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Feb 14 07 6:16 PM
Modern Age
Posts: 11307
Feb 14 07 8:04 PM
Quote:I know I've said this before in a similar thread: my theory is these characters just aren't that great. Captain America is the best one, but an android who's on fire and a mutant Atlantean anti-hero? I just don't think they are good enough to have broken through the other genres out there.
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Feb 14 07 8:42 PM
Registered Member
Quote:Captain America clearly resonates with people today just as well as he did back in the 40's.
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Feb 14 07 9:02 PM
Feb 14 07 9:18 PM
Quote:In any case, during the ultra-patriotic mid-'50s, if any non-DC superhero was going to have a shot at popularity, I'd say that Captan America would have been that character. The stories were good enough to have done it for Atlas if it was going to happen. It was just too soon.
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Feb 14 07 9:28 PM
Quote:Just curious - what were the big sellers?
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Quote:During the time period of the Atlas revival, 1953-1954, Batman was certainly "thriving" in Batman, Detective and World's Finest.
Quote:Captain Marvel thrived in 1953, but was put out of business.
Quote:Still, the clear winner was Superman in six titles: Superman, Superboy, Action, Adventure (Superboy), World's Finest, and Jimmy Olson (starting in 9/54).
Feb 14 07 9:32 PM
Feb 14 07 9:51 PM
Quote:Fawcett wasn't put out of business, they reached an out of court settlement with DC to stop publishing Captain Marvel. One of the reasons they threw in the towel on the court case was because sales on the Marvel Family titles were down, so the fight was no longer worth their time and money.
Feb 14 07 9:57 PM
Quote:It wasn't until the more numerous generation that began with the baby crops of the late '40s started making our own purchasing decisions that new superhero titles became viable.
Feb 14 07 10:22 PM
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Feb 14 07 10:27 PM
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Feb 14 07 10:35 PM
Silver Age
Feb 14 07 10:38 PM
Quote:I think the biggest problem with Subby is that they've never really found a way to use him correctly. The character himself is a strong one.
Feb 14 07 10:43 PM
Quote:I'm sure there were 5 million readers in America in early 1950.
Feb 15 07 1:00 AM
Feb 15 07 1:46 AM
Feb 15 07 2:47 AM
Quote:You'll notice it says "5 million readers", not "5 million sold."
Posts: 4707
Feb 15 07 2:57 AM
Golden Age
Feb 15 07 3:24 AM
Quote:A quick scan through Atlastales for other titles of the same vintage shows no other title making a similar boast, so there must have been something to it.
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