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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 2, 2018 11:38:26 GMT -5
 As a visual aid to Casper and his uncles. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 2, 2018 11:59:33 GMT -5
So, Informal Poll Time: Did anyone here regularly buy Harvey comics (or did your parents buy them for you) and what age were you? Did you also buy superheroes/Archie/Warlord? I grew up in the '80s. By 1987, Disney had (briefly) reclaimed dominance over the kiddy books thanks to the Disney Afternoon. I was aware of Casper and Richie Rich, but if I ever owned a comic of theirs, I don't recall it. I did, however, pick up a few Archie books around 1990, just out of curiosity as those covers suggested interesting content within. The Harvey books always looked so status quo, as if picking up one issue was no different from picking up the one before it. |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 2, 2018 12:20:00 GMT -5
As a visual aid to Casper and his uncles. So, it's the fat ghost on the far right of that cover in the Ghostbusters logo then? |
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Post by String on Feb 2, 2018 12:24:57 GMT -5
Hm, I still have a few issues of Richie Rich. They were okay, I do remember watching and liking the cartoon. Like others have said, Ritchie was never a 'spoiled brat', just a kid whose family wealth allowed for him and his friends (and the dog) to get into some fun adventures.
But where I got those issues from, I don't remember exactly. Harvey, Dell, Charlton, Archie, Disney any of those type of publishers were never sold that much in my area or at least not that I can recall with much clarity. Any issues of these publishers that I do have is probably from being simply part of a larger bulk trade or issue swipes from neighborhood kids in my area (for I was far more interested in any DC and Marvel they had).
Case in point: to this day, I have never read a single issue of any Archie comic.
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Post by shaxper on Feb 2, 2018 12:30:38 GMT -5
Case in point: to this day, I have never read a single issue of any Archie comic. The output was so enormous that there was a lot of weak content, but if you read the right Archie books, they're amazing. If you're interested, I would check out: * Episode 1 of the CCF Podcast, with Crimebuster and I discussing Life with Archie: The Married Life, and * Crimebuster's Sort of Complete Life with Archie Review Thread. (note: "Life with Archie," and "Life with Archie: The Married Life" are two completely different series published decades apart) You won't be disappointed. Archie and Richie Rich were both ubiquitous in American culture for decades, but Archie still has an active fan base and dedicated amateur historians who are happy to tell you everything that made the property great. To the best of my knowledge, the same isn't true for Richie Rich. |
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 2, 2018 12:37:32 GMT -5
Informal Poll Time: Did anyone here regularly buy Harvey comics (or did your parents buy them for you) and what age were you? Did you also buy superheroes/Archie/Warlord? During childhood, my parents never bought a Harvey comic. I saw the occasional title in a store, and (also as a child) in the pediatrician's waiting room, but never collected them as I found them simply hollow, almost coloring book level of simplicity. I did read Archie for some time, back in their heyday (in the early years after the craze surrounding The Archies' song, "Sugar, Sugar"), but dropped it as the titles became more about rinse-and-repeat spinoffs and a noticable turn toward a very childish form of humor (as opposed to the more culturally smart scripts from the lare 60s/early 70s). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 12:45:30 GMT -5
Case in point: to this day, I have never read a single issue of any Archie comic. The output was so enormous that there was a lot of weak content, but if you read the right Archie books, they're amazing. You won't be disappointed. Archie and Richie Rich were both ubiquitous in American culture for decades, but Archie still has an active fan base and dedicated amateur historians who are happy to tell you everything that made the property great. To the best of my knowledge, the same isn't true for Richie Rich. Absolutely. Richie Rich was definitely a kid's book. Archie could still be read & enjoyed as a teenager. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 2, 2018 12:46:59 GMT -5
The output was so enormous that there was a lot of weak content, but if you read the right Archie books, they're amazing. You won't be disappointed. Archie and Richie Rich were both ubiquitous in American culture for decades, but Archie still has an active fan base and dedicated amateur historians who are happy to tell you everything that made the property great. To the best of my knowledge, the same isn't true for Richie Rich. Absolutely. Richie Rich was definitely a kid's book. Archie could still be read & enjoyed as a teenager. And the right ones can still be enjoyed as an adult  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 2, 2018 12:58:58 GMT -5
(I am buying more new Archie right now than Marvel & DC combined.)
I suspect I would have bought Harvey comics if they were readily available when I was a kid. But by the time I was buying comics I was already all-in for superheroes, after reading the '70s Marvel left-overs from my dad's shop.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 13:07:50 GMT -5
Absolutely. Richie Rich was definitely a kid's book. Archie could still be read & enjoyed as a teenager. And the right ones can still be enjoyed as an adult Yep! Totally agree. In fact right now Archie is one of my favorite titles! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 2, 2018 14:52:19 GMT -5
I had a handful of comics from "other" publishers as a kid - a couple of Gold Keys, a couple of Dells, a couple of Classics Illustrateds, a Charlton and one or two Harveys. Later, in the 70s, I got into Charlton but never Harvey.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 2, 2018 15:54:16 GMT -5
Never bought, received or read a single Harvey issue of anything in my life. By the time I really got into comics, Harvey was on the downslide and I was at an age where those were just "kiddie books".
Same goes for Archie. Never saw the appeal, although I can appreciate the passion others have for the titles, and I really enjoyed the episodes of the podcast dedicated to the topic.
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 2, 2018 16:37:41 GMT -5
I picked up a few of Harvey's short-lived superhero comics that were an attempt to cash in on Batmania and the camp craze, but they were in a huge batch of comics I got in a trade for Agent of SHIELD 3 in 1968.
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