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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 3, 2017 23:46:56 GMT -5
 I suppose had Batman been published monthly at the start this Anniversary Issue would have made sense. As it is, this issue marks something like the two year and three month anniversary of a title which began as a quarterly. Personally, 25th or 50th issues or 15th anniversarys don't resonate with me the way centennials do but this issue shows that manufactured anniversary issues (apparently Marvel just decided that Venom has hit issue 150 or something like that) aren't a modern concoction. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 3, 2017 23:48:47 GMT -5
I always thought this was a silly benchmark to celebrate:  Especially considering that Batman's 600th appearance in Detective Comics would actually be the previous issue. Since that issue, Detective Comics has had an issue '0' and issue '1,000'000' meaning his 700th appearance should have been something like 724. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 4, 2017 0:00:13 GMT -5
 The 20th anniversary of Superman's debut in Action Comics. The tale actually mentions that "today is the anniversary of [Superman's] arrival on Earth" so those in charge did know that Action 241 was something special, but I can't imagine that they knew that this issue - with its introduction of the Arctic Fortress - would later be regarded as the start of the Silver Age for Superman. Similarly, while Detective Comics 327 may not have featured Batman's 300th appearance within that title as Shaxper and Cei-U noted, it does boast a May 1964 cover date making it the 25th anniversary of Batman's debut in May 1939. It would also later be regarded as the start of the Silver Age for Batman (at least by DC if not the fans themselves) with its New Look debut for Batman.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 5, 2017 0:14:21 GMT -5
Avengers #100 was a classic, but #150 was two-thirds reprint and #200 was infamous for its treatment of Carol Danvers. IIRC, Bendis claimed he had to do 'Avengers Dissembled' because the team always broke up on even numbered issues.. and it did...they sorta broken up in 200...300 is the end of the Walt Simonson super-short run (with the very short lived Sue and Reed Richards team)... 400 was the Crossing, and 500 Dissembled. One could argue it was really #298 that the Stern-era team died (that was the Jarvis vs. Inferno NY episode).. and technically, the Crossing team ended at 402, and Dissembled 503, but close enough I guess  |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 5, 2017 10:55:44 GMT -5
Bendis is full of crap. As usual.
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