Parade

[Niels Houlberg Hansen]

Joe: 
>In addition to Barry's fine answer, I'd also point out that there was a
time in comic books
>where the publishers seemed to "create" new titles for existing
characters just by tacking
>on another pleasant sounding or otherwise appropriate word.  "Parade"
is such a word,
>as it conjures up good feelings though, as Barry indicated, no parade
actually occurred
>in its pages.
 
Thanks to Joe (and others) for answering my question.
I thought that maybe the "Parade" books were called this because there
was an American tradition of making parades (with band waggons etc.) at
Christmas time, but it seems that it was a clever commercial gimmick.

Kind regards
Niels