Scott’s Classic Comics Corner
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: The Lone Ranger Was Not Alone
- by Scott
- Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 8:29 AM EST
I’m a big fan of Dell’s Lone Ranger series. Apparently so were a lot of people during the late 40s and into the 50s. If imitation is the greatest form of flattery – the Lone Ranger was flattered greatly. The rash of Lone Ranger imitators forces one to rephrase the question as “Who were those [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: 1967 - A Year in Review
- by Scott
- Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 6:52 AM EST
1967 is known as the year of the Summer of Love. While I do love many comics from that year, I wouldn’t say that it was truly a milestone year. I’ve sifted through the spinner rack selections from a variety of publishers in hopes of determining a theme, but found only that variety was the [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Justice League of Recycling
- by Scott
- Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 9:31 AM EST
You may be familiar with the early covers of the Justice League of America series. Many of those Murphy Anderson gems have become iconic. Did you know, however, that many of those cover designs have their roots elsewhere?
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Tom Sutton's Top 13 Horror Covers
- by Scott
- Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 6:36 AM EST
It's that time of the year again when tombstones begin appearing on front lawns and comic book geeks revisit the horror genre. I decided to spend some time determining what I believe to be the 13 best comic book covers drawn by Tom Sutton.
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Big & Cheap Bronze Age Horror
- by Scott
- Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 7:35 AM EST
Horror anthologies can be pretty hit and miss, so a giant-sized book is often a better bet, as you’re more likely to find a few good stories. With Halloween just around the corner, I though I’d highlight a handful of inexpensive giant sized horror books from the Bronze Age. The combined cost of these books [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Horrifying Last Gasps
- by Scott
- Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 6:40 AM EST
It’s not always easy spotting a comic book trend in real time, but it becomes much easier (and a lot of fun) with hindsight. As the Golden Age drew to a close, horror was one of the new genres really getting a foothold in the industry. With this in mind, the editors of numerous long [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: ACG's Recycled Romance
- by Scott
- Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 6:12 AM EST
I have a soft spot in my heart for ACG (American Comics Group), as they brought us the first ongoing horror comic (Adventures Into the Unknown) as well as Herbie. Long before it was popular to go ‘green’, ACG started recycling some of their romance covers, but only after making some rather odd modifications.
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: More Gold Key One-Shots
- by Scott
- Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 7:41 AM EST
Earlier in the year, I looked at some of the terrific one-shots Gold Key produced. I decided it was high time to revisit this topic and take a look at another handful of one-shots. I’ve tried to steer clear of movie adaptations and books basked on TV shows as the number of candidates would be [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Diving Into Scuba Comics
- by Scott
- Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 6:38 AM EST
One of my favorite comic book subgenres is Scuba. Believe it or not, there was actually a time when there were competing scuba-themed titles, and that's not even taking into account mainstream war books with scuba stories. This week I'm taking a look at some titles that were dedicated to telling self contained stories featuring [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: 10 Good Movie Adaptations Pt. 2
- by Scott
- Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 7:25 AM EST
Here’s another 5 great movie adaptations. I’ve included some obvious choices and a few surprises.
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: 10 Good Movie Adaptations Pt. 1
- by Scott
- Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 at 8:05 AM EST
Comic books that adapt movies are more than not, a disappointing shadow of the original. This is somewhat understandable, as we’re dealing with two completely different mediums (although there are certainly parallels) and deadlines are often extremely tight with the creative team working from an unfinished script or print. Every now and then, however, you’ll [...]
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: The Short Life of Comic Media
- by Scott
- Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 at 6:42 AM EST
I wouldn’t be surprised if 75% of comic book fans had never heard of Comic Media and that's too bad as they produced some awesome books.
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: Attack of the Casper Clones
- by Scott
- Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 7:33 AM EST
Everyone is familiar with Casper, the Friendly Ghost and his little Casperverse at Harvey Comics, but did you know that from the mid 40s right up until the early 70s a number of Casper clones haunted the funnybook world?
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: 1972 - A Year in Review
- by Scott
- Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 at 6:52 AM EST
1972 was a pretty significant year for comics. While notable changes were underway among the publishers, one major milestone occurred outside of the industry and yet its repercussions were felt for decades. That event was the birth of yours truly.
Scott's Classic Comics Corner: A Wyatt Earp Triple Bill
- by Scott
- Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 7:49 AM EST
Anyone remember the dueling Wyatt Earp based movies from the early 90s? Tombstone and Wyatt Earp were released within 6 months of each other, raising the question of whether we really needed two biopics at the same time. Well, the funnybook world did one better in the late 50s, as there were no less than [...]
