Comments on: Four Decades of Fridays... part one http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:22:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Comics Should Be Good! » Friday’s Frequently Asked Questions http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-687372 Comics Should Be Good! » Friday’s Frequently Asked Questions Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:09:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-687372 [...] don’t. As I have documented many, many times — here and here are the most prominent — the DC characters were my gateway to comics and [...] [...] don’t. As I have documented many, many times — here and here are the most prominent — the DC characters were my gateway to comics and [...]

]]> By: Comics Should Be Good! » Friday at the Tryouts http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-676704 Comics Should Be Good! » Friday at the Tryouts Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:58:54 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-676704 [...] not really sure where it starts. You could say it started with my discovery of the television Batman in 1966, or perhaps with my discovery of the O’Neil-Adams version of Batman in the early 70’s. [...] [...] not really sure where it starts. You could say it started with my discovery of the television Batman in 1966, or perhaps with my discovery of the O’Neil-Adams version of Batman in the early 70’s. [...]

]]> By: Comics Should Be Good! » Friday at the Kids’ Table http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-668940 Comics Should Be Good! » Friday at the Kids’ Table Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:24:18 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-668940 [...] can tell you exactly what mine were. I’ve spoken before of how TV’s version of the DC characters, and Batman in particular, were a gateway to the [...] [...] can tell you exactly what mine were. I’ve spoken before of how TV’s version of the DC characters, and Batman in particular, were a gateway to the [...]

]]> By: Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part four http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-377683 Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part four Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:31:23 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-377683 [...] Part one is here. Part two is here. Part three is here. Now our last decade-long leap, to the time when comics actually became my job. [...] [...] Part one is here. Part two is here. Part three is here. Now our last decade-long leap, to the time when comics actually became my job. [...]

]]> By: Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part three http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-357051 Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part three Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:07:31 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-357051 [...] Part one is here; part two is here. Now let’s leap forward another ten years… to a really glorious year for comics. And a pretty good one for me, in retrospect, though it didn’t feel like it at the time. [...] [...] Part one is here; part two is here. Now let’s leap forward another ten years… to a really glorious year for comics. And a pretty good one for me, in retrospect, though it didn’t feel like it at the time. [...]

]]> By: Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part two http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-325844 Comics Should Be Good! » Four Decades of Fridays… part two Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:49:08 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-325844 [...] Last week, in Part One, I talked a little bit about what the comics and super-hero landscape looked like when I discovered them at the age of six. This week, I want to jump forward ten years, to what the world of comics looked like to me when I was sixteen. [...] [...] Last week, in Part One, I talked a little bit about what the comics and super-hero landscape looked like when I discovered them at the age of six. This week, I want to jump forward ten years, to what the world of comics looked like to me when I was sixteen. [...]

]]> By: Mark S http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-317319 Mark S Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:35:59 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-317319 Turned 46 in September so this is all very resonant - especially the impact of the Batman show and the magic of DC's Giants and Marvel's reprint titles (the first comic I read for myself was Marvel Collectors Item Classics 5). In the UK they were especially appealing as they weren't twice the price of a standard mag, but only 50% more - what an incentive! Turned 46 in September so this is all very resonant - especially the impact of the Batman show and the magic of DC's Giants and Marvel's reprint titles (the first comic I read for myself was Marvel Collectors Item Classics 5). In the UK they were especially appealing as they weren't twice the price of a standard mag, but only 50% more - what an incentive!

]]> By: mikesensei http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-307980 mikesensei Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:52:38 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-307980 I just turned 46, and your narrative of how you were drawn to this world of gaudy costumes tracks closely to my own. I look forward to part two. I just turned 46, and your narrative of how you were drawn to this world of gaudy costumes tracks closely to my own. I look forward to part two.

]]> By: Andy Vaughn http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-307970 Andy Vaughn Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:51:26 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-307970 Yeah '66 through '68...what atime for heroes and television. Just as you state from the beginnings of Batman and The Wild Wild West to the thrill of getting up on those Saturday mornings and knowing that Superman, Aquaman, the FF or Spiderman was coming up was something I looked forward to all week long. One of the first comics I remember getting was Batman 80 Page Giant number 98 with the story where Batman captured Joe Chill! The 80 pagers were the primes of DC's Silver Age for me, and still are. Yeah '66 through '68...what atime for heroes and television. Just as you state from the beginnings of Batman and The Wild Wild West to the thrill of getting up on those Saturday mornings and knowing that Superman, Aquaman, the FF or Spiderman was coming up was something I looked forward to all week long.

