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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 12, 2016 6:09:29 GMT -5
 This classic panel references Fred Astaire , a then modern day entertainer. I don't think that comics uses celebrity names anymore in their books. What other conventions have gone the way of the Dinosaur? |
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 12, 2016 6:56:09 GMT -5
Superheroes actually stopping crimes from being committed by criminals just out for financial gain? When was the last time a supervillain actually tried to rob a bank?
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Post by Spike-X on Aug 12, 2016 7:36:39 GMT -5
Thought balloons.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 12, 2016 7:44:15 GMT -5
Editor's notes.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 12, 2016 7:47:28 GMT -5
The use of real current President's unless it is for publicity. Oh look we have a black President so we can show him without saying his name and everyone believes we are cool for using him. Now it is all fictional President's. Luthor as President? Really? But maybe this is where reality meets fiction because now we have Trump running? Used to be comic books reflected life now life reflects comic books?
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Post by shaxper on Aug 12, 2016 9:48:53 GMT -5
Letter columns  |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 12, 2016 9:58:15 GMT -5
Ads featuring the characters (especially subscription ads and Hostess ads!)
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Post by brutalis on Aug 12, 2016 10:26:39 GMT -5
Within the team books if some hero was otherwise preoccupied in their own series story line then it would be mentioned or referred to by someone on the team or by the editor directing you to check out that person's solo comic.
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Post by chadwilliam on Aug 12, 2016 10:45:52 GMT -5
This classic panel references Fred Astaire , a then modern day entertainer. I don't think that comics uses celebrity names anymore in their books. What other conventions have gone the way of the Dinosaur?
From this panel above alone
- Third Party Narrators ("As fate draws the strands of her web...") - Exclamation points in place of periods (and no way would a writer get away with a double question mark today) - Bolding (though it's used correctly here, sometimes the emphasized words were questionable at best. "You haven't taken me dancing in weeks, Henry Pym!")
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 12, 2016 11:14:52 GMT -5
Letter columns A number of Marvel's titles still have letter columns. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 12, 2016 13:21:23 GMT -5
I remember a friend trying to sell me on the Ultimates by telling me Hulk ate Freddie Prince (?) in the story. I was like lol, whose that?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2016 13:36:43 GMT -5
Secret ID's seem to be a thing of the past except for a few select heroes.
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 12, 2016 13:45:55 GMT -5
Ads featuring the characters (especially subscription ads and Hostess ads!) Oh no, those are still around. Too much IMHO. We recently had some terrible (Old Spice? I think) aftershave ads with Luke Cage fighting the Absorbing Man for instance. Superheroes actually stopping crimes from being committed by criminals just out for financial gain? When was the last time a supervillain actually tried to rob a bank? That one is still there, though not as often as before. The main plot in Superior Foes of Spider-Man for instance was the theft of a valuable painting. |
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 12, 2016 14:02:27 GMT -5
I remember a friend trying to sell me on the Ultimates by telling me Hulk ate Freddie Prince (?) in the story. I was like lol, whose that? Who is that? |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 12, 2016 14:10:47 GMT -5
Ads featuring the characters (especially subscription ads and Hostess ads!) Oh no, those are still around. Too much IMHO. We recently had some terrible (Old Spice? I think) aftershave ads with Luke Cage fighting the Absorbing Man for instance. That sounds far more entertaining than the content of most Big 2 books these days  |
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