tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post8676543624127914379..comments2024-02-18T05:17:03.553-05:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: At The Will Of Doom!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-84655677273352029202019-02-28T21:06:29.995-05:002019-02-28T21:06:29.995-05:00M.P. I cannot deny that! The potential in that c...M.P. I cannot deny that! The potential in that cover probably made me pee a little as a youth standing at the spinner rack.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-64651527500121787702019-02-28T20:32:19.020-05:002019-02-28T20:32:19.020-05:00I'll be the first to agree that crossovers lat...I'll be the first to agree that crossovers later got WAY outta hand, but the sheer coolness of that cover and the chance to see all these cats together in one issue musta blown some young minds back in the '60's. Thor vs. the Thing! As a kid I might have been tempted to hold up a liquor store (or maybe a lemonade stand with a slingshot)for the money. I didn't pick up a copy of this till I was in my thirties, and it cost a heckuva lot more than 12 cents by then but fortunately I had the cash and didn't have to resort to a felony. <br />i just love that cover!<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-87795836428150094502019-02-27T16:42:06.924-05:002019-02-27T16:42:06.924-05:00And this example of "Daredevil" being co...And this example of "Daredevil" being continued in "Fantastic Four" seems simplicity itself, especially compared to that convoluted "Galactic Storm". However, what a modern collector might not appreciate was that these two comics came out <b>way</b> before specialty comic shoppes. The only source for "funny books" were the spinner racks at drugstores, supermarkets or convenience stores, where the proprietor just had the magazine distributor deliver a random assortment of titles. Certainly no inventory monitoring. There were times I couldn't get the next instalment of a two-part story in the same book, let alone skip to another comic entirely.<br /><br />Not to ramble on ad nauseum, but this marketing strategy is really flawed. When these two comics came out, my income was a weekly allowance of 25¢. A 12¢ comic I had not budgeted for was a major expense consideration. The numbers have changed in these modern times, but the budgetary considerations are essentially identical.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-89402816636122893002019-02-27T16:07:07.981-05:002019-02-27T16:07:07.981-05:00Murray, a few days ago I was thinking along the sa...Murray, a few days ago I was thinking along the same lines as your comment while preparing a future post that mentioned the <i>Operation: Galactic Storm</i> crossover, which spanned seven titles and heaven knows how many parts. In the particular issue I was researching, I happened to glance at the notation above the cover banner, which read "Part 17"--and I could only shake my head in astonishment at the thought of readers having to seek out each and every part of that series and keep such careful track of everything. I'm not usually one to deride continuity, since it's that very concept that helped Marvel build its readership in the first place--but in these multi-crossovers it was arguably abused, IMO.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-85262190999750950862019-02-27T10:08:40.823-05:002019-02-27T10:08:40.823-05:00I think you may be correct on this being the first...I think you may be correct on this being the first cross-over. Ah, an innocent bit of fun would devolve across the years until a fan can't collect a title for more than a half-dozen issues in a row before being required to buy some title he has zero interest in buying. It evokes heavy sighs within me to reread my old collection and have some issues bounce wildly in a speed-bump with the blurb on the splash page "Confused why (Hero) is wearing a pink tutu and a top hat? Check out issue #121 of "(something I never bought", probably still on sale!"<br /><br />Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.com