Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #2!

By: Mike Tiefenbacher

Mike Tiefenbacher — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:27:43 +0000

Without dismissing anything else Bob Ingersoll wrote about the DC vs. Fawcett lawsuit, I must add that he is wrong on one point: DC was not known as "National Periodicals (sic) Publications" or even "National Periodical Publications" or, for that matter, "NPP" when this suit was going on. Before 1947, while the suit was going on, it was "Detective Comics," as publisher of "Superman" and "Action Comics." After 1947 (following the buy-out of Max Gaines' All-American Comics) the new company was redubbed "National Comics Publications." It would not be renamed "National Periodical Publications" until 1961 (perhaps in preparation to going public--"NPP was its stock-exchange abbreviation). This is a common error which few comics historians seem to acknowledge, but it's kind of an important distinction.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Extremely Brief Reviews Of Massive Hardcovers

Comics Should Be Good! » Extremely Brief Reviews Of Massive Hardcovers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:25:10 +0000

[...] * Mr. Miracle, my favorite Fourth World character in concept, is also my favorite of the original creations in the issues contained here. Partially because of the stories, but mostly because Iâ€™ll always prefer the adventures of a super escape artist based on Jim Steranko to any other character, I enjoyed his story the most, even if the character synonymous with him, Barda has yet to appear. [...]

By: Richard Gagnon

Richard Gagnon — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:44:58 +0000

Erm--

Isn't Steranko himself invariably the source of all the "Steranko the Escape Artist" stories? In all the years I've heard of these wondrous tales, I've never seen a shred of convincing evidence.

I'd love to see come corroboration by his supposed contemporaries in the field, like James Randi, for instance.

I'd love to see a little more skepticism when writing about urban legends.

By: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #102 | Collecting Comix Blog

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #102 | Collecting Comix Blog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:06:49 +0000

[...] A couple of years later, Liefeld helped co-found Image Comics, and in his new title, Youngblood (which, as mentioned in the second Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed, was mostly a reworking of a pitch Liefeld made to DC for a new Titans book), he featured a character named, interestingly enough, Cougar. [...]

By: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #99 | Collecting Comix Blog

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #99 | Collecting Comix Blog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:59:43 +0000

[...] As I discussed in the second installment of Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed, after a lengthy lawsuit with DC Comics and with sales dwindling, Fawcett Comics decided to simply cease publication of their comic book superheroes, putting such notable heroes as Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. into mothballs. [...]

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:15:49 +0000

Good point, Matt!

Thanks.

By: Matt Hawes

Matt Hawes — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:03:40 +0000

There was a small comic book company named Megaton that put out a free promotional comic that featured the first published appearance of Rob Liefeld's "Youngblood." So, if the Image Youngblood was a re-working of a pitch for the TEam Titans at DC, then that was, in turn, a re-working of his ideas for Youngblood at Megaton.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #102

Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #102 — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:06:17 +0000

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #99

Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #99 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:16:09 +0000

By: Comment 4 can't read

Comment 4 can't read — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:17:07 +0000

[...] to ONE OF the very first Comic [...] not the FIRST but ONE OF the first. Don't read much, do you?

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #96

Comics Should Be Good! » Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #96 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:27:49 +0000

[...] That is why, going all the way back to one of the very FIRST Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed, folks still think Fawcett lost the rights to Captain Marvel to DC Comics due to DC Comics suing them. [...]

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:34:15 +0000

Thanks, Daniel!

By: Daniel Foery

Daniel Foery — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:18:55 +0000

Hi Brian,

I've been reading through your columns and I gotta say they're awesome.

Great work!

By: Superecwfan1

Superecwfan1 — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:46:11 +0000

Whoa....that was horrible to hear about for Fawcett. Thanks for clearing that Urban Legend up.

And I never knew that Rob Lefield was pitching for a Titans series in the 90's. Wow...the things ya learn online.