Talk:List of superhero debuts
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[edit] Chronology?
I notice that the appearances of the various characters are divided into sections for each decade, then supsections for that various medias, and then arranged by year, and alphabetically within each year.
Wouldn't it make more sense, in a chronology, for all of the characters to be listed chronologically by first appearance, regaurdless of media or alphabetical order? Someone would have to do some research and find release dates, boadcast dates, etc, which are missing from the list as it currently exists, but it would provide valuable data for anyone wanting to know how characters influenced the creation of other characters in the short term, and who was "first" for characters introduced in the same year.
We could start by filling in day and month information in the existing list.--Drvanthorp 04:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Where's Nelvana?
8/2/05 Nelvana was added 8/2/05, under 1940's. Thanks for the suggestion!
8/2/05 Possibility - split this page into 2 pages: Print and Media ???
8/3/05
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Dawn22 19:08, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
How about introducing publicaton month of appearance? Roygbiv666 02:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Storyarcs?
I've noticed that the list from the 1970s and earlier is solely focused on character first appearences, but in the 80s, 90s, and 200s, certain key story arcs are included. I'm not opposed to this, but it seems to lack consistency with the first half of the article. To balance, perhaps the things like "First superhero team-up" or some such should also be included in the golden and silver age sections? Elijya 16:24, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
No, they don't belong. The article was defined as listing first appearances. Story arcs aren't first appearances.
[edit] Multiple debuts
Should each character's first appearance in every medium be listed? Maybe. I'm not sure. The Shadow should be listed twice (not three times, although I know an argument could be made) because the printed Shadow differed significantly from the radio Shadow. Each debut introduced him in very different ways. I've read the novels. I've listened to the radio shows. They're not the same. And they mattered historically in different ways. Some people were introduced to the Shadow via radio, others via pulp novels. The world met Superman through comics. Okay, I first saw him in a cartoon, but cartoon Superman equaled comic book Superman. I'm not exactly offering an opinion here, just contemplating. Doczilla 06:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
