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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 4, 2016 12:13:46 GMT -5
I thought that this character was also a Hulk rip off.  |
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Post by MDG on Jul 5, 2016 8:30:32 GMT -5
I think back in those days the cover art had to be at the printers before the interior artwork had to be there. So the covers were already printed before it was known that the interior art would be late and a reprint had to be substituted. I think you are right.
Unfortunately a lot of new comics have a cover that is more like a poster & could be on any issue. There is no clue as to what the story inside is about.
Having the covers done first was not just a printing issue, but also so it could be used for house ads, fan press, and (later) retailer solicitations. When my partner and i were writing a series, we were locked into a storyline because the covers were already done. |
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Post by MDG on Jul 8, 2016 8:25:05 GMT -5
There was a small press publisher who got pros like Kaluta, Anderson, and Swan (shown) to do covers. Interior artwork didn't quite match up.  |
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 8, 2016 8:48:47 GMT -5
A giant squeezes Superman until his head pops off?! I gotta buy this! ...  ...oh...it's a regular size person destroying a Superman action figure...what a let down! |
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 8, 2016 20:54:03 GMT -5
A giant squeezes Superman until his head pops off?! I gotta buy this! ... ...oh...it's a regular size person destroying a Superman action figure...what a let down! It must be Batmans favourite action figure... |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 9, 2016 10:35:33 GMT -5
A giant squeezes Superman until his head pops off?! I gotta buy this! ... ...oh...it's a regular size person destroying a Superman action figure...what a let down! My God, that Ernie Chan era... That flat-out ugly design, those drab colors (What's with that rust-colored sky?), the pseudo-Infantino skyline and the elongation of the Superman figure. (I guess so that we can see his chest symbol just in case we're not sure who that is in the red and blue uniform on the cover of World's Finest.) |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 9, 2016 13:24:47 GMT -5
A giant squeezes Superman until his head pops off?! I gotta buy this! ... ...oh...it's a regular size person destroying a Superman action figure...what a let down! My God, that Ernie Chan era... That flat-out ugly design, those drab colors (What's with that rust-colored sky?), the pseudo-Infantino skyline and the elongation of the Superman figure. (I guess so that we can see his chest symbol just in case we're not sure who that is in the red and blue uniform on the cover of World's Finest.) One of my all-time favorite covers. And a cover that got me to part with a hard-earned quarter when I was a kid. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 9, 2016 14:19:34 GMT -5
My God, that Ernie Chan era... That flat-out ugly design, those drab colors (What's with that rust-colored sky?), the pseudo-Infantino skyline and the elongation of the Superman figure. (I guess so that we can see his chest symbol just in case we're not sure who that is in the red and blue uniform on the cover of World's Finest.) One of my all-time favorite covers. And a cover that got me to part with a hard-earned quarter when I was a kid. Strike One: You like this cover. (I will overlook that a bit because you were young.) Strike Two: That blue field your team plays on. (I will overlook that as well, because you have nowhere else to watch a game.) I remember that you have said this before and will regard this as a foul tip. Now I will wipe your comment from my mind once again so that we can still be forum pals. PS: I am almost finished Devil in the Grove, which you and Dan both recommended. Thanks. Ashamed I hadn't even heard about this. Absolutely riveting, frightening, and haunting, especially in light of everything that has happened this week. When America chooses to glimpse itself in the mirror, it ain't always a pretty sight. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 9, 2016 14:33:15 GMT -5
One of my all-time favorite covers. And a cover that got me to part with a hard-earned quarter when I was a kid. Strike One: You like this cover. (I will overlook that a bit because you were young.) Strike Two: That blue field your team plays on. (I will overlook that as well, because you have nowhere else to watch a game.) I remember that you have said this before and will regard this as a foul tip. Now I will wipe your comment from my mind once again so that we can still be forum pals. PS: I am almost finished Devil in the Grove, which you and Dan both recommended. Thanks. Ashamed I hadn't even heard about this. Absolutely riveting, frightening, and haunting, especially in light of everything that has happened this week. When America chooses to glimpse itself in the mirror, it ain't always a pretty sight. My first college football game my Freshman year was the first game played on the blue. I love that field like nobody's business. Devil in the Grove is a really great book. At first it's a bit hard to look at it and think this was happening in my Grandparents day. Then I look at the nightly news and it's all too familiar. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 9, 2016 15:11:41 GMT -5
Strike One: You like this cover. (I will overlook that a bit because you were young.) Strike Two: That blue field your team plays on. (I will overlook that as well, because you have nowhere else to watch a game.) I remember that you have said this before and will regard this as a foul tip. Now I will wipe your comment from my mind once again so that we can still be forum pals. PS: I am almost finished Devil in the Grove, which you and Dan both recommended. Thanks. Ashamed I hadn't even heard about this. Absolutely riveting, frightening, and haunting, especially in light of everything that has happened this week. When America chooses to glimpse itself in the mirror, it ain't always a pretty sight. My first college football game my Freshman year was the first game played on the blue. I love that field like nobody's business. Devil in the Grove is a really great book. At first it's a bit hard to look at it and think this was happening in my Grandparents day. Then I look at the nightly news and it's all too familiar. I always have thought that Gardner Fox's Earth-One/ Earth-Two concept works as a model for our society. Two universes occupying the same space, but spinning at different velocities. All of us have counterparts on the other Earth. Each of the Earths has millions of people just like us, but slightly different. Each has heroes and villains, and each has its own history, sometimes similar, but in key spots, quite different. And because the two earths spin at different velocities, there are no overlaps, no collisions, or even knowledge of the other's existence. Until there's a Crisis on one of the Earths. Too bad there's no Justice League to solve this summer's. |
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