Dream Fox Anthologies?

[Adminenkainen]

Wonderworld Comics
Wonder Man. Hey -- let's dream big and pretend DC/National didn't sue Wonder Man out of existence!
Samson. Yes, Samson debuted in Fantastic Comics, but most of the rest of Fantastic Comics was Fletcher Hanks' weird stuff. Sure, Stardust is fun in a bad way, but I can live without it. Let's pretend that anthology never happened and put Samson near front-and-center in Fox's flagship title
Yarko. The best magician character before Dr. Strange.
K-51 Spies at War. A poor man's Black X, really, but since Quality had Black X already, I'll settle for K-51.
Mob Buster Robinson. Not great, but passable George Tuska fare.

Mystery Men Comics
Flame. Let's also pretend that Fox continues to pay the higher page rates to keep Will Eisner and Lou Fine on their features. Flame by Fine is just fine...
Chen Chang. A yellow peril serial highlighted by the animated and underrated art of Munson Paddock.
Zanzibar. Definitely in the top 5 for Golden Age magicians, Zanzibar fights more hoodlum-level threats, all while rocking a fez.
Rex Dexter. Space opera. I'll take Dick Briefer goofiness over Fletcher Hanks goofiness anyday.
Dr. Fung. Enjoyable feature, Charlie Chan crossed with adventure stories. Transferred over from Wonderworld to help pad out this title.

Yeah, that's right. No Blue Beetle. I can't stand Blue Beetle!

[order99]

No love for Blue Beetle?

Nah, me either. The original Garrett seemed more of a test bed for ideas than a human being (Motivation-he spends time off from his duties as a Cop to be an Unpaid Cop, neglecting his duties and ensuring his lack of promotions forever! ). Okay, he needs a Badass costume and his fists! No, wait! He needs chainmail and built-in brass knuckles! NO,WAIT!!! He needs Vitamin-based Superhuman strength! NO WAIT.....

And you're right, Flame by Fine is Fine indeed! And if Wonder Man still existed, imagine what Eisner could have made out of him. Also, if Samson hadn't been handed to other, lesser writers Eisner might have found the time to make him a bit more relatable... and of course if Dick Briefer had remained with Fox for Rex Dexter, then maybe Target and the Targeteers and Frankenstein might have been part of the Fox stable from the get-go once Briefer invented them...

With the success of the other titles Fox could then afford to make Yarko one of the longest running series going, maybe even splitting him off into a Quarterly Series (Tales of Yarko or some such) where young new talent can test the waters by using the magician's innate flexibility to do anything from Inter-dimensional Travelogues to Phantom Stranger-styled Narratives...

Meanwhile, poor unloved Dan Garrett languishes in Forgotten Hero Limbo until a young and talented new hire named Steve Ditko digs him up and Reboots him! "Lessee now, new motivation...Former cop Dan Garrett, thrown off the Force for getting to close to ties between the Mayor and Organized Crime, Garrett pays the bills (just barely) as a Private Investigator-but when a case with Mob ties gets him dosed with a fatal, slow-acting poison, only an untested experimental serum can save him! Granted superhuman strength and speed from the strange interaction between the poison and the cure, an embittered Garret dons a bullet-resistant chain and silk body armor wages a One-man war against Mob Corruption as the mysterious Blue Beetle! Now to see how much violence I can get past the Editor"...Mob Buster Robinson would be a great place to start the revamped Blue Beetle as a backup feature, and eventually you could do several Team Up titles with Robinson and Beetle (with Target and the Targeteers if Briefer stayed on) as a Crime Squad of sorts, Dr Fung would be invaluable as a partner to K-51 in a series of exotic Travelogue-styled Spy missions, Wonder Man, Samson, the Flame and Zanzibar would make a nice informal Hero Team to compete with the new JSA at DC (and also a good place to dump brand new creation as backup stories, possibly joining the main team later if proven popular). Yarko might be a guest-star of the Spectre or Doctor Fate variety, the Big Guy who has a Higher Calling but might have a moment to spare for some Great Apocalypse or two...

Yeah, If Only scenarios are fun. Sadly it's nearly Easter and i've got a lot of things...to...do...

Okay, why do we have Christmas Wreaths on all of the doors? AARGHHH DEGATON WE HAD A TRUCE! A TRUUUUCE!!!!!!

Sorry to Spin up the Timepack and go, but i've got some PAYBACK to deliver! And when i'm done with Per Degaton's personal genetic history SHE will be the first and only Maori Islander in Hitler's Inner Circle! NOBODY will figure out why the Furher hired her, not even him! Okay, I might have to divert his 11th Great Grandfather off course twenty degrees South during his Tulip Run for the Van De Meers cartel...yeeeah, a thirty MPH wind of five hours duration Due South from 1AM to 6AM should do it, i'll need to call in a Favor or two... Okay, GottagobyeeeeeEEEEEEEE!!!!

 (Rick Hunter is going to KILL me for this one.  I don't care )

[Adminenkainen]

Oh yeah, just to be clear, my intense dislike of Blue Beetle applies only to the pre-Ditko version!

I like your ideas for team-ups. Indeed, the idea of combining Dr. Fung with K-51 would have improved them both immensely. Or Dr. Fung vs. Chen Chang...