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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2018 20:03:30 GMT -5
Most Golden Age titles were anthologies. The most successful characters spun out of those titles into their own solo titles. Those solo titles featured the title hero exclusively except for Timely. Their Big 3 solo titles had a story in each title showcasing another hero. Sub-Mariner had the Angel. Capt America had various features. Torch had Sub-Mariner. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 14, 2018 0:33:54 GMT -5
In addition to Timely, Golden Age publishers Centaur, Fox, Quality, Ultem, Columbia, and Better also released solo books that included multiple back-up series, many including just a single story per issue of the title character. DC/AA, Fiction House, and Fawcett featured only the title character.
Cei-U!
Has this stuff permanently seared into his brain by this point!
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 15:25:19 GMT -5
Most Golden Age titles were anthologies. The most successful characters spun out of those titles into their own solo titles. Those solo titles featured the title hero exclusively except for Timely. Their Big 3 solo titles had a story in each title showcasing another hero. Sub-Mariner had the Angel. Capt America had various features. Torch had Sub-Mariner. Has anyone else noticed this? Well, Flash comics was an anthology, too! Wonder Woman was pretty much all Wonder Woman, though. (At least at the beginning.) Fun trivia: First solo hero to get his own title? The Blue Beetle! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2018 15:38:12 GMT -5
Most Golden Age titles were anthologies. The most successful characters spun out of those titles into their own solo titles. Those solo titles featured the title hero exclusively except for Timely. Their Big 3 solo titles had a story in each title showcasing another hero. Sub-Mariner had the Angel. Capt America had various features. Torch had Sub-Mariner. Has anyone else noticed this? Well, Flash comics was an anthology, too! Wonder Woman was pretty much all Wonder Woman, though. (At least at the beginning.) Fun trivia: First solo hero to get his own title? The Blue Beetle! But Flash Comics was not Flash's solo title, All Flash was. -M |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 15:49:49 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Fair point.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 14, 2018 16:27:08 GMT -5
Wonder Woman was pretty much all Wonder Woman, though. (At least at the beginning.) She also headlined the anthology title Sensation Comics. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 14, 2018 16:27:38 GMT -5
All-Flash sounds like a criticism.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 14, 2018 17:47:42 GMT -5
Most Golden Age titles were anthologies. The most successful characters spun out of those titles into their own solo titles. Those solo titles featured the title hero exclusively except for Timely. Their Big 3 solo titles had a story in each title showcasing another hero. Sub-Mariner had the Angel. Capt America had various features. Torch had Sub-Mariner. Has anyone else noticed this? MLJ Magazines, Inc (eventually known as Archie Comics) followed the same publishing habits with the anthology title Pep's premiere issue introducing The Shield (January, 1940), the first patriotic-themed superhero...  ...only for The Shield to get his own title shared with The Wizard...  . One might argue that the Wizard shared the title with the Shield, but his features never headlined, and was the back up story in that comic. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 14, 2018 18:18:31 GMT -5
Fun trivia: First solo hero to get his own title? The Blue Beetle! Fun, yes. True, no. Superman #1 hit the stands on May 18 of '39, months before Blue Beetle #1 (which includes an ad for the December-dated Fantastic Comics #1). Cei-U! I summon the party pooper! |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 18:26:28 GMT -5
Damn it! Yeah, I misremembered that. This is not my thread.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 14, 2018 19:32:40 GMT -5
A lot of Golden Age solo titles were, like, Slappy Rabbit or some cowboy radio show I have never heard of. I wonder if those are mostly one character or more anthological in nature.
The only Golden Age title I sort of collect in floppies is Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, and that tends to be long stories featuring the titular Bunny with short 1-2 page funny animal features. I'm not sure if that would count as a Captain America anthology or a Superman solo book...
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 14, 2018 20:50:18 GMT -5
A lot of Golden Age solo titles were, like, Slappy Rabbit or some cowboy radio show I have never heard of. I wonder if those are mostly one character or more anthological in nature. The only Golden Age title I sort of collect in floppies is Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, and that tends to be long stories featuring the titular Bunny with short 1-2 page funny animal features. I'm not sure if that would count as a Captain America anthology or a Superman solo book... I consider it a solo title, since it was a spin-off of the anthology title Fawcett's Funny Animals. Cei-U! I summon the fluffiest Marvel! |
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Post by electricmastro on Nov 2, 2019 19:51:17 GMT -5
More solo/self-titled series:
DC Comics - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Superboy, Flash Comics, The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog, Green Lantern, Phantom Stranger
Fawcett Comics - Captain Marvel Adventures, Captain Marvel Jr., Captain Midnight, Mary Marvel, Bulletman, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, Spy Smasher, Golden Arrow, Ibis the Invincible, Minute Man: The One Man Army!
Quality Comics - Blackhawk, Plastic Man, Doll Man, The Spirit, Kid Eternity, Uncle Sam Quarterly, Lady Luck
Street & Smith - Shadow Comics, Supersnipe Comics, Doc Savage Comics, Red Dragon
Hillman Periodicals - Airboy Comics
Marvel Comics - Captain America Comics, Human Torch Comics, Sub-Mariner Comics, Venus, Super Rabbit, Blonde Phantom, Miss Fury Comics, Namora, Sun Girl, Miss America Comics
Lev Gleason Publications - Daredevil Comics, Silver Streak Comics, Captain Battle Comics
Novelty Press - Blue Bolt, Target Comics
Charlton Comics - Atomic Mouse, Atomic Rabbit, Yellowjacket Comics, Nature Boy
Fox Comics - Blue Beetle, Green Mask, Phantom Lady, Cosmo Cat, The Flame, Samson, The Bouncer, The Eagle
Harvey Comics - Black Cat Comics, Green Hornet Comics, Flash Gordon Comics, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Stuntman
Nedor Comics - Supermouse, Fighting Yank, Black Terror
Centaur Comics - Amazing-Man Comics, The Arrow, Masked Marvel
Temerson - Cat-Man Comics, Captain Aero Comics
Archie Comics - Black Hood Comics, Hangman Comics, Super Duck Comics
Ajax-Farrell - Captain Flight Comics, Captain Jet, Black Cobra
Spark Publications - Green Lama, Golden Lad
Nation-Wide Publishing - Captain Atom
Prize Publications - Fighting American
Rural Home Publications - Blue Circle Comics
Eastern Color Printing - Buck Rogers
Magazine Enterprises - Funnyman, The Avenger, Strong Man, Undercover Girl
EC Comics - Moon Girl
Ace Comics - Our Flag Comics
Sterling Comics - Captain Flash
Columbia Comics - Skyman
Dynamic Comics - Major Victory Comics
Toby Press - Purple Claw
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 2, 2019 20:37:47 GMT -5
I remember Blonde Phantom had Miss America as a back-up feature, but Namora was all Namora. They should do facsimile editions of Namora #1 and Blonde Phantom #12 & 13, the heck with such recent things as Spider-Woman and Howard The Duck!
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Post by zilch on Nov 2, 2019 22:21:02 GMT -5
Even the comics that were strictly one hero occasionally broke the mold. Blackhawk had solo stories for Chop-Chop, Superman had solo Lois Lane stories, Batman/Alfred (even though Robin might have been a better fit), All-Flash/Three Dimwits, ect. And in AA, Hop Harrigan appeared EVERYWHERE!
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