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Post by kirby101 on Sept 25, 2017 7:28:47 GMT -5
I don't know, Cap didn't even have his own book like Thor, who also had a cartoon. In that regard, at the time Marvel Super Heroes originally aired, Thor barely earned his own series (the transition from Journey into Mystery to Thor occurred in March, 1966). I also think Cap enjoyed more merchandising than Thor in this period (some manufacturers made products based on both, but in any random search, I see more Cap products than Thor, which would indicate how popular he was among the other top Marvel 60s characters. Good points. It is hard to say. I can only speak about the limited fan interaction at that time. (basically other kids who read comics) and while Cap, Hulk and Thor were all popular, (Even DD and Iron Man could be put in the mix.) Spidey and the FF were just at a higher level of popularity. I am talking about the Silver Age, things changed in the 70s. |
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Post by batusi on Sept 26, 2017 13:59:22 GMT -5
Ok, my new Trinity are...
1. Ms. Marvel (the alcoholic one from late 1990's...Busiek/Perez)
2. Dazzler (disco lady) yes, when music had a pulse you could move to...lol, a mutant groove queen! Roller skates RULE!!
3. Black Panther (dark tinted dude)...lol,very cool character who would respect the NFL and the American flag!
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Post by sabongero on Oct 4, 2017 17:25:16 GMT -5
Perhaps Marvel doesn't have a Trinity. They have a quaternity, quintinity, hexinity, heptinity, or even an octinity.
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Post by kongat44 on Oct 9, 2017 21:54:38 GMT -5
Marvel really doesn't have anyone like Wonder Woman. but to be fair, neither does DC, except Supergirl, and Batgirl, two derivative characters.
For Marvel, I would go with Spidey, Hulk, and Captain America. As others have said, most of the merchandizing in the sixties was for one of those guys, be it Captain Action, which used Cap, and Spidey, Ben Cooper Haloween costumes of Spidey, and Ideal hand puppets for Spidey, and Cap, a Cap Lakeside rubber bendable figure, and so forth.
Iron Man, Thor and the rest's popularity seem to come from the Marvel films.
I really don't think there needs to be a trinity, nor if there is should it be based on how well they get along on the comics. Also any trinity should not have to include two men and a woman to work, why not three ment, two women and a man?
Heck, Spidey graced all the covers that did not have bar codes for a certain period.
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 9, 2017 23:12:16 GMT -5
As others have said, beyond Captain America, The Human Torch, and The Submariner during the Golden Age/Atlas Era, Marvel doesn't really seem to have a Trinity. However, I think it's safe to say that since Spider-Man is Marvel's Number One guy and because you need someone who goes back close to Marvel's very beginnings to represent The Golden Age, both he and Captain America have to be two of the big three. Wolverine nicely represents the Bronze Era of Comics and is certainly well enough entrenched in the public's consciousness due to the X-Men films, but I'd have to go with The Hulk for Guy Number Three. I just think you need a guy who's on top at a time when comics are doing really well themselves. In this way, you can see how say, the success of the Bill Bixby TV series fed the success of the comics and vice versa. Why were comics so big in the 1960's and 70's? Because of characters such as The Hulk. Why is Wolverine so popular today when comics are such a niche market? Because the comics and films operate largely independently of one another. Plus, a five year successful TV series, a newspaper strip, one cartoon show after another, merchandising - take away the X-Men/Wolverine films and I'm not so sure the average person on the streets would even recognize Wolverine.
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Post by berkley on Oct 10, 2017 0:35:37 GMT -5
I have a hard time even thinking of three Marvel superheroes that I would like to be an MU trinity corresponding to the DCU one. Maybe Thor, Valkyrie, and the Black Panther, if I think strictly about favourite characters that I'd like to read about, but even that's tricky, since, for example, the best Thor stories are IMO those that lean more towards the mythical or SF/fantasy rather than the superhero side of things.
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Post by kongat44 on Oct 10, 2017 20:48:10 GMT -5
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 10, 2017 20:49:40 GMT -5
I had that!
I agree that the Leader, generic mad scientist guy and the Rhino when he is painted green are Marvel's trinity.
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Post by kongat44 on Oct 10, 2017 20:51:52 GMT -5
Actually, I was thinking of the other not so well know characters Spider-Man, Captain America, and the Hulk.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 10, 2017 20:56:13 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't notice those.   |
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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2018 10:10:42 GMT -5
After watching the Avengers Infinity Wars, and basing The Trinity on popularity, I would say it's Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Captain America.
If this was the 70's or 80's, it would be Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and the Uncanny X-Men as a team.
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