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Post by tarkintino on Feb 10, 2024 23:50:23 GMT -5
Superman #73 (December, 1951).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 9, 2024 17:36:38 GMT -5
I will pick up any late 1970s and 1980s-era Batman or Detective issues if I can get them for $2 or less, which usually isn't too difficult. A lot of these books focus on the classic villains, which I enjoy. I've read a good bit of Silver Age and early Bronze Age Batman and it's decent but not necessarily my cup of tea, especially the Detective Comics in the early 1970s that had a supernatural bent to it. Early Bronze Age Batman was the character and co-stars at their best. Batman was born not only from the adventurous side of pulp stories, but the mysterious and yes, supernatural side as well, so it was a perfect fit to fully restore the heart of the original, dark Batman, only it was occasionally mixed with the then in-vogue supernatural / gothic story wave seen on TV and film of the period. This was not limited to Batman titles, as it would also have an interesting presence in the final year or so of the original Teen Titans comic.
driver1980: the most interesting 1980's Batman stories dealt with something he was forced to face in 1969: breaking longstanding ties; in Batman #217 (December, 1969), Dick Grayson moved out to go to college, leading Bruce Wayne to openly embrace being a solo crimefighter again, losing the 60s trappings (which had already happened from the editor and writer's changes made two year earlier), and being more of the detective again, which continued Batman's greatest run of stories. In the 1980's Batman would break free again, with conflicts he could not accept within the JLA, thus leading to the creation of The Outsiders, which I felt was--in its early stage--one of the best examples of a flagship comic book superhero able to successfully spin-off into another series with a language all its own, and not simply be the West Coast Avengers version of the JLA.
Add the occasional revisiting of the tension between Grayson and Wayne (about Wayne learning to respect that his former junior partner was every bit the detective and leader he was, along with Wayne coming to grips with Grayson wondering why he was never officially adopted as Bruce's son), and 1980s Batman was an always fascinating, evolutionary period for the character--at least up to midway in the decade.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 9, 2024 15:57:25 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 9, 2024 15:55:50 GMT -5
Action Comics #806
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 9, 2024 12:04:56 GMT -5
Four Color #804
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 9, 2024 12:00:44 GMT -5
Jughead #8 (October, 1951).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 15:34:25 GMT -5
Four color #801
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 14:49:50 GMT -5
Detective Comics #799
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 14:38:57 GMT -5
Let's put it this way: there's a few YouTube toy-themed channels where the hosts are extremely obsessed with the 1980s G.I. Joe toy line and comics, and some often argue that Hama's work was some great, important chapter in comic book history. I disagree with that, but I will leave it there.
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 14:35:02 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 13:11:23 GMT -5
Tales from the Crypt #25 (August, 1951).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 11:10:10 GMT -5
Four Color #796
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 8, 2024 11:08:35 GMT -5
The Vault of Horror #19 (June, 1951).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 7, 2024 17:17:31 GMT -5
Crime SuspenStories #4 (April, 1951).
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 7, 2024 17:10:33 GMT -5
Popeye #1 (1935). Cover by E.C. Segar.
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