The Fantastic Challenge is where I pick four arcs and challenge you, the fan, to read, and… that would be telling! Listen to the podcast for the REST of the challenge!
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Today, we are talking about a creator who doesn’t get the attention he should—Gardner Fox. Who better to discuss Fox than Jennifer DeRoss, who wrote Forgotten All-Star: A Biography of Gardner Fox. Specifically, while traveling to Batman’s early Golden Age adventures, Fox wrote six Batman tales.
Kirby– WOW!
At a time when comics were not displayed like they are today in comic shops, he knew how to make a cover stand out!
Never Collected in a Trade!
The first issue gives you a taste of the “cosmic Joy Ride the series takes! While researching, I was surprised that Marvel has never collected the series in a trade.
It took a long time to be collected as a trade…
Thc Over the years, DC has reprinted and reprinted the series. However, it wasn’t until around 1999 that DC first released it as a trade. Hardcover for $100 —since it had never been released, I’m sure lots of fans bought it, and DC made a bit of money!
It’s one of my favorite series from the “Rebirth Era.” …
With the “New 52” I was one of many fans to see the marriage of Lois and Clark wiped from continuity. I give the creators credit: It fantastically reintroduces them into continuity– and gave us John Kent.
