Book: ‘The Golden Age Spectre Archives, Vol. 1’ by Jerry Siegel – August 18th, 2019
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.19, 2019, under Books, Cartooning
The Golden Age Spectre Archives, Vol. 1 by Jerry Siegel
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Spectre has always been a favorite of mine. Specifically the mid-1970s comic stories written by Michael Fleischer and drawn by Jim Aparo. So, I thought I’d dash through this collections of the very first Spectre stories.
The forward well details the start of the series and the oddities of the character. All to point out, something forgotten in today’s comics, that this is all in fun. It’s silly science fiction.
The 13 tales are all good guy versus bad guy. With the bad guy able to do whatever the imagination of the writer concocts. All simple stories with outrageous ghostly marauding revenge to those who lurk in evil. All fun. These are really all comics should ever be.
The artwork is primitive to what was later seen in the late ’60s through the early ’80s. The effort to good storytelling is obvious and done as new ground is broken in comics artistry.
Note: I’m adding books of comics to my reading lot trying to keep my head in my work as a storytelling illustrator.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 8 out of ten points.
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