You got the Silver…
Summer in the Silver and Bronze Ages meant all the usual things: swimming; running around until you were filthy, gross and disgusting; going to the amusement park; chasing the ice cream man; riding bikes; playing ball; and reveling in that sweet, sweet air conditioning, if you were so fortunate.
But for DC Comics fans, it meant more — the annual meeting of the Justice League of America and Justice Society of America, a Multiversal happening that began with 1963’s JLA #21 and ended with the yearlong Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985.
This summer I’ve been re-reading a bunch of these events, particularly those from the ’60s when the whole concept was still fresh, bright and new. And besides the stories themselves, a particularly cool aspect of these issues is that they featured especially groovy splash pages often adorned with — wait for it — FLOATING HEADS!
Given that it’s the beginning of July, dig these 13 SUMMER SPLASH PAGES: THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MEETS THE JUSTICE SOCIETY in the Silver Age.
(One note though: Not all the opening splash pages of these stories were that special, so I’ve substituted a selection of interior splashes to round out the gallery.)
Dig it.
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MORE
— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite DICK DILLIN JLA-JSA Crossover Stories. Click here.
— PAUL KUPPERBERG: My 13 Favorite MIKE SEKOWSKY Comics. Click here.
July 1, 2022
Snap! Snap! Look at those splash pages! Now that defines summer and, wow, lots of Sid Greene inks which warm my heart when I need to cool down! Plus the Earth-Two Robin, to boot! And I’ve always loved that roll call of page Dr. Fate, Flash, Starman, Black Canary and Hourman!
July 1, 2022
I was so excited when I read JLA #21. I was already enjoying the current super-heroes but now there were all these Golden Age ones, as well.
July 1, 2022
My day has been done so much justice with this latest post. Thank you so very much for it.
July 1, 2022
Glad to be of service! Thanks!
July 2, 2022
Mike Sekowsky was such a wonky artist, but I’ve grown to really love his work over the years (at least when inked by Bernard Sachs; Sid Greene was a terrible inker (almost as bad a Vince Colletta) who just over-rendered and completely over-powered the pencils).
July 3, 2022
These are nice inks. Generic comic book stuff, well done. But, Daniel, you are comparing these pages favorably to Kirby and Colletta Thors? To early Colletta romance art? A silly reply that required no mention of Vince Colletta.