THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE

 I would say, then, that all mysteries after Poe tend to follow either the rational model of the Dupin stories, where the detective's ac...

 I saw this question on Classic Horror Film Board, so here's my answer. __________ That's a complicated question, and a lot of diffe...

In ENSEMBLES DISASSEMBLED I put forth a tentative analysis of the ensemble of heroes in the Wolfman-Perez CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. In ...

                              The last comics-item I rated as an inconsummate null-myth was 1965’s “ THE HAUNTED ISLAND ” (CHALLENGERS OF T...

There are a lot of Silver Age DC stories that are wacky in a good way, and there are those that are wacky in a bad, I-can't-believe-it...

In Part 1 I proposed that the narrative element that most made the difference between works of "fair mythicity" and "good my...

I've been meaning for some time to get back to one particular issue I have with Abraham Riesman's muddled meditations on " Stan...

In my examination of Golden Age hero-teams in Part 2 , two facts should be evident: (1) Most of the ongoing superhero teams are dominantly...

In CHALLENGE OF THE SUPER FOURSOMES PART 3 I said: There is one mythopoeic element that may have some significance in the story as a whol...

I’ve stated in Part 1 of this essay-series that I concede the * possibility * that the FANTASTIC FOUR may have come about, as fervent Kirb...

In PART 1 of CHALLENGE I said: The Kirby COTU stories-- some or all of which may've started from full scripts by other writers, thoug...

Recently I had the chance to read DC's SHOWCASE reprints of the earliest issues of CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN, which includes all of the...