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krankyboy:
Just a quick note on the comic itself -- I thought "The Fly" was great for the first two issues, where Tommy Troy was a kid and his super alter-ego was almost like a modern day (for the late 1950's) Cinderella wish fulfillment fantasy in the vein of Captain Marvel. But the art quality dropped off in the third and fourth issues. And then, Thomas Troy was aged to a twenty-something lawyer, and thus became a fairly mundane hero. He certainly did manage to last a while, especially after Fly Girl was introduced, but I don't think the series ever came remotely close to matching those first two issues again.

narfstar:
The first issues were Kirby after all

krankyboy:
Very true, but I was still fairly surprised at the rather precipitous drop-off in quality. What do you think were the reasons for aging the character and having him use the fly ring again as an adult?

jfglade:
 I suspect that the reason Thomas Troy became an adult and a lawyer was that whoever took over the series after Simon (and Kirby) left thought it would be easier to write stories about a costumed hero with a more typical alter ego. I can remember wondering what the hell had happened when I saw the first issue with the older Troy when I was eleven. I still continued reading "The Adventures of the Fly" but it took me several issues to get used to the change.

narfstar:
I remember first reading the adult stories. I was totally baffled when I read my first kid story. I thought the kid stories were better though. I probably got my first exposure from a cousin who had access to a wider variety of comics than I did. Even though it was over 40 years ago I do remember discovering the Jaguar looking at a comic in his room. He had a tree house and that is the first place I ever saw Doll Man. You know you a true comic book geek and nerd when these are some of the seminal moments in your life.

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