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Brian Hague
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Another one-
Alan Scott, Bart Simpson, Woodstock, Kermit the Frog, & Link from Legend of Zelda.
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Doug Centers
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Robotman had a backup story in Detective Comics, and Vigilante in Action Comics in Dec. 1950 also. I dunno maybe all had backup stories that month? Except Wonder Woman was in a JSA story. Like I said, I dunno!
Here's a small grouping of 3;
Nighthawk, Spider-Man, Nova
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Dave Phelps
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| Posted: 25 September 2019 at 4:52am | IP Logged | 3
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Brian Hague wrote:
| All of the characters on your list, Dave, were regularly featured at one time or another in Adventure Comics. |
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Mostly true, but I pointed out the month for a reason.
Doug Centers wrote:
Robotman had a backup story in Detective Comics, and Vigilante in Action Comics in Dec. 1950 also. I dunno maybe all had backup stories that month?
Except Wonder Woman was in a JSA story. Like I said, I dunno! |
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Getting there, but for what I was going for look at what title was wrapping up that month (per Mike's Amazing World of Comics anyway) and the rules for that title 10 years prior.
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Brian Hague
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Were they characters that survived DC's purge of super-heroic features at the end of the Golden Age? Feb/Mar. 1951 was the cover date of All-Star Comics #57, "The Mystery of the Vanishing Detectives!" the final story for the Justice Society in that era.
The characters you listed were not members of the Justice Society (except for WW whose title as Secretary meant that she had a job on the team, but was nevertheless a full member.) so... DC characters who survived the purge because they weren't JSA members, maybe? I'm trying to recall what rules applied to the JSA "ten years before that."
One was that if a character received their own title, they were rotated off the team to prevent over-exposure and give some other up-and-comer a shot at the spotlight. WW was often sidelined in observance of this practice*, but she was still considered a member. I'm not certain I know any other rules. At least, not off-hand.
* And because her creator, Wm. Moulton Marston, was not happy with Gardner Fox's attempt at writing the character for a chapter in an early issue of All-Star and nixed any further attempts.
Edited by Brian Hague on 25 September 2019 at 6:43am
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Brian Hague
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Doug, characters re-designed by John Romita, perhaps? His Spidey is different in many respects from Ditko's. Nighthawk was originally designed by John Buscema, awkwardly re-designed by Len Wein, and re-designed again by Romita for the Defenders. Nova was a fan character created by Marv Wolfman, re-designed by Romita to appear simpler and more stream-lined.
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Brian Hague
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Here's one that's pretty simple, but fun:
Supergirl, Power Girl, Agatha Harkness, Sabrina Spellman, & Alexandra Cabot.
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Eric Sofer
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Here's one that, for the start, I'm making part one of a two part clue.
Batman, Dr. Fate, Hourman, Sandman, the Spectre, Starman, and Superman. CLUE #1: The simplest answer is not the one I'm looking for.
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Dave Phelps
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I wrote:
| Wonder Woman, Shining Knight, Johnny Quick, Green Arrow, Aquaman and possibly Vigilante, Robotman and Robin, circa December 1950 (or March 1951 if you go by cover dates). |
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Brian Hague wrote:
The characters you listed were not members of the Justice Society (except for WW whose title as Secretary meant that she had a job on the team, but was nevertheless a full member.) so... DC characters who survived the purge because they weren't JSA members, maybe? I'm trying to recall what rules applied to the JSA "ten years before that."
One was that if a character received their own title, they were rotated off the team to prevent over-exposure and give some other up-and-comer a shot at the spotlight. WW was often sidelined in observance of this practice*, but she was still considered a member. I'm not certain I know any other rules. At least, not off-hand. |
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No sense in drawing it out...
As you can guess by the name, "All-Star Comics" was designed to spotlight DC/American's "top characters," other than those who had their own series. So the "rules" I had in mind were a) didn't have a solo book, as you pointed out, and b) had their own solo feature. (Except for Wonder Woman, who got in but didn't get to do much until they changed formats (i.e. dropped individual chapters in favor of smaller groups) the last few years of the run.)
So basically, if All Star/the JSA had followed the same rules throughout the run, only the characters I listed were truly eligible to be in that final JSA story.
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Dave Phelps
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Eric Sofer wrote:
Batman, Dr. Fate, Hourman, Sandman, the Spectre, Starman, and Superman.
CLUE #1: The simplest answer is not the one I'm looking for. |
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Is 1941/2 cover features the simplest answer you're not looking for?
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Brian Miller
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My lord. You guys are going way over my head.
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Eric Sofer
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Dave P. - it is not, although your is not wrong. Just not the one I'm looking for.
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Wait, are we looking for the simplest answer and your answer, Eric? :-)
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