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Out of the Vault – Captain America #193
So last week, we talked about Captain America and the Falcon #191, in which the Falcon’s trial for crimes committed before his hero career began ended with an attack by the Stilt-Man, who wanted to kill the Falcon, but instead … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Captain America and the Falcon #191
Last week, we featured Steve Englehart’s attempt to make Cap relevant and interesting to a 1970’s audience more interested in the Watergate scandal than WWII patriotic propaganda. As a parting gift before he left the series, Englehart decided to retcon … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Captain America and the Falcon #176, 178
Last week,we looked at Captain America #117, in which we saw the introduction of a new superhero, The Falcon. Lest you think this was merely a minor blip in the history of Cap, let’s jump forward five years, to 1974. … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Captain America #117
The next few weeks from the Vault are going to be a little different. I have a very few Captain America comics from the 60’s and 70’s, and for the next month or so, I’ll be visiting them one by … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Achilles Storm #1
I tried to do things right this week: got an early start reading the book I thought I would cover, Achilles Storm No. 1, published by Aja Blu Comix in 1990. But then I read it, and it just sucked. … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Flaxen
Two years ago, I did a series of Vault posts over on Frazier’s Brain about comic book heroes based on real-life people. It was inspired by seeing Tim Burgard in the credits of a movie and realizing I had some … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Captain America’s First Appearance,
In early 1941, before the United States had even officially entered the war, the iconic American soldier appeared on the cover of his debut issue socking Hitler in the jaw. This was, of course, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Captain … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Batman’s First Appearance, Detective Comics #27
Okay, so we’ve established that, according to Bob Kane’s official version, he was inspired by The Mark of Zorro and The Bat Whispers, while I personally think as much or more inspiration was drawn from 1926’s The Bat (of which … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – The Original Green Lantern
So I thought this would be a good tie-in with the movie, only the movie has mostly come and gone already. And really, this isn’t in any way the same Green Lantern, so I guess it doesn’t matter. Because the … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Comics’ Greatest World: Cinnabar Flats and the Vortex
The fourth and final month of the Comics’ Greatest World introductory miniseries in some ways saved the best for last, as the final storyline by Randy Stradley took place in Cinnabar Flats, the area where the prologue story took place. … Continue reading
