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fancyfade · 6 months

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read some silver age aquaman comics (from the showcase presents: aquaman tpb)

aquaman's origin was surprisingly similar to the origin i was familiar with, which was movie aquaman, where his mom leaves atlantis, marries a lighthouse keeper, etc. she got kicked out of atlantis because she was trying to leave, which is a crime I guess.

aquaman being "King of the seven seas" does not convey any actual monarchy at this time, it just means the fish listen to him. He barely interacts with Atlantis, and before he saves them from extra-dimensional amphibians he mentions he is not allowed there because he's an outsider. but then they are happy with him when he saves them and says he's like their ambassador.

we learn about mysterious purple-eyed atlanteans. Evidently

(from adventure comics 266)

anyway after this we see Garth (Aqualad - I actually can't remember if they've called him Garth yet or he just is always Aqualad). he has purple eyes but can breathe under water. Also, he is terrified of fish. He got kicked out of Atlantis because being around fish so much would drive him mad, so they thought it was better to send him to the surface world.

Aquaman cures Garth of his fish fear via having fish pretend to be toys and having Garth play with them. This works and also I guess no one tried this before in Atlantis. BUt anyway. Aqualad wants to live with Aquaman, but Aquaman wants him to go back to Atlantis b/c he doesn't think he can give him a good life.

adventure comics 269

anyway, aqualad just fakes going in and actually comes back to hang out with aquaman, who has been missing him

asd;glkj My favorite part of this is that Aquaman evidently never asked his name, he's just like "It's that kid".

Anyway, Aqualad stays with Aquaman in the end

other stuff: aquaman always refers to the fish as his friends, in one comic he establishes an under water hospital for them. also 90% of his fighting style seems to be his fishy friends helping him out.

#dc comics #adventure comics 1938 #aquaman #aqualad #arthur curry #garth

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ufonaut · 3 months

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Wow! That had almost as much kick as Miraclo!

Rex Tyler's first appearance in Adventure Comics (1938) #48, also reprinted in Justice League of America (1960) #98

(Ken Fitch, Bernard Baily)

#rex tyler #hourman #jsa #justice society of america #justice society #adventure comics 1938 #ken fitch #bernard baily #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #GREATEST GUY IN THE WORLDDDDDD #first time ive seen his origin in hd so i thought id share

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panelsdump · 2 years

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#adventure comics #adventure comics 1938 #clark kent #superboy #krypto #krypto the superdog #dc #dc comics

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argoscity · 3 months

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ADVENTURE COMICS (1938) #410 written by John Albano art by Bob Oksner

#kara zor el #supergirl #linda lee danvers #comic: adventure comics (1938)#panels #pre crisis

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batfamfixation · 11 days

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Reading Speedy's first appearance in Adventure Comics (1938) seemed like a great idea until I remembered racism

Can someone please recommend the best comic to start reading Roy's Speedy arc? Should I just start with his Teen Titans run?

(comic panel below the cut)

#Roy Harper #Speedy #Adventure Comics (1938)#Green Arrow #“The World's Worst Archer”#They had Brave Bow talking like Solomon Grundy

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bobauthorman · 10 months

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Baby-Man

With the new Superman cartoon My Adventures With Superman coming on, I thought we should talk about Superman’s origins. His original origins. As in, Golden Age of Comics Original origins.

In that original continuity, the Kents, bless their hearts, decided the best place a baby found in the wreckage of a crashed spaceship was the local orphanage asylum.

Of course, in this undeveloped canon, Kyrptonian super-strength was the result of Krypton being a planet with higher gravity than Earth, which meant even a tiny baby was capable of tossing around furniture!

Naturally, Ma and Pa, being the sweeties they are, return shortly later to take the little bundle of home. You can imagine how happy the head attendant was to let that happen!

My point is, do you think, maybe, that orphanage ever made a connection between that powerful baby and the living legend Superman? That years, decades later, those who worked at that place saw the Big Blue Boy Scout and thought, “It’s him!”?

#Superman #John Kent #Martha Kent #She was called Mary back then #orphanage #Kal-El #Clark Kent #Superman 1 #1938 #DC #Comic book #panels #Jerry Siegel #Joe Shuster #Fred Guardineer #baby #babies #meta #My Adventures with Superman

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kevinpsb00 · 3 months

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#OlivaDeHaviland #TheAventuresofRobinHood 1938 #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #GoldenAgeofHollywood #Actress #DigitalPencils #digitaldrawing #digitalart #NoAI #NoAIArt #ComicBookArtist #BookIllustrator

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paladin-of-nerd-fandom65 · 2 months

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When he first came out in 1938, in terms of how his character was portrayed, Superman wasn’t just unique and captivating because of his amazing powers and charming personality. He was by many accounts of entertainment at that time…an exception to the norms

One of the many ways Action Comics #1 changed everything: The fictional concepts of ‘aliens among us’, ‘Being with Godly Powers’ and how they’re combined with the Pulp Hero which led to Superman.

