My greatest adventure 80 2 2

[shiverbones]

As I was deslabbing my copy of this, I got to thinking, are doom patrol the first new concept dc super heroes of the silver age?

the ga heroes had new origins, but were not new concepts, the other introductions like Adam strange, challengers, rip hunter etc weren’t super powered, and more along the lines of exotic adventurers.

am I missing an obvious earlier new dc silver superhero?

 

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[shiverbones]

Ah, never mind.... Martian manhunter 

anyway, might as well talk about the greatness of mga  80

[Sal]

Oh, yes.  Let's.  Such an underrated book. 

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[Sal]

boy i wish i could delete this post.

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[Straw-Man]

love my 5.5, tho' must crop off the offending label.

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[shiverbones]

I really like the overworked style of Premiani on this one as opposed to the more simplified look of the later issues. It gives it a more off kilter realistic look instead of the more cartoony approach

[shiverbones]

34 minutes ago, Sal said:

Oh, yes.  Let's.  Such an underrated book. 

That’s a superb copy!

[shiverbones]

49 minutes ago, Straw-Man said:

love my 5.5, tho' must crop off the offending label.

Looks like a white pager

[Readcomix]

Love, love this book (and title/team)...you guys are gonna make me fire up the laptop and go get mine to post. 

[shiverbones]

Please do!

[Readcomix]

Found 'em!

 

[shiverbones]

Wow! Triplets!

In 6th grade I started going to an lcs that had one on the wall for the princely sum of $11, and I thought it looked like such a magical book. And even later when I was reading morrison’s Run monthly I wanted to get one, but never did. Took me until I was 45 

[Readcomix]

I think its a relatively tough book to find, at least in pre-internet days if you weren't a show-goer. My first copy is on the left; had it so long I'd have to go to my notes for when/how acquired. The other two came within a couple weeks of each other, and just a couple years ago. An LCS I frequent landed both in separate collections. Better than what usually shows up locally so grabbed both. I always loved Premiani's art, and that black cover is striking.

[rlextherobot]

About 2003 I set myself the goal of buying every Doom Patrol book. I believe I got my MGA 80 from Harley Yee at a show in 2014? Still a grail and I often take it out of the DP boxes to gaze at it lovingly. 

[shiverbones]

I am slowly working on the 60s appearances, but also considered the omnibus to read them and save some money

[rlextherobot]

On 6/20/2019 at 1:29 PM, shiverbones said:

I really like the overworked style of Premiani on this one as opposed to the more simplified look of the later issues. It gives it a more off kilter realistic look instead of the more cartoony approach

I'm rereading the run right now and it's pretty striking how much Brunos style changes over the course of 40 or so issues. Like you I prefer his earliest stuff, it has an elegance and classic vibe I think is neat. I wonder if the later stuff was an attempt to fit in with DC's gogo groovy makeover of the era. 

[Straw-Man]

On 6/20/2019 at 3:51 PM, shiverbones said:

Looks like a white pager

nice eye; white pager, indeed.

[bronze johnny]

On 6/20/2019 at 11:08 AM, shiverbones said:

As I was deslabbing my copy of this, I got to thinking, are doom patrol the first new concept dc super heroes of the silver age?

the ga heroes had new origins, but were not new concepts, the other introductions like Adam strange, challengers, rip hunter etc weren’t super powered, and more along the lines of exotic adventurers.

am I missing an obvious earlier new dc silver superhero?

 

Great book! First superhero concept would be the Legion of Superheroes in Adventure Comics 247. 

[shiverbones]

Dang! I always forget the legion 

but martian manhunter was first, unless you don’t consider that silver, but I always have

[bronze johnny]

12 minutes ago, shiverbones said:

Dang! I always forget the legion 

but martian manhunter was first, unless you don’t consider that silver, but I always have

I forget sometimes too.  

The consensus is that any books published prior to Showcase 4 is not Silver.