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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 13:54:02 GMT -5
Jim Baient's Tarot Witch of the Black Rose has run for 108 issues...  (one of the few work safe covers from the series) -M |
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Post by rberman on Feb 7, 2018 14:22:41 GMT -5
I was surprised that Dazzler ran as long as it did. The original disco queen concept was just one of Marvel's many gasping-for-air commercial tie-ins of the late 70s and early 80s, but the concept of a pop star with super powers could be used for all kinds of show biz satire purposes in the right hands. Ann Nocenti was on to something similar with her Mojoverse in which stuntmen were the lowest class of society. I can't think of any particular "right hands" who ever worked on Dazzler, though. |
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Post by MDG on Feb 7, 2018 14:55:48 GMT -5
I was surprised not many years ago when I discovered the original Plastic Man made it to 1956! Also,that some Gold Key mystery titles like Boris Karloff made it well into the 70s.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 7, 2018 15:19:58 GMT -5
 3 whole issues?Most dumb ideas are good for a single panel gag, at best.... Some board members born after the 80's might think this is a joke cover, but this comic series was soooooo 1980s ('86, if I recall), It married the obsession with "throwback/traditionalist" Reagan mixed with the utter stupidity of the steroid / terrorist killin' action hero of that era (Schwarzenegger, Stallone, et al.). Its just so...stupid!  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 7, 2018 16:16:52 GMT -5
3 whole issues?Most dumb ideas are good for a single panel gag, at best.... Some board members born after the 80's might think this is a joke cover, but this comic series was soooooo 1980s ('86, if I recall), It married the obsession with "throwback/traditionalist" Reagan mixed with the utter stupidity of the steroid / terrorist killin' action hero of that era (Schwarzenegger, Stallone, et al.). Its just so...stupid! I bought the first issue for less than cover, as a lark, then took it home and read it. It was goofy satire; but, at a real high school level. And not a top-ranked high school, either. It also featured a Deathlok copyright violation, as Rich Buckler stuck him in, with (as I recall) no alteration to the character! I'm sure Marvel heard, probably took one look at it and realized that the court filing fees were greater than anything they would get from a lawsuit and just let it go. Really, you could put any Solson comic here, as there wasn't a single original or even "meh" idea in their entire output. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 7, 2018 16:19:46 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. Quick was a Mort Weisinger creation and appeared in Weisinger magazines. See also Green Arrow. Jay Garrick died with the demise of All-American Publications as a separate entity, with Wonder Woman being pretty much the only survivor. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 7, 2018 16:31:46 GMT -5
Also,that some Gold Key mystery titles like Boris Karloff made it well into the 70s. Oh yeah, that reminds me of some of those Charlton series, that nobody seems to collect, but somebody somewhere must have been reading. Unless, of course, Charlton was a mob front for laundering money, which I have heard may have been the case. Fightin Army, Fightin' Navy, and Fightin' Marines all lasted until 1984, reaching #172, 176, and 133 respectively. Ghostly Tales made it to issue #169 before it was also cancelled in 1984 along with most of the line. I Love You was still being published in 1980, and made it to #130, years after DC and Marvel had stopped publishing romance books entirely. Dr. Graves was one of a handful of titles they tried to revive in 1986, with #75 being the last published:  I'm not really a Chalrton guy either, but when I see any 1986 Charlton books, I try to pick them up, because they aren't very common. |
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Post by The Captain on Feb 7, 2018 16:32:18 GMT -5
I was surprised that Dazzler ran as long as it did. The original disco queen concept was just one of Marvel's many gasping-for-air commercial tie-ins of the late 70s and early 80s, but the concept of a pop star with super powers could be used for all kinds of show biz satire purposes in the right hands. Ann Nocenti was on to something similar with her Mojoverse in which stuntmen were the lowest class of society. I can't think of any particular "right hands" who ever worked on Dazzler, though. Outside of JRJR doing the art for the first handful of issues and Bill Sienkiewicz supplying covers for about 10 issues or so, it was not a pretty sight on the Dazzler creative team lineup. Tom DeFalco, Danny Fingeroth, and Archie Goodwin wrote almost all of the series, and Frank Springer provided the art for the majority of the issues. I own one issue of the series, which I picked up for $1 at a convention, and I have no interest in getting any others. |
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Post by The Captain on Feb 7, 2018 16:40:03 GMT -5
The original Alpha Flight series ran for 130 issues, but outside of the Byrne issues, was there ever anything memorable about the series?
Darkhawk went 50 issues (and I sadly still have all of them), but it was only good for about the first dozen or so.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight went 60 issues, and there is nothing notable about any one of them except for the last few that introduced Stephen Platt's art to the world. Quasar hit the same number, and that run didn't even have Platt's art as a notable moment.
Silver Surfer ran for 146 issues. Why?
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Post by brutalis on Feb 7, 2018 16:40:54 GMT -5
DC comics has Scooby Doo starting in 1997 and still going strong monthly with 248 issues as of January 2018.
DC also has Looney Tunes which started in 1994 with 240 issues (#241 due in March 2018) and still coming out bimonthly.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 16:42:39 GMT -5
Archie Comics had several series that were "copies" of Archie & his friends.  Wilbur Comics lasted 90 issues.  That Wilkin Boy lasted 52 issues. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2018 16:43:41 GMT -5
Sonic the Hedgehog.1993-2016. 290 issues. The reason why this book lasted from 1993 to 2016 and 290 issues is the fact that this character is based on the video game that gone through changes and those games are very popular one indeed. The various upgrades and incarnations made Sonic a very visible character and that's why it's lasted 290 issues. The Gaming Community kept it alive for 23 years ... that's phenomenal! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 7, 2018 17:44:40 GMT -5
The ones that surprised me a bit:
Bob Hope ran for 109 issues, ending in early 1968. By that time, the kids buying comics had little or no idea who Bob Hope was.
Jerry Lewis had 40 issues with Dean and 84 solo, ending in 1971.
Tomahawk - 140 issues, from 1950 to 1972.
Kid Colt - 229 issues, from 1948 to 1979.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 7, 2018 18:26:41 GMT -5
Silver Surfer ran for 146 issues. Why?
No way. I call foul ! The Surfer series was very entertaining and the cosmic anchor of the MU for the years that it was in operation. I have from 1-124 and most of the other books up until 144. For the first 75 issues it was very good if not great , despite some lackluster artwork from Marshal Rogers to begin the series. |
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Post by shaxper on Feb 7, 2018 18:43:33 GMT -5
Albedo ran for 34 issues, which may not sound so impressive by itself, but it also remained in publication, on and off, for twenty two years.
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