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saturday_am_80s1981 saw the premiere of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, a cartoon that stuck around for most of the 1980's in one way or another even if they stopped making new episodes in 1983. It was JUST THAT POPULAR! If you agree with me and think that this cartoon is one of the greatest ever, be sure to go and vote for it in our Best Cartoon of 1981 Poll! And of course if you have anything nice to say about Spidey & Friends, any memories or stories you'd care to share, please go right ahead and leave a few comments below :)
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Date: 2011-08-03 04:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 04:32 pm (UTC)Firestar was the first Comic Book Character that was originally created for animation and crossed-over in to main-stream comics continuity. She was the SECOND character ever created for TV that crossed over (the first having been Bat-Girl way back in the 1960's Batman TV show).
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Date: 2011-08-03 05:32 pm (UTC)I just love little things like this. It makes me so happy to see geeking out, and even happier to participate in it. ^_^
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Date: 2011-08-03 06:00 pm (UTC)I just checked the dates, and Barbara's first issue was cover dated Jan 1967, and the live-action version didn't properly debut until late September. However, there was a rarely seen early promo of her fighting her main comic canon foe, Killer Moth. The script was dated in Jan 1967, as uncovered by this site:
http: //www. tvobscurities. com/articles/batgirl/
Technically, the comic version came first, but one can easily argue a cross-media application and everyone acting at the same time (especially per the promo script's date). So, I'd say you'd be partially right. You are quite correct about Firestar, though.
Apologies, but being a Batgirl fan, I wanted to clarify.
Also, the Batgirl we know as Barbara Gordon was the second, the first being Bette Kane in 1961. But that's getting really nerdy. Heh.no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 06:51 pm (UTC)Per Gardner Fox himself, who i met at a convention in the eaqrly 80's (FIRST CONVENTION WOO!), Batgirl was created due to the urging of the TV show.
The timeline was (as insinuated by Gardner Fox), TV Execs said they wanted a female protagonist for the show, Gardner wrote it up in a story that they could throw away if need be (if the TV show went sour or they decided to abandon the Batgirl idea), and once the comic book version was there they wrote the TV script. So even though she was *published* first, she was created FOR television.
We ALL get to be right :)
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Date: 2011-08-03 07:20 pm (UTC)The sheer timing of it all fascinated me. Which is why I chimed in. And besides, it gave me an excuse to research Batgirl, so win-win.
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Date: 2011-08-03 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-03 05:47 pm (UTC)I've never seen it, but it's on my list, to be sure.
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Date: 2011-08-03 05:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-08-03 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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