The Best of 1940-1944

[Air Wave]

What are your favorite stories, arcs, etc., from this period?

[Jody Garland]

"Brothers in Crime" from Batman #12. Saccharine, yes, but a wonderful story nonetheless.

[Air Wave]

Batman #12 from 1942


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[The Darknight Detective]

Favorite? Probably the first Joker stories from Batman #1.

[Air Wave]

Batman #1 from 1940


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[Air Wave]

Of course it needn't be said (but I'll say it anyway) that this was one of the most fruitful eras in comics history. It saw the debuts of the Flash, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, Captain Marvel, the Spectre, Hourman, Robin, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Atom, Red Tornado, the JSA, Starman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hawkgirl, Plastic Man, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Green Arrow & Speedy, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, Mister Terrific and Air Wave (!) among others.

[Rikdad]

Obviously, Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman all made it big.

In my opinion, the best of the rest were the Spectre (more like the Twilight Zone or something out of Edgar Allen Poe than a superhero comic) and the original Green Lantern, which was pretty noir at first, before it got campy.

I did a writeup on my impressions of this era here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/g...ge-review.html

[Air Wave]

I did a writeup on my impressions of this era here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2009/07/g...ge-review.html

This was great.

[Rikdad]

This was great.

Thanks! That was a character-by-character analysis. I took more of an overview on the whole era, and more, here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2015/02/h...1935-1985.html

and the JSA's origin issue, which has some interesting backstory to it, here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2014/09/r...-comics-3.html

[Air Wave]

Thanks! That was a character-by-character analysis. I took more of an overview on the whole era, and more, here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2015/02/h...1935-1985.html

and the JSA's origin issue, which has some interesting backstory to it, here:

http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2014/09/r...-comics-3.html

I'm fairly fascinated by the history of Aquaman and Green Arrow during the Golden & Silver Ages, but I guess this is the wrong thread for that.

[Air Wave]

Comic Cavalcade #1 from 1942

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