One of the first comics I remember getting was Batman 80 Page Giant number 98 with the story where Batman captured Joe Chill! The 80 pagers were the primes of DC's Silver Age for me, and still are.

]]> By: Dale Rawlings http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-307684 Dale Rawlings Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:03:25 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-307684 I too was immediately taken with the Batman t.v. show. However, my mother was a whack-job and wouldn't allow me to watch it when it was in syndication as she thought the show was sadistic and would give me ideas. So the show had this illicit allure for me growing up as any episodes I caught were done so totally on the sly. The Batman comics were fine for me to read. No objection to that. Same with the Filmation cartoon. It was just the live action show she objected to. Yeah.... I know. It makes TOTAL sense. She also almost threw my brother out of the house for going to see the Exorcist. He was 17 at the time. My attraction to comics came from his stack of Ghosts, House of Mystery, and Tales of the Unexpected that he had hidden on the top shelf of our storage closet, next to where our Halloween decorations were kept. I remember there was a ladder that I had to use to climb up to them and all this too was done on the sly. My mother would freak out and blow a gasket if she suspected I had been looking at my brother's collection of DC horror comics thinking it was warping my little mind and I think she eventually destroyed them. No wonder comics became my outlet for rebellion. I also wasn't allowed to watch Star Trek until I had stayed the night over at a friends house and saw Star Wars ( which she wasn't pleased about) but she decided that since I handled Star Wars fine then I was old enough for Trek. Again, I had already been catching that on the sly for several years. Making all these things verbotten only increased their lure for me. If I had unfettered access to all of these I would have most likely not been the rabid fan I am today. Want to make someone really interested in a book or film? Tell them they aren't allowed access to it. I too was immediately taken with the Batman t.v. show. However, my mother was a whack-job and wouldn't allow me to watch it when it was in syndication as she thought the show was sadistic and would give me ideas. So the show had this illicit allure for me growing up as any episodes I caught were done so totally on the sly. The Batman comics were fine for me to read. No objection to that. Same with the Filmation cartoon. It was just the live action show she objected to. Yeah.... I know. It makes TOTAL sense.

She also almost threw my brother out of the house for going to see the Exorcist. He was 17 at the time. My attraction to comics came from his stack of Ghosts, House of Mystery, and Tales of the Unexpected that he had hidden on the top shelf of our storage closet, next to where our Halloween decorations were kept. I remember there was a ladder that I had to use to climb up to them and all this too was done on the sly. My mother would freak out and blow a gasket if she suspected I had been looking at my brother's collection of DC horror comics thinking it was warping my little mind and I think she eventually destroyed them. No wonder comics became my outlet for rebellion.

I also wasn't allowed to watch Star Trek until I had stayed the night over at a friends house and saw Star Wars ( which she wasn't pleased about) but she decided that since I handled Star Wars fine then I was old enough for Trek. Again, I had already been catching that on the sly for several years.

Making all these things verbotten only increased their lure for me. If I had unfettered access to all of these I would have most likely not been the rabid fan I am today. Want to make someone really interested in a book or film? Tell them they aren't allowed access to it.

