Silver Age Comics - Blog Posts

Wow, I really like that old Batman storyline where a beloved member of the family is killed and everyone is devastated, only for the guy to come back from the dead and return to Gotham, blaming Batman and Robin for his death.

I'm so glad they cured him of his induced psychosis and he rejoined the family with only the occasional relapse into supervillainy.

What? Red Hood who? No, I'm talking about Alfred Pennyworth.

Imagine if, when Bruce figured out that Jason was alive and probably the Red Hood, he put on his Matches Malone fit and started spreading rumors.

"Hood? Aw, yeah, that's The Outsider's grandson. Yeah, him, he retired ages ago. He was a legend, though, right? Really gave the Bats a poundin'. Hey, Outsider's worried about his grandkid, though; thinks there might be someone else pulling the strings, yeah? Kid went missing for awhile, showed back up with all this money, all this tech. The family's worried. Outsider would pay for information. Gotham's gotta protect her own, right? And no one wants ol' Outsider to come outta retirement..."

Jason would be so??? Confused??? And upset??? That the older goons are starting to mention that he should talk to his grandfather??? That they keep mentioning him with hushed tones and respectful whispers? Alfie's worth it, of course, but why do they think he has anything to do with a vanished villain like Outsider?

Save me superbat....save me....

I decided in honor of the 105 anniversary of Jack Kirby's birth to do a another What If, in the same vain as my Cinderella piece last year. Now without ado I present Rick and Morty in a Jack Kirby style collage world.

I'd like show some examples of his work here a page from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #137, published by DC Comics in 1971 but his experiment with collages dates back to the mid sixties during his time with Stan Lee at Marvel Comics.

Here's another example from the classic 1966 Fantastic Four #51 'This Man... This Monster' which is the first apperence of Negative Zone. Kirby would use often use collages to highlight otherworldly other dimensions, this gave me an idea of what his Rick and Morty might have looked like and I took it from there.