I just don’t like brutal or depressing stories that much.
As a distinguished figure from a different company once said, I’m looking for “comic books where superheroes fight giant apes on the moon”, where the problems are ridiculous and the solutions are a demented kind of genius you can only find in comic books. Batman '66 has a good tone for me, and I know I should be reading some old Flash stories…
(and weirdly enough I do love the Morrison Doom Patrol and the Jack Knight Starman run, but maybe that’s not the right tone?)
Anyway, what’s good in the Silver Age, and what’s good outside it? What’re your favorite issues, storylines, whatever makes you go “Aw yeah that’s a comic book all right!”? No story is too silly, no plot is too far-fetched, no art is too Jack Kirby. What do you guys love?
Anything by Gardner Fox, especially his run of JLA and even his JSA issues in All-Star Comics.
Fox seemed to study encyclopedias just to find an off the wall solution that makes perfect sense after it’s explained by someone in the story.
The Silver Age is where I started (Superman #189 and Batman # 183) and I have never looked back. My favorite book from this era was Adventure Comics: Starring Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Great art, great fun–and great insanity. Read everything on this app that is from the Silver Age and you will have a GREAT time.
Makes me want to go back and read some Silver Age comics now.
Also, @XyzzySqrl keep an eye out for the ‘DC Checks’ era comics.
These were the comics made between roughly 1966 and 1968, during the height of Batmania. They’re noticeable by the black and white checker banner across the top of the covers. DC called them ‘Go-Go Checks’.