Okay - HOW MANY FLIPPING VERSIONS, ALREADY, HAVE their been of the " serious " super-heroes published by ACP have there been? I was tending to call them " the MLJ heroes, yes, evem[size=78%] including the ones who originated after the MLJ name was given up, but I saw a Wikipedia entry saying " Red Circle " was the prefered generic phrase. Which one?[/size]
Quote from: ASS-P on September 30, 2017, 07:46:05 AM
Okay - HOW MANY FLIPPING VERSIONS, ALREADY, HAVE their been of the " serious " super-heroes published by ACP have there been? I was tending to call them " the MLJ heroes, yes, evem[size=78%] including the ones who originated after the MLJ name was given up, but I saw a Wikipedia entry saying " Red Circle " was the prefered generic phrase. Which one?[/size]
The
MLJ era =
1939-1948 (
Pep, Zip, Top-Notch, Blue Ribbon, Jackpot. Black Hood and Shield are the last holdouts in
Laugh and
Pep after 1946.
"Archie Adventure Series" era =
1959-1964 Adventures of the Fly #1-30,
Double Life of Pvt. Strong #1-2,
Adventures of the Jaguar #1-15,
The Shadow #1-3. Jaguar, Fly, and Fly-Girl also appear briefly as a regular short feature of both
Laugh and
Pep.
Mighty Comics Group era =
1965-1967 The Shadow #4-8,
Fly-Man #31-39,
The Mighty Crusaders #1-7,
Mighty Comics Presents #40-50.
Red Circle (1) imprint =
1972-1974 Horror/mystery stories, no supers.
Chilling Tales of Sorcery, Madhouse.
Red Circle (2) era =
1983-1985 Brief revival years of
The Mighty Crusaders #1-13, plus several other heroes in their own titles. All short-lived. Final year dispenses with Red Circle imprint (originally direct-sales only) in favor of "Archie Adventure Series" corner box and newsstand distribution again.
*Spectrum Comics* (circa
1989-1990) Intended "edgy" ACP superhero imprint which would have rebooted The Fly and The Hangman; others in various stages of treatment. Cancelled after over a year in development plus advance publicity in
The Comics Buyers' Guide, when Michael Silberkleit finally sees Kelley Jones' pencilled pages for
The Hangman #1, is utterly revolted, and pulls the plug on the entire project.
Impact! Comics era =
1991-1992 (licensed by DC Comics) Numerous titles, rebooted heroes. Lighter tone than current DC mainstream titles, for an intended audience a few years younger (not unlike Marvel's "Ultimate" universe, a decade later).
Red Circle (3) era =
2009-2010 (licensed by DC Comics)
The Shield, The Web, Hangman, Mighty CrusadersRed Circle (4) era =
2012-2014 Back at Archie Comics:
New Crusaders: Rise of the Heroes #1-6;
The Fox #1-5
Dark Circle era =
2015-2017 Black Hood, The Fox, Hangman, The Shield, The Mighty Crusaders #1 (Dec. 2017)