tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33875434.post8496221742844800752..comments2023-11-12T10:00:34.280-05:00Comments on Atomic Pulp & Other Meltdowns: Wednesday Cover: Superman & Spider-ManChristopher Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33875434.post-32599976329711336872010-06-14T03:32:48.933-04:002010-06-14T03:32:48.933-04:00Actually, Supes and a souped-up Spidey engage in q...Actually, Supes and a souped-up Spidey engage in quite a donnybrook in the book, so I don't think there's anything particularly misleading about the title.<br /><br />And I'm sorry, but enthusiastic hyperbole is part of what used to make comics fun and exciting.<br /><br />Today's comics take themselves far too friggin' seriously.Christopher Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33875434.post-59246558121789352082010-06-09T23:46:44.168-04:002010-06-09T23:46:44.168-04:00though I love the comic, I never liked the chumpy,...though I love the comic, I never liked the chumpy, trumped up hyped titles they came out with for comics back in the day.<br /><br />For example, thisi s clearly not a true vs. but they use that to draw in sales. It's sort of like when Invisible Girl became Invisible Woman and they had that whole, "Invisible girl no more" headline.<br /><br />I know why they do it, just never been a fan of that sort of marketing.<br /><br />Great comic though the Spidey vs. Supes.<br /><br />-eliEli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33875434.post-49788011051541572892010-06-09T13:36:41.525-04:002010-06-09T13:36:41.525-04:00I never said this was the first superhero intercom...I never said this was the first superhero intercompany crossover - only the first between modern DC and Marvel characters.Christopher Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33875434.post-58510932172170998722010-06-09T08:13:18.879-04:002010-06-09T08:13:18.879-04:00Actually the first crossover between characters fr...Actually the <i>first</i> crossover between characters from other companies occurred in the 1940s, when Munsey's <i>Green Lama</i> appeared with Crestwood's <b>Prize Comics</b> characters to battle their version of the <i>Frankenstein Monster</i> in <b>Prize Comics</b> #24.<br />(<i>Green Lama</i> had been licensed to the company and had been appearing in his own feature in <b>Prize</b> since #7, but was still being published in pulp form in <b>Double Detective</b> by Munsey.)<br />The first crossover involving Marvel or DC occurred on tv in 1967 when Green Hornet Inc./Gold Key's <i>Green Hornet</i> appeared on the <b>Batman,</b> tv series.Britt Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245579677452948620noreply@blogger.com