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From: broehl@wateng.UUCP (Bernie Roehl)
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Subject: Re: Comics news and opinions from Henry Vogel (Big News!)
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 10:33:14 EDT
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In article <788@vax2.fluke.UUCP> henry%clemson.csnet@csnet-relay writes:

>Why is this? Part of DC's problem,
>I think, is they doomed themselves in the 70's when they put out such trash
>and it still sold. Then Marvel passed them by and kept pulling away and DC 
>finally decided they needed to do something.

Possibly, but that was a *long* time ago.  The stuff DC's been putting out
lately is not only as good as what Marvel's doing, it's actually better.
As I mentioned a few postings back, I used to read almost nothing but Marvel,
but the number of DC books I've been reading has steadily increased, while
my interest in Marvel has steadily declined.  In fact, I've crossed the line;
when I started reading Swamp Thing (*highly* recommended!) and gave up on
Secret Bores II, I took a count.  I now read more DC than Marvel.

Saying that DC put out trash 15 years ago may be true; saying that Marvel's
the front-runner now is ridculous.

>(To make matters worse, Marvel is dumping 80 titles on the
>market next month - really, EIGHTY titles!)

"Dumping" is probably a good word for it.


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