tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post3460523156898003684..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: Action #328Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-82262323907993172382013-01-07T21:40:13.715-08:002013-01-07T21:40:13.715-08:00JohnJ, that is a very common phenomenon in fiction...JohnJ, that is a very common phenomenon in fiction in general; writers love to place their characters in the country and yet at the same time they discover that proximity to the city is important for various plot points.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-21461749217119476302012-12-30T22:40:22.733-08:002012-12-30T22:40:22.733-08:00I believe there are some exceptions in Iowa as wel...I believe there are some exceptions in Iowa as well. WOC-AM is still on the air in Davenport, right on the Mississippi, although their tv station changed its call letters to KWQC several years ago.<br /><br />Did anyone else notice how Metropolis seemed to be some distance from Smallville in the early seasons of "Smallville" but by the end Smallville was practically a suburb of Metropolis.JohnJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322910801412594388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-83690063544738510632012-12-16T05:24:12.637-08:002012-12-16T05:24:12.637-08:00I always had the impression (before the 1978 movie...I always had the impression (before the 1978 movie set Metropolis in New York) that Metropolis was Chicago and Gotham City was New York. Smallville definitely has a friendly Midwestern ambience. And Clark Kent works for a 'great metropolitan newspaper'-- that implies one of the biggest cities in the USA. Bruce Wayne was allegedly a descendant of "Mad Anthony" Wayne--wealthy Dr. Wayne, his father, gave off an ambiance of an established East Coast family, etc.Joseph Friedlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566655637654033773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-29340214370940500742012-12-15T22:27:59.775-08:002012-12-15T22:27:59.775-08:00Kid, there are so many variables that it is hard t...Kid, there are so many variables that it is hard to say. Children today have so many more options than we did for entertainment. Video games, hundreds of TV channels, DVDs of their favorite movies that they can watch over and over again, the internet.... <br /><br />Plus comics are a lot more pricey than they used to be, even adjusted for inflation. Of course, if they had stayed aimed at kids, they might not cost as much.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-43981815246356457012012-12-15T22:16:40.538-08:002012-12-15T22:16:40.538-08:00There's at least one other exception to the K/...There's at least one other exception to the K/W call letters: station WBAP in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. I believe it's also one of the oldest stations in the United States.Dianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-22478530490024664382012-12-15T17:32:15.660-08:002012-12-15T17:32:15.660-08:00Isn't it strange how circulation was much wide...Isn't it strange how circulation was much wider when comics were for kids, and seems to have fallen the more they're aimed at adults. Any connection, I wonder?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com