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Post by tingramretro on Dec 11, 2016 10:52:08 GMT -5
Has anyone mentioned Lobo, yet?
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 11, 2016 14:16:41 GMT -5
After the initial bunch of Marvel Characters in the 60's, it felt like all the newer books were a result of spinning off characters. That being said , I never thought Wolverine could sustain his own solo book. Guess I was wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 16:55:35 GMT -5
Adding Black Widow to the mix. The current series is on my pull list.
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Post by MDG on Dec 11, 2016 20:25:09 GMT -5
Huntress?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 20:30:10 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.
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Post by Dizzy D on Dec 12, 2016 4:53:01 GMT -5
Deadpool. Started out as a villain mercenary in the dying days of the New Mutants title, then became an anti-hero over time, to carrying multiple solo titles and starring in his own movie. The Punisher, obviously, from his debut in ASM 129 to carrying three solo titles at one point and being the subject of two solo films.3 even (Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane and whoever played him in Warzone). Maybe even 3.5 if you count the Dirty Laundry short. |
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Post by tingramretro on Dec 12, 2016 6:15:32 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? |
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Post by tingramretro on Dec 12, 2016 6:17:33 GMT -5
Judge Dredd began life in 2000 AD before getting his own spin-off title, which has now run for 378 issues and counting.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 12, 2016 6:35:52 GMT -5
Deadpool. Started out as a villain mercenary in the dying days of the New Mutants title, then became an anti-hero over time, to carrying multiple solo titles and starring in his own movie. The Punisher, obviously, from his debut in ASM 129 to carrying three solo titles at one point and being the subject of two solo films.3 even (Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane and whoever played him in Warzone). Maybe even 3.5 if you count the Dirty Laundry short. Good catch. I had completely forgotten about the Lundgren film. |
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Post by Mormel on Dec 12, 2016 7:08:36 GMT -5
In the same vein as Wolverine, would Alpha Flight count? Their introduction in Uncanny X-Men 120-121 (after first being teased at the end of #109, the first appearance of James MacDonald Hudson), didn't seem to foreshadow them eventually getting their own solo series a couple years later. They seem a bit of a novelty, with the over-the-top Canada theme in their costumes and powers. I'm quite fond of the characters, though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2016 7:18:03 GMT -5
She Hulk, X-23, Spider Woman, in the Golden Age ... Captain Marvel Jr. and Mary Marvel are a couple in mind.
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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 tingramretro on Dec 12, 2016 8:56:03 GMT -5
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 got his own title. Ah, then Hawkeye would count (though it took decades for him to get his own book. Likewise Power Girl). |
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Post by MDG on Dec 12, 2016 9:48:38 GMT -5
And Elongated Man and Black Canary (though I think they had minis, not ongoing series). Anyone mention the Joker series from the 70s? You might consider What if? a continuing series starring The Watcher. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 12, 2016 13:11:59 GMT -5
The Losers
Howard the Duck
Richie Rich
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