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Earl Davis (10/1/2008)
I may well be wrong but I think Dell was the biggest US comics publisher through most of the 1950's. Marvel's rise started circa 1968. Although their characters were arguably more popular than DCthrough the 60's they were staight jacketed by their distribution deal with ID.
Earl.
Really? That's pretty interesting. I always assumed that Marvel had blown up by '63 or '64.
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I always thought that EC Comics was number one for a good while at the same time that Fawcett had the #1 book with Captain Marvel. DC was'nt dominant by any means.
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Speedy-D (12/28/2008)
Earl Davis (10/1/2008)
I may well be wrong but I think Dell was the biggest US comics publisher through most of the 1950's. Marvel's rise started circa 1968. Although their characters were arguably more popular than DCthrough the 60's they were staight jacketed by their distribution deal with ID.
Earl.Really? That's pretty interesting. I always assumed that Marvel had blown up by '63 or '64. Marvel were prevented by way of a distrubution agreement from publishing more than a handful of titles each month from the late 50's until the late 60's. Some collectors point to this helping Marvel build a tight line and a tight continuity during the 1960's which helped them later on. Individual titles sold well there was just so few of them. Earl.
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| Unfortunately, the figures only go back into the 1960s...but as of then, Dell was still in the lead... Comic chronicles Nice website if you are interested in sales figures... Some figures from the UK... http://www.downthetubes.net/writing_comics/comics_facts_and_figures.html#int
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Here are figures and a chart for just DC & Marvel back to 1950... http://enterthestory.com/comic_sales.html
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| And here are some figures back to the 1940s... http://www.nostalgiazone.com/doc/zine/05_Q1/funnybusiness.htm
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