Comments for Gorilla Daze http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze Allan Harvey on comics Silver Age and Bronze Age Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Prez #4 by Allan http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/prez-4/#comment-2410 Allan Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:20:13 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2093#comment-2410 There you go -- thanks Peter. There you go — thanks Peter.

]]> Comment on Prez #4 by Peter http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/prez-4/#comment-2409 Peter Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:06:04 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2093#comment-2409 The quiz was in Aquaman #48, according to the Grand Comics Database. http://www.comics.org/issue/23075/ The quiz was in Aquaman #48, according to the Grand Comics Database. http://www.comics.org/issue/23075/

]]> Comment on Supergirl #10 (featuring Prez) by Allan http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/supergirl-10-featuring-prez/#comment-2408 Allan Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:51:48 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2129#comment-2408 No, it was just Prez. Eagle Free was presumably off in his teepee. No, it was just Prez. Eagle Free was presumably off in his teepee.

]]> Comment on Supergirl #10 (featuring Prez) by Snif http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/supergirl-10-featuring-prez/#comment-2406 Snif Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:54:53 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2129#comment-2406 Was it just Prez, or did Eagle Free get a cameo as well? Was it just Prez, or did Eagle Free get a cameo as well?

]]> Comment on Supergirl #10 (featuring Prez) by Allan http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/supergirl-10-featuring-prez/#comment-2405 Allan Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:13:13 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2129#comment-2405 Oh, Richard, if only this tokan appearance had indeed sparked a revival of the Prez! A much better world this might be had that been the case... :) Sadly, Joe Simon moved onto The Green Team (of whom more later), and saw out his comics days editing romance comics... Denny O'Neil revealed all about the paper situation in an apocalyptic editorial in the final issue of <b>Weird Worlds</b>: http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/dc-saves-the-planet/ Oh, Richard, if only this tokan appearance had indeed sparked a revival of the Prez! A much better world this might be had that been the case… :) Sadly, Joe Simon moved onto The Green Team (of whom more later), and saw out his comics days editing romance comics…

Denny O’Neil revealed all about the paper situation in an apocalyptic editorial in the final issue of Weird Worlds:

http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/dc-saves-the-planet/

]]> Comment on Supergirl #10 (featuring Prez) by Richard http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/supergirl-10-featuring-prez/#comment-2404 Richard Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:44:50 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2129#comment-2404 Ah, I always wondered why this story appeared so long after the Prez series ended! (I may even have wondered at the time if it was intended to wrap up the series, or to pique interest in a possible revival. Realism was not my strong suit back then.) Ah, I always wondered why this story appeared so long after the Prez series ended! (I may even have wondered at the time if it was intended to wrap up the series, or to pique interest in a possible revival. Realism was not my strong suit back then.)

]]> Comment on Haunted Love #8 by Allan http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/haunted-love-8/#comment-2399 Allan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:58:42 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2121#comment-2399 It's all very Somewhere in Time -- which I quite enjoyed when I first saw it, but I don't know if I'd want to see it again. It’s all very Somewhere in Time — which I quite enjoyed when I first saw it, but I don’t know if I’d want to see it again.

]]> Comment on Haunted Love #8 by Martin Gray http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/haunted-love-8/#comment-2397 Martin Gray Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:46:43 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2121#comment-2397 Sounds a decent read, though the wishing through time bits feel wrong - more likely, they're just a bit more original that much spooky fare. That last story reminds me of the set-up for the lovely film, Just Like Heaven. Sounds a decent read, though the wishing through time bits feel wrong – more likely, they’re just a bit more original that much spooky fare. That last story reminds me of the set-up for the lovely film, Just Like Heaven.

]]> Comment on DC 1st Edition Tabloid by Stephen http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/dc-1st-edition-tabloid/#comment-2388 Stephen Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:51 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2101#comment-2388 I've got the Superman one too. Both the front and back covers fell off after a while. What we comics fans have to go through, I’ve got the Superman one too.

Both the front and back covers fell off after a while.

What we comics fans have to go through,

]]> Comment on Fright #1 (Son of Dracula) by Allan http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/fright-1-son-of-dracula/#comment-2385 Allan Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:04:16 +0000 http://thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=2105#comment-2385 Well, that would just have been Marvel following the well-trod lead established by Goodman when he was in charge at Marvel, or Timely, or Atlas (mark one). He was always flooding the market with product. And it's not as if Atlas (mark two) wasn't guilty of the same thing itself, having decided to launch nearly two dozen titles straight out the gate. Well, that would just have been Marvel following the well-trod lead established by Goodman when he was in charge at Marvel, or Timely, or Atlas (mark one). He was always flooding the market with product. And it’s not as if Atlas (mark two) wasn’t guilty of the same thing itself, having decided to launch nearly two dozen titles straight out the gate.

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