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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#1: Nov 14th 2012 at 9:19:26 PM

What I'm interested here is discussing those comics published by DC and Marvel that don't fit with what we'd usually expect from those companies. I'm thinking of specifically of stuff from the late 70's through the early 90's, because that's when, for the most part, their output was almost entirely limited to super-hero comics; later than that and, at least on the DC side, you run into Vertigo and the whole question becomes more or less moot. Stuff I'm thinking of:

DC: Sun Devils, Lords of the Ultra-Realm, Starfire, Stalker, Thriller, Angel Love, 'Mazing Man, Warlord, Arak Son of Thunder, Amethyst Princess of Gemworld, Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, etc.

Marvel: Howard the Duck, Conan the Barbarian (I'm sure there are others).

Anyone?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#2: Nov 15th 2012 at 9:48:24 AM

Marvel: Man-thing, King Krull, War is Hell, Sgt.Fury and his Howling Commandos, Millie the Model...

DC: House of Mystery, (70's version, not the Vertigo one,)...

...And that's all I can think of at the moment.

Tiamatty X-Men X-Pert from Now on Twitter Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Brony
#3: Nov 15th 2012 at 10:06:08 AM

Marvel had a lot of horror titles in the '70s: Frankenstein, Tomb of Dracula, Vampire Tales, Tales of the Zombie, Dracula Lives, Werewolf By Night, Supernatural Thrillers . . . and these are just the ones officially in 616 continuity.

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4: Nov 15th 2012 at 10:10:14 AM

There was also 'Master of Kung-Fu' from Marvel, now that I remember; that one had Fu Manchu's son fighting his father, and was very much in the vein of 70's Kung-fu movies of it's time. (Possibly one of the first comics to utilize 1st-person narration as well.)

edited 15th Nov '12 10:10:32 AM by kkhohoho

Tiamatty X-Men X-Pert from Now on Twitter Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Brony
#5: Nov 15th 2012 at 10:21:05 AM

[up] Not to mention Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, a black-and-white anthology that featured Shang-Chi, Sons of the Tiger and Iron Fist, along with articles about martial arts. Some of the others I mentioned were also black-and-white, with more of a magazine format. Articles, interviews, often text stories, that sort of thing. Chris Claremont wrote some pieces in some of those anthologies before he got assigned to normal series. Some text pieces, some actual comic pieces.

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