Should we change this title to "The Big 4 comics industry"

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 38.5%
  • Yes but it will have to change when Image comics is formed?

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • No Fawcett comics survives is a good title

    Votes: 6 46.2%

  • Total voters
    13
  • Poll closed .
Interesting Star Trek entry there. Hopefully the ‘minor roles’ get more to do than in TOS.

Do we see more non-Human faces among the crew and at Starfleet to break up the idea of it being a mostly Human organisation?
Hopefully some stuff like the body monitors make it into the show and survives the uniform change when it happens.
Are we on smooth or bumpy headed Klingons?
During the ’gap years’ many books has been written inc the the Franz Joseph’s technical manuals and the back story for the Klingons and Romulans - do these sources get used in this new Star Trek- apparently they didn’t otl as Roddenberry was not getting a cut of the book sales- is he told to take a jump here and use them or is he getting a bigger slice so has no problem?
Do many of the old creators come back? Does this lessen the ‘cult of Roddenberry’ that grew up about him that he encouraged?
Thank you for using Cockrum- man was an excellent artist.
There would be more Vulcans and Deltans on board as well as Andorian, Rigelian, & Telluride crew members .
Klingons have the weird spine on their forehead
 
comics on TV
In 1977 Charlton comics finally broke out of the Funny books and on to the Small screen with the Blue Beetle.
Producer Daniel A. Goodman was given the option of of making a Spiderman or Blue Beetle TV series and decided since Blue Beetle had a radio show in the 40s that he would gather a more adult audience than a comic book character from Electric Company
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Goodman hired playwright Alvin Boretz to pen the pilot and hired cast Football player Reb Brown as Dan Garrett jr. The son of the original Blue Beetle who had been entrusted with the magical scarab and Ellen Bry as his love intrest reporter Julie Masters
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Blue Beetle was not picked up as a pilot however when it was released the following year as an ABC TV movie Blue Beetle would gather a cult following
 
Atlas comics
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In Feburary of 1977 Stan Lee made peace with Roy Thomas as Jack Kirby hired him to collaborate on the Fantastic four. With Franklin Richads developing his mutant powers several issues would have the Richards family going to Xavier's school for gifted youngsters prompting former X-men members Scott "Cyclops "Summers and Jean "X-girl" Grey as recurring characters on the title.
With Atlas-two-in-one giving Thing his own adventures and ideas for a Human Torch series getting pushed because of a Deal with Universal studios prompting Cyclops & X-girl to get back into costume as "reserve" members of the Fantastic four.
With the Mutants part of the FF altered the comics from the rut they were in as the Fantastic four would have the X-men villains brought in to the Fantastic fours rogues gallery including
  • The Sentinels
  • Magneto
  • Juggernaut
  • Meresmo
  • Vanisher (joining the frightful 4)
  • Blob
  • Mastermind
Scott and Jean would find themselves in 2 love triangles as Jean would catch the fancy of not only Johnny Storm but Namor (who was also trying to woo Invisible girl making him the center of a love hexagon)
Doom would tempt Cyclops with the ability to control his powers in exchange for him spying on Reed and Scott's insecurity about his lack of control would develop a friendship with Ben Grimm.
Roy Thomas tenure on the Fantastic four would develop new intrest in old X-men comics allowing a comeback for the Mutant group in the 80's.
 
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I had a thought that a earlier POD for this timeline where C.C. Beck & Otto Binder are convinced to replace Solomon with Socrates in the Shazam anagram? What do you guys think?
 
I had a thought that a earlier POD for this timeline where C.C. Beck & Otto Binder are convinced to replace Solomon with Socrates in the Shazam anagram? What do you guys think?
I think the average reader don't care about the Acronym(anagram is when you sort a name with the same leter to make another one, like Lucas to Claus, that is an anagram)
 
I think the average reader don't care about the Acronym(anagram is when you sort a name with the same leter to make another one, like Lucas to Claus, that is an anagram)
Also Socrates has no mythology associated with him which brakes the theme
 
Scott and Jean would work quite well for the FF for the reasons you outlined.

I wonder if Ben, Reed, and Eric, all being veterans could sit and have a calm conversation about the war, its effects, and Franklin without the fisticuffs?
 
Atlas comics
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In 1977 Sharon Carter would get her first comic book series since getting exposed to the Cosmic cube and giving her the powers of flight, and super strength.
Written by former Mary Marvel writer Linda Lee Danvers and drawn by Sal Busema the first issue would take Shannon away from the Captain America and the Defenders roster and teaming up with other heroes in the Atlas universe. Lasting until 1982. But she would not be the only Heroine to get her own series
 
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