DJ Comics Cavalcade

In this episode, a mad scientist with a steel hand, his guilty sister, and some nameless goof plan to shrink Captain America down to size. Literally. Believe it or not, Tales of Suspense #69 is pretty good.

In Green Lantern #8, Green Lantern is snatched away from battling a sea monster to the 58th century, given a new identity, and fights giant Gila monsters who shrink people with their eyes. I have no idea what John Broome was smoking, either.

Tales of Suspense #68 ends the first Captain America three-part story, where The Red Skull abandons his plan to assassinate the allied commander by, well, telling some nameless Nazi thug to steal a vanishing ray. Please be sure to visit Michael J. Bailey's Views from the Longbox at http://fortressofbaileytude.com/viewsfromthelongbox.

In this episode, Hal's nightmare turns Tom Kalmaku into a seagull, which interferes with the mechanic's rendezvous with his childhood sweetheart. Oh, and some guy named Sinestro makes his debut in this issue: Green Lantern #7.

In this episode, we continue the first multipart adventure of Captain America during the World War II throwback phase of the Silver Age. Tales of Suspense #67 features a Cap who looks like he's stoned, Bucky disguised as a Hogan's Heroes character, and a cowardly Adolph Hitler.

Tom's back with the milestone Green Lantern #6, where Green Lantern meets Tomar Re. He also has to deal with the incredible menaces of The Thought-Rebels of Aku and The SmileySaurs. Okay, so the SmileySaurs are less than incredible.

It's a short, but significant one. Namely the landmark Tales of Suspense #66: the origin of the Red Skull!

It's Green Lantern's first full length adventure and, while Tom could talk about the plot, a new supervillain, and the Power Ring reaching new levels of ridiculous power, but three words should be sufficient to get you to listen: monkey Green Lantern. You know you have to hear Tom's thoughts about Green Lantern #5.

In Tales of Suspense #65, Captain America's greatest enemy, The Red Skull, makes the scene back in the 1940s - albeit in a khaki jumpsuit and carrying Hot Water Brand Sleep Gas (It Does a Body Good).

In Green Lantern #4, the hero travels to the evil dimension of Qward to fight a round-headed robot that's secretly good. Then he finds his mask the target of a scavenger hunt run by Carol. Plus a mystery surrounding the artist - or artists - involved in drawing a story.