The thing is

A lot of these stories of beings with godly powers beyond those of mortal men would often be portrayed as an antagonistic to outright villainous force meant to horrify their victims with the overarching mantra of Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. It’s a trend we seen play out a lot of times in our current media when beings who either gain or often times posses godlike powers are either villainous last obstacles for our hero, their greatest challenge or as like seen sometimes in shows including Star Trek, beings of thousand of years old who long detached themselves from the affairs of beings considered ‘lesser’ than them with little to no interference, meant to be observed. There’s certainly a probably chance of characters like these being the norm even for stories in pulp novels, magazines and other media back then in the 30s

More telling since they had popularity even lasting beyond Action Comics #1’s first printing, if that superpowered being has alien origins, they’re those that usually either don’t understand the concept of morality as we lowly humans do and utterly so alien and abomination in mere appearance, looking at them directly can drive some to madness a la HP Lovecraft whose works find routine publication from as early as 1908 and only ended in 1936 or in the case of say War of the Worlds who had a very notable radio adaptation in 1938 (which caused a bit of mass panic due to timing of people tuning in their radios before announcements and title introductions were made) they might understand that morality and they given to destroying our civilization anyways in conquest as an allegory for Imperialism at that time

In both of these types of stories, any being even those with a humanoid appearance are seen as others or outside forces that are threats to humanity and especially the average Joe and they were stories that came out prior to Action Comics #1. Prior also to that comic, sure they were some superheroes usually in either mythology like Hercules or pulp heroes a la the Phantom

Superman when he first came out was an exception to all of that

For a simple reason, he could’ve been on of those aliens who were detached from the reality around them by their age and wisdom, an invading ruthless conquerer like HG Wells’ Martians, a abomination who mere acts of simply existing in our realm invokes dread, despair and fear of what unknown entities he can be linked to that overpower us lowly humans a la The Colour Out of Space or even the faceless one Nylarathotep or even a man who when gaining his great power eventually descends into utter madness and villainy for their own selfish gains which ironically was what the duo of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had in mind for their planning stages of this brand new creation they wanted to share.

Even for a heroic example, Clark could’ve simply been a simple man with a bright costume and a gimmick in an attempt to cash in the small notable trend the Phantom had set up into his adventures coming out a mere years before Action Comics

And yet Superman wasn’t any of that. He was simply a humanoid alien immigrant who was raised by a kindly couple and from an early age decides to use his newfound godlike powers and incredible abilities not to frighten, not to be detach, not to conquer….he just wants to help. He’s a Champion of the Oppressed, a living marvel dedicated to helping those in need.

All of those other examples of what people had for character prior to Action Comics #1 are what they are….

Superman Can. And he can do that, cause he was and still is the exception

#clark kent #golden age #jerry siegel #joe shuster #hp lovecraft #the phantom #war of the worlds #opinion #my posts #superman #action comics

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superman-the-secret-third-thing · 16 days

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF SUPERMAN!

The beginning steps of my adventure have finished- All of the comics from 1938 to 1955! Wow! Here is the first, and last cover from each era- warning for long post!

(1938) Action Comics #1 -211

(1939) Superman #1 -101

(1941) World's Finest Comics #1-79

(1949) Superboy #1-45

(1954) Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olson #1-9

Other media:

(1940) The Adventures of Superman Radio, feat. Bud Hollyer!

(1941) Max Fleischer's Superman!

(1942) Adventures of Superman by George Lowther

(1948) Superman Serial feat. Kirk Alyn

(1950) Atom Man vs. Superman feat. Kirk Alyn

(1951) Superman and the Mole Men feat. George Reeves

(1952) Adventures of Superman feat. George Reeves

It's truly been a journey. Now...onto the Silver Age!

#dc comics #superman #dc universe #dcu #comics #clark kent #action comics #dc

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somewherefornow · 3 months

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ARTHUR CURRY/AQUAMAN & GARTH/AQUALAD in ADVENTURE COMICS (1938) #269

#poor garth my boy #garth #arthur curry #adventure comics #garth of shayeris #*panelsandpages

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fancyfade · 8 months

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Pictured: Babs' elite alias thinking of abilities

adventure comics 381, 'tec 388

(first blond lady is babs, just undercover)

#dc comics #fade reads dc comics #barbara gordon #adventure comics 1938 #detective comics 1937

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ufonaut · 1 year

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Minute Men, sir! At your service! We help the Hour-Man!

