Short lived 70's books, the good the bad and the ugly.

[Prince Namor]

I, for one, am thankful that these weirdass comics exist. Joe Simon was not afraid to take the latest social phenomenon (18 year old vote - Prez, Hippie culture - Brother Power) and turn it into a comic.

 

Viva la 70s!!!

 

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[Zonker]

I, for one, am thankful that these weirdass comics exist. Joe Simon was not afraid to take the latest social phenomenon (18 year old vote - Prez, Hippie culture - Brother Power) and turn it into a comic.

 

Viva la 70s!!!

 

Still doesn't explain why DC thought it was a good idea though.

 

 

I've wondered about that as well. Lots of really oddball stuff came out of the Joe Simon / Jerry grandenetti shop in those years. I wonder if DC had one eye on the emerging success of underground comix and tried to do a code-approved version?

 

 

[Silver]

I am going to post the entire Shade series. Now, I love this series and think it was awesome, here are some stunning copies of a cool title. Now let's get this straight, I think Shade is AWESOME:

 

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[shadroch]

Ragman, anyone?

 

Its hard to imagine in the current atmosphere, but DCs non-Hero books consistantly outsold their super-hero books in the early 1970s. The powers that be seemed clueless as to what the comic reading audience wanted so they put out a buffet of a bit of everything.

Beowulf, Claw, The Avenger, The Shadow, Rima, Sword and Socery, monsters, ghouls, a revival of 1940s character in Freedom Brigade or whatever it ended up being titled they revived Captain Marvel and his coharts,,

Secret Society of Super-Villiansgave Joker his own book,, Gorillas, anything went for awhile.

[PeterPark]

Ragman, anyone?

 

Its hard to imagine in the current atmosphere, but DCs non-Hero books consistantly outsold their super-hero books in the early 1970s. The powers that be seemed clueless as to what the comic reading audience wanted so they put out a buffet of a bit of everything.

Beowulf, Claw, The Avenger, The Shadow, Rima, Sword and Socery, monsters, ghouls, a revival of 1940s character in Freedom Brigade or whatever it ended up being titled they revived Captain Marvel and his coharts,,

Secret Society of Super-Villiansgave Joker his own book,, Gorillas, anything went for awhile.

 

Prove it with scans, please!

[Silver]

Ragman, anyone?

 

Its hard to imagine in the current atmosphere, but DCs non-Hero books consistantly outsold their super-hero books in the early 1970s. The powers that be seemed clueless as to what the comic reading audience wanted so they put out a buffet of a bit of everything.

Beowulf, Claw, The Avenger, The Shadow, Rima, Sword and Socery, monsters, ghouls, a revival of 1940s character in Freedom Brigade or whatever it ended up being titled they revived Captain Marvel and his coharts,,

Secret Society of Super-Villiansgave Joker his own book,, Gorillas, anything went for awhile.

 

Prove it with scans, please!

 

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Ok, I changed the title of this thread because Ragman and Shade were very, very good books, much better than other superhero books at the time. In fact, I put those Shade covers by Ditko up against anything you would find from the mid to late 70's.

[Brian48]

I loved this series back in the day due to George Freeman's work.

 

[Zonker]

The Good! (Great, I'd argue)