The Death of Team UP Books

The Death of OngoingTeam-up Books

Where have all the Team up Books gone.

DC practically created the genre.  I learned more about DC Comics characters through those titles than anywhere else.  The same was true of the Marvel books.

Marvel and DC had long standing team up titles.  They even had special event cross overs with each other and minor publishers.  Then the genre started to dry up.

Brave and the Bold died then came back briefly only to die again.

Now, to my knowledge, not one title exists.

Below is a list of ongoing team up series from Marvel and DC.

 

1. World's Finest (mostly Batman and Superman-with an occasional guest star) From issue 198 to 214 It featured Superman and a guest-star. That title was canceled at issue 323. It is a new 52 title now featuring Power Girl and Huntress.
2.Brave and the Bold (In the beginning all sorts of  characters, then Batman and a guest-star. That title was canceled with issue 200.  DC brought the title back in 2007, but it ended after 35 issues.)
3. Super Team Family ( reprints of teams in the begining, then team-ups. The  total run was only 15 issues)
4.DC Comics Presents (Superman and guest stars)  It Lasted 94 issues or just under 8 Years.



Marvel Team-Up (This featured Spider-Man and a Guest star.  This title lasted 150 issues).
Marvel Two in One ( This featured the Thing and a Guest Star.  This Title lasted this lasted 100 issues)
Super-Villain Team-Up ( It lasted 17 issues).
Ulitimate Marvel Team-Up (It last 16 issues, and only a year)


The following is a list of what Wikepedia defines as team-up comics:

A+X

Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine

Avenging Spider-Man

Batman/Hellboy/Starman

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham

Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity

Batman/The Spirit

Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame

• Spawn/Batman
• Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four
• Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do
• Superman & Batman: Generations
• Superman and Spider-Man
• Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man
• Superman/Batman
• Superman/Fantastic Four
• Superman/Shazam: First Thunder
• World's Finest Team

DC Comics 2012 Review

Another year is over for all of us.

If you are a DC fan, 2012 was good one.

My Top Ten Favorite titles of 2012 were the following

1. THE OTHERS story line in Aquaman. It not only added back story to Arthur Curry, it drew me to a title that I hadn't been reading prior to that story line.

2. Justice League. That is all I need to say.  The Flagship title leads the charge and takes no prisoners.

3. Earth 2. Being a big fan of  The Golden Age DC characters, I love Robinson's take on them.

4. Sword of Sorcery

5. DC Universe Presents. This title gives me my "First Issue Special" and "Showcase" fix that has not been filed for years.

6. Birds of Prey

7. Red Hood and the Outlaws

8. Suicide Squad

9. Green Lantern

10. Red Lanterns

My Top 10 Disappointments of 2012

1. Frankenstein, Agent of Shade.  The art and the stories drove me away from the title.  I loved the old Spawn of Frankenstein series, but I have never really liked the idea of "Shade".  I am, however,  starting to like his addition to Justice League Dark.  We will all see if he works out in that title.

2. National Comics.  There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to who they introduced.  The constant draw of First issues only panders to collectors who buy comics only to make money off of them.

3. Justice League International. I really had hoped for old DC villains to show up in that title, but all we got is villains that seemed like they were rejected by Marvel.

4. Hawk and Dove. Bought every single issue, but the stories seemed to be lacking something that I never could put my finger on.

5. Mister Terrific- I had hoped for better stories on this title, but was left wanting more.

6. The Freedom Fighter's titles: The Ray, The Phantom Lady and Doll Man, and The Human Bomb.  I liked the new physical take on them, but the villains just don't appeal to me.  I feel, that knowing about what quality had to offer in terms of names of villains, that that DC could had done better.


I also enjoyed the following story regarding 2012 on the Newsarama, the link is below

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dc-comics-2012-year-in-review.html

Comic Book Resources is doing there top 100 comics of 2012. The link listed below:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/tag/top+100+comics+of+2012

Comic Vine doesn't seem to have a review for 2012.

