I’m interested in starting my own book club, following the DCU adventures of the heroes of Charlton Comics, acquired by DC in the 1980s. This would include comics about Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Nightshade, Peacemaker, Sarge Steel, Judomaster, and that one guy with no face. Askman, or something.
Who would like to join me for this? I’m thinking we could meet once a month, so as not to get in the way of the many other book clubs going on here. But I think it could be a fun way to expose us to characters who are generally overlooked these days, but who’ve had some classic runs.
How would one read them? Honestly, a couple Charlton comics found in a sub-basement-- Captain Atom and Blue Beetle-- are some of my main inspiration in the love of super-hero stories. Never mind what year that was-- they are long gone.
I would be all over that. I’ve been reading the Post-Crisis Question and Captain Atom series recently and they’re two of the best ongoings I’ve ever read.