Here's another one, while y'all are ruminating over the first one (below): This well-known Marvel character's comic series was cancelled by publisher Martin Goodman the very same month that AMAZING SPIDER-MAN debuted.
--Van Bonus: The first issue of this well-known super-team book came out the exact same month as AVENGERS #1. On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a trivia question taken from stuff in the KIRBY: KING OF COMICS > book by Mark Evanier that I'm currently reading: > > This comic was cancelled by Marvel due to poor sales, just after Stan > and Jack took it over. Publisher Martin Goodman had been planning to > bring it back in a new series, after finally seeing the increase in > sales numbers for Stan and Jack's last few issues. But then he saw > the even bigger sales numbers for DC's JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and > decided to yank it again, in favor of publishing the first issue of > his own team book, FANTASTIC FOUR. > > What was the comic that had its spot in the Marvel lineup swiped by FF #1? > > --Van -- Van Allen Plexico www.plexico.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
