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[Silver]

[Silver]

[selegue]

 

 

A repeat

 

 

in which ol' Mort Weisinger tells continuity-conscious fans (who soon lost interest) to bug off

 

 

and one of only 457,291 carefully preserved copies of Uncanny X-Men 264 (Gerber SI 0.00001)

 

 

Jack

 

[JohnT]

in which ol' Mort Weisinger tells continuity-conscious fans (who soon lost interest) to bug off

 

 

Jack

 

...and demonstrates why DC was soon to get it's clock cleaned by Marvel.

[Silver]

in which ol' Mort Weisinger tells continuity-conscious fans (who soon lost interest) to bug off

 

 

Jack

 

...and demonstrates why DC was soon to get it's clock cleaned by Marvel.

 

It would be some years after that issue before Marvel's best seller would overtake DC's. Superman sold a lot of copies every month.

 

I think that is a funny comment, because it seemed like DC became continuity conscious around that time anyways

[JohnT]

in which ol' Mort Weisinger tells continuity-conscious fans (who soon lost interest) to bug off

 

 

Jack

 

...and demonstrates why DC was soon to get it's clock cleaned by Marvel.

 

It would be some years after that issue before Marvel's best seller would overtake DC's. Superman sold a lot of copies every month.

 

I think that is a funny comment, because it seemed like DC became continuity conscious around that time anyways

 

I agree. I've been meaning to start a thread over in Silver about the early development of DC continuity and how it started the SA rolling. Just haven't gotten around to it. Ironically, I think the rise of letters pages in their books drove the move, despite the negative example posted!

[john72tex]

[Ant-Man]

[steelcity]

...A third Adventure Comics #264.

Silver is right. By late 1959 the DC superhero books were just starting to flex their continuity muscles. References to past stories became more common and the Superman Family titles had cross-overs galore!

 

 

[JohnT]

 

These Milgrom Hulk covers aren't really working for me.

[charlie]

 

 

[Silver]

 

Many of the devices for silver age Superman family stories came from Superboy:

 

Robot doubles

Bizarro

Red Kryptonite

Krypto the Superdog

Legion of Super-Heroes

Phantom Zone

 

I am sure I am forgetting something...

[JohnT]

I never liked the concept of duplicate robots. Too often they were used as a crutch to get Superboy/man out of a difficult situation. Part of the fun of the character was guessing which of his arsenal of superpowers he was going to use to get out of a jam. Using a robot eliminated the fun.

[steelcity]

Don't forget the bottle city of Kandor.

I know I once did, and accidentally kicked it over. It was years before they invited me back for a visit...

 

Oh, and Brainiac. Another major SA character.

 

[JohnT]

Don't forget the bottle city of Kandor.

I know I once did, and accidentally kicked it over. It was years before they invited me back for a visit...

 

Oh, and Brainiac. Another major SA character.

 

Both those started in Action.

 

 

[steelcity]

As a sort of Legion spin-off the characters of Elastic Lad and Mon-El were part of the SA in their own right. Both were in so many x-overs between titles as to put Marvel to shame!

[steelcity]

 

Beautiful colors on these books, Charlie!

 

[steelcity]

Don't forget the bottle city of Kandor.

I know I once did, and accidentally kicked it over. It was years before they invited me back for a visit...

 

Oh, and Brainiac. Another major SA character.

 

Both those started in Action.

 

 

Yes, I hadn't read Silver's post properly. I realise now he was only talking about the Superboy titles.

[selegue]

 

 

An unusual element page from Detective 265

 

 

Uncanny X-Men 265 -- I had trouble with the muddy colors on this one

 

 

Thor 265

 

 

Jack

 

[Silver]