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Alongside Superman these days is a revitalized phalanx of old superfolk -- Batman, Spider- Man, Wonder Wom- an -- and a host of newer, more ambivalent heroes, such as Viet Nam Soldier Ed Marks and the sultry Elektra, a machine- gun-toting assassin. The proliferation of new wonderfigures is impressive: some 250 different comic-book titles, largely in the heroic vein, will be sold in the U.S. this year, up from about 190 in 1985. With a combined circulation of roughly 150 million, the comics are more popular than at any other time since the early '50s. That in turn means heftier...
...trying to appeal to today's skeptical readers, publishers have made their superheroes fallible and thus more believable. Spider-Man cannot handle money or pay his rent. In a four-part DC Comics series called The Dark Knight Returns, priced at $2.95 an issue, a semiretired Batman drinks too much and is unsure about his crime-fighting abilities. DC promotes the Dark Knight as a "thought-provoking action story...
...licensing of comic logos and story lines to outside entrepreneurs has been a major help in bringing profits back to the business. Marvel has licensed Spider-Man and other characters to children's apparel maker Just 4 Kids, Hallmark Cards and Prism Entertainment. Archie Comics is working with a fast-food chain on a restaurant with all-American fare that would feature the faces of the kids from Riverdale High...
Pennywise, a brightly dressed clown, beguiles the young passers-by. The lucky ones elude the creature. The others are never seen again -- alive. This is obviously not your average Ringling Bros. fool with bulbous nose and orange sideburns. When it shucks off its costume, it resembles a spider. Or a crawling eye. Or a mummy. Its breath is foul, its eyes are mere holes, and its diet consists of human entrees. Pennywise's address is the sewers of Derry, Me., but the monster is only renting there. Its permanent home is a far stranger dwelling: the mind of Stephen Edwin...
...Best Director and Best Picture. After seven previous nominations, Geraldine Page, 61, finally made it for her role as an aging woman returning to her roots in The Trip to Bountiful. William Hurt was named Best Actor for his portrayal of a homosexual prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman. The awards for Best Supporting players went to Anjelica Huston, who was a Mafia princess in Prizzi's Honor, and Don Ameche, 77, for portraying the rejuvenated geriatric in Cocoon...