Golden Age Problems

So you thought you had problems? Golden-aged Superman had troubles that you ain't even thought of.
Take this story right here...or leave it, I don't care. But if you will, it shows the lengths that ol' Supes had to go to back then just to keep up the status quo .

by Bill Woolfolk & Al Plastino
from SUPERMAN #60 (UK)
from SUPERMAN #91 (US)



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Yep.
All that just to not be recognized as Clark.
Luckily all pedestrians in Metropolis are blind nowadays and Superman doesn't have to waste time worrying.
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Under The Sea

Are you even ready for a fetish-filled adventure?
Welp, ready or not, here it comes.
And pay attention; there'll be a quiz later.
How many fetishes can you spot?

by Moulton & Peters
from COMIC CAVALCADE #9, 1944 Winter Issue

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So-o-o.......how many fetishes did you count? (I was just kiidding, there's no quiz.)
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Weird War Tale

Some things you don't see much of nowadays; war comics for starters, and even rarer, war comics written and drawn by legendary talents.
Lansdale is an award-winning novelist and short story writer, while Glanzman has as much history illustrating comics as five other artists put together.
Click on their names for more info, but first have a look at this:

By Joe R. Lansdale & Sam Glanzman
from WEIRD WAR TALES #2, July 1997












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Quite an interesting little genre-bender there, I thought. Not just a simple war story at all, it managed to work in a little romance and supernatural horror as well. Too bad that we don't see such well crafted short pieces very often. I seriously believe that most of the current hacks in the industry can't write any story that takes up less than twenty issues. They could learn from this.
Just my opinion, take it or leave it, folks.
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JONAH HEX: BOUNTY HUNTER

One of the most messed up thing about DC's "NEW 52" is the fact that All-Star Western is arguably the very best title that they're running now. Sad. They rebooted 51 other superhero comics just to prove that the western genre is not dead yet.
I guess I can't be too harsh tho', if it weren't for a whole bunch of people's recommendation, I wouldn't have ever known how awesome that the Jonah Hex series is (and was), as you'll see in this classic Hex tale from the 70s.
ENJOY!

by John Albano & Tony Dezuñiga
from WEIRD WESTERN TALES #16, February 1973















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