[DennyWilson]

I was thinking about those text short stories and features frequent in the golden age of comics - they are fun reads,especially the ones with the comic heroes.

When did these stop becoming a regular feature?

I recall DC did some one page features on some of the characters and content in the Giants ("Secret Origins" features a one page text feature on Green Arrow and Speedy)

[narfstar]

Not sure when the rules changed but they were required for second class postal permit. Had to have text page or two to be considered.

[DennyWilson]

Not sure when the rules changed but they were required for second class postal permit. Had to have text page or two to be considered.

I thought it was becuase of the second class permits I guess the leter pages also fit the requirement

[darkmark]

Yes, I believe the 2-text-pages rule (or whatever it was) got fulfilled by just putting letters pages in comics.

[skybandit]

   Are the text stories canon?  Do they belong in continuity?

   'Tho that doesn't matter as much in the Golden Age.  The Blackhawks fought and killed Ghengis Khan...twice!

[narfstar]

You answered your own question sky. There was little continueity in the GA anyway

[skybandit]

   Some.  The 'Hawks had recurrent friends & foes, but most of the Military/Modern stuff are stand-alones.  For that matter ERB wasn't all that consistent in his writing, either, but he made himself a universe full of crossover characters and technologies.