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Post by tarkintino on Aug 23, 2019 14:42:35 GMT -5
I was thinking about the "Yellow Peril" caricature of a Japanese person as a gargoyle in the lower right here.  Did this inspire the look of the Skrulls?  Excellent eye, rberman. That is too close to be anything other than a direct swi--er--inspiration from the cover of Daredevil. From the green skin, large, elfin/pixie ears, to the widow's peak skullcap / hairline, wo would argue that there's room for doubting that character as the source for the Skrull's visual development. |
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Post by rberman on Aug 23, 2019 15:40:27 GMT -5
Speaking of peaked skullcaps, the Morlock Healer in Clarmont's X-Men and New Mutants seemed to be taken from Merlin's appearance in Boorman's Excalibur film.   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 24, 2019 7:27:29 GMT -5
It's the angle from which we see the figures that struck me and the use of the buildings.   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 24, 2019 7:32:48 GMT -5
Same elements and characters, two years apart. Can't blame overworked Ernie if he cribbed a bit from Cardy, but whether he did or not, the difference in their ability to make a scene dynamic is clear.   |
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Post by Farrar on Aug 25, 2019 17:23:12 GMT -5
I was thinking about the "Yellow Peril" caricature of a Japanese person as a gargoyle in the lower right here.Did this inspire the look of the Skrulls? Fwiw that " 'Yellow Peril' caricature of a Japanese person as a gargoyle character"  inset depicted a recurring character created earlier by Jack Cole, a character known as the Claw (sometimes called the Green Claw). The Claw was a super-powered villain who for a time actually headlined his own feature; he first appeared in Silver Streak #1 (cover-dated Dec. 1939).  Many here are probably familiar with this classic cover by J. Cole, from 1940.  |
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Post by Chris on Aug 29, 2019 23:37:29 GMT -5
Here's one that might be a little bit crazy...  |
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Post by junkmonkey on Aug 30, 2019 4:37:51 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Aug 30, 2019 20:34:02 GMT -5
Oh come on, there's no end of comic book characters standing akimbo in any medium you care to name. That's not a swipe it's a standard pose.... Maybe the "little bit crazy" at the top was too subtle? It was meant as a joke, with a little humorous commentary about how the Seal cover had a strong resemblance to the rather unique and highly specific way that Carmine Infantino drew that particular pose. I probably should have spelled that out. tl;dr - probably too obscure of a reference for anyone not as spergy as me. |
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 1, 2019 13:19:03 GMT -5
The Invincible Iron Man #80 (November, 1975). Cover pencils by Jack Kirby with Al Milgrom inks. The Adventures of Superman #435 (December, 1987). Cover by Jerry Ordway. 
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 10, 2019 16:53:17 GMT -5
Homage not only in the basic arrangement of the characters and what they're doing, but both feature the most significant shrinking hero of the Silver Age being launched by a character with "hawk" in his names. The Atom #31 (June/July, 1967). Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Murphy Anderson. The Avengers #223 (September, 1982). Cover pencils by Ed Hannigan, inks by Klaus Janson.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 11, 2019 11:19:15 GMT -5
tarkintino , great catch there. It must have been intentional. Here's a weird one. I know we've done the obvious homage to Mordru from Adventure 369...  in this Avengers 285 cover...  But how weird is it that just eight issues later, the cover is essentially repeated, even to the use of green as the primary color? 
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 13, 2019 21:44:15 GMT -5
Have we done this pair? (1960 and '62)   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 16, 2019 18:41:47 GMT -5
I doubt it's a steal or an hommage, but the similarities jumped out at me. Now to check a cover gallery of GI Combat...   |
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 17, 2019 20:51:43 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 17, 2019 20:56:04 GMT -5
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inset depicted a recurring character created earlier by Jack Cole, a character known as the Claw (sometimes called the Green Claw). The Claw was a super-powered villain who for a time actually headlined his own feature; he first appeared in Silver Streak #1 (cover-dated Dec. 1939). 
