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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 14:30:59 GMT -5
JSA in All Star Comics/Adventure Comics. The original super team back in action in their own series. Invaders. A retcon that reunited Marvel's G Big 3. All Star Squadron. See below. Young All-Stars. An attempt to "fix" the damage done to E2 after COIE. Freedom Fighters. Great to see a revival of the Quality characters. Any others I forgot.
For me it was All Star Squadron. It had a HUGE cast of the lesser known DCU heroes set in WWII. |
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Post by paulie on Aug 28, 2014 15:15:30 GMT -5
JSA in All Star Comics/Adventure Comics. The original super team back in action in their own series. Invaders. A retcon that reunited Marvel's G Big 3. All Star Squadron. See below. Young All-Stars. An attempt to "fix" the damage done to E2 after COIE. Freedom Fighters. Great to see a revival of the Quality characters. Any others I forgot.
For me it was All Star Squadron. It had a HUGE cast of the lesser known DCU heroes set in WWII. All Star Squadron - Jerry Ordway, a cast of hundreds, and no Frank Robbins! |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 28, 2014 19:10:17 GMT -5
Once again, I'm going with Fleisher and Aparo's Spectre revival, which pretty much ignored the lousy Silver Age take on the character.
And can you count Conan? I suppose he was a Platinum Age character.
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Post by Action Ace on Aug 28, 2014 19:44:59 GMT -5
1. All-Star Squadron: I dearly loved this series and the vast treasure trove of Golden Agers that appeared.
2. All-Star Comics/ Adventure Comics: I'm also including the origin in DC Special 29, one of my favorite JSA stories of all time
3. Invaders: Even with the horrible Frank Robbins art, it hangs on for the bronze
Others
Infinity Inc.: I'm not sure the sons and daughters in present day DC qualify. If they do, they get the #3 spot.
Mr. & Mrs. Superman: This feature starring Kal-L and Lois ran in Superman and Superman Family after they got married. It was a very good series.
Wonder Woman: For a while the Earth Two World War II version took over the comic as well as tv. One of my favorite Wonder Woman runs ever.
Steel: The Indestructible Man: Darn you DC Implosion! I liked this series.
Freedom Fighters: This series was a little bit of a disappointment for me.
Dr. Fate backups in Flash: My favorite non Golden Age Dr. Fate series. I haven't liked any Dr. Fate series since.
Young All-Stars: I like some parts, but I don't like the series overall.
Liberty Legion: I think they had two issues outside of Invaders. There were some good characters on this team.
Do the Plastic Man and Captain Marvel comics count?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 20:09:44 GMT -5
Wow. All excellent series. I forgot about the Dr Fate back ups in Flash. I loved Mr & Mrs Superman in Superman Family! And yes Plastic Man & Capt Marvel count. They were great too!
Sorry shaxper but even though Conan started in magazines in 1932 he was first in the comic books starting in 1970.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 28, 2014 20:17:10 GMT -5
Wow. All excellent series. I forgot about the Dr Fate back ups in Flash. I loved Mr & Mrs Superman in Superman Family! And yes Plastic Man & Capt Marvel count. They were great too! Sorry shaxper but even though Conan started in magazines in 1932 he was first in the comic books starting in 1970. I guess I don't see Platinum Age pulps as being all that different from the comic books that ultimately replaced them. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 20:33:39 GMT -5
Guess you could go either way with this. I was thinking more of characters that debuted back in the comics in the Golden Age.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 28, 2014 20:45:48 GMT -5
All-Star Squadron was a dream come true.
The Invaders, bolstered by that Frank Robbins art, was always a hoot.
Liberty Legion was great fun.
The Engelhart-Rogers-Austin run on Detective.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 28, 2014 20:48:13 GMT -5
I liked The Invaders for a while when it was coming out. I didn't like the Frank Robbins art after a while, but Frank Robbins has grown on me over the years. (Plus he wrote all those great one-issue Batman stories in Detective Comics in the 1970s!)
I didn't read The Freedom Fighters until I got about 2/3 of the run about 3 years ago. It's fun, if you like goofy Bronze Age team comics that are horribly melodramatic and painfully contrived and don't end because the comic book is canceled. (There's a strange limbo world in the multiverse where The Freedom Fighters are still on the run from the authorities and still being menaced by the Silver Ghost.)
I had the Adventure issues of the revival of the Justice Society for a long time, but I didn't read the All-Star Comics run until last year. It has its ups and downs, but overall, I like it. I especially love Power Girl! Her in-your-face feminism was pretty rare in comics, and I liked the variety of reactions among the old-timers. The series also saw the return of Vandal Savage and a bunch of other Golden Age villains. Also, the introduction of Huntress and art by Wally Wood and Joe Staton.
All-Star Squadron was the best! I started at about issue #7 and read it almost to the end. (I missed two or three issues after The Crisis on Infinite Earths ruined everything!) Liberty Belle was probably the best thing about it (along with the Jerry Ordway art), but Johnny Quick, Firebrand, Robotman, Steel, the Shining Knight and the Tarantula were all pretty cool. Maybe there was a little too much Per Degaton, but I didn't notice it at the time. (You gotta love that JSA/JLA team-up where the All-Star Squadron guest-starred. Don Heck did a great job on the JLA chapters.)
I only read the Young All-Stars for a few issues here and there. I could never get into it.) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 20:49:00 GMT -5
The Invaders, bolstered by that Frank Robbins art, was always a hoot. Learn something new every day: In New England, "bolstered" means "all but ruined." |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 20:52:55 GMT -5
Of those you listed, Invaders was my favorite as a kid, but if I were choosing now, I would go with the Flesicher/Aparo Spectre run Shax brought up or the Dr. Fate back ups in Flash (and the story from 1st Issue Special #9-all of which collected in the Immortal Dr. Fate mini).
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Post by shaxper on Aug 28, 2014 21:10:54 GMT -5
Guess you could go either way with this. I was thinking more of characters that debuted back in the comics in the Golden Age. That's fair. It's your thread, my good man  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 28, 2014 21:12:02 GMT -5
The Invaders, bolstered by that Frank Robbins art, was always a hoot. Learn something new every day: In New England, "bolstered" means "all but ruined." Just checking to see if you're awake. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 21:14:55 GMT -5
Yep -- though probably not for much longer. Gonna go curl up with the 5th (of 6 so far) Kate Burkholder mystery by Linda Castillo, whom I discovered by chance at the library a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2014 21:18:28 GMT -5
Once again, I'm going with Fleisher and Aparo's Spectre revival, which pretty much ignored the lousy Silver Age take on the character. I agree. The Silver Age version of the Spectre was awful. This run in Adventure cemented my love for the character to this day. It was truly astounding.
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