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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 5, 2024 21:55:32 GMT -5
Raven on the Wing is correct, thanks for the help! De nada! |
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Post by Marv-El on Nov 8, 2024 19:08:47 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2024 19:29:43 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together? Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 8, 2024 22:36:17 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together? Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. World's Finest #176 features them teaming with the male hero, on the opposite side: Supergirl with Batman and Batgirl with Superman, working on opposing sides, to aid an alien. Jimmy Olsen and Robin nearly get in on the act, but end up gassed and knocked out of the game. It was later reprinted in Super-Team Family #3 and features Neal Adams art. That issue also features a team-up of Hawkman and the Flash (well, really Hawkgirl and The Flash, as Hawkman was turned into an ape, by Grodd) and a reprint of a tale where Green Arrow and Aquaman swap locales to chase criminals (Green Arrow at sea and Aquaman on land). The Green Arrow and Aquaman adventures were from Adventure Comics #267 and the Flash & Hawkman was an original story, for that issue. |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 9, 2024 10:20:07 GMT -5
Was Alter Ego the first comics-related fanzine/magazine? And were any other comic-related magazines besides Comics Scene published in the 1980s?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Nov 9, 2024 10:38:46 GMT -5
Was Alter Ego the first comics-related fanzine/magazine? And were any other comic-related magazines besides Comics Scene published in the 1980s? Comics-related fanzines pretty much began in the early 1950s, centered around the EC Comics company. It was all done through the mail. Fanzines themselves began in the 1930s within the SF community and the SF pulps being published at that time Comic fanzines began sprouting up again in the 1960s with the Super Hero explosion. There were fanzines about Batman, The Legion , Marvel and Golden Age Comics. There were fanzines that were mostly ads for buying old comics |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 9, 2024 11:05:58 GMT -5
There were a handful of short-lived comic book fanzines in the 40s and apparently one as early as 1936. The first one to have long-term (as these things go) success was probably Bhob Stewart’s The EC Fan Bulletin.
Xero, which was mixed SF and comics content pre-dated Alter Ego by about a year.
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Post by Marv-El on Nov 9, 2024 12:47:26 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together? Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. Thanks. I was thinking that the only reason the pair might ever team up would be as part of a Superman/Batman team-up so it's nice to see more than just one story featuring these heroines together. |
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Post by Marv-El on Nov 9, 2024 12:55:03 GMT -5
Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. World's Finest #176 features them teaming with the male hero, on the opposite side: Supergirl with Batman and Batgirl with Superman, working on opposing sides, to aid an alien. Jimmy Olsen and Robin nearly get in on the act, but end up gassed and knocked out of the game. It was later reprinted in Super-Team Family #3 and features Neal Adams art. That issue also features a team-up of Hawkman and the Flash (well, really Hawkgirl and The Flash, as Hawkman was turned into an ape, by Grodd) and a reprint of a tale where Green Arrow and Aquaman swap locales to chase criminals (Green Arrow at sea and Aquaman on land). The Green Arrow and Aquaman adventures were from Adventure Comics #267 and the Flash & Hawkman was an original story, for that issue. SOLD! That sounds bonkers so it's a must read for me now. |
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Post by zaku on Nov 9, 2024 13:10:10 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together? Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. And in all these stories, at most, there seemed to be just a cordial relationship between two colleagues. But for some reason in Crisis they decided that Batgirl was Supergirl's best friend and the only one worthy of giving her a worldwide elegy. |
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Post by Farrar on Nov 9, 2024 14:40:20 GMT -5
Are there any stories from the Silver/Bronze Age of Supergirl & Batgirl teaming up together? Yep, they appear together in World's Finest #169 though there's a bit of a twist to the story (they also both appear in #176). They work together in Adventure #381, Superman Family #171, and they team up in a 3-part series of backup stories in Detective #508-510. I was a huge fan of them as a pair and WF #169 remains one of my all-time favorite childhood comics; I even wrote a letter proposing they headline a new book  And Batgirl popping up in Adventure #381 (Supergirl had just taken over the book from the Legion) slightly lessened the sting of my beloved Legion being kicked out of that title and being crammed into the back pages of Action  . Decades later when I got back into comics as an adult and bought tons of back issues, trades, etc., to bring myself up to speed, I was delighted to see this feature in Superman Family #171, a recap of their joint appearances.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 9, 2024 19:08:04 GMT -5
World's Finest #176 features them teaming with the male hero, on the opposite side: Supergirl with Batman and Batgirl with Superman, working on opposing sides, to aid an alien. Jimmy Olsen and Robin nearly get in on the act, but end up gassed and knocked out of the game. It was later reprinted in Super-Team Family #3 and features Neal Adams art. That issue also features a team-up of Hawkman and the Flash (well, really Hawkgirl and The Flash, as Hawkman was turned into an ape, by Grodd) and a reprint of a tale where Green Arrow and Aquaman swap locales to chase criminals (Green Arrow at sea and Aquaman on land). The Green Arrow and Aquaman adventures were from Adventure Comics #267 and the Flash & Hawkman was an original story, for that issue. SOLD! That sounds bonkers so it's a must read for me now. Hawkgirl wakes up to find Katar turned into a gorilla, with his wings and parts of his uniform. She has to escape and goes to see Barry Allen, which causes some issues with Iris, as she doesn't know who Shyaera Hall is, as she is in civies, and Barry tries to protect her identity. It all revolves around some weapon Grodd has cooked up, that transforms humans into apes. Steve Skeates wrote it and Ric Estrada and Wally Wood handle the art.  The Green Arrow and Aquaman stories are pretty fun, too. Green Arrow and Speedy go after their foe, the Wizard (not the one in the top hat and tails, but a criminal inventor genius). He escapes prison and decides to commit crimes at sea, away from Green Arrow rig up some scuba gear and an Arrow Boat and go after him. Meanwhile, Aquaman has to trail his foe to land and runs around in a truck, with a huge tank, carrying his sea creature allies. Lee Elias provides the art for the GA portian and Ramona Fradon for the Aquaman. It's told in two chapters, one for GA and one for Aquaman.   |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 10, 2024 11:34:02 GMT -5
I read a Batman comic (possibly a 50s or 60s tale) where Bats went back to caveman times - and before he left, he gave one heroic caveman a Bat-Signal (or something akin to it).
No matter how I phrase it during a Google search, I can’t find details of such a tale. Pretty sure the caveman had a superhero name.
Help, please! Bonus points I’d anyone can share the page where Bats gives the signal to said caveman.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 10, 2024 11:48:10 GMT -5
I read a Batman comic (possibly a 50s or 60s tale) where Bats went back to caveman times - and before he left, he gave one heroic caveman a Bat-Signal (or something akin to it). No matter how I phrase it during a Google search, I can’t find details of such a tale. Pretty sure the caveman had a superhero name. Help, please! Bonus points I’d anyone can share the page where Bats gives the signal to said caveman. Batman #115, "The Caveman Batman." The neolithic hero is called Tigerman and is given a utility belt and a contrived signal, using a volcano.....   |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 10, 2024 11:49:46 GMT -5
Thank you so much, it was bugging me. Cody, if you were in my town, I absolutely would buy you a pint of Foster’s lager (unless you are yet another person who dislikes it).  |
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And Batgirl popping up in Adventure #381 (Supergirl had just taken over the book from the Legion) slightly lessened the sting of my beloved Legion being kicked out of that title and being crammed into the back pages of Action 
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