This is from Reason, a magazine mostly ready by crazy people. If the author's case were true, then cel phones could have popped up in another country that didn't have the same FCC restrictions prior to their introduction in the US.
The thing about Golden Age comics is that they are generally not very good - and pretty often unreadable. They were made on the quich and the cheap by people too young or not talented enough to make it in the newspaper comics business.
That said, you should try to find the Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics, which has great reprints of a number of stories.
The Golden Age stories that hold up best for me feature Plastic Man, the Spirit and Captain Marvel (the Shazam! guy). DC has reprinted some of these in their Archive series, but avoid the earlier volumes in the series which are from before they got good. Captain Marvel, especially, are pretty delightful and whimsical. The best Captain Marvel stories are fun for me, even now as I'm getting to the end of my 40's.
DC and Marvel have done Archive and Masterworks editions of some of their Golden Age stuff. Your library might have them, and you'll enjoy them more if you don't pay for them, because most of that stuff is pretty amateurish and aimed at 8 year boys from 70 years ago.
Someone did a reprint of Captain Marvel's "Monster Society of Evil" 25 part story, which I'd love to read but it's going for more than $200 on Amazon.
You might try and find both volumes of the Steranko History of Comics for some background. Or All In Color For A Dime.
Hope this helps.
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This is from Reason, a magazine mostly ready by crazy people. If the author's case were true, then cel phones could have popped up in another country that didn't have the same FCC restrictions prior to their introduction in the US.
The thing about Golden Age comics is that they are generally not very good - and pretty often unreadable. They were made on the quich and the cheap by people too young or not talented enough to make it in the newspaper comics business. That said, you should try to find the Smithsonian Book of Comic Book Comics, which has great reprints of a number of stories. The Golden Age stories that hold up best for me feature Plastic Man, the Spirit and Captain Marvel (the Shazam! guy). DC has reprinted some of these in their Archive series, but avoid the earlier volumes in the series which are from before they got good. Captain Marvel, especially, are pretty delightful and whimsical. The best Captain Marvel stories are fun for me, even now as I'm getting to the end of my 40's. DC and Marvel have done Archive and Masterworks editions of some of their Golden Age stuff. Your library might have them, and you'll enjoy them more if you don't pay for them, because most of that stuff is pretty amateurish and aimed at 8 year boys from 70 years ago. Someone did a reprint of Captain Marvel's "Monster Society of Evil" 25 part story, which I'd love to read but it's going for more than $200 on Amazon. You might try and find both volumes of the Steranko History of Comics for some background. Or All In Color For A Dime. Hope this helps. dale