What are your favorite stories (or arcs, if such a thing existed then) of DC's earliest years, 1935-1939?
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What are your favorite stories (or arcs, if such a thing existed then) of DC's earliest years, 1935-1939?
[QUOTE=Air Wave;2990941]What are your favorite stories (or arcs, if such a thing existed then) of DC's earliest years, 1935-1939?[/quote]Aside from Superman and Batman stories (in [I]Action Comics[/I] and [I]Detective Comics[/I]), how many are readily available to the average reader? :confused:
[QUOTE=MajorHoy;2992085]Aside from Superman and Batman stories (in [I]Action Comics[/I] and [I]Detective Comics[/I]), how many are readily available to the average reader? :confused:[/QUOTE]
Excellent question, and one of the reasons I asked. Aside from the earliest Superman and Batman stories all I could dig up among my own stuff is the first Slam Bradley story from Detective Comics #1 (1937) and some Scribbly stories from All-American Comics #6 (1939).
OK I'll take a stab at this. There are over 30 Superman stories from 1938-39, and I don't really remember any of them, aside from the first. There are only 8 Batman stories from the 30s though. I'm a fan of "The Batman Meets Dr. Death" from Detective Comics #29 (and its follow-up in the next issue).
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise is my choice for best character!
Okay, I lie. :)
[QUOTE=Air Wave;2998192]I'm a fan of "The Batman Meets Dr. Death" from Detective Comics #29 (and its follow-up in the next issue).[/QUOTE]
Off the top of my head, that would be my favorite of the ones I have read.
Anyone ever read any of the early Zatara stories? Have they been reprinted ever anywhere?
OK now I want to read these.
[url]http://www.comicbookbin.com/Zatara001.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Air Wave;2999336]Anyone ever read any of the early Zatara stories? Have they been reprinted ever anywhere?[/QUOTE]
I predict the Golden Age Zatara comics will be collected (Maybe in a Golden Age Omnibus), when the Justice League DARK movie finally comes out. (The Justice League Dark film will obviously star Zatara's daughter Zatanna.)
[QUOTE=Timothy Hunter;3000670]I predict the Golden Age Zatara comics will be collected (Maybe in a Golden Age Omnibus), when the Justice League DARK movie finally comes out. (The Justice League Dark film will obviously star Zatara's daughter Zatanna.)[/QUOTE]
I did see that there is an ARCHIVES edition that collects NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 so there is at least ONE story out there.
Sandman also debuted during this period.
[url]http://www.comicbookbin.com/adventurecomicsSandman001.html[/url]
And these are collected in an Archives edition as well.
I had an old book that collected some of the older Superman stories...They were terrible...Not sure if they went back that far but there were a lot of OLD superman stories...
[QUOTE=krazijoe;3002403]I had an old book that collected some of the older Superman stories...They were terrible...Not sure if they went back that far but there were a lot of OLD superman stories...[/QUOTE]
Yeah...in the real early days he wasn't terribly likable.
[QUOTE=Air Wave;3001728]Sandman also debuted during this period.
[url]http://www.comicbookbin.com/adventurecomicsSandman001.html[/url]
And these are collected in an Archives edition as well.[/QUOTE]
Has anyone read these?
Sandman and Zatara's appearances in the New York World's Fair seem to be better colored than their appearances in their ongoing titles.