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Greater Demand - 1938 Amazing Fantasy 15 or 1962 Action 1 ?

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Spidey or Supey?  

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  1. 1. Spidey or Supey?

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Bronty

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Let's say both books came out in the same month, same year. Either June 1938 or August, 1962. The are in the exact same supply in all grades. Which do you think would be worth more, and ergo in greater demand?

 

None of this - which book has been around longer or was the start of the hobby BS. Just... holding all other factors the same. Which has greater demand. The boy scout that more people forget about with every passing day? Or the character on pretty much a continuous upward trajectory since 1962?

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RockMyAmadeus

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The point is moot.

 

Without Supes, superheroes may not have existed, or may not have done all that well. Without Supes, Stan Lee may have never gotten involved in comics. Without Supes, there may have been no Timely/Atlas/Marvel.

 

Yet, without Spiderman, nothing changes about Superman, at the very least from 1938-1962..

 

Sure, we can hypothesize all day long IF they came out at the same time...but they didn't.

 

The choice is clear: without Supes, Spiderman may not even have been.

 

Without Spiderman, Supes remains Supes.

 

No contest.

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RockMyAmadeus

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And..."forget about every passing day"...?

 

"upward trajectory since 1962"...?

 

lol

 

No, no bias there, not at all....

 

Action Comics is fast approaching its 900th issue. No other character has been published, uninterrupted, for so long.

 

And lest we forget.....the clone saga nearly did Spidey in.

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ImageMask

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The point is moot.

 

Without Supes, superheroes may not have existed, or may not have done all that well. Without Supes, Stan Lee may have never gotten involved in comics. Without Supes, there may have been no Timely/Atlas/Marvel.

 

Yet, without Spiderman, nothing changes about Superman, at the very least from 1938-1962..

 

Sure, we can hypothesize all day long IF they came out at the same time...but they didn't.

 

The choice is clear: without Supes, Spiderman may not even have been.

 

Without Spiderman, Supes remains Supes.

 

No contest.

 

And this board wouldn't be here without RMA? Really! Really.. doh!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Speedy-D

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The point is moot.

 

Without Supes, superheroes may not have existed, or may not have done all that well. Without Supes, Stan Lee may have never gotten involved in comics. Without Supes, there may have been no Timely/Atlas/Marvel.

 

Yet, without Spiderman, nothing changes about Superman, at the very least from 1938-1962..

 

Sure, we can hypothesize all day long IF they came out at the same time...but they didn't.

 

The choice is clear: without Supes, Spiderman may not even have been.

 

Without Spiderman, Supes remains Supes.

 

No contest.

Agreed. It's silly to try to compare these two comics on a level playing field, then ask which does better. If your point is just to get at which character comic collectors like better these days, I'd say it's a safe bet that Spider-Man will win. But so what? There's more to the importance of Action Comics #1 than how much comic collectors like the character of Superman.

 

Action has two things going for it, both of which cannot be touched. Number one, it's the first superhero comic. There's no getting around the importance of that. It's the first. :sumo:

 

Second, not only is it the first superhero comic, but that superhero is now, and will remain, one of the planet's top icons and most recognizable images. Superman is an icon, and it has nothing to do with what planet he's from, whether he's a nerd or a stud, which powers he has, or how much we can relate to him as a person. Icon status brings one above those things, to a rarefied place where they just don't matter. I can't stand Mickey Mouse, but that's got zero impact on my acknowledgement that he's a cultural juggernaut.

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whomerjay

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The pain of reading Comics General posts is really getting to be too much.

 

The OP proposes a hypothetical situation and asks a simple question. No one can leave it at that, instead we get lectured about what the reality is and how foolish the question is. doh!

 

 

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Speedy-D

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The pain of reading Comics General posts is really getting to be too much.

 

The OP proposes a hypothetical situation and asks a simple question. No one can leave it at that, instead we get lectured about what the reality is and how foolish the question is. doh!

 

lol He did pose the question based on the discussion in another thread, right? And it's only human nature to try to determine the meaning of a question, to get at what you're really being asked.

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mikenyc

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The pain of reading Comics General posts is really getting to be too much.

 

The OP proposes a hypothetical situation and asks a simple question. No one can leave it at that, instead we get lectured about what the reality is and how foolish the question is. doh!

 

lol He did pose the question based on the discussion in another thread, right? And it's only human nature to try to determine the meaning of a question, to get at what you're really being asked.

 

No it's more eliciting the opinions of the opinionated, leading to an eventual argument that will break done into rehashing of a past thread that turned ugly, which three guys remember.

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comicdonna

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The pain of reading Comics General posts is really getting to be too much.

 

The OP proposes a hypothetical situation and asks a simple question. No one can leave it at that, instead we get lectured about what the reality is and how foolish the question is. doh!

 

lol He did pose the question based on the discussion in another thread, right? And it's only human nature to try to determine the meaning of a question, to get at what you're really being asked.

No matter how the question is phrased, Superman will always win!
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Speedy-D

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The pain of reading Comics General posts is really getting to be too much.

 

The OP proposes a hypothetical situation and asks a simple question. No one can leave it at that, instead we get lectured about what the reality is and how foolish the question is. doh!

 

lol He did pose the question based on the discussion in another thread, right? And it's only human nature to try to determine the meaning of a question, to get at what you're really being asked.

 

No it's more eliciting the opinions of the opinionated, leading to an eventual argument that will break done into rehashing of a past thread that turned ugly, which three guys remember.

If you don't like eliciting the opinions of the opinionated, you're in the wrong place!

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