What kind of GA comic do you like best?

[bminor]

Am I missing a genre? Administrators please ad if you see fit.

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[jfglade]

Actually, I like the anthology comics best because I prefer the period from 1939 through 1944. I've voted for the post-war genre I prefer above others.

[OtherEric]

Here's the thing:  I don't often care about the genre, I mostly follow creators and to a lesser degree characters.  So picking a favorite genre is not only tricky, it's sometimes deceptive.

[Yoc]

Yes, I'm very much like Eric and while I collect a lot of stuff, my favs are creator based.

[Drusilla lives!]

Having to choose is tough, but in the end I went with sci-fi/fantasy over the other genres like horror and superhero.  Well, that stuff more often than not tends to overlap with the sci-fi/fantasy genre anyway.  

And how about war comics?...  Not that they would've gotten my vote, but I think there were a sufficient number of titles of that type to warrant a place on the list.  

[Yoc]

War option now added, thank DL

[Drusilla lives!]

Ya know Yoc, I also forgot to mention Jungle.   Funny how things change, I've read that that genre was HUGE back in the GA days, now it's an afterthought.

[Yoc]

Easily fixed DL. 

[JVJ (RIP)]

Ya know Yoc, I also forgot to mention Jungle.   Funny how things change, I've read that that genre was HUGE back in the GA days, now it's an afterthought.

Was it really "HUGE", dl?
From 1935-1941, just about every anthology title had its Tarzan rip-off, but then, except for Jumbo and Jungle from Fiction House, there weren't any other genre titles until Fox began in 1947 (?) to do their GGA stuff. Standard had a couple of Jungle Girl strips in the late '40s in Thrilling (Judy of the Jungle, etc.), Fawcett had Nyoka (which almost doesn't count) and then Atlas had Lorna and Jann for a while in the '50s. DC had Congo Bill and there were occasionally a couple of issues from smaller companies (like three issues of Avon's White Princess of the Jungle), but I think it's only in retrospect that we think of it as other than a tiny niche genre.

my 2¢

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[josemas]

This observation of Jim's makes me wonder if anyone has ever done a month by month breakdown of genres being published during the 1940s and 1950s? 

Curious

Joe

[Yoc]

That would be a headache and a half especially with so many bi-monthly, quarterly and one-shot books.  But I'd LOVE to read it if someone has done one!

[John C]

I imagine that a project like that would suffer from definitions, which would make it even harder.  Books, stories, pages, or panels?  As Jim hinted, does Nyoka count as a jungle story?  How does one count the Superman/Tarzan crossover (it was an Elseworld thing, don't panic)?  How the heck do you file Detective Eye?

Still, I'd also love to see something along those lines, even if the above questions are swept quietly under the carpet.

[Drusilla lives!]

Was it really "HUGE", dl?
From 1935-1941, just about every anthology title had its Tarzan rip-off, but then, except for Jumbo and Jungle from Fiction House, there weren't any other genre titles until Fox began in 1947 (?) to do their GGA stuff. Standard had a couple of Jungle Girl strips in the late '40s in Thrilling (Judy of the Jungle, etc.), Fawcett had Nyoka (which almost doesn't count) and then Atlas had Lorna and Jann for a while in the '50s. DC had Congo Bill and there were occasionally a couple of issues from smaller companies (like three issues of Avon's White Princess of the Jungle), but I think it's only in retrospect that we think of it as other than a tiny niche genre.

my 2¢

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I'd be more inclined to say yes than no Jim, although perhaps referring to the genre as being "huge" is probably an overstatement on my part.  The jungle genre was big, I recall reading (someplace) that those Fiction House titles would outsell Superman at times... and as usual that's the main reason why Victor Fox got into the genre.  When looking back in retrospect IMO it's similar to the Captain Marvel situation.  I'd venture to guess that today most people who read comics (including myself) wouldn't understand (or believe) how "big" a sensation Captain Marvel was back then, yet he was... so it was with the jungle genre.

And even though it's long forgotten now, Sheena did have a long running TV show back then (perhaps even before Superman... although I'm not exactly sure about that, I haven't checked).    

[Drusilla lives!]

Btw, a quick internet search seems to point to Superman's TV show as being aired first, beginning in 1952 and running into the mid-1950s... Sheena apparently first aired in 55, and lasted for about two seasons.

[JVJ (RIP)]

I'd be more inclined to say yes than no Jim, although perhaps referring to the genre as being "huge" is probably an overstatement on my part.  The jungle genre was big, I recall reading (someplace) that those Fiction House titles would outsell Superman at times... and as usual that's the main reason why Victor Fox got into the genre.  When looking back in retrospect IMO it's similar to the Captain Marvel situation.  I'd venture to guess that today most people who read comics (including myself) wouldn't understand (or believe) how "big" a sensation Captain Marvel was back then, yet he was... so it was with the jungle genre.

And even though it's long forgotten now, Sheena did have a long running TV show back then (perhaps even before Superman... although I'm not exactly sure about that, I haven't checked).    

Quite honestly, dl,
I don't know how big or small or huge or trivial the Jungle genre was, but for purposes of establishing the actual size, statements like "I recall reading somewhere..." don't do much for me. Personally, I don't believe that Jungle or Jumbo ever reached the circulation levels you claim. If you have some real details, then lay 'em on us, but sorta remembering something maybe isn't really germane. With the Internet and Google, etc., we should be able to better than that.

I can be convinced of your position, but not that way.

Peace, Jim (|:{>