“The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.”
― Chinua Achebe, “Things Fall Apart”
― Chinua Achebe, “Things Fall Apart”
In our bonus capsule, we’ll travel back to the dawn of the Silver Age, June of 1958, where we’ll find “The Purple People Eater”, “The Defiant Ones” and Pelé, while DC gave us the first Supergirl, “The Lady and the Lion”, and “Superboy’s Last Day”!
News of the Month:
1st - Charles de Gaulle returns as premier of France
3rd - Referendum allows city of Los Angeles to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
7th - American songwriter and impresario Berry Gordy Jr. founds Tamla Records, precursor to Motown Records, in Detroit, Michigan
7th - In a landmark in medical imaging, the British medical journal The Lancet publishes the paper "Investigation of Abdominal Masses by Pulsed Ultrasound", by obstetricians Dr. Ian Donald and John MacVicar, and medical physicist T. G. Brown detailing the first use of medical ultrasound for diagnosing problems of an unborn child still in the womb
16th - The Wham-O toy company begins marketing of the "Hula hoop",
17th - "Things Fall Apart" by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe published by Heinemann - considered most widely read book in African literature
23rd - Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers
Newsreel of the Month: Twister Smashes Kansas Town (June 10, 1958)
Magazine Cover of the Month: Kids: Built-In Recession Cure (Life Magazine, June 16, 1958)
Music of the Month:
US Top Singles:
1. All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everley Brothers
2. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
3. Witch Doctor - David Seville
4. Secretly - Jimmie Rodgers
5. Return To Me - Dean Martin
UK Top Singles:
1. Who's Sorry Now - Connie Francis
2. On The Street Where You Live - Vic Damone
3. Tom Hark - Elias & his Zigzag Jive Flutes
4. Stairway To Love - Michael Holiday
5. You Need Hands/Tulips From Amsterdam - Max Bygreaves
Movie of the Month: “The Defiant Ones” starring Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier and Cara Williams (premiered June 29, 1958)
TV Clip of the Month: Fred Astaire appears on “What’s My Line?” (June 8, 1958)
Sports Moment of the Month: A 17 year old kid named Pele helps lead Brazil to a 5-2 World Cup victory over Sweden (June 29, 1958)
Top 10 DC Comics of the Month (as selected by Osgood Peabody, listed in order of their publication):
All-Star Western #102: The Trigger Twins star in “Undercover Sheriff”, Foley of the Fighting Fifth goes after “Horse-Rustlers of Catamount Canyon”, and Johnny Thunder attempts to gain “The Prize of Peril”! (Cover by Gil Kane & Jack Adler)
Sugar & Spike #17: Our lovable tykes encounter their nemesis for the first time in “Meet Little Arthur”, plus “Aunt Minerva Strikes Again”! (Cover by Sheldon Mayer)
Jimmy Olsen #30: Jimmy becomes “The Son of Superman”, “The Cub Who Cried Wolf” and tracks down “Superman’s Greatest Enemy”! (Cover by Curt Swan & Stan Kaye)
Mystery in Space #45: The tables are turned when there are “Flying Saucers Over Mars”, then Space Cabbie acquires “The Luxury Limousine of Space” and we witness “The Amazing Trial of Mark Gordon”! (Cover by Gil Kane & Jack Adler)
Challengers of the Unknown #3: The Challs search the world to unravel “The Secret of the Sorceror’s Mirror”, then one of their own is transformed into “The Menace of the Invincible Challenger”! (Cover by Jack Kirby)
Superman #123: Jimmy Olsen finds a magic totem and wishes for “The Girl of Steel” in this full-length tale! (Cover by Curt Swan & Stan Kaye)
Brave & the Bold #19: The Viking Prince continues his quest to regain his throne with “The Challenge of the Flying Horse”, then a lowly kitchen boy brings about “The End of the Silent Knight”! (Cover by Irv Novick)
Strange Adventures #95: Four tales of amazing science fiction, starting with the fantastic tale of a scientist who finds “The World at My Doorstep”! (Cover by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia)
Action Comics #243: The Man of Steel finds himself transformed by Circe in the astounding story of “The Lady and the Lion”, then Tommy Tomorrow solves “The Puzzle of the Perilous Planetoid” and Congo Bill and Janu battle an alien invasion in “The Five From the Future”! (Cover by Curt Swan & Stan Kaye)
Adventure Comics #251: Flashback to the first time the Boy of Steel encountered kryptonite in “Superboy’s Last Day”, plus Green Arrow & Speedy solve “The Case of the Super-Arrows” and Aquaman travels through time to “A World Without Water”! (Cover by Curt Swan & Stan Kaye)
You can find all DC comics published this month right here courtesy of Mike Voiles’ Time Machine!
You can also find a lot of other publishers’ output this month courtesy of Mike’s site right here.
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