A driving point in the life of Marvel’s Nick Fury was the death of his true love, Pamela Hawley. In continuity, her brother was a British traitor named Lord Ha-Ha and based on the real-life British traitor, Lord Haw-Haw. Here’s an intersting piece on the real and fictional versions of that character.

http://sacomics.blogspot.com/2010/07/lord-haw-haw.html

Alex Toth loved cars and that love showed when he drifted from regular comics into the odd sub-genre of black and white car comics in the mid-sixties. Here are a couple of prime examples of Toth’s hot rod comics.

http://kb-outofthisworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/hot-rods-and-rare-toth.html

Here’s a look back at the Superman/Captain America meld that was Amalgam Comics’ Super-Soldier…literally. Amalgam was a fun collection of one-shots combining DC characters and plotlines with Marvel characters and plotlines. This one, with art by Dave Gibbons, was one of the best designed.

http://blogintomystery.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-a-last-ditch-commercial-ploy-super-soldier-1/

Finally, here’s a 1960 Lois Lane story which features a character based on real life rich girl Doris Duke, interacting with Superman and friends here in some wonderful Silver Age silliness drawn by the great Kurt Schaffenberger.

http://gayforloislane.blogspot.com/2010/07/girl-that-almost-married-clark-kent.html