It's a cute premise. Somehow I remember 'filler' or 'human interest' stories like these better than the unending parade of villain v. Our Heroes issues.
I loved the variety. There were epic battles and crime waves and such, but also stories where the Marvels just interacted with their friends. I loved scenes showing Cap just standing on the corner chatting with someone or reading the newspaper in an easy chair.
I'd guess that being a "tomboy" (girl doing boy things) was more acceptable than being a "sissy" (boy doing girl things). Of course, there were always exceptions and some boys and girls had the self-assurance to go their own way.
Heck, even in my generation of Baby Boomers, I caught a lot of flack for reading and drawing so much instead of playing softball or fishing. "Act like a real boy!" never swayed me much, though, I'm just contrary by nature.
While "The Superman Family" and "the Batman Family" included people weren't all blood kin, there was "The Wonder Woman Family" who were a mother/daughter team of sorts
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Thanks for all the information. What I've heard is that Wonder Woman never really sold well after the sicko bondage elements were dropped in the 1940s, but merchandising made up for that. All those costumes and lunch boxes and Colorform sets and coloring books were (and remain) very profitable. DC tried any number of angles on the book to make it sell, from the fairy tale stories of Wonder Tot and her pal Mr Genie to Mike Sekowsky's Emma Peel in the white jumpsuit fighting Chinese spies to generic superheroics.
She's certainly not the only character who makes a fortune in merchandise even though the comics themselves barely break even. With the huge success recently of super-hero movies and TV shows, I imagine the comics are becoming just a way to keep characters trademarked and in the public eye between live action appearances.
The funny thing about the "Wisdom of Solomon" is that Cap seldom used it to solve mysteries or make ethical judgements or anything like that. He would be fluent in any language, do complex math equations in his head, be able to operate advanced alien machinery and so forth, though. Cap seemed to use the Wisdom in a sense of having all information available, rather than being actual "wise" in the sense the Biblical character was supposed to be.
Not how I would have written the stories, but ah well, I wasn't there.
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Yep. I'm impressed that, in 1945, they showed a boy doing ironing. Even twenty years later, that would have been forward-looking.
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I'd guess that being a "tomboy" (girl doing boy things) was more acceptable than being a "sissy" (boy doing girl things). Of course, there were always exceptions and some boys and girls had the self-assurance to go their own way.
Heck, even in my generation of Baby Boomers, I caught a lot of flack for reading and drawing so much instead of playing softball or fishing. "Act like a real boy!" never swayed me much, though, I'm just contrary by nature.
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She's certainly not the only character who makes a fortune in merchandise even though the comics themselves barely break even. With the huge success recently of super-hero movies and TV shows, I imagine the comics are becoming just a way to keep characters trademarked and in the public eye between live action appearances.
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Not how I would have written the stories, but ah well, I wasn't there.
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'Cuz 6,000 years hence…
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