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Further unlike British ''Doctor Who'' publications, most of its content is devoted to a single story, and there is typically very little, if any, prose content — other than a page printing letters from readers. In almost every case, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories told in this format are not concluded in just one issue, but rather are spread out over several issues. It is then typical for the individual issues to be collected in [[trade paperback]]s, where the entire story can be enjoyed by readers in a single publication. | Further unlike British ''Doctor Who'' publications, most of its content is devoted to a single story, and there is typically very little, if any, prose content — other than a page printing letters from readers. In almost every case, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories told in this format are not concluded in just one issue, but rather are spread out over several issues. It is then typical for the individual issues to be collected in [[trade paperback]]s, where the entire story can be enjoyed by readers in a single publication. | ||
Sometimes, an American comic book can have both a main story, which takes up most of the book, and a "backup strip", comprised of just a few pages (or even panels) in the back of the book. | Sometimes, an American comic book can have both a main story, which takes up most of the book, and a "backup strip", comprised of just a few pages (or even panels) in the back of the book. | ||
As the name implies, the format is popular in the [[United States]] and has been rarely, if ever, used as the format of origination in the [[United Kingdom]]. Nevertheless, in the [[21st century]], mainly due to licenses given by [[BBC Worldwide]] to both [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Titan Publishing Group]], the format has been used to tell a number of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories. | As the name implies, the format is popular in the [[United States]] and has been rarely, if ever, used as the format of origination in the [[United Kingdom]]. Nevertheless, in the [[21st century]], mainly due to licenses given by [[BBC Worldwide]] to both [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Titan Publishing Group]], the format has been used to tell a number of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories. | ||
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== Historical overview == | == Historical overview == | ||
=== 20th century === | === 20th century === | ||
Though dominantly a format of the 21st century, the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story told in this format was [[Dr. Who and the Daleks (comic story)|an adaptation]] of the movie, ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''. At that time in the [[1960s]], [[Dell Publishing]] specialised in publishing adaptations of films and television shows. ''Daleks'' was merely one of the hundreds of properties it had obtained the right to publish. | Though dominantly a format of the 21st century, the first ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story told in this format was [[Dr. Who and the Daleks (comic story)|an adaptation]] of the movie, ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''. At that time in the [[1960s]], [[Dell Publishing]] specialised in publishing adaptations of films and television shows. ''Daleks'' was merely one of the hundreds of properties it had obtained the right to publish. | ||
The next major American comic book was [[Doctor Who (1984)|''Doctor Who'' (1984)]], a repackaging of stories from [[Marvel UK]] by [[Marvel Comics Group]]. Though it had been prefigured by a couple of "pilot" issues in ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'', the 1984 series of ''Doctor Who'' was the first true "run" of American comic books in ''Doctor Who'' history. | The next major American comic book was [[Doctor Who (1984)|''Doctor Who'' (1984)]], a repackaging of stories from [[Marvel UK]] by [[Marvel Comics Group]]. Though it had been prefigured by a couple of "pilot" issues in ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'', the 1984 series of ''Doctor Who'' was the first true "run" of American comic books in ''Doctor Who'' history. | ||
