tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post5826081474397468217..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: What Kids Don't Know: Bizarro's PowersScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-65838394418365815712011-04-29T19:08:08.345-05:002011-04-29T19:08:08.345-05:00The darkest moment of the Bronze Age had to be Art...The darkest moment of the Bronze Age had to be Arthur Jr's murder by Black Manta. Jesus, the kid was what, four years old, and he suffocated to death on panel.<br /><br />By the way, if nobody can get Aquaman to work right these days, look back to Arthur Jr's death as the root of it all. That's what screwed up Aquaman's family life, and by extension, his position as an Atlantean monarch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-36078119669734164062011-04-28T18:40:51.968-05:002011-04-28T18:40:51.968-05:00I was introduced to comics in the Bronze age, earl...I was introduced to comics in the Bronze age, early 70s. At the same time, DC put out the 100-Page Super-Spectaculars with lots of reprints. And I did always feel like the Silver age stuff was in comparison, although charming, kinda toothless. Well, except for anything written by Arnold Drake, yes. And the Shooter Legion.Brushwood Thicket Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196610624695746080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-76886404868368852672011-04-28T17:11:14.211-05:002011-04-28T17:11:14.211-05:00Essentially correct, but don't forget how Arno...Essentially correct, but don't forget how Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino broke with the Silver Age sunshine by portraying a squalid carny and a high-wire acrobat whose take on humanity was that everyone in the audience came to watch him die on the flying trapeze.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.com