Talk:Hourman

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Referring to Rick Tyler as the "Silver Age" Hourman is somewhat misleading. The character first appeared in the mid-1980s, well after the end of the so-called Silver Age. Also, he has been reestablished as DC's "official" Hourman in recent issues of JSA where his father, Rex, has returned to earth and retirement and the android Tyler was destroyed in Rex's place by Extant.

I propose the "age" descriptions be replaced by "first", "second" and "third". rockhopper10r 17:28, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Almost two year later, the current covention is CODENAME (REAL NAME). Which means that this article should split off Rex into his own article and leave this as a disambiguation. CovenantD 00:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Creators[edit]

We need a citation on the writer who created Hourman. I say this because this page suggests it was Gardner Fox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnLynch (talk • contribs) 10:14, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Writer creator given as Ken Fitch in Toonopedia and Grand Comics Database; Who's Whose: The Golden Age Artist Index, MoviePoopShoot.com (July 14, 2004): "Comics101" (column): "Strength in Numbers", by Scott Tipton, and other non-mirror sites. --Tenebrae (talk) 15:07, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Rating is set as Low even though the following issues have been raised:

Longevity - Character currently in print was in print in the 1940s. While true, that character's publication history is sporadic. There are long stretches where the character was not used by the publisher.

Legacy - The name has been used by multiple characters owned by DC. Again, true. However, neither successor has been established as highly important to the overall DC Universe, DC Comics, American comics, or comics in general.

Drug addiction - While this is a socially relevant issue, it has not been shown as a recurring strong element in the characters use. Further, arguments can be made that the publisher used the issue to move the character(s) off stage and glosses over it when it is raised. Hourman {Rick Tyler} is a better example of this issue being addressed, but that character is also not of High importance.

Low was originally assigned to at least remove the character from "unknown". This character could easily be argued to be of Mid importance, to super-hero comics published by DC. That does not necessarily translate to better than Low importance in comics in general.

Last edited at 18:44, 13 January 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 18:18, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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