The adaptation of the ANH was one of the best selling titles and what kept Marvel out of bankruptcy in the 70s according to John Jackson Miller and Jim Shooter.
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The adaptation of the ANH was one of the best selling titles and what kept Marvel out of bankruptcy in the 70s according to John Jackson Miller and Jim Shooter.
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Geez, did they still have that corner image of Luke in his desert tunic as late as #29? I was never a regular reader, but every time I picked up an issue, the characters were wearing their original outfits-- Luke in his desert tunic, Leia in her white dress and cinnamon buns, etc. I think Infantino forgot these weren't super-heroes and that real people actually change their clothes sometimes.
The Tarkin? I happened to read the first issue of that arc. But it had the dodgy premise that the main characters were best-qualified to scuttle the new ion cannon just because they happened to have been aboard the previous Death Star. Uhh, what? (At least they were wearing different clothes by then.)
How did that come out, anyway?
The Tarkin? I happened to read the first issue of that arc. But it had the dodgy premise that the main characters were best-qualified to scuttle the new ion cannon just because they happened to have been aboard the previous Death Star. Uhh, what? (At least they were wearing different clothes by then.)
How did that come out, anyway?
I think they wore the original movie clothes until the ESB issues or shortly before. Yes, it was kind of a super-hero thing, but I was seven when I saw the first movie and ten when the second came out and was traumatized that the characters were wearing different clothes!
I was looking on-line for an article that I read detailing how Star Wars saved Marvel from bankruptcy in the 70s, which I haven't found yet (but I'm still looking), however, I did come across this "Comic Book Legends Revealed" column (A great weekly column by Brian Cronin at CBR. If it's not regular reading for you, it should be) which has other tales from the Marvel days.
The first details GL's dislike of Jaxxon the green rabbit and the second details changes that the studio demanded be made in the "Tarkin" story. If the name of the contributer of the 3rd question seems familiar, that's because he also wrote this post.
The first details GL's dislike of Jaxxon the green rabbit and the second details changes that the studio demanded be made in the "Tarkin" story. If the name of the contributer of the 3rd question seems familiar, that's because he also wrote this post.
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Late 70s, early 80s is when Star Wars would have saved Marvel.
Here's how their relationship expired in 1984, Marvel accidentally released the adaptation of Return of the Jedi days or maybe a week, before the movie came out, and Lucas went bananas. Marvel was told that over his dead ####ing body that they would never EVER-EVER get their hands on Star Wars EVER again.
Here's how their relationship expired in 1984, Marvel accidentally released the adaptation of Return of the Jedi days or maybe a week, before the movie came out, and Lucas went bananas. Marvel was told that over his dead ####ing body that they would never EVER-EVER get their hands on Star Wars EVER again.
^ And yet, Lucas insisted that the first two issues of the first movie's adaptation be released before the movie in order to create buzz.
Anyway, this article from io9 is not the original article that I read explaining the "Star Wars saves Marvel" story, but it's actually a better one. It also includes a link to Jim Shooter's blog that gives some interesting insight.
Anyway, this article from io9 is not the original article that I read explaining the "Star Wars saves Marvel" story, but it's actually a better one. It also includes a link to Jim Shooter's blog that gives some interesting insight.
Dark Horse knew what the frack they were doing when they published their stories and published good ones (the reason I went over to them before quitting comic collecting for a while back in the 1990s)-check out their comic books based on the Alien franchise and other franchises that they have. They know what to do, and they do it well (I hope that the company gets the rights to Star Trek one day if ever IDW stops doing it.)
Dark Horse is a smaller company who makes less comics and still maintains a healthy profit relative to the size of the business. 5 percent of the retail market last I checked, but they strive for quality over quantity and that works for them
^Pretty much the reason I would read their stuff back in the day (and I'm thinking about reading it again, too). Check out this great story that they did.
Kids don't hang out there anymore, and the smart ones go to comic book shops to get their issues.
See above answer.
It's not kids who would be targeted.
Parents, possibly grandparents, might buy comics for the 4 to 10 year old market from these places if they were available, when they're buying their Time Magazines and porn.
And if most Speciality shops have a customer base that is 80 percent over 30, why exactly wouldn't Marvel be after even more affluent adults to buy comics rather than children with no income?
Parents, possibly grandparents, might buy comics for the 4 to 10 year old market from these places if they were available, when they're buying their Time Magazines and porn.
And if most Speciality shops have a customer base that is 80 percent over 30, why exactly wouldn't Marvel be after even more affluent adults to buy comics rather than children with no income?
^Parents (and grandparents) should have enough sense to know what a comic book shop is, and find out about them and where they (the Internet can help.)
Most recently, a comic book shop for kids opened up in Toronto, so people in Toronto should have no problem going there (there may be similar places in other cities.)
Most recently, a comic book shop for kids opened up in Toronto, so people in Toronto should have no problem going there (there may be similar places in other cities.)
The point I was trying so hard to make is that the comics are an after thought by the adults when they are collecting their own swag.
You put comics back into convenience stores, and then adults are buying comics for their kids while they're buying milk and cigarettes.
You put comics back into convenience stores, and then adults are buying comics for their kids while they're buying milk and cigarettes.
Also, I'm pretty sure the TESB comic adaptation was released before the film. I know this because I had read the whole thing before I saw the film, and I saw the film pretty much right away.
What can I say, I was a kid, I didn't care about spoilers yet.
Guy Gardener said:
People still buy porn at newsstands???
People still buy porn, period?
With all the free porn out there streaming on the internet?
That's weird.
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And then he gave us Jar Jar Binks.
I think we file this under "do as I say, not as I do".
Not being an American, I'm just assuming that the New York News Stands I used to see on TV 30 years ago are all still around, and if they are still around (Minimal over head, guaranteed customer base and excessive foot-traffic for random patronage.) they have to still somehow being making a profit, even if a few of them are not fronts for organized crime.
Except that most convenience stores don't sell them that much anymore (just the big chains like Mac's Milk and 7-11 do) and most people buy comic books from stores like the one I've mentioned previously because it's become an expected thing and because comic books shops do it better and know their product, or they buy the trade paperbacks from bookstore and online retailers.
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