Best Place To Read Silver Age Comics

[Batfan Beyond]

Hey guys, first time commenter here. Just had a quick question of how to read/access the Silver Age comics since it doesn't sound like an omnibus is coming out anytime sooon. Is buying the vintage comics the only way?

[allforgeeks]

Hi Batfan, there are in fact hundreds of graphic novels available covering pretty much every silver Age title you can name, a trip to your local comic shop will put you on the right track

[Batfan Beyond]

Hi Batfan, there are in fact hundreds of graphic novels available covering pretty much every silver Age title you can name, a trip to your local comic shop will put you on the right track

Thanks for the tip man. For some reason I was thinking they'd be hard to come by.

[allforgeeks]

You are in for a pleasant surprise, although your credit card might not enjoy it so much..!

[Batfan Beyond]

You are in for a pleasant surprise, although your credit card might not enjoy it so much..!

If they cost as much as the Golden Age volumes you're probably right.

[oasis1313]

You could start slow. I'd suggest beginning with the first Neal Adams omnibus.

[jb681131]

Well you can wait for the Omnibus. It will come, but only after the Golden Age ones.
Also there are some Silver age comics that have been collected such as :
- Legends of the Dark Knight Jim Aparo vol.1-3
- Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus
- Tales of the Batman: Len Wein
- Tales of the Batman: Gerry Conway vol.1-2
- Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin
- Tales of the Batman: Alan Brennert
- Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino
- Tales of the Batman: Don Newton
- Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams III <- i'm not sure there are Silver Age stuff in this one

Have fun

[Jim Kelly]

I usually read my comics in the 1960s on my bed, in my bedroom (and kept them in a box under my bed). In the summer, when the sun was shining, I would sometimes read them on the verandah of our house.

The one thing to keep in mind with the Neal Adams collections is that Adams has changed most of the stories--so the inks, lettering and colouring are all changed from how they originally appeared. This means you don't get a true sense of how Batman developed between 1967 and 1975 under Neal's infuence. I'd suggest doing some image searches on the internet to find scans of the original comics, so you at least understand what the comics actually looked like when they were published.

[oasis1313]

I usually read my comics in the 1960s on my bed, in my bedroom (and kept them in a box under my bed). In the summer, when the sun was shining, I would sometimes read them on the verandah of our house.

The one thing to keep in mind with the Neal Adams collections is that Adams has changed most of the stories--so the inks, lettering and colouring are all changed from how they originally appeared. This means you don't get a true sense of how Batman developed between 1967 and 1975 under Neal's infuence. I'd suggest doing some image searches on the internet to find scans of the original comics, so you at least understand what the comics actually looked like when they were published.

I did the same thing back in the 50's and 60's. Even better, we had an antique dresser with a secret drawer in it (how cool was THAT??!!!). I still have all those old comics but they're Mylar-ed up these days.