This is excellent! Great video! Of course my eyes 👀 kept wandering up to that beautiful boxed set of Tarzan. And losing my hair did start me on the road to evil.
I'm not sure if it was the move to 12 cents or 15 cents, but it really had a major impact on comics. Marvel had slightly older readers, so they could afford the extra cost. They both lost a lot of readers, but DC lost more. That was the real reason for the end of the type of DC comics you prefer.
I've got to share my version of the "Still 10 cents" story: One of my strongest memories from childhood is reading a 10-cent DC comic -- don't remember which one -- that contained one of DC's frequent house ads, this one for an issue of *Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane*. The ad showed a cover of the issue, which had a rather large black and white box saying "12 cents." I thought it was the beginning of the end!
A child of the sixties, I never missed the Saturday morning reruns of Superman! As far as comics go, 10 cents sounds cheap, but heh, my allowance began at a nickel, so I couldn't buy comics often. Plus I had to wrangle the funds for candy and bubblegum. Gee, if only my problems were so small now!
One of the best episodes of World's Finest Team-Up yet, the joy on your face was priceless. The goofy fun tales of this era, from those I've read, are such a hoot and have an innocent naughtiness to them, the writers were very mischievous, I like that. The Lois Lane and Superman's secret had me laughing as you flicked through the pages, thank you for that, much enjoyed. Why isnt this celebrated in new collections, its honest clean fun with plenty of laughs.
My favorite stories of that era were the "imaginary tales" (of which the "Lex Luthor, Hero" story you spotlighted here is a prime example). Also fondly recalled is the Superman-Red and Superman-Blue issue and probably my personal pick, "Superman and Batman--brothers!", which appeared in WORLD'S FINEST and had the Kent's also adopting a newly-orphaned Bruce Wayne in addition to Clark... great stuff!
My buying of Superman, Action Comics, and the rest of the DC super-hero line began in 1964. A memorable story from that time was “Clark Kent's Incredible Delusion”, in which Clark Kent one day finds he has no super powers or costume, and “Superman” tries to snap Clark out of his delusion that he ever was Superman… a delusion that stemmed from an inferiority complex that Clark suffered growing up in Smallville under the shadow of Superboy.
Sadly, for me, by the 70s these comics had become stale - only in recently years have I discovered these charming and inventive versions of the Superman Family - currently trying to hunt down the Lois Lane run.
Excellent video.The onlySupermanStories that disappointed me in1968were printed inWorld'sFinestComics#178" The Has--Been Superman",continued in#180"Superman's Perfect Crime" More about these disappointing issues later,perhaps, when the occasion calls for it.
It is insane that they DC don’t do reprints like marvel! I wonder if they think that no one will buy them because they are “outdated”? Actually you know what would be cool? If DC or someone set up a print on demand thing where you could buy facsimiles of the original issues! Wouldn’t that be neat?
This is excellent! Great video! Of course my eyes 👀 kept wandering up to that beautiful boxed set of Tarzan. And losing my hair did start me on the road to evil.
I'm not sure if it was the move to 12 cents or 15 cents, but it really had a major impact on comics. Marvel had slightly older readers, so they could afford the extra cost. They both lost a lot of readers, but DC lost more. That was the real reason for the end of the type of DC comics you prefer.
I've got to share my version of the "Still 10 cents" story: One of my strongest memories from childhood is reading a 10-cent DC comic -- don't remember which one -- that contained one of DC's frequent house ads, this one for an issue of *Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane*. The ad showed a cover of the issue, which had a rather large black and white box saying "12 cents." I thought it was the beginning of the end!
A child of the sixties, I never missed the Saturday morning reruns of Superman! As far as comics go, 10 cents sounds cheap, but heh, my allowance began at a nickel, so I couldn't buy comics often. Plus I had to wrangle the funds for candy and bubblegum. Gee, if only my problems were so small now!
One of the best episodes of World's Finest Team-Up yet, the joy on your face was priceless. The goofy fun tales of this era, from those I've read, are such a hoot and have an innocent naughtiness to them, the writers were very mischievous, I like that. The Lois Lane and Superman's secret had me laughing as you flicked through the pages, thank you for that, much enjoyed. Why isnt this celebrated in new collections, its honest clean fun with plenty of laughs.
My favorite stories of that era were the "imaginary tales" (of which the "Lex Luthor, Hero" story you spotlighted here is a prime example). Also fondly recalled is the Superman-Red and Superman-Blue issue and probably my personal pick, "Superman and Batman--brothers!", which appeared in WORLD'S FINEST and had the Kent's also adopting a newly-orphaned Bruce Wayne in addition to Clark... great stuff!
I loved Superman back then I stopped reading comics when the price went to 12 cents.
I have one from 1942. Love the look.
My buying of Superman, Action Comics, and the rest of the DC super-hero line began in 1964. A memorable story from that time was “Clark Kent's Incredible Delusion”, in which Clark Kent one day finds he has no super powers or costume, and “Superman” tries to snap Clark out of his delusion that he ever was Superman… a delusion that stemmed from an inferiority complex that Clark suffered growing up in Smallville under the shadow of Superboy.
Comic Book Wednesdays....HIGHLIGHT OF HUMPDAY!
Sadly, for me, by the 70s these comics had become stale - only in recently years have I discovered these charming and inventive versions of the Superman Family - currently trying to hunt down the Lois Lane run.
Excellent video.The onlySupermanStories that disappointed me in1968were printed inWorld'sFinestComics#178" The Has--Been Superman",continued in#180"Superman's Perfect Crime" More about these disappointing issues later,perhaps, when the occasion calls for it.
It is insane that they DC don’t do reprints like marvel! I wonder if they think that no one will buy them because they are “outdated”?
Actually you know what would be cool? If DC or someone set up a print on demand thing where you could buy facsimiles of the original issues! Wouldn’t that be neat?
Deathlok next! I KNEW it! Can't wait.
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