]]> By: fourthworlder http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-306705 fourthworlder Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:26:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-306705 I'm just a bit older than you so I totally remember the incredible power and drama of the Batman TV show, and the wonder of Saturday mornings, especially from 1966 to 68 (it was TWO glorious seasons of Saturday morning super-heroes, not one) Like you, Greg, I had family crap that led to a pretty solitary existence, and the TV superheroes were the greatest of escapes. I was five when Batman began, and I remember that on the day it first started I was really upset, tantruming and crying about something or other, grumbling and pouting all through dinner, and my mom said that there was a special show coming on, starting tonight, that she just KNEW I would love, and I that would forget all about the something or other, whatever it was. In my memory now I was basically something like a five-year-old Stewie from Family Guy. I was absolutely outraged that she was so crass as to think that a bloody television show could distract my righteous fury, that she even knew ANYTHING about what sort of new show I would like anyway, and that she would not be manipulating her way out of this issue so easily, and that...that... that music, that MUSIC, so intoxicating, what the deuce! What sort of bloody car is THAT??? Look that man is wearing a mask, and oh my lord this other fellow actually trying to SMASH him, and WHAT WAS THAT? What does K-A-P-O-W spell, answer quickly, vile woman! And I must have cookies! Cookies now, I say, and milk! And that was that. I remember getting so angry when adults would laugh at the show's puns, jokes and campiness. Did they not understand??? This was clearly no laughing matter! I saw absolutely nothing funny about that giant freaking clam. More cookies, quickly, during the commercial! I'm just a bit older than you so I totally remember the incredible power and drama of the Batman TV show, and the wonder of Saturday mornings, especially from 1966 to 68 (it was TWO glorious seasons of Saturday morning super-heroes, not one) Like you, Greg, I had family crap that led to a pretty solitary existence, and the TV superheroes were the greatest of escapes.

I was five when Batman began, and I remember that on the day it first started I was really upset, tantruming and crying about something or other, grumbling and pouting all through dinner, and my mom said that there was a special show coming on, starting tonight, that she just KNEW I would love, and I that would forget all about the something or other, whatever it was.

In my memory now I was basically something like a five-year-old Stewie from Family Guy. I was absolutely outraged that she was so crass as to think that a bloody television show could distract my righteous fury, that she even knew ANYTHING about what sort of new show I would like anyway, and that she would not be manipulating her way out of this issue so easily, and that...that... that music, that MUSIC, so intoxicating, what the deuce! What sort of bloody car is THAT??? Look that man is wearing a mask, and oh my lord this other fellow actually trying to SMASH him, and WHAT WAS THAT? What does K-A-P-O-W spell, answer quickly, vile woman!
And I must have cookies! Cookies now, I say, and milk!

And that was that.

I remember getting so angry when adults would laugh at the show's puns, jokes and campiness. Did they not understand??? This was clearly no laughing matter!
I saw absolutely nothing funny about that giant freaking clam.
More cookies, quickly, during the commercial!

]]> By: The Mighty Mightor http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-305852 The Mighty Mightor Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:30:25 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-305852 Hey there! I just thought I'd drop you a line to say how pleased I am that someone remembers my TV show. Boy, we had some fun shooting that thing. The folks I worked with on that show were amongst the nicest people I ever met in showbiz. Well, except for Alex Toth. Mr Toth and I had several disagreements during the shooting of the show and I've never hidden my disdain for his storytelling approach. He was very dismissive of me whenever I tried to contribute story ideas to the show, insisting that 'there was no room for that kind of thing on children's television'. It's my belief that his conservative method of storytelling led to the shows premature demise and I still contend that 'The Mighty Rape-or' could have been a great episode. And, hey, listen... all that stuff with your family... I... I wish I coulda been there for ya, kid... but, I... I was going through some problems of my own at the time... I, mean the show had just been cancelled and I... well, it was the sixties, y'know? I don't think I need say more. Anyway, you youngsters hang loose now, y'hear? It's great to know that an old caveman like me hasn't been forgotten! Your friend, The Mighty Mightor! Hey there! I just thought I'd drop you a line to say how pleased I am that someone remembers my TV show. Boy, we had some fun shooting that thing. The folks I worked with on that show were amongst the nicest people I ever met in showbiz. Well, except for Alex Toth. Mr Toth and I had several disagreements during the shooting of the show and I've never hidden my disdain for his storytelling approach. He was very dismissive of me whenever I tried to contribute story ideas to the show, insisting that 'there was no room for that kind of thing on children's television'. It's my belief that his conservative method of storytelling led to the shows premature demise and I still contend that 'The Mighty Rape-or' could have been a great episode.
And, hey, listen... all that stuff with your family... I... I wish I coulda been there for ya, kid... but, I... I was going through some problems of my own at the time... I, mean the show had just been cancelled and I... well, it was the sixties, y'know? I don't think I need say more.
Anyway, you youngsters hang loose now, y'hear? It's great to know that an old caveman like me hasn't been forgotten!

