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Post by earl on Jul 21, 2016 9:54:01 GMT -5
I got to agree on Batman #217 from December '69 is a good start point as that is the issue when Robin went to college and Batman moved from the Batcave to the Wayne building, which was the status quo for most of the run up til the first Crisis. Around that same time is when the tone of the comic started to change from being bright and the Bat went back into the night. Frank Robbins, Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Irv Novick and others did quite a few classic issues introducing Ra's Al Ghul, Talia, Man-Bat and re-introduced Two-Face and others. Brave and the Bold became just Batman team ups a bit before Dec. 69, but the 70s run by Haney/Aparo is well known and some classic issues in there.
Really DC doesn't get continiuity style like Marvel until all of those writers and artists moved over to DC and brought it with them at the end of the 70s and early 80s.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 22, 2016 2:33:13 GMT -5
I've read all of the O'Neil/Adams Batman stuff, but I still haven't read all of O'Neil's original Batman run. I've read Batman #217 and I agree that that is the clear beginning of Batman's Bronze Age.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 22, 2016 10:26:29 GMT -5
Oh for those hallowed days of yore when any comic book could be read and enjoyed on it's own merit without having to reference a year long story dragged out longer than necessary. When writers were told to consider every issue as being a readers 1st issue and to keep it simple, flowing smoothly and filled with adventure. Very few talking heads unless necessary for exposition's sake and get to the heart of the characters and story immediately within moments. It's become a collector world as comic books are no longer written for the masses instead focusing on those chosen few. Star Trek in the reverse: The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many. So sad  |
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Post by MDG on Jul 25, 2016 11:47:13 GMT -5
Pre-Crisis DC was new-reader friendly and easy to jump in just about anywhere. I wouldn't go out of my way to try and figure it out. That's the simple and direct answer. Unless you're talking about the Legion. |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 25, 2016 13:32:42 GMT -5
I always read this from folks about Legion and i just don't get it. I had limited access to finding any Legion in the 70's through the Circle-K's and 7-Elevens but i still managed to have them become one of my favorite super teams. I had no problems understanding or coming into stories or tracking characters at all. I might find one issue and then miss 3-4 and then find an old Swan or Cockrum Legion in a second hand thrift store. But i still fell in love with the concepts and characters. So i really don't have a clue why there are so many who say the Legion is difficult to follow or comprehend. Yes the reboots did not help matters overly much and yet at the time why is it that the concept and series still managed to have multiple series or versions around if it was so complicated? There must have been something good in there or else people wouldn't have built such a fan base around the Legion (which still remains strong even today) and the future and "kids" concept.
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