A True American Icon Arrives!
It’s not like this is going to be only a collection of nutty comic book covers! 63 years ago Americans were coping with the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Fleet and beginning to accept that their immediate future would include a long, brutal war with Japan, Germany, & Italy, I thought I would honor this time with one of the greatest comic book covers, ever.
A Lady Superhero’s Problems
Well, the caped crusaders weren’t getting much of an assist from Batgirl on the cover of Detective Comics # 371. The Dynamic Duo had their hands full with a load of tough-looking customers, and Batgirl seems more concerned with a run in her tights!
Dig Now, Die Later!
One of the most morbid covers I have ever seen is the cover of Worlds Finest # 195, featuring The Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Detective forcing young Jimmy Olsen and Robin the Boy Wonder to dig their own graves!
I can’t say I know what this whole thing is about, but knowing DC comics of the era a bit, no doubt it’s some trick to fool some crooks for some reason. DC went to that well very very often in the 1960s and 1970s, and this looks like another instance!
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Well, I decided to make December ‘Greatest Comic Book Covers Month,’ and we will start off with a bang!
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