Rex Tyler in Adventure Comics (1938) #57

#MY GOD BAILY'S SENSE OF MOTION + PANEL PLACEMENT WAS SOMETHING ELSE #rex tyler #hourman #jimmy martin #the minutemen of america #bernard baily #dc #dc comics #adventure comics 1938 #jsa #justice society of america #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #u can reblog #i love tick tock tyler (the man of the hour) the hourman

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argoscity · 6 months

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ADVENTURE COMICS (1938) #397 written and drawn by Mike Sekowsky

#kara zor el #supergirl #linda lee danvers #diana of themyscira #pre crisis #comic: adventure comics (1938)#panels

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sbd-laytall · 8 months

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Clark and Lois canonically use terms of endearment for each other, and I love that for them.

Adventures Of Superman (1987) #505 & Action Comics (1938) #692

#she calls him 'love'!!!!#and he calls her 'honey'!!!!#and it feels so natural too #like with Kataang when they use pet names it sounds so wrong for them even though I do enjoy Kataang as a couple #but Clois's usage of pet names feel so natural to me for some reason #clois #lois lane #clark kent #superman #adventures of superman #action comics #superman comics #dc comics #comic series #my post

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inhousearchive · 6 months

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House-ad for the trade paperback Superman: Panic in the Sky! (1993). It collected the arc of the same name spanning Action Comics (1938) #474-475, Superman: Man of Steel (1986) #9-10, Adventures of Superman (1987) #488-489, and Superman (1987) #66.

#house ad #superman #the man of steel #adventures of superman #action comics #clark kent #batman #deathstroke #guy gardner #shazam #dc comcis #dc comics #comicsedit #dcedit #comicedit #90s #house-ad

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green-arrxws · 1 year

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📁| HELENA WAYNE/HUNTRESS READING GUIDE

Who's Helena Wayne/Huntress?

Born on Earth 2, she is the daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. A lawyer by day, but by night, she is the vigilante known as Huntress, who's been a member of the Infinity Inc. and the Justice Society.

» EARTH TWO (PRE-CRISIS)

Follows the adventures of the first iteration of Helena Wayne, a resident of the original Earth Two, where the Golden Age stories took place. The multiverse as we knew it was eventually destroyed during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and within it so was Earth Two.

DC Super-Stars: #17

All-Star Comics: #69-74

Batman Family: #17-20

Adventure Comics (1938): #461-466

Justice League of America (1960): #159-160, #171-172, #183-185

Wonder Woman (1942): #271-287, #289-299, #301-321

The Brave and the Bold (1955): #184

Crisis on Earth Prime (crossover storyline): Justice League of America (1960): #207-208 / All-Star Squadron: #15 / Justice League of America (1960): #209

Justice League of America (1960): #219-220

Infinity Inc.: #1-6, #8-12

America vs. the Justice Society: #1-4

Crisis on Infinite Earths (crossover storyline): Crisis on Infinite Earths: #7, Infinity Inc. (1984): #24, Crisis on Infinite Earths: #9-12

Last Days of the Justice Society Special

additional reading ↷

JSA Classified: #4

Superman/Batman: #27

Convergence: Detective Comics: #1-2

» EARTH-2 (POST-CRISIS)

The multiverse is restored following the events of Infinite Crisis and 52, resulting in the creation of a new Earth 2. An alternate rebooted version of Helena Wayne now resides on what's known as "Post-Crisis" Earth-2.

Justice Society of America (2007): Annual #1, #19-20

» EARTH 2 (POST-FLASHPOINT)

Following the events of Flashpoint, a reality-altering event that resulted in the DC Universe's continuity being rebooted for the first time since Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new multiverse was created, resulting in the creation of a new Earth 2.

Huntress: #1-6

Earth 2: #1

Worlds' Finest: #0, #1-18

First Contact (crossover storyline): Worlds' Finest: #19 / Batman/Superman (2013): #8 / Worlds' Finest: Annual #1 / World's Finest: #20 / Batman/Superman (2013): #9 / Worlds' Finest: #21

Worlds' Finest: #22-32

Earth 2: #27, #32, Annual #2

Earth Two: World's Ends: #1-7, #10, #12-26

Earth Two: Society: #1-3, #5-9, #11-15, Annual #1, #16, #18-22

additional reading ↷

Batgirl (2011): #32-34

Secret Origins (2014): #7

» INFINITE FRONTIER (EARTH-0)

Infinite Frontier confirmed that all of Pre-Crisis Earth-2 history is now part of Earth-0's canon after the events of Dark Knights: Death Metal. It's unclear whether this applies to Helena's story or not, but everything we've seen of her indicates this is a brand-new version of Helena.

The New Golden Age

Justice Society of America (2022): #1

UPCOMING APPEARANCES

Justice Society of America (2022): #2, #3, #4

» ALTERNATE VERSIONS