by Robert Gillis, who had nothing better to do
9/2016

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

In a recent podcast of “From Crisis to Crisis, A Superman Podcast,” Mike and Jeffrey called our attention to this Silver Age Gem: From Superman #145, May, 1961. Another example of Superman being a little too powerful in the Silver Age   Since SUNLIGHT powers  one of the members of an interplanetary circus that is causing a kerfuffle in Metroplolis, Superman cancels out the green guy’s power by {wait for it}  pushing the MOON out of its of its orbit (thank God that the moon’s gravitation pull has absolutely NO effect on Earth whatsoever) so he can create an eclipse that will {wait for it} cut off all sunlight from the Earth. 

by Robert Gillis
4/2016

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

The super-heroes of the bronze and silver age seemed to do a lot of unnecessary damage while performing their rescues – even back on the “Adventures of Superman” TV show, Superman was also smashing through windows and walls because it was much more dramatic than, say, opening a door.

I found these gems from the Bronze Age; all three involve elevator rescues that could have been done with far less property damage:

From Wonder Woman #246, Diana Prince is doing some laundry when the power goes out – suddenly, she realizes people are trapped in the elevator.

by Robert Gillis
1/2012

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

Another slow news day so I thought we’d have even more fun with some gems from the Silver Age of Lois Lane comic books.

Lois Lane #80: Surprise! A birthday party for Lois! And just like in real life in the 1960s, the adults wear children’s tiny party hats (so we know it’s a birthday party) and there’s Lucy Lane,  once again dressed in her freaking stewardess outfit.

by Robert Gillis
12/2011

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

Slow news day so I thought we’d have some more fun with some gems from the Silver Age of comic books.

From the cover of Batman #101 (August, 1956): Whoosh! Batman’s cape and cowl have blown off his head! Robin yells that that particular cape, “…contains a clue to your secret identity!”

by Robert Gillis
8/2011

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

We’re arrived at Lois Lane #59 (1965) and Superman has saved Lois for the eight thousandth time this week.
Lois, swooning: “Thank you so much for rescuing me… if not for you…” (Remember those words, we will revisit them later)

Superman, being a complete dipshit as usual: “Skip the thanks, blah, blah, lecture,  lecture, blah, I’ve a whole UNIVERSE to protect!”

by Robert Gillis
5/2011

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE

(Click any image to enlarge)

More random madness, silliness and shenanigans from the Silver Age Lois Lane comic books 🙂

One of the funniest Lois Lane panels EVER.  Never let a woman pilot the nuclear submarine. See also: Deanna Troi.

Lois Lane has died and THE WHOLE UNIVERSE mourns her. Yeah, the green alien guy from the Andromeda Galaxy admired her wit and kindness.

by Robert Gillis
3/2011

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE

(Click any image to enlarge)

Continuing my rant proclaiming the evil of Lucy Lane, Lois Lane’s stewardess sister, and the goofiness of Lois Lane and Lana Lang in general …

While admittedly a dream sequence, Lois has been transformed into an old hag because she messed around with an aging formula. She goes back to HER apartment, you know, where LOIS pays the rent.

by Robert Gillis
2/2011

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

While Silver Age comic book are always ripe for mocking, it’s rare that an entire story gets the detailed analysis (read: mocking) treatment. Welcome to July 1963, when Lois Lane #42 hit the stands. While most (if not all) of these early issues had Lois trying to get Superman to marry her (usually in some elaborate scheme), this particular epic, “The romance of Superbaby and Baby Lois” stretches even silver-age logic to the max, and as usual, snaps reality like a piece of taffy!

by Robert Gillis 8/2010
[Click on any image to enlarge]

When it came to individual liberties (and the law in general) Silver Age comics could always be counted upon to dismiss such silly concepts as Miranda rights, due process, and fair protection under the law, not to mention all that bothersome and silly Bill of Rights nonsense. Here are two excellent examples of how the law really worked back in the Silver Age:

Adventure Comics 249, June, 1958: Clark’s wallet and ID have been stolen, and the sheriff grabs him because MAYBE he’s the sneak thief they’re looking for.

by Robert Gillis 7/2010

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

Our understanding of the universe changes so rapidly these days that it’s no wonder back in the 1950s and 1960s, no one understood that a meteor was just a piece of space rock and that a comet was a merely a dirty snowball making a leisurely orbit around the sun.

Nope, back in the day, these ordinary space objects appeared over Smallville with the regularity of the daily mail, and always had UNPREDICTABLE MAGIC POWERS and could do ANYTHING!

by Robert Gillis 7/2010

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE
(Click any image to enlarge)

Superboy was the lead feature in Adventure Comics in the mid-1950s, and each story usually featured him teaching a mean bully a lesson, getting kids to work together, organizing a community anti-litter club, or some other thinly disguised 1950s era PSA, all the while Lana Lang would follow him around saying, “I know you’re Clark Kent.”

by Robert Gillis 5/2010

What was so special about the silver age of comic books? Read about it HERE

(Click any image to enlarge)

Here’s a gem from a Superboy story from Superboy #106, dated 1963, called, “The Lair of Brainiac!” Our story so far: Baby Superman (Kal-El to you Marvel readers) has been kidnapped from Krypton before it exploded, and Brainiac and his goons take baby to their home solar system with its yellow sun, and of course, Kal-El gains superpowers and all hell breaks loose.