"Wanted became a series because of the sales of two issues of the 52 page DC Special. The extra pages allowed for longer Silver Age stories. The 20 cent size meant more Golden Age stories with not the best villains. "
"The 20 cent reference is because DC had just ended their 52 pages (new material and reprints in each issue) across the entire line format and reduced back to the standard 32 page format while reducing the price. The 100 page specials would start…"
"The latest post on Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics blog has introduced me to Terraformers, a short-lived series that lasted a whole two issues, from April to May 1987."
"Another DC reprint series from the early 1970s. It only went 9 issues but a tenth was included in the more recently released collection of the series. (Image courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.)"
"Millie the Lovable Monster (Dell) ran for six issues, from Sept 1962 to Jan 1973 (there was a slight gap between 1964 and 1972). All issues were drawn, inked and lettered by Bill Woggon, who presumably got so fed up with the whole thing he went on…"
"Just like the Creeper, THE HAWK AND THE DOVE appeared in one issue of Showcase then straight to their own book very quickly. I suppose DC was hoping that Steve Ditko would bring some of Spider-Man's success with him but like the Creeper, he left the…"
"Power of the Atom, 18 issues, was a follow up to Sword of the Atom eventually. As with most any Roger Stern written book, the stories were excellent, and the art wasn't too bad either."
"Tailgunner Jo: A six-issue limited series running from September 1988 to January 1989.
One of my favourite limited series from the 1980s, the GCD describes it as follows:
Billed as a futuristic fantasy. Jo is the young girl stored as a computer…"
"Lee Houston posted the classic Crisis wraparaound cover the other day. Here's a solid Marvel wraparound, for the best of their two issues of Kiss (or, one of the 41 issues of Marvel Super Special that were published, but that wouldn't be a short…"