2013 Looks promising for the following reasons:

1. Justice League of America
2. Threshold
3. Justice League "Trinity War"
4. The Bat Titles finishing up the "Death of the Family" story line.
5. Earth 2 continues to evolve with the introduction of Fury and other new version of the Earth 2 heroes.
6. Earth 2 continues to evolved with the re-introduction of Golden Age villians such as Wotan.
7. Lady Luck, an old Quality comics character is getting new life.
8. Element Woman. She was introduced in FLASHPOINT in 2011  Who seems to be based on Element Girl,a fictional DC Comics superhero,  who first appeared in Metamorpho#10 (Jan-Feb 1967)

May plans for 2013 for this blog include the following:


1. A video version of this blog on YouTube.
2.A more in depth discussion of particular topics
3. An actual fan story of how Spider-Man is rejected by the Justice League.

That is all I have for now

Happy New Year

Go Forth and Do Well

Shane

Young Justice Trailer, what I missed the first time

Young Justice fans if you missed the new trailer for the 2013 return of  "YOUNG JUSTICE" here it is:

http://youtu.be/aoQEdi3sCSs

If you are a fan of the Old Teen Titans, you will briefly see that Mal Duncan becomes THE GUARDIAN.  A brief scene show the team, and a person wearing the THE GUARDIAN's uniform with his back to the audience.

I could be wrong, but why would the producers have Mal, unless they wanted to explore that character?

Don't know.

Go Forth and Do Well

Shane

Spider-Man rejected for Membership in JLA even more

Three other REASONS:

1.  Even the Avengers Rejected him for full Membership.

2. As of Spider-Man 700... He is dead.  The Justice League doesn't allow dead people. It kinda crimps their style.

3.  He is a Marvel Character.. kinda hard to commute between Universes.  And, to be honest, the power to  teleport is not one of his powers.

Batgirl's new writer

Presenting the new writer for Batgirl...... Gail Simone...

Hmmm wasn't she the old writer?

Social Media strikes back... Fan support via the internet has put her back in the saddle.

Hopefully she will work to regain the sales numbers.

Go Forth and Do Well

Shane

DC vs Marvel

JLA Rejects Spider Man #2 Reason

His costume looks like he is wearing pajamas

JLA Rejects Spider man ....the continuing Saga

I want to comment I a respons to my blog:  SykoSvens wrote the following

"SykoSvens has left a new comment on your post "Spider-Man rejected for Membership in the JL": 

http://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2012/03/justice-league-of-america-and-spider.html  
yea it was a thing... its actually considered canon " 

I went to that link.  I saw the cover.  I have to tell you When a site tells me that The team up never happened....but should have...then I get critical.  

1.  Anyone who knows the history of the DC / Marvel team-ups knows that it practically took an Act of Congress to get the Superman vs Spider-man cross over off the ground.

2.  The Cross overs contained the logos of both companies.  These examples use a title that ended at number 15.

3.  The cover art is done by two different Artists John Romita Sr (who has never worked for DC), and Dick Dillin.  And to make it worse both are taken from actual JLA and Spider-Man covers.  I have seen the JLA art, I just don't remember which cover.

4. Compare the covers below and note the Marvel logo is on JLA / Avengers and not the bogus Super-Team Family.

So my point once again is it never happened.  And it won't happen unless Marvel sees a profit in it...

Doctored cover with Dillin and Romita Sr. Art 

Cover art by George Perez

GO FORTH AND DO WELL

SHANE

JLA Rejects spider-man #1 Reason

He Can't Tell the Difference between the President and a Super-villain.

See below pic.

Spider-Man attacks Obama in Oval Office

Young Justice Returns Jan 10

What we have learned from the Young Justice Trailer

The following villians with be on the show
1.Deathstroke
2.Despero Or least it looks like him.
3.Toyman?
4.Red Volcano
5.Mongul
6.Vandal Savage

Check out  the following link for DC Nation's facebook page to see the preview trailer:


http://www.facebook.com/dcnation


Go Forth And Do Well

Shane