Only in the Silver Age does this panel make total sense: A Super Gorilla with deadly thought waves. Yep. Almost as good is the pirate torpedo. I’m not kidding. And that one was a cover (oh man, I wonder if that issue can be found for a reasonable price. I might need it). Flash is cheeky from the […]
Today, Mark tells us about his lengthy search for the Seven Soldiers of Victory, in the pages of LEADING COMICS! And these rare issues can be yours! To make your purchase, click here!
Here’s a comic that’s not only rare, publishers went out of their way not to let you have it! Intrigued? Let Mark explain: You can own it for yourself! Just Click here to place your order!
After 25 years as a Northern California fixture, the long-running convention WonderCon made its Southern California debut last weekend in Anaheim, with decidedly mixed results. One thing’s for sure: any of the long-running scuttlebutt about Anaheim being a suitable substitute venue for WonderCon can be easily dismissed at this point. Not only were hotels as […]
If it worked before, it’ll work again. That was what DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz must have been thinking in late 1959, as he prepared for the debut of the latest feature in his burgeoning line of super-hero titles. He had already revived the Flash and Green Lantern in the pages of the anthology book SHOWCASE, both of which […]
It’s the first appearance of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy! Why is that important? Let Mark tell you himself: Incredibly rare, historically significant, and it can be yours! Click here for all the details!
Ever heard of the SUPERMAN story “This Island Bradman”? Of course you haven’t. No one has. A gleeful Mark Waid explains why: And now you can be one of the insanely very few to own a copy! Click here to find out more!
Today, Mark Waid tells us about one of the rarest comics in his collection: And now it can be yours! Just click here to buy!
Have you heard the news? Mark Waid’s legendary comic collection, featured in countless trade paperbacks, hardcovers, artbooks and history books, is up for sale, and only here at Blastoff Comics! Hear all about it from the man himself, comics writer and historian extraordinaire Mark Waid! Head over and see the first selections available […]
We’ve established that I like silliness and to just have fun reading comics, right? However. Silver Age Green Lantern takes the word goofy to a whole other level. I can get behind ridiculous villains, and I have no problem with a power ring that can do anything the user wills it to do. Well, almost. […]
In 1959 DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz was looking to follow up the success of his Flash revival, and chose Green Lantern for his second subject. Much as he did with the Flash, Schwartz opted for a more streamlined, science-fiction approach, and placed his new assignment in the hands of writer John Broome and artist […]
My week has been vastly improved by reading Superman In The Fifties and Batman In the Fifties for the first time. Though I haven’t read much Superman before (just some of the new 52 Action Comics), my past experience with Batman is that it’s not always a happy ride. Okay, that it’s rarely a happy […]
While we’re talking the Flash, let’s send everybody into the weekend with “The Ballad of Barry Allen,” one of my favorite songs by a band by the name of Jim’s Big Ego.
