May - 26th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #13!
Posted at 4:01 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Justice Society of America was canceled for a reason other than sales. STATUS: True In 1991, Len Strazewski and four different artists did a mini-series starring the Justice Society of America, who had not appeared in comics since DC’s Crisis event from six years earlier, in a flashback story set in 1950. [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #12!
Posted at 4:12 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Marvel HAS to publish a Captain Marvel comic book. STATUS: For all intents and purposes, True As I stated in two (here and here)earlier Urban Legends Revealed, after they settled with DC, Fawcett ceased publication of Captain Marvel. In the mean time, at one point in the 60s, Marvel decided that they [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #11!
Posted at 4:04 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Marvel killed off a Thunderbolts character because of a rights problem. STATUS: True In the pages of Wizard, there was a contest held to let the fans figure out who would be the next villain faced by the Thunderbolts. The winning entry was introduced in the pages of Thunderbolts #19, and his [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #10!
Posted at 4:00 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: DC dictated the format of Marvel comics for more than a decade. STATUS: True In the late 1950s, publisher Martin Goodman was expanding Atlas/Marvel’s place in the marketplace. However, they ran into a MAJOR problem in 1957. They had signed a distribution agreement with American News Company. However, due to some problems [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #9!
Posted at 3:58 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Marvel and DC own the trademark of the word “Super Hero.” STATUS: True Reader Jason asked a question about a Captain America T-Shirt that he had that had a DC copyright on it. It is likely that Jason’s T-Shirt was, in fact, an error. However, it did remind me of something that [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #8!
Posted at 3:45 pm | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, the Daily Planet and Kryptonite all appeared on the Superman radio show before they ever appeared in the comic book. STATUS: True As Superman grew in popularity in the late 30s, he gained a radio program. The radio program quickly outgrew the amount of stories that were supplied [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #7
Posted at 1:32 am | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: DC had an ongoing comic that simply repackaged old TV tie-in comics. STATUS: True In 1969, in the 81st issue of Showcase, DC tried out a new pair of teen characters, Windy and Willy, who were two hippy friends. The first story was titled “The Haunted Hippie.” The story was popular enough [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #6
Posted at 1:25 am | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: After the Captain Marvel decision, DC bought Fawcett’s characters. STATUS: False The fact remains (as pointed out here) that Fawcett’s sales had gone down a lot by the mid-50s, as did most superhero titles. The Fawcett/DC suit had begun at the height of Fawcett’s sales, and by the time Fawcett settled, the [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #5
Posted at 1:20 am | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: All-Star Comics #3 was an inter-company crossover. STATUS: True A good deal of comic book fans are familiar with All-Star Comics #3, as the late 1940 comic features the first appearance of the Justice Society of America. Written by comic legend Gardner Fox, the team was made up of (in their first [...]
May - 15th
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #4
Posted at 12:35 am | Filed Under Comic Book Urban Legends
COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Artist Joe Jusko dressed up as Captain America for the cover of a comic book. STATUS: True Artist Joe Jusko is well known for his comic book paintings (amongst other paintings he does). In fact, here is a sample of his art on a Captain America print… However, that is not Jusko’s [...]
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