hermanthegerm wrote:
Scathach80 wrote:
I wanted to note that this use of the term "comic book hero" to not include comic strip derived properties does not stand as a peculiar or overly strict use of the term. As I have noted elsewhere, newspaper comic strip adaptations have tended to lag behind comic book adaptations in recent decades.

In any event, I edited the title of the thread to remove ambiguity.

How convenient for you. I would like to note that the first comic books were nothing but reprints of newspaper comic strips so comic books should not be included in the discussion. Also Blondie is hardly a recent strip.


Ah, but properties specifically created for comic books, instead of just having their newspaper strip adventure reprinted for them, more appropriately hold the status of "comic book heroes". So, those properties which started in strips and had their adventures reprinted in comic books do not count, but those that started in comic books obviously do. Characters specifically created for or debuting in comic books, that serves as the line of demarcation. Analogy; the Thirteen Colonies started as part of the British Empire.

I find your construing the word "recent" to refer to "comic strips" instead of "film adaptations" and decades curious. http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/18947/Movies-based-newspaper-comic-strips-recent-years-comic-b

http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/reply/470151/King-Features-Syndicates-Track-Record#reply-470151

http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/14296/30s-HEROES-IN-A-90S-WORLD?page=4

It reminds me of this instance above where someone else found your understanding of adjectives problematic.

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