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Post by MWGallaher on Apr 1, 2020 15:43:57 GMT -5
Challengers of the Unknown #11, dated December 1959-January 1960, on sale October 1959 Art by Bob Brown with colors and washtones by Jack Adler: {Spoiler}I haven't been able to participate lately because my secret personal classic comics cover challenge had exhausted all but two of my roster, and neither of those two features had any covers that qualified for the topic. This time around, they still didn't qualify (one came close but missed the December 1959 time limit by several months). So I did something I've been thinking of doing--expanded my roster once again. It will all make sense when I finish, and explain the criteria, which are still very restrictive, but has some margin for loosening which I took advantage of. The bottom line is, last time I entered, I was down to two remaining entries, and now, after this expansion, I have instead four remaining entries. That is, I added three to the roster and subtracted one, the Challengers of the Unknown. But now, there is no more room for expansion. I've adjusted the criteria to their limit, so I'll be at this game every week until I can use up the four remaining comic book features in this contest.
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 25, 2020 8:19:34 GMT -5
Prince Hal--I loved All-Star Western, with its two completely unrelated "Outlaw" cover features. This cover was the start of the second "Outlaw", a.k.a. "Billy the Kid", who was not the historical western outlaw, but a character with an unexpected secret. I'm not always a big Tony DeZuniga fan, but this cover, with its grey tones, is a real winner. I liked the subtle evidence that the gambler Billy's aiming at was a cheat: notice there are two cards with the ace of spades!
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 19, 2020 17:41:00 GMT -5
And then there were two! Only two covers remaining in my secret personal classic comics cover contest challenge! Thanks for picking a broad topic this week, Farrar! Hopefully I won't have to sit out three weeks in a row again to get to the end of this project, but with only two cover characters left on my roster, it's quite likely! Oh, and as a reminder, I only hit the "Like" button for covers that would have been permissible for my project had I not already used that character/team--another hint for any of you who wonder about my secret theme! But that means I can't hit "Like" on a lot of covers I really, really like!
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 18, 2020 8:32:05 GMT -5
foxley
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 12, 2020 20:06:27 GMT -5
Too bad there are so few possibilities. For me there are zero, unfortunately! Maybe next week!
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Post by MWGallaher on Feb 6, 2020 15:30:48 GMT -5
So, it is possible to ride a zebra? I actually discussed this once with a friend during a trip to the zoo. I think zebras are cool, and I would love to ride one. Summer and Eve can explain this for you:
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 30, 2020 14:59:23 GMT -5
Too bad, not just because you always post a good cover, but becauseI’m dying to know your secret criteria! It's all part of the fun for me! I knew that as my roster got smaller, the odds that one of the available covers would fit the week's topic would shrink, too. For my final three entries, one provides 8 possible covers, one has 24, and the other has 30. I've already expanded the roster several times by broadening my initial criteria, and I could still add another three or four, but I'm trying to resist the temptation.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 30, 2020 9:55:06 GMT -5
I've always wondered if Kirby was intentionally making a joke by flipping the cliche--with rats boarding a rising ship. {By the way,}I can't participate this time around. I've only got three entries left on my secret personal classic comics cover contest challenge, and while one of the available covers has a hot air balloon, none has a blimp.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 29, 2020 5:38:09 GMT -5
beccabear67
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 15, 2020 8:53:21 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Now I'm down to only three remaining entries in my secret personal Classic Cover Contest challenge! I've gotten close to the end before, only to recruit additional "candidates" to expand my roster, but I'm really down to the final 3 now, I believe (although I do have 2 to 4 "honorable mention" cover features that may still make it into play--it'll all make sense when I finally reveal the theme that's linked all my entries for over a year now).
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 14, 2020 8:25:28 GMT -5
Farrar
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 8, 2020 13:35:12 GMT -5
Thanks for a topic that I could participate in, beccabear67! {Spoiler}This leaves only four covers in my secret personal classic comics cover contest challenge. This topic was made to order, and I was able to come up with one from my five available categories (and others have already drawn from one of those categories, so I opted to save that for a future week). Will next time be as easy? I doubt it...with my options getting narrower, it's going to be more and more difficult to satisfy the topics!
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 7, 2020 13:40:30 GMT -5
EdoBosnar
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 3, 2020 8:48:03 GMT -5
In January 1980, I bought these, probably most of them at Memphis Comics & Records: Brave & Bold #161 ($0.40): Haney had been gone for a few issues, but Jim Aparo was still there, illustrating, this time, a team-up of Batman and Adam Strange penned by Gerry Conway. Aparo hadn't been there for Adam's first B&B team-up, so I believe this was his first time drawing the character. Aparo was a science fiction fan, but he got to draw far too little of it. With this adventure primarily on the planet Rann, we see just how good he would have been if SF had been a more popular genre during his prime career years. Charlton Classics #1 ($0.40): Sam Glanzman's bizarrely psychedelic Hercules is a real trip! Defenders #82 ($0.40): Don Perlin begins his fairly long run on the book. I liked it, but I was an easy sell on any Defenders material. Fantasy Masterpieces #5 ($0.75): More Silver Surfer reprints that I figured were my only chance to read at a reasonable price, ever. Howard the Duck #4 ($1.25): I was a devoted Howard fan, but the B&W magazine wasn't doing it for me, no matter how much I wanted it to. Obviously, the other fans felt the same. Shogun Warriors #15 ($0.40): I kept buying this, despite this fill-in lacking both Moench and Trimpe. What If (the Avengers fought the Kree-Skrull War without Rick Jones)? #20 ($0.75): Despite this revisiting the events of the first Marvel comic I ever bought, this title was losing my previously enthusiastic interest, as it began to delve more and more into less fundamental points in Marvel chronology. X-Men #132 ($0.40): I remained enthusiastic about this title, going strong under Claremont and Byrne.
It appears that I was finding DC pretty week going into 1980. From Marvel, I was sticking to a few oddball favorites while staying on the bandwagon with X-Men.
Total cost: $4.75
Cover of the Month: Honestly, not a strong month. Even the dependable Mike Kaluta turned in a weak one on this month's Time Warp. I'll give the nod to Nestor Redondo's painted cover for Savage Sword of Conan #50.
Comic I Most Want But Don't Have: Very little this month is especially tempting, but if I had my pick, I suppose I'd take a copy of G. I. Combat #219, with three Kanigher/Glanzman Haunted Tank stories (plus "Women at War" featuring "Booby Trap for a General"!)
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 1, 2020 19:00:05 GMT -5
And now there are only five to go! I had to sit out last week's contest, although there was one cover I considered using, which in fact was entered by another poster. I thought it was a bit questionable, and for these last entries in my secret personal Classic Cover Contest challenge, I want to adhere very strictly to the topic. That'll make this pretty difficult, finding suitable covers in the five remaining categories.
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