Craig Shutt – Ask Mr. Silver Age

The 2011 Silver Age Trivia Challenge! (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1679, July 2011)

Dear Mr. Silver Age, I hear the fans upset Mark Waid at the 2011 Silver Age Trivia Challenge at the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo in March! Could this be true? Or was it merely wishful thinking? Edward N. Gotham … See More

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1971: A pivotal year in comics (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1678, June 2011)

A year so significant, it helped end the Silver Age! See More

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Superman’s Scary Souvenirs! (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1677, May 2011)

The Man of Steel took a space vacation and all Jimmy Olsen got was nearly killed! Mr. Silver Age takes a look at Jimmy Olsen’s collection of oddities, many provided by his super-powered pal. See More

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Silver Age Trivia Challenge Returns to C2E2!

I’m pleased to say that the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has invited back the Mr. Silver Age Trivia Challenge for this year’s show! Mark Waid will take on a panel of trivia geeks to determine who knows more … See More

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My Bunny Valentine (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1676, April 2011)

Mr. Silver Age looks at Harvey’s teen romance series of the 1960s. See More

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Dragging? Complaining? Visit the new Mr. Silver Age Forum!

Mr. Silver Age is pleased to announce that he has been generously offered a Forum section on the Website of CBG Columnist Captain Comics! See More

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DC’s License to Laugh (Ask Mr. Silver Age, CBG #1675, March 2011)

These comics are gone but not forgotten by aficionados. Could they return? See More

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Barnaby to be Collected

I’m a little late to learn of this, as it was announced earlier this month, but I figured others might not have heard and would be interested (hi, Maggie!). Fantagraphics will be reprinting the entire run of the Barnaby comic … See More

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FF: What’s Ahead?

Lee Houston Junior asked me to post this exchange he and I had via e-mail, in the hopes that someone else might want to join in: Above is an image from Comic Book resources showing a promo poster for the … See More

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New comics worth buying for the Silver Age fan

Tying back to Mr. Silver Age’s column from CBG #1674 (Feb 2011), we’re looking for reader suggestions for other Silver Age-like books. See More

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