Your friend,

The Mighty Mightor!

]]> By: Dan Bailey http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-303362 Dan Bailey Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:09:48 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-303362 Very nicely done, with lots of personal resonance for me, who turned 48 2 months ago. I remember watching that first Batman on a school night in first grade, & the 80-Page Giants were what really hooked me a couple of years after that. Some 35 years later, having given up comics for (I thought) good as a college sophomore in late '78 & sold off my good-sized collection in the summer of '81, what ultimately lured me back in was the decision to collect all the Giants & Annuals ... Madness! Very nicely done, with lots of personal resonance for me, who turned 48 2 months ago. I remember watching that first Batman on a school night in first grade, & the 80-Page Giants were what really hooked me a couple of years after that. Some 35 years later, having given up comics for (I thought) good as a college sophomore in late '78 & sold off my good-sized collection in the summer of '81, what ultimately lured me back in was the decision to collect all the Giants & Annuals ... Madness!

]]> By: Andrew Collins http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-303162 Andrew Collins Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:56:40 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-303162 Greg Hatcher said: "Incidentally, I was going to mention that it amazes me how much of this stuff has become AVAILABLE again this last year." Never underestimate the power of nostalgia and the fact that all of us who grew up on those comics and cartoons now have the disposable income to buy the reprints and DVD box sets. :) Greg Hatcher said:
"Incidentally, I was going to mention that it amazes me how much of this stuff has become AVAILABLE again this last year."

Never underestimate the power of nostalgia and the fact that all of us who grew up on those comics and cartoons now have the disposable income to buy the reprints and DVD box sets. :)

]]> By: Kai http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-302849 Kai Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:19:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-302849 Great column Greg, really looking forward to reading part 2. Great column Greg, really looking forward to reading part 2.

]]> By: Greg Hatcher http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-302393 Greg Hatcher Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:32:12 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-302393 <blockquote>Ahhhhh! Too be continued! I %^&%ing HATE those!</blockquote> Ha! Walked right into that one, didn't I? Incidentally, I was going to mention that it amazes me how much of this stuff has become AVAILABLE again this last year. "The Sons of Superman" is in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/DCs-Greatest-Imaginary-Stories-Expected/dp/1401205348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195400406&sr=1-1"><strong>DC <em>Imaginary Stories</em></strong></a> collection. Everything that was ever in <em>Marvel Tales</em> and <em>Marvel's Greatest</em> has now been collected in the Essential books, except for the "Tales of the Watcher" short stories. And though I don't think they've hit the specific stories yet, the DC Showcases are going to catch up with the Flash comics that were in my first Giant with volume 2, and the Golden Age Flash story reprinted in that same Giant is in one of the <em>Crisis on Multiple Earths</em> collections -- I think it's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Multiple-Earths-Team-Ups/dp/1401204708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195400750&sr=1-1"><strong><em>Team-Ups</em> volume one</strong></a> but I can't swear to it. The recent DC <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Bottle-Kandor-Edmond-Hamilton/dp/1401214657/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195400257&sr=8-1"><strong>"Kandor"</strong></a> and <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Secrets-Batcave-Bob-Kane/dp/1401213707/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195400566&sr=1-1">"Batcave"</a></strong> theme trade paperbacks also are hitting a lot of the classics I first saw in an 80-page Giant. Even those "Teen Wonder" Robin solo strips I mentioned towards the end -- more on those next week -- are getting the <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Showcase-Presents-Robin-Teen-Wonder/dp/1401216765/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_4?pf_rd_p=258372101&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=list&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=165ESWFFE2CEQN6D277J">Showcase treatment</a></strong> in January, according to Amazon. Even the cartoons are coming out on DVD. Warner finally put out the Filmation <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Adventures-Superman-Classic-Collection/dp/B000OPODNQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195401082&sr=1-1">Superman</a></strong> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Aquaman-Complete-Collection-Classic/dp/B000TSTEMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195401298&sr=1-1"><strong>Aquaman</strong></a> shorts, and I have to assume they'll get to Superboy and the DCU shorts as well, if only to get ahead of the bootleggers. And you can also get <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Space-Ghost-Dino-Boy-Complete/dp/B000OY9V7A/ref=pd_bxgy_d_text_b">Space Ghost,</a></strong> the original <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Birdman-Galaxy-Trio-Keith-Andes/dp/B000OY9V7K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195401435&sr=1-1">Birdman,</a></strong> all that great old Hanna-Barbera adventure stuff. And my earliest favorite shows like <em><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Bottom-Sea-Season-Three/dp/B000TLTCTK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195402145&sr=1-1">Voyage</a></strong></em> and the <em><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/series/92536/ref=s9_series?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=top-1&pf_rd_r=0P22TZXGD3F20RXR6HD5&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=328301401&pf_rd_i=Wild%20Wild%20West">Wild Wild West</a></strong></em> are out now. Sadly, the Adam West <em>Batman</em> is not, though there's a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Movie-Adam-West/dp/B00005LOUK/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195401768&sr=1-1"><strong>nice DVD issue</strong></a> of the 1966 movie. I really want the first season though. That's the one to get. After that they got a little too caught up in trying to live up to the 'camp sensation!' press they were getting. But that first season there was actual adventure and jeopardy along with the jokes.

