Best backup feature

[bobpfef]

I was rereading some of my Alan Moore Miracleman's last night and when I got to the CRAPPY backups that Eclipse was putting in those books I starting thinking about backups that I actually liked.

 

A few that came to mind are Boy Commandos in Detective (Gold),

Tomahawk in Star Spangled,

Zot in Dimension 10 1/2 in Zot,

Manhunter in Detective (Bronze),

Rocketeer in Starslayer

 

Any other good backup features?

[PovertyRow]

I've always been partial to The Watcher. Re-enjoying them now in my recently acquired Collector's Item Classics.

[rjpb]

Rocketeer in Starslayer

 

I bagged my copies of these so that the Rocketeer back cover shows, and the front cover is against the backing board, and filed them with the rest of the Rocketeers.

 

Recently a JSA mini-series with crappy art & story in the main feature featured newly invented GA adventures of various JSA members by the likes of Cooke, Azzarello, Risso, Lark & Chabon as backups - excellent stuff.

[bobpfef]

Recently a JSA mini-series with crappy art & story in the main feature featured newly invented GA adventures of various JSA members by the likes of Cooke, Azzarello, Risso, Lark & Chabon as backups - excellent stuff.

 

I think I missed that. What was the title?

[Joanna]

The Huntress in Wonder Woman

[Zonker]

I was rereading some of my Alan Moore Miracleman's last night and when I got to the CRAPPY backups that Eclipse was putting in those books I starting thinking about backups that I actually liked.

 

A few that came to mind are Boy Commandos in Detective (Gold),

Tomahawk in Star Spangled,

Zot in Dimension 10 1/2 in Zot,

Manhunter in Detective (Bronze),

Rocketeer in Starslayer

 

Any other good backup features?

 

I like your choices, and we had a long discussion on a different thread recently over whether Dr. Strange in Strange Tales qualified as a back-up or not. I think the consensus was that the earlier tales did qualify, up to the point where he started sharing the cover. By that logic, I guess Steranko's Nick Fury wouldn't qualify as a back-up, with it appearing on the cover half the time.

 

Honorable mentions:

- Human Target in Action Comics

- Green Arrow (by Giordano or Mike Grell) in Action Comics

- Dr. Fate (by Giffen) in the Flash

- Black Orchid in Phantom Stranger

- Kaluta's Spawn of Frankenstein in P.S.

- most all of the war backups when Archie Goodwin was a DC editor, a high point being "Burma Sky" by Alex Toth.

[aardvark88]

Think we discussed this a few weeks ago. Try Walt Simonson's art on Manhunter back up stories in Detect Comics 100 pagers circa 1978. Clones, ninjas, armaggedon, dystopian future.

[thanos_oftitan]

The Tales of Asgard stories were always a good read.

[Rocketeer]

Rose and the Thorn in bronze Lois Lane

[seank]

Gyro Gearloose in Uncle Scrooge.

[FlComicFan]

Moon Knight before he got his own book in the back of the Hulk magazine. Most of the ones mentioned were very good.

[supapimp]

Rose and the Thorn in bronze Lois Lane

 

[rjpb]

Recently a JSA mini-series with crappy art & story in the main feature featured newly invented GA adventures of various JSA members by the likes of Cooke, Azzarello, Risso, Lark & Chabon as backups - excellent stuff.

I think I missed that. What was the title?

 

It was called JSA All Stars - the continuing story in the front of the book held zero interest for me, but I bought a few issues because of the back-up talent:

#3 - Darwyn Cooke - Doctor Fate done in a GA style

#6 - Azzarello & Risso do Hourman

#8 - Michael Chabon & Michael Lark tackle Mr. Terrific

[Fan4Fan]

The Inhumans origin in the back of Thor 146-152. Great Kirby/Sinnott art!

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

[FlyingDonut]

Cockrum Legion of Super Heroes in Superboy before the Legion took over the book.

[Rocketeer]

Cockrum Legion of Super Heroes in Superboy before the Legion took over the book.

 

Yeah,..they were pretty good,...up until issue 200....

[Rocketeer]

Don't forget the Green Lantern Green Arrow backups that continued in the back of the Flash #217-220,...I think this was a leftover story from the recently canceled Green Lantern series (#89),...cause starting with Flash #221 GL went solo and the stories went lame again....

[bobpfef]

Gyro Gearloose in Uncle Scrooge.

 

I think those are just okay. Sorta like the Grandma Duck stories. Not terrible like 90% of the

European [!@#%^&^] Gemstone is publishing these days, but no where near as good as the lead feature.