Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor Hormone


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 23:28, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Doctor Hormone

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Non-notable golden age character no results Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 19:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Comics and animation.  Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 19:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, as opposed to "no results", the preview in Ron Goulart's great history of comic books has coverage on the character on p. 21-23, and there is a 2-page chapter dedicated to him, fittingly, in The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Not sure how much there is in American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944. Daranios (talk) 20:34, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * American Comic Book Chronicles has a paragraph on the character, including commentary on the character's use of the Ku Klux Klan as villains: "Though down to approximately 30,000 members in 1941 (from a high of 4,000,000 a decade and a half earlier), the Klan and its sympathizers, many of them in positions of prominence, were still dangerous. To call them out as murderers and traitors, even in the pages of a comic book, was brave, perhaps too brave for Dell executives. Dr. Hormone was gone following issue #60, his storyline interrupted mid-cliffhanger." Toughpigs (talk) 21:49, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep: Ah it's got three sources and is wacky enough, I'd give it a pass on that alone. Oaktree b (talk) 20:45, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The sources dont seem to be very indebth and more plot only. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: You can view the League of Regrettable Superheroes book here mentioned over a few pages... and a newspaper mention here . Gnews brings up a few mentions when the "Regrettable" book was published about a decade ago. Low-rent Captain America it sounds like. Not to be confused with the actual Doctor Hormone . Oh this made my day! Oaktree b (talk) 20:46, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The second one is just a mention not any WP:SIGCOV. The first one seems to be plot with a few jokes thrown in. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 21:39, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment: Merge to Dell Comics maybe? Oaktree b (talk) 02:04, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I think the sources just so fullfill the requirements of WP:Notability. As there is no article yet on Popular Comics, a merge target as AtD is somewhat problematic, with Dell Comics or 1940 in comics being possible but not ideal choices. So keeping this based on WP:PAGEDECIDE seems the better option. Daranios (talk) 11:40, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Comic books are at their best as social commentary, and taking on the KKK in the Golden Age was far from a bandwagon thing. Even if the coverage as presented above is on the short side, GNG is met and it looks like there's enough info to create a compelling, if short, encyclopedia article. Jclemens (talk) 18:40, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per Daranios and Jclemens, the coverage is enough for an article and shows notability.DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 23:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)


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