Ahhhhh! Too be continued! I %^&%ing HATE those!

Ha! Walked right into that one, didn't I?

Incidentally, I was going to mention that it amazes me how much of this stuff has become AVAILABLE again this last year. "The Sons of Superman" is in the DC Imaginary Stories collection. Everything that was ever in Marvel Tales and Marvel's Greatest has now been collected in the Essential books, except for the "Tales of the Watcher" short stories. And though I don't think they've hit the specific stories yet, the DC Showcases are going to catch up with the Flash comics that were in my first Giant with volume 2, and the Golden Age Flash story reprinted in that same Giant is in one of the Crisis on Multiple Earths collections -- I think it's Team-Ups volume one but I can't swear to it. The recent DC "Kandor" and "Batcave" theme trade paperbacks also are hitting a lot of the classics I first saw in an 80-page Giant. Even those "Teen Wonder" Robin solo strips I mentioned towards the end -- more on those next week -- are getting the Showcase treatment in January, according to Amazon.

Even the cartoons are coming out on DVD. Warner finally put out the Filmation Superman and Aquaman shorts, and I have to assume they'll get to Superboy and the DCU shorts as well, if only to get ahead of the bootleggers. And you can also get Space Ghost, the original Birdman, all that great old Hanna-Barbera adventure stuff.

And my earliest favorite shows like Voyage and the Wild Wild West are out now. Sadly, the Adam West Batman is not, though there's a nice DVD issue of the 1966 movie. I really want the first season though. That's the one to get. After that they got a little too caught up in trying to live up to the 'camp sensation!' press they were getting. But that first season there was actual adventure and jeopardy along with the jokes.

]]> By: Dan (other Dan) http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-301176 Dan (other Dan) Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:25:49 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-301176 Neat stuff. It struck me how important licensing is to attracting kids. I learned much more about the Marvel universe through the trading cards and the giant bin of Marvel toys my buddy had than from any comics from that time (1991-92, when I was 6-7). I'm sure I followed Marvel much more than DC because I had about 100 Marvel cards and 10 DC ones. Neat stuff. It struck me how important licensing is to attracting kids. I learned much more about the Marvel universe through the trading cards and the giant bin of Marvel toys my buddy had than from any comics from that time (1991-92, when I was 6-7). I'm sure I followed Marvel much more than DC because I had about 100 Marvel cards and 10 DC ones.

]]> By: Andrew Collins http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-301004 Andrew Collins Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:02:26 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-301004 Greg, nice writeup and an enjoyable trip down memory lane. Though I really have to compliment you on the funny comments that come up when you hold the mouse over each picture. LOL. Greg, nice writeup and an enjoyable trip down memory lane. Though I really have to compliment you on the funny comments that come up when you hold the mouse over each picture. LOL.

]]> By: Da Fug http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-300889 Da Fug Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:14:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-300889 That was fun! Looking forward to part 2. That was fun! Looking forward to part 2.

