Superman recently turned 80 along with his "flagship" comic book Action Comics reaching issue number 1000. Sure, there's some fuzzy math involved in how it reached that number, just like you need fuzzy math for Batman's Detective Comics to reach issue 1000 next year.
So, in honor of such momentous occasions--because let's face it, next time any of us currently living as this is being written ain't gonna be around to see such an event again, well, unless Marvel decides to get really cagey with issue numbering in one of their numerous relaunches--some digging was done and believe it or not, there are other comic books who managed to reach issue 1000.
Pumaman
Yes, based on the acclaimed action movie the guys at Mystery Science Theater 3000 couldn't stop talking about. The people clamored for more Pumaman, and like fans of Buffy, had to settle for a comic book adaptation exploring Pumaman's further adventures. Only reason this comic book made it to issue 1000 is because people assumed it was some sort of multi-purpose, disposable wipe for dealing with pet poop.
Sgt. Marcus' Murderous Maniacs
What started as a cheap ripoff of Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos soon turned into a deep, dark, complex examination of the Vietnam War. Basically mix up Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Heaven And Earth, Apocalypse Now, and The Deer Hunter and you got what this comic turned into. So, not too kid friendly. Apparently old people loved it like Fox News though, which is why it reached issue 1000. Hippie, peace-loving, baby boomer readership dropped considerably after issue 485 when Sgt. Marcus and his men massacred some of natives in a controversial storyline.
Earthscape: Space Quest
No one quite knows how this comic book published so many issues with nonexistent plotlines, empty shells for characters, and artwork which looked like it had been produced by Kubert School rejects. Still, it had an audience for some reason like Nickelback or Adam Sandler's shitty movies. Most comic book historians just chalk it up to gluteus maximus cerebellus, i.e. having one's head up one's ass.
Tobacco Town
Ah, yes. The now controversial comic book sponsored by Lorillard Tobacco about a small American town which subsists on tobacco farming and who is constantly at odds with neighboring town, Zealotville, where anti-tobacco crazies attempt to crush Tobacco Town every chance they get. Yes, somehow this weird, metaphorical town rivalry ran a thousand issues due to being given away to kids with a free pack of cigarettes. A very Draper thing to do.
Whitechapel Horror Weekly
Originally started as a weekly update on the Jack The Ripper murders for the aristocrats, but eventually evolved into a macabre menagerie of mayhem even Bill Gaines would smile upon once the Ripper murders dried up. Jack may have moved on, but the publishers couldn't, not when one of them had sold off two and half of his children to help launch the enterprise. So, continue the Whitechapel Horror Weekly or starve. And it's when it received a reboot, now pandering to the lower classes and including more lewd comics and drawings, Whitechapel Horror Weekly's sales increased five fold. It remained popular for almost a hundred years. However, by the late 1970's, sales were in a tailspin and it was decided to ride it out until the hundredth anniversary of the Ripper murders. Well, the poor bastards didn't make it as they had to shut down after issue 1002. The last issue included a comic featuring Margaret Thatcher in compromising positions with dead farm animals and referring to her as Lady Hatchet.
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