tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post1710053995181392216..comments2023-09-17T03:58:27.286-04:00Comments on The Aquaman Shrine: Adventure Comics #284 - May 1961rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-42633063702555855192014-05-12T09:32:46.589-04:002014-05-12T09:32:46.589-04:00I like the Bizarro ad mentioning Frankenstein and ...I like the Bizarro ad mentioning Frankenstein and Dracula. You can tell this was during the initial Monster-mania fad, with the Universal Monster movies making the rounds on syndicated TV, Famous Monsters magazine being huge, and Aurora beginning their output of monster model kits.<br /><br />It's funny how Mooney's art here seems bland, but the the few Batman tales he drew in the early 60s were a welcome change from Sheldon Moldoff's stiff Bob Kane-lite period.<br /><br />ChrisAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12246775047190089292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-82072321188972791472014-05-11T22:09:39.621-04:002014-05-11T22:09:39.621-04:00Assume someone at DC wanted "Adventure" ...Assume someone at DC wanted "Adventure" to become an all-Superman-related title by this point, thus giving the Sea King the heave-ho. That, and Aquaman was being upgraded to his own book anyway.<br /><br />For a guy named "Prof. Snark," Arthur seemed the one who was a bit snarky toward his foe here... ;-)<br /><br />And I suppose for one last time, "elsewhen" on Earth-1:<br /><br />Re: Superboy: Red Kryptonite gives Clark amnesia, during which Clark falls in with a pair of crooked boys, with all of them ending up in a reform school.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085791199447459918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35995922.post-63595152163755743462014-05-11T09:36:31.159-04:002014-05-11T09:36:31.159-04:00I never liked Jim Mooney's art.I don't hat...I never liked Jim Mooney's art.I don't hate it,but it never did anything for me. Kinda like how I feel about Bizarro. Speaking of bizarre things, Replacing Aquaman with Bizarro in ADVENTURE is right up there with replacing the Legion with Supergirl a few years later! Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03712278452970289276noreply@blogger.com