Books that didn't make the Classic Christmas.

[icctrombone]

Radioactive man had skips in numbers in the 6 issue series as a gag.

[Jezebel Bond]

2 of my picks got disqualified cuz i THOUGHT they were 12 issues but were really 14...

1960s DELL TV comic BEWITCHED, as Elizabeth Montgomery looks like mom....and Ramba by Eros Comix...

[dan bailey]

Young Aaron King's query to me a few minutes ago on Facebook about this new compendium --



-- reminded me of that 4-issue series existence; it almost certainly would've made my list if my memory hadn't apparently abandoned me. As I told Aaron on FB, the first 3 issues might well have been the only comics I picked up in the early '80s (not sure offhand where I found them, but very likely one of the punk-centric record stores around Arizona State); not for another decade or so did I discover that a 4th ish existed when I came across it in some bookstore in Memphis.

[Slam_Bradley]

I don't know the history of CBR. Nice.

Yep. As Dan pointed out, CBR started out as a Kingdom Come Message Board. I didn't come on at that time, but started at CBR in late 98 after K.C. had died down a bit.

[Slam_Bradley]

After Kingdom Come, the strangest exclusion t'me were the two DEATH mini-series that spun off of Sandman.

I actually did consider them. Sandman is my favorite comic. And while I like both minis, I don't love either of them.

[AZBarbarian]

Born (2003) #1-4. Was too new to be in my list, but it would have cracked the top 4.

[mrc1214]

Some that were on my list of contenders there were the following series that I don't recall showing up on anyone's list:
Aquaman by Pozner and Hamilton: Based on how this flew off the shelves, I assumed someone else out there liked it, but maybe DC was right to revert Aquaman almost immediately back to his traditional look.
Martian Manhunter: American Secrets by Jones and Barreto: It might have made my final list if I had found my copies to reread. I remember this one being really terrific.
Psychoanalysis and Valor and Piracy: I think the latter two were about as good as anything from EC, and the first was just so damn bizarre that I love it forever. The only New Direction title I remember seeing was Extra!, which was the only one that I found unreadable.
Stig's Inferno: I was excited to see that Ty Templeton has made the entire series available online here...but while the art was as marvelous as I remembered it, the humor wasn't. Still, it's a comic that folks here might want to sample online, if they weren't there to read it in the 80's.
M.I.C.R.A.: Couldn't put my hands on my copies to confirm that it was as good as I remember.

I own a full run of M.I.C.R.A I came across all 7 issues and it looked interesting so I couldn't pass it up.

[METAROG]

Here are the rest of my list including the ones I took out during the 12 days because they were already used. It should be noted that I did not consider any limited series from the Big 2 to make this more challenging for me.

Inferior 5*

Doc Savage (Marvel)

E-Man*

Captain Action

Red Wolf

Time Warp*

Worlds Unknown*

Marvel Universe

Atomic Age

Stalker

Arrgh

Alien Worlds

Alarming Adventures

The Invaders (Gold Key)

Mars Attacks

Next Man

Open Space*

Starstream

Prez

Fast Willie Jackson

Grim Ghost

Planet of Vampires

Phoenix (Atlas)

Claws of the Cat


*on my original 12 days of Christmas list

[Scott Harris]

I decided not to use any mini-series in my list, so that knocked out stuff like Marvels, Watchmen and Squadron Supreme, all of which would likely have gotten on otherwise. I also decided to try and go a little more obscure and highlight some stuff outside the norm, which led to last minute drops of Astro City and Top Ten, both of which, again, would have otherwise made my list. I had OMAC and Tick as replacement series in case any of my picks were deemed ineligible for some reason. And I had one title eliminated because of the time cutoff, as I would have sworn Fabian Nicieza's ongoing Hawkeye series had come out before 2002 instead of after. But I was mistaken.

[Cei-U!]

I'm amazed at the total shutout of Elektra: Assassin, a series that was in my top 15.

Cei-U!
I summon the shocking (to me, anyway) omission!

[mrc1214]

I'm amazed at the total shutout of Elektra: Assassin, a series that was in my top 15.

Cei-U!
I summon the shocking (to me, anyway) omission!

I really do not like the art in that series. Way to trippy even b my standards.

What else was on your list of stuff that didn't make it?

[MWGallaher]

I gave some consideration to Ghost Rider which I've always thought was cool for being Marvel's most nearly forgotten superhero comics of the 60's. I mean if you asked comics aficionados to list every Marvel costumed hero who had his own comic book in the 60's, I bet Ghost Rider would be the one most frequently left off.

[dan bailey]

Hard to think of the Western GR as a superhero, though. He basically wore a luminous costume, & that was it.

Then again, I suppose that's about what Batman does, minus the luminosity.

And re-reading your post, I see in the second sentence you refer to "every Marvel costumed hero who had his own comic book," so ... yeah.

[MWGallaher]

There was something about Ghost Rider that made him seem more of a superhero than a Western hero, at least to me. Special costume (Marvel's other Western heroes wore the same thing all the time, but those were all ordinary clothes) was a big part of it, especially the cape. Secret identity (sure, the Two-Gun Kid wore a mask to hide his ID, too, but that alone didn't raise him to "super-hero" level), fighting super-villains (yeah, so did Rawhide and the other kids, but not at the same percentage), a supernatural reputation (even if faked), and equipped with a sci-fi gimmick (if only a modest one, the glowing horse and costume...with which he could make body parts like head and hand appear to float by themselves--Xam!).

[hondobrode]

Titles that I had to bump off my list for various reasons :