"My universes, both DC and Marvel, ended with Crisis. I realised long ago that modern comics were not written for me. There are still thousands of pre-Crisis comics that I haven't read yet."

"It's possible that Flash started with 105 because of the short lived Captain Flash series. Maybe DC felt they needed to trademark the Flash name before anyone else used it. And the high issue number would prove longer use of the name. I don't know…"

"Speaking of books, thus discussion would make a great book. Any chance of that happening?"

"I have no doubt that Roy Thomas was a fanboy. I've read Alter Ego and All Star Companion. I was attacted to team books when I first started reading comics. Justice League was such a a big hit when it came out that Martin Goodman had Stan Lee create…"

"Why did it take Marvel so long to team up its Big Three? They had regular strips in each others’ books from the get-go, and all three appeared every month in Marvel Mystery Comics with a fourth character Martin Goodman had hopes for, The Angel. But…"

"Not a fan of revisionist history. Let the classics stand. "

"The Monster Society of Evil made its debut in Captain Marvel Adventures #22, and the resulting "Monster Society of Evil" story arc continued for two years in Captain Marvel Adventures, ending with issue #46 (May 1945)."