tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post4294050430555977621..comments2024-03-17T06:13:35.059-04:00Comments on DC in the 80s: All-Star Squadron: The First Year Review (But Not Really, More of an Excuse To Ask Questions)DC in the 80shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007375553276439273noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-6315477951787251392022-02-02T04:51:16.262-05:002022-02-02T04:51:16.262-05:00I actually just read these issues on Comixology th...I actually just read these issues on Comixology this week and had the exact same thought re: the Watchmen similarity - I had meant to look up which one came first and forgot about it till I came across this review! Razhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598848636053075866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-81486370872198978412021-09-02T11:30:13.987-04:002021-09-02T11:30:13.987-04:00There's also Kurt Vonnegut's the Sirens of...There's also Kurt Vonnegut's the Sirens of Titan from 1959. Article about all the similarties beweed Watchmen and Sirens here... https://graphicnovel.umwblogs.org/2014/09/25/watchmen-and-sirens-of-titan-coincidentally-similar/RdBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04566297298081553328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-5791415906494092072020-06-24T11:17:31.329-04:002020-06-24T11:17:31.329-04:00I loved the All-Star Squadron. Probably my second ...I loved the All-Star Squadron. Probably my second favorite all-time DC comic after the Legion of Super-Heroes. <br /><br />This was a nice, brief summary of the first dozen issues. Good job!dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-55748849723432602142018-04-26T21:40:54.849-04:002018-04-26T21:40:54.849-04:00Thank you for the answers! Love the All Winners Sq...Thank you for the answers! Love the All Winners Squad/Invaders idea you pointed out. Seems so clear now.Mark Belkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617188029777890450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-61503676072722129382018-04-23T10:02:12.527-04:002018-04-23T10:02:12.527-04:00Wow, sorry for all the typos in my comment. Hopef...Wow, sorry for all the typos in my comment. Hopefully you get the gist.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154203761080654758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-68848862783808016902018-04-23T08:44:56.799-04:002018-04-23T08:44:56.799-04:00As I understand it, the choice to use Johnny Quick...As I understand it, the choice to use Johnny Quick and Robotman was the fact that they both had LONG careers at DC. Both of those characters practically made it to the beginning of the silver age. Johnny Quick outlasted the Flash. Liberty Belle's publishing career outlasted a few JSA'ers as well. They should have retained more popularity than they had and I believe he was rectifying that.Mister D, the Dustwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274948848742035964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-5811428737960316932018-04-21T20:07:09.060-04:002018-04-21T20:07:09.060-04:00The OUTER LIMITS famously did an episode with the ...The OUTER LIMITS famously did an episode with the same conceit. Everyone gives that the credit, but I always thought All-Star Squadron was a likely conduit, Len Wein was the editor who hired Moore for American vomicd, and I can easily see him sending s bunch of then recent DC comics to Moore as referende, or as comps. <br /><br />As for the first question, I saw most of the Squadron's Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154203761080654758noreply@blogger.com