Golden Age Reprints

*“The City of Shifting Sand” and “Deal Me from the Bottom” were not exactly reprinted—they featured entirely new art using the original script and dialogue! The reason given was that “the art of the original version was too far below modern standards to reprint the tale as it was.”

†“Strange Confession,” the unused third appearance of the Golden-Age Thorn, has never been printed in its entirety as far as I can tell. Each “reprint” has used a different excerpt, though. Lois Lane #113 (1971) prints the last two pages. Pages 2–3 appear in the fanzine Alter Ego #4 (2000, TwoMorrows). According to the GA Reprint list [archive.org], pages 6–7 appear in the fanzine History of the Comics #7 (1991). The GA Villain Checklist, however, suggests that the story appeared in Robin Snyder’s The Comics v.6 #10 (the same fanzine after a title change). I’m trying to verify this, and if anyone has a copy they want to sell, please let me know.

Additional information from The Comics Archives and GCD. Thanks also to Doug Nasluchacz for verifying some of these, and to Jim for telling me about More Fun Comics #73 Millennium Edition. For more Golden Age appearances, see:

• The Golden Age Flash Checklist
• Johnny Quick Checklist
• Quicksilver/Max Mercury Checklist
• The Golden Age DC Reprint Checklist [archive.org]