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Post by the4thpip on Aug 5, 2015 16:12:22 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 5, 2015 16:30:39 GMT -5
Over the years some have opined that it's based on Joseph Hirsch's 1940s painting "High Visibility Wrap", which was featured in the 1945 book Men Without Guns If it wasn't, that's some next-level synchronicity (somebody get Sting on the line!). The original uncropped, uncolored art was published in Mark Evanier's "KIRBY: King of Comics." Some of the finer details were lost in the primitive printing of 1954, but it's still a striking piece. This is Kirby inking himself, a chore he apparently detested, which is a shame, as I think he was a fine inker. I love that cover, too, but it strikes me that the helmet and the gun both look German. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Aug 5, 2015 16:44:01 GMT -5
I love that cover, too, but it strikes me that the helmet and the gun both look German. Nah. The head-gear is a standard-issue "steel pot," still in use when I went through basic training in '85 (and replaced with Kevlar head-gear the following year). As for the weapon, possibly captured from an enemy combatant? I'm not too well-versed on WWII-era weapons, but Kirby certainly would have been. One more thing and I'll shut up. Sporting an Oct. '54 cover date, it's very likely that Jack composed this piece very near to the ten year anniversary of D-Day. Perhaps that explains why it seems to stand out among his work of the period. |
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Post by Farrar on Aug 5, 2015 17:28:07 GMT -5
... One more thing and I'll shut up. Sporting an Oct. '54 cover date, it's very likely that Jack composed this piece very near to the ten year anniversary of D-Day. Good call! Yes, likely a deliberate recall (of an image that was not obscure and had been reproduced in not only that 1945 book but from what I have read also in magazines), as a commemoration. Using that image also gives Foxhole #1 a documentary or real-life feel. |
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Post by Jesse on Aug 5, 2015 18:00:03 GMT -5
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Post by benday-dot on Aug 5, 2015 18:52:12 GMT -5
I very much regret missing out on the vote last night that delivered MDG's great cover as our winner this week. It was a great choice! Maybe to make up for circumstances which kept me away I'll put forward another Nick Cardy cover for the current theme. The man was a cover genius!  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 5, 2015 21:00:54 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 5, 2015 21:28:09 GMT -5
Are those the same people on the beach on the covers of Sub-Mariner #18 and #30?
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Post by dupersuper on Aug 5, 2015 22:40:47 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Aug 5, 2015 23:00:02 GMT -5
The swimsuit issues were always a fun one to buy when Amazing Heroes did these...  |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 5, 2015 23:49:29 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 6, 2015 0:12:23 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Aug 6, 2015 2:19:22 GMT -5
Sheesh! You want me to be posting a beach-themed cover in the middle of winter? When I'm waking up to sub-zero temperatures? Fortunately, this cover sums things up nicely (just reverse the hemispheres):  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 6, 2015 4:54:56 GMT -5
Are those the same people on the beach on the covers of Sub-Mariner #18 and #30? Ha. I hesitated to post another Submariner cover but I love the gorilla type pose of an overly aggressive Captain Marvel. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 6, 2015 4:55:22 GMT -5
"take you stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape!" |
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