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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 17, 2015 17:12:17 GMT -5
Superman 147 dates back to 1961 and is unusual in that it references an earlier piece of work - the cover of Adventure Comics 247 from 1958 - at a time when such homages weren't common. It's pretty much par for the course today to see recreations of key historical comics on modern covers, but this feels really out of place for 1961. I know that it had been done before - the JLA's second appearance in Brave and the Bold 29 was clearly influenced by All Star Comics 43 for instance, yet that doesn't feel like an homage that fans would have been expected to get whereas many readers in 1961 would have been able to appreciate the Superman example above. Was this the first time an historically significant cover was recreated for a later comic and if so, what was the second? Attachments:
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Post by foxley on Jan 17, 2015 18:23:27 GMT -5
This might count an earlier example. I've always thought Flash Comics #92 (1948) was a homage to Detective Comics #38 (1940):   |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jan 17, 2015 18:46:16 GMT -5
Yes, I was going to post the Flash #92 cover as well.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 17, 2015 18:48:55 GMT -5
This might count an earlier example. I've always thought Flash Comics #92 (1948) was a homage to Detective Comics #38 (1940): Possibly a homage but the image of someone breaking thru a paper circle was an iconic image used in motion pistures. I also recall a newsreel from 1941 showing Joe DiMaggio breaking thru a hoop with the number 44 in honor of his breaking the consecutive-game-hit record set by Wee Willie Keeler |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jan 18, 2015 21:17:58 GMT -5
Flash #147 from 1964 is a pretty early example:  |
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Post by dcindexer on Jan 19, 2015 6:04:11 GMT -5
Action Comics #1 (1938)  Whiz #2 (1940)  ---------------------------------------------- Adventure Comics #37 (1939)  Double Action Comics #2 (1940)  ----------------------------- Detective Comics #8 (1937)  Atomic Comics #1 (1945)  ----------------------------- Detective Comics #9 (1937)  Federal Men Comics #2 (1945)  |
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Post by foxley on Jan 19, 2015 7:07:51 GMT -5
The Whiz Comics cover certainly looks like a homage.
The Double Action cover seems to be just re-using the art from the Adventure Comics cover.
Are the other two deliberate homages or just swipes?
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Post by Dizzy D on Jan 19, 2015 7:31:13 GMT -5
They look different enough to me to be homages instead of swipes (bodies are positioned a bit differently, faces are different)
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 19, 2015 7:47:06 GMT -5
What about earliest example of an homage to something outside of comic covers? Like maybe a movie poster, album cover....now there is a challenege!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 19, 2015 8:54:10 GMT -5
I'd call the Whiz Comics one more of throwing down the gauntlet than a homage... with Captain Marvel taking it one better (tossing the car instead of carrying it), and the 'gangway for Captain Marvel' caption... that's pretty awesome, actually.
Of the others, the 'Double Action' one is a direct swipe (it might even be the same art piece re-colored). I'd call the 2nd a homage... the 3rd is clearly another artist drawing the same cover.. the 2nd one has less fine detail, and the cop's badge is on the other side.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 9:44:44 GMT -5
What about earliest example of an homage to something outside of comic covers? Like maybe a movie poster, album cover....now there is a challenege! I don't know if this qualify - but I do remember seeing this.  |
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Post by MDG on Jan 19, 2015 13:00:56 GMT -5
With Batman #9 and #16, it looks like a reversed reduced stat with the silhouette added. I wonder if there was a problem and they had to whip something up in a hurry.
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Post by foxley on Jan 19, 2015 16:14:42 GMT -5
I don't know if this the earliest homage to something other than a comic cover, but this one comes from 1954:  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 19, 2015 16:18:52 GMT -5
Action Comics #1 (1938) Whiz #2 (1940) ---------------------------------------------- Adventure Comics #37 (1939) Double Action Comics #2 (1940) ----------------------------- Detective Comics #8 (1937) Atomic Comics #1 (1945) ----------------------------- Detective Comics #9 (1937) Federal Men Comics #2 (1945) Aside from Whiz #2 which is different enough that I think it counts as an homage those others just seem like plagiarism to me. |
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