Message to Murmansk

Ah, the great team-ups of visual story-telling history. From William Shakespeare and William Robinson (albeit a few hundred years apart), to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.

There's just something about Simon and Kirby that defines the golden age of comix. And here, the Boy Commandos report for duty in World's Finest Comics for a while.

Escape to Disaster

The Golden Age of Comics ran alongside World War II, and it acted out stories even as the actual action took place. I can't quite imagine that happening with today's comics and war(s).

Jack Kirby and Joe Simon had a way of personalizing the big picture and bringing the war to a level that kid or adult could empathize with.

The Boy Commandos, from Detective Comics #67, September 1942:

Below, the Jerry Robinson cover to this issue:

The Sphinx Speaks

Time for another colorful episode of The Boy Commandos by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, this from Detective Comics #66, August 1942. This is truly the Golden Age of Comics:

The cover from this issue, by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos:

Nostradamus Predicts

Simon & Kirby. Boy Commandos. July 1942. 'Nuff said.

Detective Comics #65—cover by Simon & Kirby and Jerry Robinson