October 2019 – Kane Gilmour

More like he hates my guts after lugging this 850 page behemoth up to my door. I’ve got the two Silver Age Omnibuses for the Legion of Super-Heroes, and now today, I have the omnibus for DC’s John Carter rip-off character, Adam Strange. Don’t get me wrong, I love the character. I probably even prefer him. DC Comics really used the better idea by having Adam be an archeologist and an adventurer who needs to travel the Earth constantly looking for another Zeta beam to take him home to his beloved.

This massive slab of book is beautifully recolored and reprints all of Adam Strange’s appearances in SHOWCASE #17-19, MYSTERY IN SPACE #53-100 and 102, and STRANGE ADVENTURES #157, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 235 and 241-243. Takes you from 1958 all the way to the 1970s. Great stories from Gardner Fox, Dave Wood, Jerry Siegel, and Denny O’Neil and amazing art from Carmine Infantino, Mike Sekowsky, Murphy Anderson, and more. A perfect slice of The Silver Age of American Comic Books.

Not sure when the hell I’ll ever get to read this, but it’s looking like I can start at Christmas.

Just delivered. I’m catching up on The Black Archives, the excellent series of critical monographs from Obverse Books on individual Doctor Who stories. I have yet to review this series, but I’ll get to it at some point.

Pictured here, are volumes 29, 30, 33, and 34. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Horror of Fang Rock, and Battlefield. While I haven’t read the other three authors, range editor Philip Purser-Hallard’s work on the series (4: Dark Water/Death in Heaven and 13: Human Nature/The Family of Blood, the latter co-authored with Naomi Jacobs) has been quite good. If you’re in the UK, you can grab these straight from the publisher’s website (or from Amazon.co.uk), but if you’re in the US or elsewhere, head to Lulu. Very affordable, and concise examinations of your favorite DW stories.