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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 20, 2016 21:54:07 GMT -5
I assume that the Thimble Theatre title was changed to Popeye when he became popular. Not until the 70s, believe it or not. I can remember seeing it as "Thimble Theatre, featuring Popeye" when I was a kid. That does surprise me. Our paper did not carry Popeye so I'm not that familiar with it.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 20, 2016 19:16:15 GMT -5
Popeye was a supporting character in Thimble Theatre who later took over the strip and became the star. Don't know if that's technically a spin-off, thopugh. I assume that the Thimble Theatre title was changed to Popeye when he became popular.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 20, 2016 18:04:46 GMT -5
I was never a regular reader of Amazing Heroes, but I picked up a few of their preview issues out've junk bins for the covers: I ran across some Amazing Heroes Swimsuit issues on ebay the other day and that is what prompted the idea for this thread.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 19, 2016 20:25:10 GMT -5
I was no longer buying comics when Swimsuit Issues became the rage.
I'm wondering if anyone has any memories or opinions on Swimsuit Issues?
What was the first one?
Are they considered to be comic books or are they a totally different offshoot of comics.
I'm not looking for scans of them. There is another thread devoted to good girl art covers.
I'm just wondering how and when these became popular and if you have any specific memories concerning them.
Thanks
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 16, 2016 21:45:21 GMT -5
I bought most of these when they came out. Starting with JO. I was just getting into Kirby art. I was focused on the art, not the story so much.
Later I realized that others had a problem with the writing and pacing. And I went along with that thought; that Kirby needed an editor to slow down his storytelling and let things happen at a digestible pace.
But seeing this thread now(in my 60s) I see the sheer explosion of one man's creativity; it makes me marvel at the fact that this stuff got published. What other artist has been given such incredible freedom by a corporate publisher to just machine gun all these ideas non stop?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 13, 2016 17:24:27 GMT -5
Not sure if it got mentioned and maybe not all that significant, but Captain Savage spun out of the pages of Sgt. Fury and got his own title. I personally love the Leatherneck Raiders sobriquet. -M I'm no expert on the military, but I question the wisdom of making an assault on a beach with pistols.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 13, 2016 2:33:05 GMT -5
Mini series do count.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 12, 2016 17:48:36 GMT -5
And I can't believe no one has mentioned Private Doberman. DC gave him his own book after appearing in several issues of the Sgt. Bilko comic.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 12, 2016 8:46:29 GMT -5
In the truest definition of spin-off, I would say the 2 most significant spin-off titles were Superman from Action Comics and Batman from Detective Comics. If you want to limit it to characters who started in a book and weren't the lead when they made their debut, I'd say Wonder Woman who debuted as a back up in All Star #8, then as the lead in Sensation before getting her own title. -M Would this not also apply to Spider-Man, who was a spin-off from Amazing Fantasy?I was looking for characters that first appeared in another characters' story and then became so popular they got their own book. Batman, Superman and Spider-Man were the stars of their first stories, even tho these stories appeared in anthology titles. In other words, Spider-Man did not first appear in an Iron Man story and then get his own title.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 10, 2016 18:26:36 GMT -5
I may not be able explain this clearly. I'm wondering what successful comic book characters began as spin offs from another title?
Wolverine was my first thought. He began as a villain in the Hulk and somehow became a hero and then got his own book.
Of course, going further back, Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane were characters in Superman who go their own long running titles.
What other supporting characters were popular enough to get their own titles?
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 8, 2016 10:38:53 GMT -5
I will have to agree with DC that Kirby's original version of Superman for the cover of JO 133 is pretty jarring.
The Forever People splash is funny because of the old style Superman drawing in the right corner. Never heard him referred to as the Immortal Superman before. Or since.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 2, 2016 19:19:54 GMT -5
I find it funny it's hard to even find old back issues of Power Pack at the comic book shop but I can easily find old Alpha Flight and Marvel's run of Elfquest at the comic book shop. I must not be looking hard enough to find Power Pack at the comic shop. Guess they're hidden really well between Power Man aka Luke cage and something else A book like Alpha Flight probably had a much higher print run than Power Pack.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Nov 26, 2016 20:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Nov 23, 2016 20:08:50 GMT -5
Dang this thread. It makes me want to go to ebay and buy these issues.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Nov 21, 2016 11:15:49 GMT -5
Despite the title of this thread, any kind of giveaway comic can be discussed. They don't have to be public service related. Any and all comments are welcome.
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