Comic Book Formula

Back in the days, writers used to have a formula for creating stories for comics, well, at least until early 1960's. For a rather useful look, let me share the "formula" that they are talking about.

1. The hero
2. With a female companion drawn along pretty lines
3. Frequently aided by a juvenile assistant
4. In a desperate struggle
5. In which life and heroine's honor
6. And a national or global prize is at stake
7. Against the diabolical plotting of a mater villian
8. And his gang
9. Against whom the hero has to employ all his super-talents of tossing mountains around, juggling battleships, defying gravity, and common sense
10. In a script employing: visualization, dialogue, and narration/caption.

- Robert Kanigher, How to Make Money Writing for Comics Magazine