Crimebuster
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 7, 2018 11:01:51 GMT -5
A lot of the best, most interesting, and most creative titles in comics history only last a few issues before being cancelled. We all have mourned the early demise of titles like New Gods, OMAC, Chase, Omega the Unknown, Brother Power the Geek, and more. But on the flip side... Alf ran for 50 issues!  Barbie got to issue #63!  What are some other series you just can't believe lasted as long as they did? |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 7, 2018 11:08:12 GMT -5
Marvel's Heathcliff lasted until the early 90's, probably longer than any other STAR Comics title. I had a few issues myself growing up, can't speak for the quality, but they were alright
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Post by rberman on Feb 7, 2018 11:21:25 GMT -5
I wonder how many of these commercially tied in comics ran for so long because Marvel was getting paid by the copyright owners, making them more lucrative to publish as 22 page advertisements than they would have been based on sales alone.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 7, 2018 11:25:38 GMT -5
I wonder how many of these commercially tied in comics ran for so long because Marvel was getting paid by the copyright owners, making them more lucrative to publish as 22 page advertisements than they would have been based on sales alone. None. That's not how it works. The publisher pays the copyright holder a license fee to publish the book. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 7, 2018 11:29:54 GMT -5
Sonic the Hedgehog.
1993-2016.
290 issues.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 7, 2018 11:53:52 GMT -5
 3 whole issues?Most dumb ideas are good for a single panel gag, at best.... |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 7, 2018 12:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 7, 2018 12:38:21 GMT -5
Well, Archie Comics has a long history of lawsuits and rights issues with their creators. Even Dan DeCarlo, the greatest Archie artist ever, who created their house style and basically defined the company for decades, ended up in a huge legal dispute with them at the end of his career. Most of the time, it has to do with the fact that they don't pay anything to their artists when they reprint the work in their many digests, which are often their bestselling books. Or the usual - DeCarlo's lawsuit had to do with the fact he didn't get anything for the Josie and the Pussycats movie or cartoons. I'm guessing he also didn't see a dime from the Sabrina TV shows, even though he co-created the character. Penders apparently filed his lawsuit because the characters and concepts he created for the comic were being used in the video games and he wasn't getting any royalties on the games. I dunno, I don't really blame him. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 7, 2018 12:41:46 GMT -5
And I thought Marvel was bad...
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 7, 2018 12:43:22 GMT -5
I was surprised that Dazzler ran as long as IT
did.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 7, 2018 12:49:21 GMT -5
Damn him! How dare he want to protect himself and his creations. Shame on him for not bowing down to his corporate masters. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 7, 2018 12:51:49 GMT -5
Well, Archie Comics has a long history of lawsuits and rights issues with their creators. Even Dan DeCarlo, the greatest Archie artist ever, who created their house style and basically defined the company for decades, ended up in a huge legal dispute with them at the end of his career. Most of the time, it has to do with the fact that they don't pay anything to their artists when they reprint the work in their many digests, which are often their bestselling books. Or the usual - DeCarlo's lawsuit had to do with the fact he didn't get anything for the Josie and the Pussycats movie or cartoons. I'm guessing he also didn't see a dime from the Sabrina TV shows, even though he co-created the character. Penders apparently filed his lawsuit because the characters and concepts he created for the comic were being used in the video games and he wasn't getting any royalties on the games. I dunno, I don't really blame him. If Penders had created characters in an entirely comic that weren't affiliated with the Sonic/Sega branding, that would be different. But after Penders won his lawsuit(s), he kept trying in vain to launch a comic with the characters he created in Archie's Sonic universe  I'm not saying that Penders didn't deserve credit for helping to save Sonic from cancellation and maybe he did deserve a bit more recognition then he was getting |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 7, 2018 12:56:00 GMT -5
That is some butt ugly graphic design.
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 7, 2018 13:42:06 GMT -5
Yes, it was back-up stories, but I was surprised that Johnny Quick outlasted the Golden Age Flash: Jay Garrick's last solo story was published in December 1948, and stuck with the JSA until 1951, but Johnny stayed in the race until October 1954.
I was also surprised to learn that Eerie Publications' sordid line of black & white pre-code horror reprints/remakes lasted until 1981! I remember reading some of these monstrosities in the early 70's, before I started buying comics, but I don't remember noticing them at all during my prime comics collecting years, even though I sampled plenty of the Warren and Marvel B&W magazines. I don't remember ever seeing them or flipping through them, which seems strange since I continued to be something of a horror fan through those years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 13:50:49 GMT -5
Gold Digger from Antarctic press...  the current series (the third) is at 249 issues and counting. The first series ran 4 issues. the second 50 issues and there have been 20 Annuals as well. Plus various mini series, cross-overs series with other indy characters and one-shots. -M |
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