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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8946821" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>The difference between Batman and frankly almost any other character you can think of is that there have been "other media" adaptations of Batman every single decade since the 60s (or if I'm missing one from the 50s it would be since the 40s - I can't think of any 50s adaptations). Every generation has had Batman in some form outside of the ever narrowing field of comics and so Batman is always generating interest.</p><p></p><p>Most other characters just don't have that kind of cross-generational longevity, because they aren't being re-imagined every decade like that. Spider-man and James Bond are the other two that I can think of off the top of my head (and Bond is feeling his age as a character in a way the other two aren't).</p><p></p><p>I hate to say it's "too late" for any character, but honestly it feels too late for Dick Tracy. Like it's too late to try to revive Doc Savage or John Carter - the characters are too tied to their time and not enough has been done to keep them current. And as a period piece their appeal is going to be limited.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8946821, member: 19857"] The difference between Batman and frankly almost any other character you can think of is that there have been "other media" adaptations of Batman every single decade since the 60s (or if I'm missing one from the 50s it would be since the 40s - I can't think of any 50s adaptations). Every generation has had Batman in some form outside of the ever narrowing field of comics and so Batman is always generating interest. Most other characters just don't have that kind of cross-generational longevity, because they aren't being re-imagined every decade like that. Spider-man and James Bond are the other two that I can think of off the top of my head (and Bond is feeling his age as a character in a way the other two aren't). I hate to say it's "too late" for any character, but honestly it feels too late for Dick Tracy. Like it's too late to try to revive Doc Savage or John Carter - the characters are too tied to their time and not enough has been done to keep them current. And as a period piece their appeal is going to be limited. [/QUOTE]
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