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And to the point that others are making, excusing the material for being lame because "they were restricted to 7 and 8 page stories". Might I remind you all that EC (being done contemporaneously with the Atlas revival) was also restricted to 7 and 8 page stories, and yet those stories were compelling and well-written.

I would argue the point that ALL of the writing being done for EC at the time was compelling and well writen. Certainly, some of it was, but reading them back-to-back ala the Archives, they are just as repetative and formulaic as their contemporaries.

It's also much easier to write a 7 or 8 page story about nobody than it is about somebody. A continuing character has to have time to develop and to build a retinue of secondary characters. Writing about a different husband killing his wife every month doesn't require continuity or a back story. Plus you can kill off the star of the story in each story!
ATLAS ERA SUPERHERO REVIVAL OMNIBUS!