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Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

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Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

"Nah, as we learnt with #8, Sandman just isn’t as notable, as Wonder Woman, a character without a single stand out storyline in the decades she’s existed."

Wow, you just can't let that one go...

Ah, Cigars of the Pahroah. That, and the Blue Lotus, are probably my 2 favorite Tintin stories. Does anyone know a website listing all the times the Tintin stories have been redone?

But I DO wish he got a co-writer to hlp him with his own books. I even have the man for the job: Scotch Arleston (who does some very Asterix-inspired series for Soleil in France).

Just to help with story structure and to include some extra gags. Uderzo HAS some good ideas, but his execution is below par writing-wise.

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Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

Crab is the ninth TIntin book and Black Gold is the 15th. But both Tintin and Asterix are much older than you think.

Ah, sorry, I didn't make myself clear, I should have written "Been around for 30 years or more in India..."

And just to clarify further, I'm speaking only of the albums here; an older colleague told me that he can remember that Tintin appeared as a strip in Indian magazines as far back as the early 1970s (before my time).

and not having new books for more than 20 years!

Which may be a blessing in disguise, the quality of the Asterix tales has certainly dropped after Goscinny's death...

Tintin has sold over 200 million comics in the world. I doubt Flash - ANY Flash - can say the same. Superman maybe, but Flash?

Ajit, your numbering is correct. Crab is the ninth TIntin book and Black Gold is the 15th. But both Tintin and Asterix are much older than you think. Next year will be the 80th anniversary of the Tintin series! And Asterix will be pushing 50, no less! That a comic series is able to keep selling well (3 million books a year - more than The Flash...) for that many years - and not having new books for more than 20 years! - is a testament of its enduring popularity.

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Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

I LOVE Herge’s Tintin series but I’d argue that FLASH is more well known in Asia...Especially with the advent of the Justice League cartoons.

I won't presume to speak for all of Asia but that is simply not true of India. If I mentioned 'Flash' and 'comics' more people are likely to think of 'Flash Gordon' than of either Barry Allen or Wally West.

Tintin and Asterix? Been around for 30 years or more, and still selling steadily.

I wouldn't say Tintin is more well known around the world than Flash. You'd be surprised.
Especially with the advent of the Justice League cartoons.

And at the end of the day, Showcase 4 brought back the Silver Age. It's domino effect included the revival of DC and creation of the entire Marvel Superhero Universe.

Thompson and Thompson, while fun, are at the end of the day, Supporting characters to Tintin. The first appearance of Captain Haddock would have been more significant.

Last issue of Preacher was #66

Something tells me #75’s not really in contention if Brian does this. Hawk and Dove get just a bit trumped by the death of Superman.

Not to me!

No kidding, I haven't read any of the 'Death of Superman' saga.

I did think of the last issue of Sandman but the whole thing hangs together so well that it's hard to single any one issue out. If I had to pick, I would have gone for either 'Midsummer Night's Dream or Façade. (Quick, without looking, which comics were at numbers 19 and 20?)

Spider-Man 3 villain, The Sandman, first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #4.

Nah, as we learnt with #8, Sandman just isn't as notable, as Wonder Woman, a character without a single stand out storyline in the decades she's existed.

Anyway, I enjoyed the countdown Brian, it was interesting stuff.

#0
#75
#100
#150
#200
#250
#500
#666!

60, final Preacher
70, first Joe Kelly X-Men, for quality alone (though it did have an "all new, all different" team in it too).
71, first all-new-all-different X-Factor, the beginning of Peter David's run
75, The Death of Superman OR the last Sandman; the end of the first mainsream ongoing series that showed us a begining, a middle and an end. And did Wolverine get his adamantium back, too?
87. First Cable in New Mutants
92, the start of Planet Hulk
97, beginning of Tischmann's Cable
98, first Deadpool in New Mutants

Surely at least one of the 70s goes to Starman, and one of the 80s too.