timely

    Escape to the Past 6: Namor the Sub-Mariner

    Ol’ Subby is probably my favourite from the early 1940s/Golden Age. Not only could Namor’s creator Bill Everett draw – and what lush inking! – he could write. Sure, this is primitive stuff compared to comics published now, but his characters packed plenty of personality! This is helped by this Read more…

    By Collected Wonders, 1 year8th March 2024 ago
    A very macabre panel featuring Batman villain Clayface
    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:

    By Collected Wonders, 3 years15th March 2022 ago
    Toro the Flaming Kid diving into water
    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.

    By Collected Wonders, 4 years29th May 2021 ago
    Electro's elaborate logo from Marvel Mystery Comics #15
    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.

    By Collected Wonders, 4 years12th May 2021 ago
    The Blue Blaze scaring some grave robbers
    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.

    By Collected Wonders, 4 years10th February 2021 ago
    Batman as depicted in Detective Comics #27
    Batman DC Comics Golden Age

    Escape to the Past #2: Batman & Detective Comics #27

    Yeah, that’s right. That’s Batman (or the Bat-Man as he’s called in the story here), the creature of the night. The Dark Knight Detective. The Caped Crusader with his jaunty purple gloves and really awkward looking wings/cape. And… ears. Those weird ears…

    By Collected Wonders, 4 years10th January 2021 ago
    The cover to Action Comics #1
    DC Comics Golden Age Superman

    Escape to the Past #1: Superman & Action Comics #1

    Sod 2020 and let’s go back to the beginning of superhero comics with Superman and Action Comics #1!

    By Collected Wonders, 5 years15th November 2020 ago

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