One of the greatest guides to the concept of continuity in a specific series is The DisContinuity Guide: The Unofficial Doctor Who Companion by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, first put out in 1995.
From my point of view the genius of this work is in the way the authors peel back the layers of a complex text like Doctor Who, and start back at the beginning, when we didn't know anything about the series or what it would eventually evolve into.
This allows us to see the ways in which the universe was expanded, sometimes carefully, often times not. We get to see undeveloped themes and the earliest examples of new themes.
Like an evolutionary biologist studying our small, brown furred burrowing human ancestors, we get a look at the way things were without the baggage of the way things are.
From my point of view the genius of this work is in the way the authors peel back the layers of a complex text like Doctor Who, and start back at the beginning, when we didn't know anything about the series or what it would eventually evolve into.
This allows us to see the ways in which the universe was expanded, sometimes carefully, often times not. We get to see undeveloped themes and the earliest examples of new themes.
Like an evolutionary biologist studying our small, brown furred burrowing human ancestors, we get a look at the way things were without the baggage of the way things are.
Marvel Comics Golden Age DisContinuity Appendix
In a previous installment of this series I mentioned that Marvel Mystery Comics #2 ran an ad in the inside back cover for Silver Streak Comics #1, a comic published by Lev Gleason Publications, a competitor to Marvel/Timely, which was owned and operated by Martin Goodman, not a man known for his generosity in supporting the efforts of his competitors.
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| inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics 001 |
Why the ad for Silver Streak Comics appeared in a Timely comic presents an interesting mystery so in this installment we'll examine Silver Streak Comics #1, and along the way learn something about the way comics were done in 1939.
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