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The DC Implosion is the informal label for the dramatic number of sudden cancellations among DC Comics publications in 1978. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ...
The name is a natural one to choose, since DC had not too long before announced the "DC Explosion", an equally dramatic marketing strategy of publishing more monthly titles and increasing the number of story pages in all titles (accompanied by slightly higher cover prices). Many titles which had been cancelled in the 60s and 70s were brought back as part of the "explosion."
After low sales, partly attributed to blizzards in 1977 and 1978 as well as poor quality of the titles themselves, in 1978 National Periodical Publications (DC's official name at the time) ordered that titles with marginal sales be cancelled. About 30 titles were cancelled, some before they were even published. Much of the work that was unpublished saw print in Cancelled Comic Cavalcade, a 2 issue 'series' which 'published' the work for the sake of copyright purposes. A few titles and works would see print in later series, however. The Blizzard of ‘77 was a deadly blizzard which hit the city of Buffalo, New York and the area around it in New York and Ontario (and to a lesser extent, surrounding regions) from January 28 to February 1, 1977. ...
The Blizzard of 1978 was a severe Noreaster that affected the New England area of the United States, and to a lesser but still significant extent the New York metropolitan area. ...
Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 Cancelled Comic Cavalcade is a publication reproduced in the offices of DC Comics in very limited quantity following the DC Implosion in 1978 that features material originally intended for series that were abruptly cancelled. ...
Canceled Titles This article is about the 1940s comic book series. ...
Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ...
Aquaman is a fictional character, a superhero in DC Comics. ...
Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ...
Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ...
Black Lightning is the first major African-American superhero to have been published by DC Comics. ...
Worlds Finest Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. ...
Claw the Unconquered is a sword and sorcery /fantasy comic book character created by writer David Michelinie and artist Ernie Chan (originally credited as Ernie Chua) in DC Comics Claw The Unconquered #1 (May-June 1975). ...
The Unexpected was a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. ...
Firestorm is a DC Comics superhero. ...
The Flash. ...
The House of Secrets #92 (July 1971), introducing Swamp Thing. ...
The Unexpected was a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. ...
A legion of intelligent tigers force Kamandi to fight an intelligent gorilla. ...
Mister Miracle is a DC Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of titles. ...
The Secret Society of Super Villains (SSoSV) is a group of comic book villains that exist in the DC Universe. ...
Showcase Presents is a line of black & white paperback books published by DC Comics. ...
Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ...
Cover of Detective Comics #27 (May 1939). ...
Showcase has been the title of several anthology series published by DC Comics. ...
Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ...
Steel is a name used by several fictional characters owned and published by DC Comics in their universe. ...
The All-Star Squadron was an American comic book (1981-1987) created by Roy Thomas and published by DC Comics about the adventures of a large team of superheroes which comprised of most of the feature characters owned by the company that appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books...
The Unexpected was a continuation of Tales of the Unexpected. ...
Unpublished titles These titles were planned, but never published. Shazam! #35 ('merged' into World's Finest Comics), Karate Kid #15, and Freedom Fighters #15 were not part of the mass cancellations of the Implosion. These titles were cancelled a few months earlier to make room for other titles in the DC Explosion. Similarly, the New Gods feature was concluded in Adventure Comics #459 and 460. All were announced within the comics themselves as being cancelled, and unlike Implosion titles, Freedom Fighters and Karate Kid even had ending stories published (though the Freedom Fighters ending continued into Secret Society of Super-Villains, which did fall victim to the Implosion). Desertion is the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from someone or something to which you owe allegiance, responsibility or loyalty. ...
Vixen is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. ...
The Justice League is a DC Comics superhero team. ...
Starslayer was a comic book series published starting in 1982 by American writer and artist Mike Grell starring the time-displaced Celtic warrior Torin MacQuillon. ...
Mike Grell (born 1947) is a comic book writer and artist. ...
Pacific Comics was one of the independent comic book publishers that flourished in the early 1980s. ...
The Swamp Thing is a fictional character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson for DC Comics, and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy comic book series of the same name. ...
For other uses, see Captain Marvel. ...
Worlds Finest Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. ...
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Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. ...
The New Gods are a fictional race published by DC Comics, as well as the title for four series of comics about those characters. ...
Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ...
These features were planned, but the titles were cancelled before the stories were produced.
The Martian Manhunter (Jonn Jonzz), alternately known as the Manhunter from Mars, is a fictional character who comic book superhero appears in DC Comics. ...
Aquaman is a fictional character, a superhero in DC Comics. ...
For other uses, see Vigilante (disambiguation). ...
Aquaman is a fictional character, a superhero in DC Comics. ...
Metal Men are a team of robot superheroes created by writer Robert Kanigher, pencilled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito for DC Comics in 1962. ...
Adventure Comics #296 Adventure Comics is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ...
See also Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 Cancelled Comic Cavalcade is a publication reproduced in the offices of DC Comics in very limited quantity following the DC Implosion in 1978 that features material originally intended for series that were abruptly cancelled. ...
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