![]() ![]() ![]() And people who grew up with the characters would love that. They could fill in the blanks, in other words. ![]() In the years since Marvels, DC and Marvel realized that they could tell stories about their characters that would fit into their already-established histories. As others have pointed out, the comic book really shaped the way that the two major comic book companies looked at their major properties, and especially what they assumed that comic fans were looking for. However, the impact of the series was far greater than that. Similarly, it seems that Kurt Busiek has become the go-to guy for comic book continuity, scripting a long Avengers run and being trusted by both major companies to handle the Avengers/JLA crossover from a few years back. You can’t pick up any issue for any major comic book issue without an inevitable “Alex Ross variant.” He is literally everywhere, and has developed from an artist into a creative talent (co-plotting series like Kingdom Come and Justice at DC Comics). The most obvious effect of the series was to make Alex Ross an iconic talent. It’s hard to overstate the impact that the series has had since its initial publication. ![]()
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