In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that Golden Age superheroes got involved in criminal schemes involving…milk!?In recent years, supply problems created by the pandemic have introduced many Americans to a problem that used to be commonplace for the Americans of yesteryear, which is namely the idea of not being able to access supplies that you would consider to be a “necessity.” While shortages of toilet paper were mostly due to hoarding, and thus temporary (reminiscent of the time that Johnny Carson making a joke about a toilet paper shortage in the 1970s caused an ACTUAL toilet paper shortage), shortages of baby formula was due to a legit reduction in production, which was much harder to correct.In 1940, Will Eisner parted ways with his partner, Jerry Iger, and cut a deal with Everett “Busy” Arnold, the head of Quality Comics, to launch a series of comic books specifically designed for newspapers, headlined by Eisner’s new superhero character, the Spirit. In 1941, Arnold perhaps deciding to hedge his bets, got another legendary comic book creator, Jack Cole (who would create Plastic Man later in the year), to create a knockoff of the Spirit called Midnight, who would appear in the pages of Quality’s Smash Comics.
In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that Golden Age superheroes got involved in criminal schemes involving…milk!?
In recent years, supply problems created by the pandemic have introduced many Americans to a problem that used to be commonplace for the Americans of yesteryear, which is namely the idea of not being able to access supplies that you would consider to be a “necessity.” While shortages of toilet paper were mostly due to hoarding, and thus temporary (reminiscent of the time that Johnny Carson making a joke about a toilet paper shortage in the 1970s caused an ACTUAL toilet paper shortage), shortages of baby formula was due to a legit reduction in production, which was much harder to correct.
In 1940, Will Eisner parted ways with his partner, Jerry Iger, and cut a deal with Everett “Busy” Arnold, the head of Quality Comics, to launch a series of comic books specifically designed for newspapers, headlined by Eisner’s new superhero character, the Spirit. In 1941, Arnold perhaps deciding to hedge his bets, got another legendary comic book creator, Jack Cole (who would create Plastic Man later in the year), to create a knockoff of the Spirit called Midnight, who would appear in the pages of Quality’s Smash Comics.
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