Advance Warning: The Twelve Days of Classic Comics Christmas 2012

[dan bailey]

I'm leaning toward limiting myself to my 12 favorite Atlas Seaboard series.






OK, maybe not.






It sure would truncate the winnowing process, though.

[Aaron King]

I'm leaning toward limiting myself to my 12 favorite Atlas Seaboard series.

I would read this article/blog post.

[dan bailey]

I would read this article/blog post.

I'm afraid my booklength study of Western Team-Up will have to come first.

[Aaron King]

I'm afraid my booklength study of Western Team-Up will have to come first.

I'm afraid, too.

Very afraid.

[foxley]

Well, there's the 3-issue incarnation that Caliber put out in '97 ...

The geek in me realised this after I had made my original post.

However, that was decidedly inferior incarnation of the series, and will not be making my list. (The b&w art did not do the title any favours.)

But I did just realise I there's Ms. Tree series that qualifies.

[T GUy]

I'm leaning toward limiting myself to my 12 favorite Atlas Seaboard series.

In the immortal words of Gary Friedrich, you tempt me, my dear, truly you do.

There are at least two Atlas/Seaboard titles on my shortlist.

While I'm posting: aren't we lucky that the little lightning bolt did not exclude anything published in the first half of the sensational 'seventies?

[dan bailey]

But I did just realise I there's Ms. Tree series that qualifies.

Which I jotted down while doing research about 3 minutes before I read your post, as it happens.

[dan bailey]

There are at least two Atlas/Seaboard titles on my shortlist.

Color me intrigued. Very intrigued.

[DubipR]

As soon as the rules come down by Herr Cei-U, it's research time. But I'm jotting down lots of stuff and I'm amazed how many short lived series I own.
Sadly no Atlas/Seaboard but there's a Skywald run or 2 that's on the potential 12.

[dan bailey]

Indeed. I was initially concerned that I'd have a tough time filling out a list, since planned miniseries (as opposed to prematurely cancelled runs) were pretty much unheard of in my day (i.e. up through '78), & I didn't think I'd done too great a job in filling in the relevant gaps from my ensuing 25-year hiatus ...

Hah! At the moment I've got something like 45 viable contenders, going purely by off-the-top-of-my-head memory, with no research whatsoever involved except for checking number & date of final issue. Real research, I fear, will take going through dozens & dozens of short boxes ...

I've also got a tentative list, at this writing, of probably at least 10 promising possibilites to take along with me to read during next weekend's scheduled holiday trip to & from SW Arkansas/NW Louisiana.

[Lone Ranger]

I think this is a great topic.

I wrote a couple of columsn along these lines a couple of years ago. Not all qualify, but I'll likely go back to the well.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...-classic-runs/

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...-classic-runs/

[DubipR]

Indeed. I was initially concerned that I'd have a tough time filling out a list, since planned miniseries (as opposed to prematurely cancelled runs) were pretty much unheard of in my day (i.e. up through '78), & I didn't think I'd done too great a job in filling in the relevant gaps from my ensuing 25-year hiatus ...

Hah! At the moment I've got something like 45 viable contenders, going purely by off-the-top-of-my-head memory, with no research whatsoever involved except for checking number & date of final issue. Real research, I fear, will take going through dozens & dozens of short boxes ...

I've also got a tentative list, at this writing, of probably at least 10 promising possibilites to take along with me to read during next weekend's scheduled holiday trip to & from SW Arkansas/NW Louisiana.

Dan, I'm with you. I' trying to steer clear of miniseries but they keep on popping up on my list. Off the top of my head from my collection, I have at least 30-ish contenders for the list.

[Lone Ranger]

Forgive me if this has been asked, but is the 'Starts with a #1' rule still in place?

I ask because so many series in the 40s and 50s have odd numbering (I blame mostly Charlton!)

[DubipR]

I think this is a great topic.

I wrote a couple of columsn along these lines a couple of years ago. Not all qualify, but I'll likely go back to the well.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...-classic-runs/

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...-classic-runs/

There's one run from these articles that is on the potential list...that is all.

[dan bailey]

I think this is a great topic.

I wrote a couple of columsn along these lines a couple of years ago. Not all qualify, but I'll likely go back to the well.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources...-classic-runs/

Cool! The first column, in particular, features 2 that I'd already thought of (although, oddly enough, Bat Lash didn't occur to me till last night; E-Man was one of the first I thought of back when I learned of this year's topic) & reminds me of another solid contender, which has the same title as an even more solid contender that hadn't occurred to me till I saw that.