by tombatiuk | Oct 7, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
Cary Bates march through the Flash rogues gallery continues with this issues appearance of the Pied Piper. That’s probably evident to any Flashinado with just a glance at the cover, but why the Piper himself wasn’t depicted there is anybody’s guess....
by tombatiuk | Sep 16, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
This issue’s cover is basically an advertisement for the fact that Dr. Fate is going to be appearing as a back-up story in The Flash going forward. As something of a cover purist, I just find stuff like this to be annoying. What it really advertises is that the...
by tombatiuk | Sep 9, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
This issue marks our first visit with the Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick since Carmine Infantino’s return to these pages, and it’s a welcome site. As I’ve written here before, the first pairing of these heroes was so revolutionary and inspiring that it...
by tombatiuk | Sep 2, 2022 | Komix Thoughts
As I sit here writing in the sunroom of the cartoon castle on an evening in late summer, I’m reminded by the date on this issue that it came out about this same time of year in 1981 (the dates on comic books usually preceded the actual publishing date by several...