DC Implosion Archive

Retroactive Continuity: Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2

Posted on December 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
Anticipating the sell-out success of Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 (an easy call, given that all 35 copies were earmarked for the creators, copyright office, and Robert Overstreet (“… to show the world it actually happened.”), the DC staff assembled a second volume of unpublished material,...
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Retroactive Continuity: Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1

Posted on November 22, 2009 | 3 Comments
The aftermath of the “DC Implosion” in June, 1978 left piles of material stacked up around the DC Comics’ offices. The sudden nature of the cancellation of some 26 titles in various stages of production meant that stories scheduled for publication just a few days...
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Retroactive Continuity: Repeating History?

Posted on November 6, 2009 | 4 Comments
Is DC repeating the mistakes of the past? Price increases are almost inevitable, especially in the comics world. The earliest comic I remember buying was only 25 cents in the mid-1970s, and some old-timers even remember the original 10-cent price fondly. Pretty soon, prices rose...
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