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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 31, 2018 16:26:02 GMT -5
A variation on the question - at one point in the 1950s, there were three Wyatt Earp series being published by three companies - Dell/Western (the official adaptation of the Hugh O'Brian TV show), Atlas, and Charlton (the latter two just taking advantage of Wyatt being in the public domain). Has any other character appeared in that many comics from different publishers? Davy Crockett in the mid-50s. DC had him in Frontier Fighters from June 1955 to November 1956; Charlton from June 1955 to November 1956; and Dell (as Walt Disney's Davy Crockett) in Four Color 631, 639, 664, and 671, from June to December 1955. Yikes! Charlton also ran Crockett stories in Wild Frontier (like Frontier Fighters: three heroes in each book, but Crockett always seemed to be on the cover) for four of five issues from October '55 to January '57 and Harvey in Western Tales 31-33 from October 1955 to January '56. He got the cover and his name on the first two of those. He also showed up here and there in stories and in an Avon one-shot, which may have been a reprint of a 1951 Avon Crockett one-shot. (He was also in a batch of different series in European comics at the same time.) I'm betting there are other historical figures who have for whatever reason had a few features at different companies simultaneously. Maybe Daniel Boone? I know of at least two examples for him. If you include one-shots, I'll bet there are a batch of JFK "memorial" comics. I'll have to check.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 31, 2018 16:30:51 GMT -5
... not to mention Wow Comics, Mary Marvel, Xmas Comics, Gift Comics, a buncha one-shots, and (if we count Marvel Bunny) Fawcett's Funny Animals. However, no Marvel ever appeared in Nickel Comics. Cei-U! I summon the other guy's magic lightning! And Hoppy had his own book as well. Yes, for a while there were TWO Hoppy the Marvel Bunny series.
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Post by MDG on Jan 31, 2018 17:03:07 GMT -5
A variation on the question - at one point in the 1950s, there were three Wyatt Earp series being published by three companies - Dell/Western (the official adaptation of the Hugh O'Brian TV show), Atlas, and Charlton (the latter two just taking advantage of Wyatt being in the public domain). Has any other character appeared in that many comics from different publishers? Davy Crockett in the mid-50s. ... I figured other Western figures... GCD lists 44 Billy the Kids, counting international versions.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 31, 2018 19:55:37 GMT -5
Solar was published by Gold Key , Valiant and DH.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 31, 2018 20:13:02 GMT -5
Solar was published by Gold Key , Valiant and DH. But not simultaneously. E-Man has been at Charlton, First, Comico, Alpha, and Neo Charlton/AC, if you want to go with crossing companies. Mr Monster was at Pacific, Eclipse, Tundra, Dark Horse, Image , Caliber, and Atomeka. Dreadstar/Metamorphosis Odyssey was at Marvel/Epic, Eclipse (The Price), First, and Malibu/Bravura; not to mention trade collections from Slave Labor Graphics/Amaze Ink and Dynamite. The Phantom has been licensed to Harvey, Charlton, King (which was technically internal, as that was King Features short-lived comic book line), Gold Key/Western, Charlton, DC, Marvel, Moonstone, Dynamite, and Hermes; and, that's just in the US. Wolf Publishing, which was the UK, was distributed in the US. Tarzan has been at Dell/Gold Key/Western, Charlton, DC, Marvel, Malibu, Dark Horse, Dynamite (thanks to the public domain status).
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Post by rberman on Feb 1, 2018 12:10:36 GMT -5
Was Deathbird always a Shi'ar? Or was that something Claremont did later so that he could justify bringing her from Ms. Marvel into the space opera segment of X-Men?
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Post by The Captain on Feb 1, 2018 14:03:36 GMT -5
Was Deathbird always a Shi'ar? Or was that something Claremont did later so that he could justify bringing her from Ms. Marvel into the space opera segment of X-Men? I won't be able to check on this definitively for about an hour, but IIRC, Deathbird has always been Shi'ar since her first appearance in Ms. Marvel #9. UPDATE: I just skimmed Ms. Marvel #9 and 10, and there is nothing in either issue that explicitly says "Deathbird is Shi'ar". However, there are two things that at least show that Claremont may have been planning something bigger for her. The first is that she references "the Aerie" multiple times, which is the name that was originally used for the Shi'ar throneworld (before it was renamed "Chandilar"). Second is that she reveals she was banished from her homeworld for murdering her sister. This piece of information is used later to explain her hatred of Lilandra, as Deathbird was the oldest and should have been Majestrix, but due to her genetic mutation, she was passed over by one sister (the one she killed), leading to Lilandra taking the throne. As Claremont built much of the X-Universe, it would be hard to prove that he didn't plan it that way, but if he didn't initially, he did a pretty good job of wrapping Deathbird into the Shi'ar mythos.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 1, 2018 14:13:25 GMT -5
I'm guessing that since Claremont created her, he can cheat and inject her into his other plots and stories.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2018 16:44:13 GMT -5
Maybe my Google-fu is weak today, but...Was Kirby's aborted Soul Love ever printed? Was it even ever finished?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 16:59:55 GMT -5
Maybe my Google-fu is weak today, but...Was Kirby's aborted Soul Love ever printed? Was it even ever finished? Kirby finished the first issue but it was never published.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2018 17:07:43 GMT -5
Maybe my Google-fu is weak today, but...Was Kirby's aborted Soul Love ever printed? Was it even ever finished? Kirby finished the first issue but it was never published. I know it wasn't published at the time. But has it been published somewhere since then? In the Days of the Mob and Spirit World have both come out in hardcovers in the last 5-10 years. But I can't find anything about Soul Love.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 17:39:35 GMT -5
Kirby finished the first issue but it was never published. I know it wasn't published at the time. But has it been published somewhere since then? In the Days of the Mob and Spirit World have both come out in hardcovers in the last 5-10 years. But I can't find anything about Soul Love. As of 2016 it still wasn't published. I can't find anything more current.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2018 17:44:11 GMT -5
I know it wasn't published at the time. But has it been published somewhere since then? In the Days of the Mob and Spirit World have both come out in hardcovers in the last 5-10 years. But I can't find anything about Soul Love. As of 2016 it still wasn't published. I can't find anything more current. I couldn't either. Thanks for the confirmation.
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Post by batusi on Feb 5, 2018 16:40:40 GMT -5
Did anyone call this 1-800 hot-line back in 1977, if so, what was your experience?
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 5, 2018 17:04:49 GMT -5
Did anyone call this 1-800 hot-line back in 1977, if so, what was your experience? Just like the picture. A guy with a big strong voice answered and said he'd take off his clothes in public while I listened.
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