User blog:Nausiated/1948 in the can.

Well folks, I just finished updating just about every Timely Comics super-hero book from 1948 and it's time for my usual recap of some of the interesting things you might find there.

And to be honest with you, there is not a whole lot to be said about this year in particular. 1948 saw the decline in popularity for costumed super-heroes and reading some of these stories you can understand why. I've gone at length about how repetitive the stories from this era gets, and 1948 is no different! Stories about inheritance schemes, and insurance fraud being the more common tales, lots of jewel thefts.

The year saw Timely attempt to retain more female readers by introducing the Blonde Phantom, when she took over the title which was renamed to. There was also the introduction of Namor's cousin Namora in. Interestingly enough, she was not initially introduced as Namor's cousin until she was reintroduced in the early 70's.

Another highlight of this particular year was eventual phasing out of the Young Allies. First their title got cancelled, and the group appeared in short stories in the pages of Marvel Mystery Comics (and an one off back-up story in Sub-Mariner Comics). First the group was reduced by two, the writers deciding to nix Whitewash Jones and Jeff Sandervilt, leaving only Bucky, Toro, Knuckles and Tubby with the group. They faded out of the title without much fan fare and were replaced by more Blonde Phantom. The Young Allies were not seen again until 2009 when Marvel published reviving and reinventing the characters for a modern audience.

1948 also saw an increase in the number of romance and comedy comics, as well as the introduction of true crime books. Hard to believe, but they were selling better than super-heroes at the time!!

Anyway.. That's all I can think of to talk about right now, it's Friday night and I need beer. Until next time folks!