Comics in the Golden Age
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The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Celebrating comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (especially their creators) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!
I was thinking Magnificent Seven first
January 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I was thinking Magnificent Seven first
The best thing about Cary Grant is how such a handsome, classy man, embraced playing an absolute doofus so often.
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The best thing about Cary Grant is how such a handsome, classy man, embraced playing an absolute doofus so often.
Her favorite of the three creeps.
January 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Her favorite of the three creeps.
Ha, just came up that my daughter knows James Coburn from Young Guns.
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Ha, just came up that my daughter knows James Coburn from Young Guns.
And I always love a Marx Brothers reference.
a black and white photo of a man behind a stack of paper
Alt: Groucho lifting his head from behind a stack of papers and moving his eyebrows up and down.
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
And I always love a Marx Brothers reference.
Matthau is so great in this.
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I loved seeing my daughter's reaction when Grant came in through the window to talk to the three bad guys.
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I loved seeing my daughter's reaction when Grant came in through the window to talk to the three bad guys.
Yeah, I'm gonna try to adjust that later. I got it at a used bookstore for cheap though, so my OCD will just have to deal with it for a while.
January 11, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Yeah, I'm gonna try to adjust that later. I got it at a used bookstore for cheap though, so my OCD will just have to deal with it for a while.
Well, it's not on the level of Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories, but I am very much enjoying it.
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Well, it's not on the level of Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories, but I am very much enjoying it.
Collects issues from House of Secrets, House of Mystery, The Witching Hour, The Phantom Stranger, and The Unexpected.
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Collects issues from House of Secrets, House of Mystery, The Witching Hour, The Phantom Stranger, and The Unexpected.
It very much is. Lots of great artists in there...Bernie Wrightson, Alex Toth, Gil Kane, & more.
January 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It very much is. Lots of great artists in there...Bernie Wrightson, Alex Toth, Gil Kane, & more.
I'm always reading from the reading stack.
*Alec Baldwin voice* Always. Be. Reading.
*Alec Baldwin voice* Always. Be. Reading.
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I'm always reading from the reading stack.
*Alec Baldwin voice* Always. Be. Reading.
*Alec Baldwin voice* Always. Be. Reading.
If you haven't read it already, they also have several collections of Rusty Riley, another beautifully drawn Godwin strip.
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
If you haven't read it already, they also have several collections of Rusty Riley, another beautifully drawn Godwin strip.
Not at the moment
January 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Not at the moment
They're planning to collect both the complete dailies and Sundays eventually.
January 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
They're planning to collect both the complete dailies and Sundays eventually.
The bindery I used shut down a while ago
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The bindery I used shut down a while ago
It is glorious
January 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It is glorious