Star Sapphire, Take 2

Yesterday, I shared the debut adventure of the Golden Age Star Sapphire. And today, we look at her second and final appearance of the era, from Comic Cavalcade #29 (November 1948).

http://www.nablopomo.com

All that's left is her one-and-only modern appearance in Brave and the Bold #6 (March 2000), which provides an origin for Star Sapphire and even connects her with her Silver Age namesake.

I probably won't be posting the story here, but I encourage you to check it out when you get the chance.

Retro Debut: The Amazing Star Sapphire

After sharing the Super-Villains Then & Now retrospective the other day, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the original Star Sapphire's first appearance (All-Flash #32, December 1947-January 1948). I only have a fiche scan of the original, so these pages come from a reprint in Flash Annual #1 (Summer 1963).

http://www.nablopomo.com

After this, Star Sapphire appears next in Comic Cavalcade #29 (November 1948) before disappearing into comic book limbo for over 50 years. And her one modern appearance (Brave and the Bold #6, March 2000) -- was more than a decade ago and probably isn't canon since the DC relaunch. So she's ripe for a comeback when Earth-2 stories start again.

Super-Villains Then & Now

Today's treat is a one-page retrospective from The Amazing World of DC Comics #11 (April 1974), which compares Golden Age villains with their modern counterparts.

Lex Luthor and the Joker are obvious and effective choices, but who would have expected Star Sapphire?

http://www.nablopomo.com

The Carol Ferris and Secret Society versions of Star Sapphire are familiar enough to readers by 1974, but the original has only two prior appearances -- All-Flash #32 (January 1948) and Comic Cavalcade #29 (November 1948) -- and is not seen again until Brave and the Bold #6 (March 2000).