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    Default The Best of 1940-1944

    What are your favorite stories, arcs, etc., from this period?

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    "Brothers in Crime" from Batman #12. Saccharine, yes, but a wonderful story nonetheless.

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    Batman #12 from 1942


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    Favorite? Probably the first Joker stories from Batman #1.
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    Batman #1 from 1940


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    Of course it needn't be said (but I'll say it anyway) that this was one of the most fruitful eras in comics history. It saw the debuts of the Flash, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, Captain Marvel, the Spectre, Hourman, Robin, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Atom, Red Tornado, the JSA, Starman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hawkgirl, Plastic Man, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Green Arrow & Speedy, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, Mister Terrific and Air Wave (!) among others.

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    The first time Lois Lane questioned whether Clark Kent & Superman were one and the same, Superman #17 from 1942:

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    I've read mostly Batman and Detective from this era. Wonderful stuff.

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    The first appearance of Dick Grayson, the world's first super hero sidekick.


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    One of my favorites. The first appearance of the Golden Age Clayface. Very creepy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Air Wave View Post
    Of course it needn't be said (but I'll say it anyway) that this was one of the most fruitful eras in comics history. It saw the debuts of the Flash, Hawkman, Johnny Thunder, Captain Marvel, the Spectre, Hourman, Robin, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Atom, Red Tornado, the JSA, Starman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hawkgirl, Plastic Man, Johnny Quick, Aquaman, Green Arrow & Speedy, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, Mister Terrific and Air Wave (!) among others.
    Batman and Superman are cool and all, but when you have so many other characters to choose from, trying to pick a favourite is impossible. You've got Reed Crandall's Blackhawk, Jack Cole's Plastic Man, C.C. Beck's Captain Marvel, Mac Raboy's Captain Marvel Jr. Then there's great work by Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Jerry Robinson, Mort Meskin, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Burnley, Fred Ray, Bernie Krigstein.

    Pound for pound this was the greatest period of creation in comics history.

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    More Fun Comics (DC's original title) #52 from 1940. The first appearance of the Spectre.

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    Adventure Comics #50 from 1940

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    Well, as my avatar kind of tell :



    The start of quite a long career. (that's from 1940 by the way, January i think)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Starter Set View Post
    Well, as my avatar kind of tell :



    The start of quite a long career. (that's from 1940 by the way, January i think)
    Aside from the Flash, this was also the first appearance of both Hawkman and Johnny Thunder.

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    Not trying to be picky here but FLASH COMICS No. 1 went on sale November 10th in 1939. This is a significant detail as it came out a month before WHIZ COMICS No. 2. And there's a reason why there's not a WHIZ COMICS No. 1. The same month as All-American Comics, Inc. was releasing the first issue of their FLASH COMICS, Fawcett was going to release the first issue of its FLASH COMICS starring Captain Thunder--so they scrapped that and changed the names to Whiz and Marvel respectively.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Kelly View Post
    Not trying to be picky here but FLASH COMICS No. 1 went on sale November 10th in 1939. This is a significant detail as it came out a month before WHIZ COMICS No. 2. And there's a reason why there's not a WHIZ COMICS No. 1. The same month as All-American Comics, Inc. was releasing the first issue of their FLASH COMICS, Fawcett was going to release the first issue of its FLASH COMICS starring Captain Thunder--so they scrapped that and changed the names to Whiz and Marvel respectively.
    I'm going by cover dates but you're right.

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