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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:14:31 GMT -5
I was just wondering why DC never tried to get in on doing some magazines during this time period. Or maybe they did and I am just not aware of it? I know they released oversized tabloid (is that the term for them?) books now and then but that isn't the same thing as a monthly magazine. Marvel seemed to be pushing this format pretty hard for awhile at least with the Conan, Kung Fu and Monster Mags.
And if they had, what do ya'll think would have been some good choices to go with? They could have done a Kung Fu mag with Richard Dragon for example. Warlord could have competed with Conan. Maybe I Vampire as a monster book?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:19:41 GMT -5
Batman. He seems like the obvious choice for a black and white comic magazine with an adult target audience.
Marvel also had The Hulk, Spider-Man, The Punisher, and I'm sure other super heroes in mags at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:22:47 GMT -5
Batman. He seems like the obvious choice for a black and white comic magazine with an adult target audience. Marvel also had The Hulk, Spider-Man, The Punisher, and I'm sure other super heroes in mags at the time. A Doug Moench b/w Batman magazine would have been a lot of fun. I'd totally forgotten about Spider-Man, the Punisher and The Hulk having magazines. I think the Punisher magazine was mostly or all reprints. The Hulk mag was fun and had some nice backup stories. I remember Moon Knight in some of them. Never had a chance to check out the Spider-Man magazine. A b/w horror title featuring Swamp Thing could have been interesting. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:25:48 GMT -5
Oh yeah, there was a Moon Knight magazine too I think. I had an issue, but it may have been a Marvel Preview or something, like the Starlord ones.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:27:08 GMT -5
Yep, Marvel Preview.  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 2, 2014 18:28:25 GMT -5
DC tried 2 magazine titles in the early 70s produced by Jack Kirby-In The Days Of The Mob and Spirit World. Sales must have been disasterous. Instead DC went to the 100 page format comic as well as the giant size Tabloid books. They also produced some magazine-sized graphic novel mags in the 80s. There was a number of SF oneshots as well as reprints of material done originally for the European market such as a Superman issue
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:30:53 GMT -5
Yep, Marvel Preview. Neat, I'm a pretty big fan of Moon Knight and I wasn't even aware of that. Shaxper should look into doing a Moon Knight read through (1st series) since he is a big fan of Moench and it's basically just more Moench doing Batman. Anyway back on subject.. Just doing a little research and I realized I'd forgotten a number of other good Marvel magazines. Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction and Doc Savage for example. Still quite curious as to why DC never even gave this format a try. Anybody know? |
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Post by badwolf on Dec 2, 2014 18:32:26 GMT -5
Wasn't there something called Plop! in the 70s? I think it was a Mad/Crazy/Cracked type of mag.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:32:41 GMT -5
DC tried 2 magazine titles in the early 70s produced by Jack Kirby- In The Days Of The Mob and Spirit World. Sales must have been disasterous. Instead DC went to the 100 page format comic as well as the giant size Tabloid books. They also produced some magazine-sized graphic novel mags in the 80s. There was a number of SF oneshots as well as reprints of material done originally for the European market such as a Superman issue Interesting, thanks for the info. So I guess DC felt that the tabloid books and larger sized comics were the way to go. Seems a bit short sighted somehow. Savage Sword of Conan ran for a really long time, that proves that there was a market for these even if most of their other magazines were fairly short lived. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 18:41:20 GMT -5
Maybe they figured by ignoring magazines, which I imagine sold considerably less than traditional comics, they could corner the treasury and tabloid market?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 2, 2014 18:51:02 GMT -5
Wasn't there something called Plop! in the 70s? I think it was a Mad/Crazy/Cracked type of mag. Plop was a DC comic book. DC owned Mad magazine since the 1970s so in a way, DC always had a magazine on the stands |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 19:01:33 GMT -5
Wasn't there something called Plop! in the 70s? I think it was a Mad/Crazy/Cracked type of mag. Plop was a DC comic book. DC owned Mad magazine since the 1970s so in a way, DC always had a magazine on the stands Hmmm, so they felt it was worthwhile to keep a humor mag on the stands. But not worth trying to compete in the superhero/barbarian/kung fu/monster world for some reason? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 2, 2014 19:12:14 GMT -5
Marvel magazines were not very succesful saleswise. Magazine titles were canceled within 2-3 years. The exceptions were, of course, Conan which can be chalked up to that particular character's popularity. Crazy magazine lasted many years but as I said, DC already had Mad Magazine. In the 1980s Marvel's Epic magazine ran multiple years but was a prestige title with low sales. All the other Marvel Mags-horror,SF or superheroes had short runs. Even the hottest trend items like Planet of the Apes and Deadly Hands of Kung Fu only lasted 30 some odd issues. I don't think DC thought they were ignoring a money-making format |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 19:36:15 GMT -5
Marvel magazines were not very succesful saleswise. Magazine titles were canceled within 2-3 years. The exceptions were, of course, Conan which can be chalked up to that particular character's popularity. Crazy magazine lasted many years but as I said, DC already had Mad Magazine. In the 1980s Marvel's Epic magazine ran multiple years but was a prestige title with low sales. All the other Marvel Mags-horror,SF or superheroes had short runs. Even the hottest trend items like Planet of the Apes and Deadly Hands of Kung Fu only lasted 30 some odd issues. I don't think DC thought they were ignoring a money-making format True, but I am more surprised that DC didn't even attempt to compete. SSOC ran for 21 years. Marvel kept their magazine line alive from the 70s up through the early 90s even if many of the magazines didn't last that long, so clearly there was profit to be made there. True a lot of that was the popularity of the Conan character. But why not try something with Warlord, Klaw or another sword and sorcery character? Maybe try and pick up the rights to Elric or something. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 2, 2014 20:28:35 GMT -5
Plop was a DC comic book. DC owned Mad magazine since the 1970s so in a way, DC always had a magazine on the stands Hmmm, so they felt it was worthwhile to keep a humor mag on the stands. But not worth trying to compete in the superhero/barbarian/kung fu/monster world for some reason? And if I'm remembering right Mad outsold any single comic title by a 2-1 margin. So it's surprising that DC didn't try to capatilize on that. |
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