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House-ad advertising the ill-fated "DC Explosion". In 1978, DC Comics attempted to recapture market shares by drastically increasing titles, page counts, and cover prices. The marketing campaign proved to be a failure and several announced and planned titles were subsequently quickly canceled, as a consequence earning the name of "DC Implosion" for the era instead.
BHOC: THE FLASH #268
There’s a lot to unpack about this issue of THE FLASH for me. For starters, I bought it not at any of my regular comic book haunts but rather in a far-off stationary store in distant Ronkonkoma where my family had gone for some reason. That store was a supply chain for the Cub Scouts and specific musical instruments, so our visit there may have had something to do with one of those as related to…
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if the infamous 70s DC implosion didn't happen i could've had the Vixen series.....dc ik its in your archives if your archivist isn't incompetent pls release it dhfdhd
Issue 5# marked the end of "Time Warp", cover date May, 1980. The series had originally been meant to be a relaunch of the famous DC anthology series "Strange Adventures", but that plan was killed with the DC Implosion of 1978, when large numbers of DC title's were canceled. ("Union in Steel", "Until I Find a Way in Time", "Earth or Exile", "The Antaeus Strain", "The Vengeance of C-92!", "Numismatist", "Brief Encounter", "To Conquer the Sun", Comic, Event)
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DC Comics house ad from the 1978 Explosion/Implosion. Whatever happened to Cinnamon?
This would have been the cover for Black Lightning #12 had the DC Implosion not happened. Black Lightning #12, planned cover date Nov-Dec 1978. Cover by Rich Buckler and Vince Coletta.
Deadman was another victim of the DC Explosion/Implosion. After years of guest appearances in Brave and the Bold, World's Finest, Phantom Stranger, and other titles, Deadman was slated for a solo tryout in Showcase. Didn't happen. Here was the intended cover. Showcase #105, Sept-Oct 1978. Artist Jim Aparo.
