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Mistakes of a Past History

Mistakes of a Past History #2

This is the second in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of pieces looking at instances in comic book history where, well, let’s just say that some unfortunate choices were made. These decisions were typically more acceptable in the context of the time when the comics in question came out, but “more acceptable at the time” or not, they’re still clearly mistakes.

Today, we look at “A Very Personal Hell” from 1980′s Rampaging Hulk #23…

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Mistakes of a Past History #1

This is the first in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of pieces looking at instances in comic book history where, well, let’s just say that some unfortunate choices were made. These decisions were certainly more acceptable in the context of the time when the comics in question came out, but “more acceptable at the time” or not, they’re still clearly mistakes.

Today, we look at the problems of 1941′s Young Allies #1, a “novel length” tale written by Stan Lee with art by Charles Nicholas (and Jack Kirby on the title sequences for each of the chapters), specifically Whitewash Jones.

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