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Quote:DCs hero books were driven by three properties, Superman (and Superboy by extension), Batman, and Wonder Woman. They survived because they were the first of their kind, and the successes that everyone else piggybacked off of.
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Quote:You raise some interesting points, but when the Atlas Era comics are considered in relation to the offerings of other 50's publishers, then you can see they weren't any worse in terms of content or art.
Quote:The only exception to this is the EC New Trend line - where art and stories were truly outstanding for that period.
Quote:You have to look for some other reason for Atlas not doing well. Superhero comics were generally in decline and I don't think the Atlas heroes were as recognisable as DC's (not even Captain America, who was primarily a war hero, and the atmosphere had changed with the Cold War). DC was struggling anyway. The 50's was realy the decade for Sci - Fi and horror and the Atlas books on those themes did better, even though the the same talent pool was used as on the Heroes books.
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Quote:My observation, albeit from the perspective of the early 21st Century is that the revival of the Timely superheroes failed for two fairly obvious reasons.
Feb 14 07 2:42 PM
Quote:Consider that just a couple of years later, DC had fine success with the re-launches/revitalizations of THEIR super-hero characters by doing the sorts of longer stories and more graphically vibrant and superhero-like covers that Raven suggests would have been a good idea. One can imagine that if Marvel had put the same effort into their product, they might have sold more comics too!
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Feb 14 07 2:53 PM
Quote:Actually, that's a common misperception.
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Feb 14 07 3:20 PM
Quote:You have to remember, as far as all sellers were concerned, superheroes were dead, a fad whose time had passed. DCs hero books were driven by three properties, Superman (and Superboy by extension), Batman, and Wonder Woman. They survived because they were the first of their kind, and the successes that everyone else piggybacked off of.
Feb 14 07 3:35 PM
Quote:As for why the Atlas heroes failed, it just wasn't the right time for superheroes to make a return.
Quote:Superman, thanks partly to the George Reeves TV show, is the ONLY superhero to thrive in the 1950's.
Feb 14 07 3:51 PM
Quote:The 50's was realy the decade for Sci - Fi and horror
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