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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 12, 2016 13:16:44 GMT -5
I can't believe I didn't even think of Howard!!! Has Warlock been mentioned yet? He's an alumnus of Fantastic Four and Thor... |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 12, 2016 13:37:11 GMT -5
I can't believe I didn't even think of Howard!!! Has Warlock been mentioned yet? He's an alumnus of Fantastic Four and Thor... Oh, Him? |
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 12, 2016 17:48:36 GMT -5
And I can't believe no one has mentioned Private Doberman. DC gave him his own book after appearing in several issues of the Sgt. Bilko comic.
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Post by berkley on Dec 12, 2016 18:50:10 GMT -5
Great choice, Prince hal, with Howard the Duck.
Another Gerber character, Foolkiller, has had at least one miniseries that I know of.
Do the Guardians of the Galaxy count? I first saw them in Gerber's Defenders, but maybe they appeared somewhere before that.
Gerber was so good at coming up with interesting characters, there are quite a few of his I would have read if they had had their own series: Jennifer Kale and Korrek are two from Man-Thing that come to mind. Korrek could have been a great multiverse-hopping fantasy series.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 12, 2016 18:52:13 GMT -5
Great choice, Prince hal, with Howard the Duck. Another Gerber character, Foolkiller, has had at least one miniseries that I know of. Do the Guardians of the Galaxy count? I first saw them in Gerber's Defenders, but maybe they appeared somewhere before that. Gerber was so good at coming up with interesting characters, there are quite a few of his I would have read if they had had their own series: Jennifer Kale and Korrek are two from Man-Thing that come to mind. Korrek could have been a great multiverse-hopping fantasy series. The Guardians first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #18. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 12, 2016 19:03:14 GMT -5
Great choice, Prince hal, with Howard the Duck. Another Gerber character, Foolkiller, has had at least one miniseries that I know of. Do the Guardians of the Galaxy count? I first saw them in Gerber's Defenders, but maybe they appeared somewhere before that. Gerber was so good at coming up with interesting characters, there are quite a few of his I would have read if they had had their own series: Jennifer Kale and Korrek are two from Man-Thing that come to mind. Korrek could have been a great multiverse-hopping fantasy series. The Guardians first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #18. And from comics.org I see that they starred in that story, so they wouldn't count as a spin-off. I was thinking Ka-Zar would be a candidate because he first appeared as a guest star in X-Men and Daredevil, but then I seemed to recall he was a revival of an old character from the Timely days, or something. |
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Post by String on Dec 12, 2016 21:56:26 GMT -5
Would you count mini-series too? Beta Ray Bill may count under that.
How about Rocket Raccoon?
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 12, 2016 23:26:30 GMT -5
Surely the Legion would be one of the most successful, a true spinoff out of Adventure, from initial appearance to costarring in the book, to taking it(and Superboy later)over, to their own multiple titles.
I see Superboy as a natural extension of the Superman idea, he must have been a boy at some stage, and although Supergirl, Lois, and Jimmy have had decent runs do any match the Legionnaires?
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 12, 2016 23:54:11 GMT -5
Elongated Man first appeared in The Flash.
The Inhumans obviously, in the FF.
Sister Power, the Freak, first showed up in Brother Power, the Geek #3 before her brief run as the back-up in Captain Action.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 12, 2016 23:57:21 GMT -5
Oh, Black Canary began in the Johnny Thunder strip in The Flash.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Dec 13, 2016 2:33:05 GMT -5
Mini series do count.
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Post by tingramretro on Dec 13, 2016 3:57:53 GMT -5
The Guardians first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #18. And from comics.org I see that they starred in that story, so they wouldn't count as a spin-off. I was thinking Ka-Zar would be a candidate because he first appeared as a guest star in X-Men and Daredevil, but then I seemed to recall he was a revival of an old character from the Timely days, or something. He wasn't. There was an earlier Ka-Zar, David Rand, but he was an entirely different character, based in Africa. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 13, 2016 12:09:04 GMT -5
Freedom Fighters spun out of the JLA-JSA- crossover with Earth-X in JLA 107-108.  |
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 13, 2016 13:34:24 GMT -5
While the significance of his solo comic book appearances is arguable, I think it's worth mentioning Blade the Vampire Hunter.
After a handful of appearances in Marvel's black and white monster magazines and a meager 10-issue run in his own unremarkable comic book, this spin-off character from Tomb of Dracula headlined 3 major motion pictures and a tv series. I can't think of many lesser lights that have had that kind of success outside of the comic books that birthed them, although Agent Peggy Carter made a pretty impressive leap into two seasons of her own series with, to the best of my knowledge, zero solo comics appearances prior.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 13, 2016 14:07:13 GMT -5
Sister Power, the Freak, first showed up in Brother Power, the Geek #3 before her brief run as the back-up in Captain Action. And, of course, Zeelk!, the inter-dimensional meerkat, spun out of those pages. |
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