shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Dec 2, 2014 20:38:42 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? Don't forget Marvel had an edge here in terms of startup cost because they'd acquired Curtis Magazines, so the infrastructure was already in place for producing and distributing the magazine format. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 2, 2014 21:05:14 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? You might have read that MK story from Marvel Preview in its coloured form in Moon Knight Special Edition 3. I agre with Ish - Marvel's black and white line probably never impressed DC with its at best middling success. And DC had already to create their own commercially viable Conan equivalent in MAD was a unique one-off and I don't know that there was any obvious way to build a black and white line from its popularity. But if they had tried, I think the some of the most obvious things to try would have been b&w versions of their various horror anthology colour sereis - House of Secrets, etc. And, a little later, perhaps Mike Grell's Warlord - never read it myself, but that colour series seemed to be popular enough to enjoy a long run and the fantasy world seemed suitable to b&w in the same way REH or ERB stories would. Come to think of it, I wonder why Marvel never tried launching any ERB series in b&w format. Maybe their deal with the Burroughs estate came too late in the day and their b&w line was already dying out, except for SSoC. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 2, 2014 21:17:15 GMT -5
Did any of Kirby's proposed DC magazine line - In the Days of the Mob, Spirit World - ever get published as magazines? I've only seen the reprint.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 2, 2014 22:15:57 GMT -5
Yes, they were both originally magazines; the only ones DC ever did except for Mad.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 20:02:43 GMT -5
I never thought about it. I did enjoy Marvel's magazines.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 21:46:23 GMT -5
I wish magazines would come back in fashion. I like the Archie magazine format comics. I really liked all the Bronze Age mags. Both the anthology kinds as well as the Elfquest/Love And Rocket type creator owned ones. I like the larger format. I also like the tendency of them having outstanding black and white art, but I'd enjoy color ones as well.
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Post by fanboystranger on Dec 3, 2014 22:46:20 GMT -5
I wish magazines would come back in fashion. I like the Archie magazine format comics. I really liked all the Bronze Age mags. Both the anthology kinds as well as the Elfquest/Love And Rocket type creator owned ones. I like the larger format. I also like the tendency of them having outstanding black and white art, but I'd enjoy color ones as well. If you're looking for a good anthology, the last decade plus of 2000AD has been pretty excellent under Matt Smith's stewardship. He's undoubtedly the best contemporary editor still working (until Karen Berger gets her line started if the rumors are true), and I think he'll be remembered one day with the greats like Archie Goodwin, etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2014 23:50:13 GMT -5
I've read a few issues and liked them but that series is cost prohibitive for me. If it were bimonthly instead of weekly I'd probably be a subscriber.
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