tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post6535269706844846487..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CRIVENS' CRACKING COMIC COVERS: POLICE COMICS #70...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-888818876049093772017-05-12T08:15:29.670+01:002017-05-12T08:15:29.670+01:00Read the interview, PS. He sure knew his own mind,...Read the interview, PS. He sure knew his own mind, eh? Personally, I didn't see much difference between the quality of the DC stories and the Fawcett ones, but I'd have to re-read examples of each in order to compare them better.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-25359072054164581712017-05-12T04:30:58.546+01:002017-05-12T04:30:58.546+01:00I first read Plas in the 100 page giants as reprin...I first read Plas in the 100 page giants as reprints. I thought he was great and loved his offbeat humor. You're right, writers don't seem to understand Plas is a parody hero. He doesn't work in "reality". Here's a great read of CC Beck and Captain Marvel. http://cartoonician.com/an-interview-with-c-c-beck/2/Phil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-53238505386913907312017-05-11T17:17:53.486+01:002017-05-11T17:17:53.486+01:00That's the stories I read too, TC (reprints), ...That's the stories I read too, TC (reprints), but I first saw Plastic Man in an ad for #1 of his first issue in the '60s. Had the '70s runs ('though I'm unsure if I bought every ish) and still have a few lying around somewhere. I've also got a four issue series from the late '80s or early to mid-'90s.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40348019488248112432017-05-11T17:03:23.407+01:002017-05-11T17:03:23.407+01:00Of course, the Golden Age Plastic Man was before m...Of course, the Golden Age Plastic Man was before my time, although I've read a few reprints in DC comics. <br /><br />DC tried starring PM in his own comic in the 1960's and again in the 1970's. Each run lasted ten issues. He also had a strip that ran as a back-up in Adventure Comics ca. 1980, and occasionally guest starred with Batman in Brave & Bold. <br /><br />My impression is that more recent revivals have tried to make him grim-and-gritty. DC just doesn't seem to grasp that some characters (Batman, Deadman, Spectre) are well suited to a grimdark style, while others (Plastic Man, the original Captain Marvel) work better when done tongue-in-cheek. <br /><br />I may be the only person who liked the Silver Age version. It came out in 1966-67, during the Batman TV show/camp comedy fad, and was played strictly for laughs. Oddly, though, the 1970's run was, if anything, even sillier and campier.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com