Random Comics

Here’s some comics I’ve read over the past month. This is the one that I’ve spent the most time with, by far. It’s a collection of DC westerns from 1970-73. It’s not something I would normally have bought, but Matt Seneca made an argument for it collecting a masterpiece — Son of Tomahawk by Robert Kanigher and Frank Thorne, so I thought I’d give it a go. I’ve been reading a couple stories here and there, so it’s taken me weeks to get through these six hundred pages. And… is Son of Tomohawk a masterpiece? No, of course not. But it’s pretty darn good! Much better than what you’d expect for with something like this. The stories feel fresh, and Thorne obviously put a lot of work into this — it’s a propulsive read. Kanigher sort of ran out of stories to do towards the end, but it’s very enjoyable. Have you noticed that DC artists (in the 70s) basically were in one of two camps? You had Neal Adams and all his imitators, and then you had the Joe Kubert school (heh heh) of art, and this book…