Comments on The Aquaman Shrine: Adventure Comics #160 - Jan. 1951

@aquaman: Ha ha, I kind of agree! In these older s...

2012-01-23T02:01:16.350-05:00

@aquaman: Ha ha, I kind of agree! In these older stories he looks like a squashed-nose, he-man palooka, not a roided-out pretty boy. But I think he's great any way they want to serve him up.

Gangsters seemed popular in comics in the 50s for ...

2012-01-23T00:38:20.019-05:00

Gangsters seemed popular in comics in the 50s for whatever reason... maybe the popularity of them in other media (movies, early television, radio)? Seems like that's mainly who Superman mostly fought during the same time-era, as well (when Luthor didn't show up)...

Re: Superboy: Didn't think Smallville had such nasty traffic jams (though guess it's a homecoming football game). This month's plot: Superboy re-enacts the story of Cinderella to help a girl humiliated by glamorous-looking cousins.

maybe not great, but i still love my heroes from b...

2012-01-22T13:41:30.922-05:00

maybe not great, but i still love my heroes from back then! And I love how Aquaman is drawn! Not like he's 21 yrs old and without the steroided body! Oh yeah... yellow gloves...classic!

Viva Adventure Sunday! Have to agree with you her...

2012-01-22T05:21:11.500-05:00

Viva Adventure Sunday!

Have to agree with you here, Rob. This is one of the duller golden age stories. I'm missing the goofy spark that Otto Binder brought on a regular basis. The whole dodge of hiding in the buoy and faking old coins is kind of clever. But I can just see ol' Black Jack ruling out a plan like that in favor of one of his ridiculous schemes because it seems so dull.

Tim Weed reminds me of the endless parade of two-bit gangsters that Batman used to go up against back in this era. He seems out of place outside of Gotham City.

At least we got to see the sea=clam in action.

James Chatterton