by Tom Batiuk | Jun 16, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This issue is a beautiful valentine to the early days of The Flash and in particular to issue #115 which was my personal entry point into the Silver Age. Over lunch at Luigi’s, the pizzeria in Akron that I stole lock stock and pizza cutter to create...
by Tom Batiuk | Apr 14, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Before I continue with the Flash Fridays thread, I want to do a little digging behind what accounted for the “return to the Silver Age” feel in the stories in the mid eighties. So to bridge things a bit, I thought I’d show you some Flash art not seen...
by tombatiuk | Mar 31, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Let’s talk art here for a moment. First, you can never go wrong with a Gil Kane cover, especially one inked by Dick Giordano. However, the bigger and very pleasant surprise comes inside the book where we find that Dennis Jensen, who came on board as inker a...
by tombatiuk | Mar 24, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
The kid from Dayton who grew up to write the book he loved, Cary Bates, and the editor who at the Tony Isabella driveway con said that The Flash was the book that influenced him the most as a youth, Mike Barr, both look fondly back to the Flash’s Silver era for...
by tombatiuk | Mar 17, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Okay, Gang, we’re in full wayback mode now. This issue not only brings back the toy magnate Willard W. Wiggins, but we also see the return of his most notorious creation, Captain Boomerang. Writer Cary Bates isn’t simply borrowing from the past anymore,...
