Welcome to the 908th installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. This time, in honor of the passing of the great Arleen Sorkin, all three legends will be Harley Quinn-related. In our second legend, we learn about the iconic DC creator who tried to keep Harley Quinn out of the DC Universe?Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion is that, “For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This is true for pop culture, as well, as any time something happens in pop culture, there is a reaction to it, whether it be successful or a failure. Some of this stuff is just normal copycat behavior, like how when MLJ Comics had a hit with Archie Andrews (who was, of course, himself based on the success of the Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney), every other comic book company came out with its own Archie Andrews knockoff.A similar thing happened with Superman. For years, Superman was “The Last Son of Krypton,” but DC kept having success introducing new survivors of Krypton, like Superman’s dog, Superman’s cousin, Supergirl, the Bottled City of Kandor, Superman’s dry cleaner (okay, that guy actually totally still exploded, don’t worry). While those characters were all quite popular, for a certain segment of the Superman readership, the new characters made Superman less interesting, since he was now just one of many survivors of Krypton. John Byrne specifically overturned that aspect of the Superman mythos when Byrne rebooted Superman in the 1980s. Of course, since then, writers have slowly but surely introduced more and more survivors of Krypton once again.
Welcome to the 908th installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. This time, in honor of the passing of the great Arleen Sorkin, all three legends will be Harley Quinn-related. In our second legend, we learn about the iconic DC creator who tried to keep Harley Quinn out of the DC Universe?
Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion is that, “For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This is true for pop culture, as well, as any time something happens in pop culture, there is a reaction to it, whether it be successful or a failure. Some of this stuff is just normal copycat behavior, like how when MLJ Comics had a hit with Archie Andrews (who was, of course, himself based on the success of the Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney), every other comic book company came out with its own Archie Andrews knockoff.
A similar thing happened with Superman. For years, Superman was “The Last Son of Krypton,” but DC kept having success introducing new survivors of Krypton, like Superman’s dog, Superman’s cousin, Supergirl, the Bottled City of Kandor, Superman’s dry cleaner (okay, that guy actually totally still exploded, don’t worry). While those characters were all quite popular, for a certain segment of the Superman readership, the new characters made Superman less interesting, since he was now just one of many survivors of Krypton. John Byrne specifically overturned that aspect of the Superman mythos when Byrne rebooted Superman in the 1980s. Of course, since then, writers have slowly but surely introduced more and more survivors of Krypton once again.
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