tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post5661535651270705081..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: The Oddball Flash of 1968Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-36536211579773034612008-06-12T18:05:00.000-04:002008-06-12T18:05:00.000-04:00Dude - are dissin' the phenomenal Frank Robbins?!?...Dude - are dissin' the phenomenal Frank Robbins?!? Granted, this "Frash" stuff is pretty abysmal, but YOW the Batman and Invaders and Shadow was COOL as anything: very stylised and unusual, didn't look like anyone else's art AT ALL. I always loved it! Seemed like he had been "working up" to these his whole career.<BR/><BR/>Wotta joy looking back on the oddball entertainments of the past - that same weird feeling with these comics, as with, say, old time radio: "Did they actually think this way back then?!?"<BR/><BR/>...yes, they did...<BR/><BR/>And having been through the 1980's, I know how important an impressive hairdo is...<BR/><BR/>8^)#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-81897576071581276952008-06-12T17:09:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:09:00.000-04:00Oh this is hilarious! Man, love that Silver Age! ...Oh this is hilarious! Man, love that Silver Age! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-73827048072665860902008-06-12T16:47:00.000-04:002008-06-12T16:47:00.000-04:00Yeah, that Frank Robbins plottingand dialogue is p...Yeah, that Frank Robbins plotting<BR/>and dialogue is pretty outrageous,<BR/>but give editor Julius Schwartz some "credit" for approving this<BR/>script and making sure it got produced and out to the newstands<BR/>in a timely fashion. His editorial<BR/>"blue pencil" must rolled under his desk that day!<BR/><BR/>Sam KujavaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-53990836544189652192008-06-12T10:53:00.000-04:002008-06-12T10:53:00.000-04:00You may know that those Flash samurai villains jus...You may know that those Flash samurai villains just made a reappearance in the Brave and the Bold?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-71411750848936827732008-06-12T01:54:00.000-04:002008-06-12T01:54:00.000-04:00Clearly Flash-instinct is the ability to perceive ...Clearly Flash-instinct is the ability to perceive narrator captions. I believe this has something to do with his super-speed enabling him to vibrate through the fourth wall.<BR/><BR/>And it turns out Central City is either in <A HREF="http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/central-city.html" REL="nofollow">Ohio or Missouri</A>.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com