Category Archives: GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST

Have a Gotham 2022

Posted on January 1, 2022 by I.M. Baytor

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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (20 December 2021)

Posted on December 20, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Another reminder that comics can be awesome… and another tribute to Nick Fury’s title pages: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #7 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #14 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #10

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Archie Goodwin, Artie Simek, Frank Springer, Gary Friedrich, Herb Trimpe, Jean Izzo, Johnny Craig, Nick Fury, Sam Grainger | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (6 December 2021)

Posted on December 6, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is a tribute to the jaw-dropping designs of Nick Fury’s opening splash pages: Strange Tales #168 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #12 Strange Tales #145

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Barry Windsor-Smith, Don Heck, Irv Watanabe, Irving Forbush, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Joe Sinnott, Mickey Demeo, Nick Fury, Sam Rosen, Sid Greene, Stan Lee, Steve Parkhouse, Strange Tales | Leave a comment

15 gripping Our Army at War covers

Posted on September 9, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Before going on break, I did a couple of posts spotlighting Joe Kubert’s impressive covers starring Sgt Rock. Yet Kubert was hardly the only genius working at Our Army at War… Since their debut in the early 1950s, those comics … Continue reading →

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Carmine Infantino, covers, Frank Giacoia, Gene Colan, Ira Schnapp, Irv Novick, Jerry Grandenetti, Our Army at War, World War II | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (16 August 2021)

Posted on August 16, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

A simple reminder that (euro)comics can be awesome: Destination Moon

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5 weird Sgt. Rock covers

Posted on July 22, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

A couple of weeks ago, I spotlighted 15 cool covers Joe Kubert did for Sgt. Rock comics back in the 1960s-80s. Many of these featured striking images and original designs, suggesting powerful war stories inside… There were also other covers, … Continue reading →

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Joe Kubert, Our Army at War, Sgt. Rock, World War II | Leave a comment

15 cool Sgt. Rock covers

Posted on July 8, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Last month I did a post about war comics, including classics of the genre such as 1950s’ Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat as well as serials running in Battle in the late 1970s/early 1980s (although not yet the brilliant Charley’s War, … Continue reading →

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Joe Kubert, Our Army at War, Sgt. Rock, Tatjana Wood, World War II | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (5 July 2021)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

Just another wonderfully over-the-top reminder that comics can be awesome… Hawkworld #21 The Avengers #72 Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #27

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Avengers, D. Bruce Berry, Graham Nolan, Hawkworld, Jack Kirby, Jerry Serpe, John Ostrander, Kamandi, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger, Sam Parsons, Sam Rosen, Tim Harkins | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (28 June 2021)

Posted on June 28, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome doubles as a reminder that Gil Kane could make anything look amazing, including The Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog…

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged covers, Gil Kane, Jack Adler, Rex the Wonder Dog, Sy Barry | Leave a comment

COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 June 2021)

Posted on June 21, 2021 by I.M. Baytor

A reminder that comics can be awesome, trippy Tarzan edition:

Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST | Tagged Alfredo Alcala, covers, Ernie Chua, George Wilson, John Buscema, Klaus Janson, Tarzan, Tatjana Wood | Leave a comment