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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 25, 2014 12:20:29 GMT -5
This can be a fun thread considering the expert knowledge  we possess Simply post one fun fact of a comic book first. Amaze your friends with your arcane historical expertise. Who knows,you could be wrong and be gently shamed. I'll begin with: The First Black American Super-Heroine Series-The Butterfly
 The Butterfly appeared as a back-up strip in the 2 issues of Hell-Rider magazine from Skywald.Created and written by Gary Friedrich,pencilled by Rich Buckler. John Celardo might have helped with the first story.Hell-Rider was cover dated Aug and Oct 1971 |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 25, 2014 12:28:36 GMT -5
I believe "The Clock" was the first masked vigilante.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 25, 2014 12:34:27 GMT -5
The First Super Villian-The Ultra Humanite
Debuted in Action Comics #13 in the Superman story (June 1939). Beat out Dr.Death from the Batman story in Detective #29 by one month
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 25, 2014 12:39:56 GMT -5
I believe "The Clock" was the first masked vigilante.  November 1936. According to Overstreet he is the first masked hero in comics |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 25, 2014 14:24:43 GMT -5
Is "I'll punch your clock" the first one-liner in comics, then???
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Post by thebeastofyuccaflats on Jun 25, 2014 14:46:40 GMT -5
The First Super Villian-The Ultra Humanite
Debuted in Action Comics #13 in the Superman story (June 1939). Beat out Dr.Death from the Batman story in Detective #29 by one month Action #13 also contained DC's first house ad for Batman, I believe. |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 25, 2014 16:48:56 GMT -5
There is not one thing about that Hell Rider cover that doesnt scream awesome.
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Post by gothos on Jun 25, 2014 17:11:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 19:00:46 GMT -5
I've been wanting that issue for a while, knowing nothing about it except how cool it looked
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 25, 2014 19:08:00 GMT -5
I had bought Hell-Rider back in '71 and was very disappointed it didn't go past issue 2. Skywald then concentrated on their horror mags,Psycho and Nightmare. Gary Friedrich then helped create the new Ghost Rider for Marvel (Aug 1972) ,but here you can see his original inspiration
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 25, 2014 22:08:25 GMT -5
Other than Superman,who was the first survivor from Krypton?
If you answer Krypto you'd be wrong dog gone it
Mala and his 2 brothers Kizo and U-Ban appeared in Superman #65 (July/August 1950) in the story "The Three Supermen from Space!" They were nasty guys Jor-El placed in suspended animation and rocketed off planet before he built the Phantom Zone. Talk about the cost of judicial punishment! They awoke,threatened earth,Supes got them to fight each other then tricked them back into the rocket and pressed the snooze button
They returned in Action Comics #194 (Jul 1954), cause havoc and tricked again back into the rocket. Krypton's version of the Three Stooges?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 23:23:48 GMT -5
I've got one for you. While Marvel was the first to have a Ghost Rider (western version), would you believe that DC Comics' was the first to have an undead biker out for revenge called Ghost Rider? This three-page story appeared in DC Spotlight Showcase #88 in 1970:    |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 27, 2014 23:30:34 GMT -5
Art by Mike Sekowsky.Probably wrote it too.Whats DC Spotlight?
Did you mean DC Showcase and that was a filler story for a Jason's Run issue? (Or rather a take off on the TV show Then Came Bronson) |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jun 27, 2014 23:53:44 GMT -5
I've got one for you. While Marvel was the first to have a Ghost Rider (western version) Magazine Enterprises had the first Ghost Rider ("western version"), ca. 1950. Dick Ayers had something to do with it, as I recall. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 0:08:31 GMT -5
Art by Mike Sekowsky.Probably wrote it too.Whats DC Spotlight?
Did you mean DC Showcase and that was a filler story for a Jason's Run issue? (Or rather a take off on the TV show Then Came Bronson) Yes sorry that's what happens when I type to fast. DC Showcase #88. Art and story by Mike Sekowsky and Dick Giordano. |
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