Silver Age “Superheroes” in Scrubs: Comics Starring Doctors and Nurses with David Palmer

The Silver Age brought forth many wonderful and sometimes strange features and characters. There was a sense of wonder and experimentation. Anything was possible. In the first half of the 1960s many publishers experimented with series featuring “real life” medical personnel in life and death situations. Many of these series were based on popular television shows such as Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare. On the newsstands medical drama and romance rubbed elbows with the burgeoning genre of superheroes. Alas, after a short boom, they faded away, but nonetheless remain an interesting piece of the history of the comic book. This promises to be an educational and fun exploration of a forgotten aspect of comic books.