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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 8, 2023 8:38:07 GMT -5
One of the earliest books I remember owning and reading . I'll admit , it was a nothing burger of a story but it was cool to see all the villains in one book.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 8, 2023 10:26:02 GMT -5
I thought Brave and the Bold gave us one good anniversary issue out of the three they printed; unfortunately it was the final one of the series. Numbers 100 and 150 were meh at best. GL, GA and Black Canary had been overused by the time #100 came out, and the "surprise guest in #150 was (A) no surprise; and (B) someone we'd seen hundreds of times teaming with Batman. (And the cover for 100 perpetrates the stupid idea that in the DC Universe, wounds/injuries are bandaged outside one's clothing.)    |
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Post by Farrar on Oct 8, 2023 11:01:29 GMT -5
Ever the trendsetter  , Fawcett celebrated the 100th issue of Whiz Comics way back in 1948. Cover-dated Aug. 1948, this issue was on sale in early June 1948 (big thanks as always to Mike's site for cover date/release date info!) ....Not to be outdone, a couple of weeks later DC's 100th issue of All-American Comics hit the stands. ... DC followed up with these smashing 100th issues: Flash Comics #100 (cover-dated Oct. 1948) now it's called a "Special 100th Smash Issue!" (and despite the title and 100th issue celebration, no Flash action on the cover; he and Hawkman alternated on the cover and it was Hawk's turn, with Flash relegated to that month's inset) and Sensation Comics #100 (cover-dated Nov/Dec. 1950): back to the plain old "100th Smash Issue!" ... Regarding my earlier post: I wondered if these issues noted the 100th issue milestone within the comic books themselves, or if it was just mentioned on the covers. So I checked some online resources and I didn't see any mention of the milestone within the interiors of the DC mags ( All-American Comics #100, Flash Comics #100, and Sensation Comics #100). With Whiz Comics #100, however, it's a different story  : the 100 milestone is actually the focus of Whiz's lead story. Many thanks to the wonderful and invaluable comicbookplus site, which contains a scanned Whiz #100--here are some images:    I love the meta-ness and whimsy of this comic--this must have been such a fun series/franchise for readers back then, especially kids! For those who are interested, here's the link to the entire issue on comicbookplus. The cbp scan also includes a house ad (from another Fawcett comic) promoting the 100th Whiz issue. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 9, 2023 12:08:36 GMT -5
Another anniversary issue around this time was Sub-Mariner #40. Significant for the return of Bill Everett to his creation. I was sort of aware of this, and liked what Everett did. But I was too much a new fan to realize this was a bigger deal than I thought. And when I look back as these issues, I see that it was some of the best art Everett had done. I believe he had become sober and was able to produce excellent work again. Sadly he soon passed away.   Yes! I loved these Everett issues of Sub-Mariner. One of the few other comic fans I knew at the time traded some comics to me for some of my Sub-Mariner back issues. Once he filled the holes in his collection, he promptly stopped buying it because he thought having issues 1-50 was "valuable enough". I told him that he was missing some of the best work being published, but he wasn't interested. It was my first close encounter with the investment-oriented mindset among comic fans. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 9, 2023 21:34:52 GMT -5
My favorite anniversary issues are when a major event is correctly timed to happen on the anniversary, like Conan #100 (Death of Belit) and a fun number based cover, like Iron Man 100.
Marvel manages anniversaries just fine. I get now that in the interest of generating lots of #1s each writer gets one, I don't like it, but whatever. They do put the 'legacy #' on most issues now. How they sort it out for some titles I don't get, but it's there. For Iron Man, for instance, they've counted Superior Iron Man (which was Tony still as a bad guy after the Axis crossover), but not Infamous Iron Man (when Doom was playing Iron Man after his most recent death) or International Iron Man (which was Bendis' nonsense retcon about his 'real' parents) The current book is the 11th different series (Slott's book used 'Tony Stark, Iron Man on the cover, but the indicia sticks with 'Iron Man'(6), or 'Invincible Iron Man'(5). So the most recent one, the wedding issue says '10' as the number with 'Lgy 660' underneath.
Every Marvel book I get does the same. Does it suck? yes, it does. It's a big pain to keep track and I definitely feel like it takes away from the history, but they have no choice is the current 'I must start from the beginning or I'm not reading it' mindset that exists today.
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Post by driver1980 on Oct 10, 2023 4:11:10 GMT -5
I feel that having new ‘first issues’ and also legacy numbering is absurd, and a case of Marvel wanting to eat its cake and then still have it, too.
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Post by rberman on Oct 10, 2023 11:52:34 GMT -5
Another great group shot, this alone was worth the price of admission for me:  I love that rather than just a generic group shot, it's an image of Proty II taking a group photo of the Legion. And it's a jam piece with different characters by different artists, just as the interior story used artists from all across Legion history to tell stories from all across Legion continuity. The JLA milestone issue also was a multi-artist extravaganza, which is a nice way to go. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 10, 2023 12:50:30 GMT -5
The first anniversary issue I was ever aware of (and bought) was this one. I simply could not believe that Superman had been around for twenty... five... years!  I knew I saw that Superman cover before but it wasn't Superman. I thought I was going to loose my mind in the last 30 minutes it took me to figure it out. Dark Horse Presents #56 (Nov. 1991)  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 15, 2023 8:04:28 GMT -5
No mention of this gem ?  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 15, 2023 8:07:17 GMT -5
This book has the death of an Avengers along with a foil cover.  |
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 15, 2023 11:28:43 GMT -5
Iconoclastic as ever, MAD announced the milestone of its 100th issue in large font, only to have a purposely reduced Alfred E. Neuman write it off with "Big deal!" |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 15, 2023 12:31:06 GMT -5
This Spider-man book had an impact on his history.  |
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, Fawcett celebrated the 100th issue of Whiz Comics way back in 1948. Cover-dated Aug. 1948, this issue was on sale in early June 1948 (big thanks as always to 
: the 100 milestone is actually the focus of Whiz's lead story. Many thanks to the wonderful and invaluable comicbookplus site, which contains a scanned Whiz #100--here are some images: 
