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Soon after Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman came out in 2008, I posted what I called a “tour” of the book , pointing out details, tr...

This blog is not known for its hip-hop commentary. (Once, however, I did write about hip-hop. An entry in What’s the Difference? is the d...

According to the 2004 Colin Powell biography by Reggie Finlayson (page 20), the family of the former Secretary of State moved to 952 Kelly S...

Image from Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman . Scarab from Bill the Boy Wonder, AKA Bill Finger.

On 11/7/12, with fallen snow as fresh as the newly re-elected president, I spoke several times at Fitchburg State University in Massachus...

In 1980, Jeffrey Scott, who wrote most episodes of the Saturday morning cartoon Super Friends from 1977 to 1980 , also wrote a clarifying...

A book I wrote, Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman (illustrated by Ty Templeton), should have been nominated for a ...

Kids are sometimes quick to point out that Batman doesn’t fly.  Neither did Bill Finger. He lived in New York most of his life, and as...

A week that brought horror in Boston and shame in Washington also includes an unlikely positive: according to court records, it was 75 years...

On 3/31/13, I had the honor of speaking about the mystery behind the majority creator of Batman at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. The muse...

Having lived in New York for seven years and Los Angeles for almost three, I have come across a few celebrities (not counting musicians at ...