Talk:All Star Comics

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This paragraph was removed from this article as not directly relevant. It should be reinserted elsewhere, probably into either DC Comics or All-American Comics. Kelly Martin 17:16, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

In the 1940s the company now known as DC Comics was actually two related companies, the core Superman/Batman line of books and a sister company called All-American Comics (AAC). At that time the majority of comic books were anthologies that contained a disparate mix of superhero, adventure, western, detective, and humour features. Only the most successful characters (i.e. Superman and Batman) had a title devoted exclusively to their adventures. AAC did not have a headlining star who could carry their own title, but they did have a number of popular characters who together could carry a new anthology.

It would obviously be a bad idea to merge All Star Comics, a comic book, with All American Comics, both a comic book title and a publishing company. How do we remove the suggestion from the top of the article? Rick Norwood 20:23, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, and it's done (you just edit the page and remove the tag at the top). When the merge was first suggested I asked the woman who suggested it why she thought they should be merged, but she never responded. I'm off to remove it from All-American as well... --Brian Olsen 22:55, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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what is the exact title?

The name of this lemma is "All Star Comics".

Why so many other sources say "All-Star Comics? http://www.comics.org/series/140/ http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=115 http://www.dcindexes.com/database/comic-details.php?site=dc&comicid=2242

89.0.59.205 (talk) 16:47, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to the edits of January 25, 2016 seen here by user:109.154.30.241, there are several problems. While I appreciate the desire to consolidate citations made to the same source, several errors were made.

• The book DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle has several authors. They did not write the entire book as a group but rather each author wrote individual chapters. As seen at WP:CITEHOW

"Citations for individually authored chapters in books typically include:

name of author

the title of the chapter

name of the book's editor

The edits of January 25, 2016 removed the chapter title and the editor name. In addition it lists the authors as "Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Wallace, Daniel; Manning, Matthew K." Daniel Wallace wrote the "1940s" chapter, Alex Irvine wrote the "1950s" chapter, and Matthew K. Manning wrote the "1970s" chapter. Alan Cowsill's contribution to this book was the "2000s" chapter which was not used as a reference in this article. WHY is Cowsill included if NONE of his work is used as a reference?

Per Wikipedia:Citing sources, "A footnote may also contain a relevant exact quotation from the source. This is especially helpful when the cited text is long or dense. A quotation allows readers to immediately identify the applicable portion of the reference. Quotes are also useful if the source is not easily accessible." Why were all the quotes removed? Not everyone has ready access to a print recource (or be willing to purchase a copy for themselves), so a direct quote included in the footnote is extremely useful and helpful to the general reader.

• The book "75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking " was written by Paul Levitz. Why is someone named "Josh Baker" listed as an author? Who is this mysterious "Josh Baker"

• Why is the city of publication listed as "Köln" rather than "Cologne"? Per MOS:STRONGNAT, English-language spelling should be used in an English-language article on a subject based in an English speaking nation. All Star Comics was published in the United States of America by a United States based company and written, drawn, and edited by United States citizens.

• Why was this changed to "2nd ed."? I was the one who added this citation several years ago and I used the first edition. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources "It is acknowledged that there are (at least potentially) variations between editions as distinct from reprints that occur between editions. In effect, different editions of the same work can be considered different sources...Reference details should include the edition (if not the first edition) and the date/year published reported is the year that the particular edition became available." Hence, changing the edition is changing the source. Why was this done?

• For the book DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes, why is the "1st ed." added? First edition is understood. Subsequent editions are the only ones requiring this notation.

While I believe the above edits were made in good faith, I also believe that the cited quotations which had been in place since August 2012 which were removed in January 2016 serve a valuable function for the article and am restoring them. The author names and chapter titles are being restored as well as the book cited is an anthology of several contributors working on individual chapters rather than several writers producing the entire book as a unit.

Mtminchi08 (talk) 17:17, 16 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]