BCM POPS CULTURE

B. Clay Moore's minor distractions and previews and peeks.

[bclaymoore]

Don Heck character sketches, from COMICS INTERVIEW #101 (1991).

[bclaymoore]

Only a few publishers introduced new superhero titles in the fifties, after the genre had dominated the forties.

Ajax-Farrell had a brief burst of new titles in the middle of the decade, although none of them lasted more than a handful of issues.

It would take DC's reworking of Golden Age heroes at the end of the decade, and Marvel following with new (and reworked) heroes in the early sixties, to revive the superhero comic, which then went on to dominate the next few decades.

[trashycovers]

the worst part of any fire is when the lions show up

[coolpastcovers]

Well, that was an unfortunate turn of events.

[goldenageglory]

Boys, don't let sis head off with a dude they call SNUFF MAN.

[somanyheroes]

Captain Truth

[bclaymoore]

From SCREEN PERSONALITIES (1933), by Vincent Trotta and Cliff Lewis.

[goldenageglory]

Obviously most notable for bringing Wonder Woman to life, artist H.G. Peters also created these two shirtless weirdos for Eastern Color, in the pages of HEROIC COMICS and FAMOUS FUNNIES. Man O'Metal and Fearless Flint.

[bclaymoore]

H.G. Peters is a favorite in the pantheon of oddball comic artists. I like to imagine Man O' and Flint retired together to South Beach, where they could hang out shirtless on their deck and create some crazy sparks in the bedroom.

But that's just me.

[jkparkin]

Mr. Terrific: Year One #4 (DC, August 2025) variant cover by Greg Smallwood

[goldenageglory]

"The Case of the Limping Nazi," featuring the Grenade. By Bill Boynansky. The Grenade's first and only appearance.

From CAPTAIN FLIGHT COMICS #5 (December, 1944). Ajax-Farrell Publications.

[bclaymoore]

If I'm assembling an anthology of the weirder Golden Age stories, this goes in.

[goldenageglory]

I could be wrong, but I think someone shot an arrow through his neck.

[bclaymoore]

Several of musician/artist Daniel Johnston's Captain America-themed drawings.

Casper the Friendly Ghost, another of his obsessions, appears in a couple.

[frankandbillcovers]

Bill Sienkiewicz HULK covers. 

[comicsabouttoys]

Steve Ditko draws the cast of MICRONAUTS, from MICRONAUTS ANNUAL #1.

[comicsabouttoys]

ROM SPACEKNIGHT meets Marvel mutants.

The X-Men (covers by Frank Miller & Terry Austin), The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (covers by Al Milgrom & Joe Sinnott), Forge (cover by Mike Zeck & John Beatty) and Alpha Flight (covers by John Byrne).

[bclaymoore]

Some of EC Comics and MAD Magazine's brightest talents.

Young Bill Gaines (1922-1992) and Al Feldstein (1925-2014) in the EC Comics office, Wally Wood (1927-1981), Dave Berg (1920-2002), Don Martin (1931-2000) , Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) and Jack Davis (1924-2016)

[bclaymoore]

Stingray's earliest cover appearances.