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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 17, 2021 15:27:12 GMT -5
Well, the quarterfinals are over, and we’re on to the semifinals! Only one particularly interesting matchup in the previous round, but I think things will heat up here.
Quarterfinal results:
60’s Marvel defeated 10’s DC 20-2
70’s Marvel defeated 00’s DC 22-4
80’s DC defeated 50’s DC 19-4
40’s DC defeated 90’s DC 13-8
This poll will close Wednesday, 3/24 at 3 PM EST.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 17, 2021 15:29:00 GMT -5
I'm voting for 80's DC. More or less the same reasoning I had for voting 70's Marvel over 60's Marvel. Yes, 40's DC (especially if you throw 1939-39 in there) is very historically important, but I think the output in the 80's is far better and far more enjoyable.
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Post by majestic on Mar 17, 2021 15:36:20 GMT -5
40s DC. All comics started here. The template for super heroes. Teams. Crossovers. Teen sidekicks.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 17, 2021 15:39:30 GMT -5
There are a handful of 40s DC stories I'm fond of. But most of the output, while historically important, reads horribly. So since it's what do we like better, it's 80s by a few orders of magnitude.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 17, 2021 15:51:51 GMT -5
Exactly. The question is which one do you like better, not which one is more historically important. If that were the case, we might as well have just skipped right to putting 40's DC vs. 60's Marvel in the final.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Mar 17, 2021 15:52:42 GMT -5
I voted 80s DC. It was the decade that DC finally overtook Marvel as my favorite comics publisher.
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Post by brutalis on Mar 17, 2021 17:16:46 GMT -5
80's DC as this was essentially their leap into creativity to matching Marvel during the 70's. Plus they overtook Marvel and many 80's DC series lasted longer with better quality and consistency.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 17, 2021 17:56:57 GMT -5
The historical importance of 40s DC doesn't outweigh the artistic importance of 80s DC, for me. Now, if you want to look at sales figures, 80s DC can't touch 40s DC. DC had million copy circulations on some books, in the 40s. Those days were long gone before 80s DC.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 17, 2021 18:24:49 GMT -5
The historical importance of 40s DC doesn't outweigh the artistic importance of 80s DC, for me. Now, if you want to look at sales figures, 80s DC can't touch 40s DC. DC had million copy circulations on some books, in the 40s. Those days were long gone before 80s DC. Heck, everybody was selling lots comics in WWII. Fawcett, with Captain Marvel, undoubtedly outsold anything in the 80's. You can't really compare sales figures (not that sales figures are an indication of quality, anyway) since sales figures vary so much from era to era. |
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 17, 2021 23:22:02 GMT -5
The Golden Age was great, but it doesn't compare to 80's DC.
Even some of the stuff that seemed not-that-great at the time holds up pretty well, like Arak or Atari Force or Jemm Son of Saturn.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 18, 2021 7:11:05 GMT -5
The Golden Age was great, but it doesn't compare to 80's DC. Even some of the stuff that seemed not-that-great at the time holds up pretty well, like Arak or Atari Force or Jemm Son of Saturn. Hey, Arak was great! I plan to re-read it pretty soon, especially as I bought most of what I need on ebay recently.  |
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Post by MDG on Mar 18, 2021 8:24:14 GMT -5
80s: I felt DC tried--though wasn't totally successful--trying to professionalize and open up comics.
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 18, 2021 8:41:51 GMT -5
1940s. Although 1980s DC was the company's last, undeniably great period--especially with their main roster of superheroes, the 40s was far more than historic firsts, as the essence of many characters and how they were made to fit into the world was ever-evolving and ever-fascinating--more in the first half of that decade than the second.
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