]]> By: OM http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-300502 OM Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:37:13 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/11/17/four-decades-of-fridays-part-one/#comment-300502 ...First off, Happy Hatching Day! Mine's coming in about two weeks as well, so you're only about two weeks older than me. I know where you're coming from on the age bit. ...And yes, that *was* one single action-filled season for kidvid. Too bad complete and utter power-tripping CUNTS like Peggy Charren and her anal-retentive bunch of housewives at ACT had to go and ruin cartoons for everyone. Who cares if they were too poor/stingy/retarded to buy their kids all the neat toys that were advertised in between the show segments? That was *their* problem, and if they couldn't handle it they should have simply shut off the TV rather than ruin *our* fun. One day I will get to meet Charren face-to-face, and after I chew her ass out for her actions, I may just *bitchslap* her face. She clearly has it coming. ...Your observations on the Bat-books not necessarily matching the TV show were dead-on, and that was the reason I quit buying them *after* the show premiered. Except for the 80-Page Giants that reprinted the old Bill Finger & Jerry Robinson "Goofy Batman" with the special costumes and giant typewriters, most of that early "Bat-Signal Bat-Symbol" era was the sort of uninteresting drek that the critics were claiming the TV show was guilty of promoting! Until Neal & Denny took the book in the new serious direction, I didn't touch a Bat-Book for almost half a decade! ...The same can be said for the <I>Spider-Wimp</i> TV series. I watched the show, but except for one annual I didn't touch any of the books for decades! In fact, I think between ASM Annual #5 and ASM #200, I don't recall picking up and reading one single issue of Peter's lame-assed stories, much less wasting the spare change. ...As for <I>Wild, Wild West</i> I never did enjoy that show until its last season. Now I know the reason: it was produced by the infamous Fred Freiberger, whose lack of any comprehension as to how to make fantasy genre work properly also destroyed <I>Star Trek</i> and <i>Space: 1999</i>. It was in that last WWW season or two where Fred had been fired, although it was too late to save the show. ...Anyway, happy whatever day. Don't do anything I'd normally do on my own b-day - jury duty, viral pneumonia, gall bladder removal - or you'll regret it the next year. ...First off, Happy Hatching Day! Mine's coming in about two weeks as well, so you're only about two weeks older than me. I know where you're coming from on the age bit.

...And yes, that *was* one single action-filled season for kidvid. Too bad complete and utter power-tripping CUNTS like Peggy Charren and her anal-retentive bunch of housewives at ACT had to go and ruin cartoons for everyone. Who cares if they were too poor/stingy/retarded to buy their kids all the neat toys that were advertised in between the show segments? That was *their* problem, and if they couldn't handle it they should have simply shut off the TV rather than ruin *our* fun. One day I will get to meet Charren face-to-face, and after I chew her ass out for her actions, I may just *bitchslap* her face. She clearly has it coming.

...Your observations on the Bat-books not necessarily matching the TV show were dead-on, and that was the reason I quit buying them *after* the show premiered. Except for the 80-Page Giants that reprinted the old Bill Finger & Jerry Robinson "Goofy Batman" with the special costumes and giant typewriters, most of that early "Bat-Signal Bat-Symbol" era was the sort of uninteresting drek that the critics were claiming the TV show was guilty of promoting! Until Neal & Denny took the book in the new serious direction, I didn't touch a Bat-Book for almost half a decade!

...The same can be said for the Spider-Wimp TV series. I watched the show, but except for one annual I didn't touch any of the books for decades! In fact, I think between ASM Annual #5 and ASM #200, I don't recall picking up and reading one single issue of Peter's lame-assed stories, much less wasting the spare change.

...As for Wild, Wild West I never did enjoy that show until its last season. Now I know the reason: it was produced by the infamous Fred Freiberger, whose lack of any comprehension as to how to make fantasy genre work properly also destroyed Star Trek and Space: 1999. It was in that last WWW season or two where Fred had been fired, although it was too late to save the show.

...Anyway, happy whatever day. Don't do anything I'd normally do on my own b-day - jury duty, viral pneumonia, gall bladder removal - or you'll regret it the next year.

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