Let's see if we can't get this tradition of reviewing old comics started again with an issue of the short-lived Legion spin-off, Valor. When DC editorial decrees necessitated the Legion of Super-Heroes writing Superboy out of their history, the inspiration for the Legion's founding shifted to Mon-El, but renamed him Valor. This series followed the … Continue reading Valor #18: Reviews Of Old Comics
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Legion Of Super-Heroes #2: Reviews Of Old Comics
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2 September 1984 Let's continue with reviewing the Legion of Super-Heroes comics that helped hook me on comics. Here we continue with the five issue Legion of Super-Villains story. The super-villains are now a full-fledged Legion each with a sworn oath to kill a Legionnaire. The threat is much more dire than the last time that … Continue reading Legion Of Super-Heroes #2: Reviews Of Old Comics
All Star Squadron #22: Reviews Of Old Comics
This week's review of an old comic is All Star Squadron #22, part two of a long storyline that featured almost every Golden Age hero that DC had the rights to. It also featured them facing off against the Ultra-Humanite, who would later in the series pull in the children of the Justice Society, Infinity, … Continue reading All Star Squadron #22: Reviews Of Old Comics
Legion of Super-Heroes #1: Reviews of Old Comics
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1 August 1984 My reviews of the Legion of Super-Heroes comics that helped hook me not only on the Legion, but on comics as a whole continues. Today, we have the first issue of their series that featured printing on better paper that was initially sold only to comics shops. Yes, … Continue reading Legion of Super-Heroes #1: Reviews of Old Comics
Authority #1: Reviews of Old Comics
THE AUTHORITY #1 May 1999 There are a few series that shaped the comics industry following its near collapse in 1993. After comics came back a decade later, they had been shaped by series that made them more mature, smarter and appealing. Comics became less like the industry of the past and more like the multimedia of … Continue reading Authority #1: Reviews of Old Comics
Review Of Old Comics: New Teen Titans #38
New Teen Titans #38 January 1984 There's a pattern here at Reviews Of Old Comics that I try to do DC one week, Marvel the next, an Independent comic the third, and then I repeat. Unfortunately, that pattern does not always hold when I go through my comics and find something that I remember as a … Continue reading Review Of Old Comics: New Teen Titans #38
Reviews Of Old Comics: Tales Of The Legion #314
TALES OF THE LEGION #314 August 1984 I was having trouble deciding which way to go with the reviews of old Legion comics, so thanks to a few people on the Legion of Substitute Podcasters Facebook page, I decided to go with the next issue of the newsstand series, which with this issue became Tales of … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Tales Of The Legion #314
Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #313
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #313 July 1984 Did you think I'd forgotten about my reviews of the Legion of Super-Heroes comics that made me fall in love with the Legion? Well, I didn't, I was just caught up in getting things up on the site. Nevertheless, we get to the end of the Legion's first series … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #313
Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #312
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #312 June 1984 I know the frequency of Old Comics Reviews has been a little sparse in recent months, but my duties here at Needless Essentials generally keep me from going into my collection for something older that I can review. Because I go so into detail on the synopses for these comics, … Continue reading Reviews Of Old Comics: Legion Of Super-Heroes #312
Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #311
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #311 May 1984 There's not been a return to my series reviewing the Legion comics as I started reading them for over a month, primarily because of our October Halloween celebration, although I was sorely tempted to do a review of the Ghost of Ferro Lad story from an old Adventure Comics, … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #311
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