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Tagged: Bizarre Silver Age Comics

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 14, 2018

Homicidal steam shovels from outer space: Tales to Astonish #21

The Agony Booth’s Bizarre Silver Age Comics series has been going on for ten years now (with some admittedly long gaps in there), and you may have noticed one thing every installment so far has in common: They’re all about…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 2, 2018

When Lois Lane almost banged a horse: Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #92

You might recall that some time ago I wrote an article chronicling the Silver Age adventures of Supergirl and Comet the Super-Horse, who some might have previously assumed was just another wacky super-pet like Krypto the Super-Dog or Streaky the…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 1, 2014

Action Comics #311: When Supergirl almost banged her horse

“If this isn’t an incredibly messed up metaphor for child grooming (with an added icky layer of pseudo-bestiality), I don’t know what is.”

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 12, 2010

World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 2 of 2)

“Even by the bonkers rules of Silver Age superheroes, how does this make any sense? Beat up a superhero, get his sidekick? What the hell? Do superheroes usually operate according to the rules and customs of prison inmates? If so, Robin has just become Nightman’s bitch.”

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 12, 2010

World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 1 of 2)

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 27, 2010

Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 2 of 2)

“Action Comics #176, cover dated January 1953, features Superman being an unbelievable dick, even by Superman standards. He alienates all of his friends, completely trashes his own image, and deliberately turns public opinion against him for rather unimpressive reasons. I almost think the writer came up with this story just for a laugh, never thinking it would actually ever see the light of day.”

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 27, 2010

Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 1 of 2)

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 29, 2009

Lois Lane #9 “Superman’s Mystery Song!”

“In general, attempts to shoehorn real-life celebrities into comics are pretty disastrous, and have the unfortunate side effect of dating the issue before it even hits the presses. Doubly so when the famous person is already dated in and of himself.”

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 1, 2009

Jimmy Olsen #93 “The Batman-Superman of Earth-X!”

"Having read through a handful of issues, I can confirm that the actual stories are just as baffling and nonsensical as the covers. If you told me Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen was a deliberate postmodern deconstructionist take on the superhero genre, I’d have no trouble believing it."

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· by Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug · Aug 17, 2008

Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby” (part 2 of 2)

"With the arrival of The Dark Knight, the second Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman movie, Albert asked me to take a look at a past Batman comic. But of course, this site being what it is, I knew he didn't have in mind Knightfall or A Lonely Place of Dying. Oh no. I got to look into the distant past of the Bat-franchise. And it's a scary, scary place."

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· by Lewis "Linkara" Lovhaug · Aug 17, 2008

Tagged: Bizarre Silver Age Comics

Homicidal steam shovels from outer space: Tales to Astonish #21

When Lois Lane almost banged a horse: Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #92

Action Comics #311: When Supergirl almost banged her horse

World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 2 of 2)

World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 1 of 2)

Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 2 of 2)

Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 1 of 2)

Lois Lane #9 “Superman’s Mystery Song!”

Jimmy Olsen #93 “The Batman-Superman of Earth-X!”

Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby” (part 2 of 2)

Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby” (part 1 of 2)

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