plasticmonster

Well, there really aren't many forms of media from fifty+ years ago that hold up well.

I read a lot of this stuff that got reprinted as backups in the 70's.  It seemed old fashioned even then, but when it was part of an (booming announcer voice) "80 PAGE GIANT" for fifty cents you could overlook a lot.  

The Showcase books are dirt cheap and well worth the time to check out.  Despite the overwrought dialog, and klugey art, all the Golden/Silver age books had one thing going for them that modern books never will:

They could tell a complete story in eight goddamn pages.

Take that Grant Morrison.