Otto Binder

Bizarro Back Issues: Reltih, The Reverse Hitler (1944)
Bizarro Back Issues: Reltih, The Reverse Hitler (1944)
Bizarro Back Issues: Reltih, The Reverse Hitler (1944)
A few weeks ago, I asked my pal Andrew Weiss if he knew of any Captain Marvel stories that involved boxing that I could use for my annual pugilism-themed December 26th post, and he pointed me to Captain Marvel Adventures #35 and the story of Radar, the International Policeman...
Bizarro Back Issues: The Strange Amnesia Of President Superman! (1969)
Bizarro Back Issues: The Strange Amnesia Of President Superman! (1969)
Bizarro Back Issues: The Strange Amnesia Of President Superman! (1969)
One of those old saws that always gets tossed around every election year is that nobody who actually wants to be President should ever be given the job. If that's true, then I think we can all agree that it would be better if someone just woke up one morning and found out he was in charge of the country...
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel Battles The Pie Plot! (1951)
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel Battles The Pie Plot! (1951)
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel Battles The Pie Plot! (1951)
Last week, Captain Marvel Shazam Billy Batson and his super-powered alter ego returned to the spotlight in the pages of Justice League #0. For the new version, DC's going for a grittier, edgier version of the character that's sure to delight middle aged readers everywhere who want to see a little kid be a dick to everybody, but let's be honest: That grim darkness was always there, right from thos
Ask Chris #118: What’s So Great About Jimmy Olsen?
Ask Chris #118: What’s So Great About Jimmy Olsen?
Ask Chris #118: What’s So Great About Jimmy Olsen?
Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why each and every week, we turn to you, to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...
Ask Chris #98: The Best and Worst of Lois Lane
Ask Chris #98: The Best and Worst of Lois Lane
Ask Chris #98: The Best and Worst of Lois Lane
Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's why every week, Senior Writer Chris Sims puts his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel and the Peace Ray (1946)
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel and the Peace Ray (1946)
Bizarro Back Issues: Captain Marvel and the Peace Ray (1946)
So yeah. That happened. Oh, relax. Despite the unfortunate modern-day subtext of that panel, the crook here only means it in the sense of generally harming. Point is, I've been reading through a lot of Golden Age Captain Marvel Adventures comics lately, and if I've learned nothing, it's that Billy Batson and his super-heroic alter ego face even stranger situations than the average Golden Age hero
Fatman: The Human Flying Saucer — The Silver Age Madness of Otto Binder and C.C. Beck
Fatman: The Human Flying Saucer — The Silver Age Madness of Otto Binder and C.C. Beck
Fatman: The Human Flying Saucer — The Silver Age Madness of Otto Binder and C.C. Beck
In 1939, Otto Binder and C.C. Beck created Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics, and for a while, he was the single most popular super-hero in the world. So popular, in fact, that his adventures were outselling even Superman's, which led pretty much directly to a lawsuit from National (the company that would later become DC) that successfully alleged that Captain Marvel was infringing on their existi