tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post8002916541323445965..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: Journey Into Strange Tales! Atlas/ Marvel Horror Issue 54John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-29722666731264525352020-02-28T07:45:10.215-08:002020-02-28T07:45:10.215-08:00Interesting. It sometimes is difficult to imagine ...Interesting. It sometimes is difficult to imagine the American marketplace before the revival of the superheroes. I can understand the appeal of horror comics, but crime, western or romance? In countless titles? Not so much.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-33239628953649822892020-02-26T14:17:53.561-08:002020-02-26T14:17:53.561-08:00Great question, Andy, and one I've been trying...Great question, Andy, and one I've been trying to figure out myself. At first glance, no, but some of the titles seem to be gifted with higher quality scripts and the better artists (off the top of my head, I'd say Strange Tales is a much better title than, say, Astonishing). Of course, the real test will be Menace, which we've just begun to look that. Menace was created by Stan purely to be a "better horror comic" with brainier scripts. I'm assuming he was reaching for EC-heights.Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-71290486591718681052020-02-24T09:54:50.122-08:002020-02-24T09:54:50.122-08:00Did the titles have an editorial identity or were ...Did the titles have an editorial identity or were the stories just randomly distributed? There seems to be no difference between the content of say Spellbound or Strange Tales.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.com