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Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. February 18, pm. Logo text. Instead of reviving the old character, Schwartz had writers Gardner Fox and Robert Kanigher , penciler Carmine Infantino and inker Joe Kubert update and modernize the concept.
The Flash's civilian identity, costume, and origin were all changed for a modern audience. Much to the publishers' surprise the issue sold, and more stories were scheduled. The new treatment proved popular enough that it soon led to similar revamping of Green Lantern , and the introduction of an updating of the Justice Society of America superhero team as the modern all-star team Justice League of America.
Showcase 4 heralded what is commonly referred to as the Silver Age of comic books. National's other characters, who had not been cancelled, were similarly spruced up. Mort Weisinger oversaw the Superman family of titles and introduced many new characters, such as Supergirl, Bizarro and Brainiac that established many of the elements that still influence the feature to this day.
Jack Schiff was somewhat less successful with Batman, introducing Batwoman , Bat-Girl and Bat-Mite , and attempting to modernize the strip with science fiction elements. Eventually the book was given to Julius Schwartz who brought in a new look and an emphasis on Batman as a detective. Meanwhile, editor Robert Kanigher successfully reimagined Wonder Woman as a title aimed at young girls, featuring a whole family of Wonder Woman characters having fantastic adventures in a mythological context.
The Batman TV show sparked a tremendous increase in comic sales, but afterwards, sales began to decline. In , Batman artist Carmine Infantino became the company's editorial director.
Faced with declining sales, in part because of the growing popularity of Marvel Comics , he attempted to remedy the situation with an infusion of new titles and characters, and recruited major talents such as Steve Ditko and promising newcomers such as Neal Adams.
The new editors tried to capture the youth market by only using writers under the age of thirty. Yet while the new employees strove for sophisticated storytelling and characters, they had little experience in the industry, and their work's relative lack of professionalism hampered their efforts. Nevertheless, the period was plagued by short-lived series that started out strong, but petered out rapidly.
The new comics, aimed specifically at the fan market, failed to sell. One theory as to the cause of this, is that local comic distributors, who did not want to handle the low profit items anyway, were simply giving the books to speculators who were stockpiling them for the back issue market. Thus, the more popular a book, the lower its sales.
In addition, the talent involved often tended to leave established titles after a few issues considering they had little incentive to stay with their creations since they were largely paid per page regardless of the sales performance of their books. In , Jack Kirby defected from Marvel to create his most artistically ambitious creation, The Fourth World titles, in which he attempted to create an original sophisticated sub imprint that could appeal to a loyal fan audience.
However, sales did not meet management's expectations, and as they had little faith in the concept, the venture was prematurely cancelled, although the characters and concepts would become integral to the DC Multiverse. Kirby went on to create the successful series Kamandi , when he was directed by the publisher to come up with something resembling Planet of the Apes. In addition, Captain Marvel was also revived in the s as an initially licensed property under the title, Shazam! Kinney National Company, a company that provided parking and cleaning services, acquired National in and film studio Warner Bros.
Kinney then spun off its non-entertainment assets in and renamed itself Warner Communications, putting National under Warner's leadership. The new corporate management replaced Infantino with Jenette Kahn, a former children's magazine publisher, in January National was renamed DC Comics, Inc. During this time, DC attempted to compete with Marvel by dramatically increasing its output, a move the company called the "DC Explosion".
This included series featuring new characters, such as Firestorm and Shade, the Changing Man , and several non-superhero titles. Afterward, however, Warner pulled the plug and dramatically cut back on titles, firing many staffers in what industry watchers dubbed "the DC Implosion ".
Seeking new ways to boost market share, the new management of publisher Kahn, vice-president Paul Levitz , and managing editor Dick Giordano addressed the issue of talent instability. In addition, the company created the publishing concept of the limited series that allowed flexible arrangements for storylines that could be successful without the pressure of immediately following them up on an indefinite basis.
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