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Post by MDG on Mar 10, 2017 12:51:31 GMT -5
My first full exposure to Golden Age Comics came courtesy of Jules Feiffer and my local library when I was about 13 or so. I remain eternally grateful.   I read my uncle's copy of this before I saw the silver age Flash or Hawkman, so actually became acquainted with the Earth 2 versions first. |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 15, 2017 20:50:29 GMT -5
Filmation Adventures of the Justice League of America, Hawkman, The Atom, The Flash, and Green Lantern got me started and when it first came on TV and I was finishing Breakfast and decided to check out the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure before I did my chores for the day. I was treated with this cartoon below. Justice League Target EarthThat's Cartoon and others got me hooked ever since ... that cartoon still is my favorite cartoon of all time due to the fact it's contains Superman's greatest feat moving the Earth to it's rightful orbit. Filmation successfully introduced DC in animated form, and though the stories were never going to be as mature as the source, they were--in my view--the more faithful and imaginative animated versions of DC properties until Ruby-Spears' Superman series from 1988. You can guess what version I skipped over. From numerous personal stories I've heard over the years, children encountering Filmation's spirited versions served as a gateway to printed comics--especially the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, which--as you linked above--also featured other superheroes. Seeing Superboy & Krypto, the Teen Titans, the Atom, Green Lantern, Hawkman & the JLA all in segments over a season (and when Aquaman returned in 1968 as a solo series), gave viewers a primer of a kind, or a mini-universe without having to buy all of those printed titles and trying to decide what was worth reading. The cartoons sold them well enough that it was easy to dive in to the comics, and even if the titles were not as light as the cartoons, the appeal of the characters pulled a reader in, inspiring him to continue following those adventures. |
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Post by tarkintino on Mar 15, 2017 21:00:15 GMT -5
Among my first Silver Age Marvel stories was the View MAster reels available for Captain America telling the classic Cap vs. Red Skull Sleeper saga... and as you would see one of the panels/pictures through the Viewmaster...     I wonder if they re-purposed these from the Marvel Super Hero "cartoons," which basically re-purposed the panel art. Interesting, but I've never heard that View-Master used or adapted the Grantray-Lawrence Marvel Superheroes TV series segments. The images look like their own tracings of comic panels, which would be necessary for their 3-D camera process of the period. Considering their version of Shazam and Aquaman were made-for-View-Master creations, it seems plausible that the Marvel reels were "by their won hand" (well, traced panels). |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 21:24:21 GMT -5
Filmation Adventures of the Justice League of America, Hawkman, The Atom, The Flash, and Green Lantern got me started and when it first came on TV and I was finishing Breakfast and decided to check out the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure before I did my chores for the day. I was treated with this cartoon below. Justice League Target EarthThat's Cartoon and others got me hooked ever since ... that cartoon still is my favorite cartoon of all time due to the fact it's contains Superman's greatest feat moving the Earth to it's rightful orbit. Filmation successfully introduced DC in animated form, and though the stories were never going to be as mature as the source, they were--in my view--the more faithful and imaginative animated versions of DC properties until Ruby-Spears' Superman series from 1988. You can guess what version I skipped over. From numerous personal stories I've heard over the years, children encountering Filmation's spirited versions served as a gateway to printed comics--especially the Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, which--as you linked above--also featured other superheroes. Seeing Superboy & Krypto, the Teen Titans, the Atom, Green Lantern, Hawkman & the JLA all in segments over a season (and when Aquaman returned in 1968 as a solo series), gave viewers a primer of a kind, or a mini-universe without having to buy all of those printed titles and trying to decide what was worth reading. The cartoons sold them well enough that it was easy to dive in to the comics, and even if the titles were not as light as the cartoons, the appeal of the characters pulled a reader in, inspiring him to continue following those adventures. Nicely Said and I wanted to thank you for making such valid points here and I understand every word you've written here. |
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