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Post by MWGallaher on May 22, 2017 8:00:12 GMT -5
I got a big kick out of seeing this reprint series hit the stands in the early 70's:   And look, there's another of the Marvel "The ________est Hero of All!" blurbs! |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 22, 2017 8:06:14 GMT -5
I hated when Marvel changed his name to Night Rider.
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Post by MWGallaher on May 22, 2017 8:35:11 GMT -5
Another mid-70's Marvel reprint series that I was glad to have the chance to buy. I loved the logo, and usually enjoyed the "Original Human Torch" backups from the 40's and 50's more than the relatively juvenile stories from Johnny Storm's 60's solos.   Given that Marvel frequently used alternate story titles on the cover blurbs, I'm surprised that they didn't retitle this one. I'm pretty sure "torrid twosome" conjured up the same kinds of notions in the mid-70's as it would now. It was never a good name for a supposed crimefighting team. And for the third time in a row, here's Gil Kane handling the reprint cover pencils, this time with the unhelpful inks of Vince Colletta, who appears to have taken some liberties with Kane's faces. |
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Post by berkley on May 22, 2017 13:31:13 GMT -5
And while we're at it, let's see what Marvel put on the cover when they reprinted this issue's Captain America tale in Marvel Double Feature #15:  I'm think that the smoke/foam/energy/whatever directly above the bottom blurb actually serves to emphasize the "crotch-shottiness" of this cover, but I can't help but think it was intended to do the opposite. Not one of Gil Kane's most elegant covers, for sure. Thank heaven it wasn't a female character! I'm one of what is to me a surprisingly small minority of fans who find that Gil Kane's covers for Marvel in the early 70s aren't very good, as a rule. They often look to me like a disorderly jumble of elements with no sense of composition. It's weird because his covers for DC in the 60s are excellent and he also did much better covers later on, so I imagine it mus have been some kind of editorial policy at Marvel in the early 70s that was mostly responsible. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 23, 2017 15:37:39 GMT -5
And while we're at it, let's see what Marvel put on the cover when they reprinted this issue's Captain America tale in Marvel Double Feature #15: I'm think that the smoke/foam/energy/whatever directly above the bottom blurb actually serves to emphasize the "crotch-shottiness" of this cover, but I can't help but think it was intended to do the opposite. Not one of Gil Kane's most elegant covers, for sure. Actually, when I see that pose by Cap, all I can think is that he's sitting on the toilet, having a herd time. He should've eaten more fiber. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 23, 2017 15:39:46 GMT -5
I actually have both of these! Two of my first back issue purchases from the LCS, especially X-Men #23. |
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Post by tarkintino on May 25, 2017 9:06:38 GMT -5
And while we're at it, let's see what Marvel put on the cover when they reprinted this issue's Captain America tale in Marvel Double Feature #15: I'm think that the smoke/foam/energy/whatever directly above the bottom blurb actually serves to emphasize the "crotch-shottiness" of this cover, but I can't help but think it was intended to do the opposite. Not one of Gil Kane's most elegant covers, for sure. Thank heaven it wasn't a female character! I'm one of what is to me a surprisingly small minority of fans who find that Gil Kane's covers for Marvel in the early 70s aren't very good, as a rule. They often look to me like a disorderly jumble of elements with no sense of composition. It's weird because his covers for DC in the 60s are excellent and he also did much better covers later on, so I imagine it mus have been some kind of editorial policy at Marvel in the early 70s that was mostly responsible. I agree; it appears Marvel's reprint cover policy was to just slap it together (composition be damned) with the then-"Marvelized" style. It does Kane's masterful skill a great disservice, whether one thinks of his DC work, or cover composition for Amazing Spider-Man. Another problem I had with reprint covers was the tendency to illustrate the characters as they appeared a the time, despite the fact the interior art was (usually) from the early-mid 60s where costume design, civilian styles were far different than their early 1970s counterparts--as we see in the Marvel Double Feature Cap cover. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2017 21:00:16 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on May 27, 2017 8:18:52 GMT -5
Man, I love the Silver age...  What, you've never heard of a centrifugal-force ray gun? What planet do you live on? |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 27, 2017 8:23:02 GMT -5
I got a big kick out of seeing this reprint series hit the stands in the early 70's: And look, there's another of the Marvel "The ________est Hero of All!" blurbs! Capitalizing on DC's Weird Western Tales, of course... |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 27, 2017 8:31:06 GMT -5
Another mid-70's Marvel reprint series that I was glad to have the chance to buy. I loved the logo, and usually enjoyed the "Original Human Torch" backups from the 40's and 50's more than the relatively juvenile stories from Johnny Storm's 60's solos. Given that Marvel frequently used alternate story titles on the cover blurbs, I'm surprised that they didn't retitle this one. I'm pretty sure "torrid twosome" conjured up the same kinds of notions in the mid-70's as it would now. It was never a good name for a supposed crimefighting team. And for the third time in a row, here's Gil Kane handling the reprint cover pencils, this time with the unhelpful inks of Vince Colletta, who appears to have taken some liberties with Kane's faces. That is the "un-Kaneiest" cover I think I've ever seen. Talk about generic Marvel! And it looks like Johnny Strom's non-fiery arm belongs to Hank McCoy! But, hell, Colletta could feck up "Cathy." |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 28, 2017 7:06:09 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on May 28, 2017 12:17:46 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on May 28, 2017 17:01:11 GMT -5
The Brave and the Bold's Irv Novick cover had more drama, as well as being shocking, with Batman attacking Robin (in a decade when it was all about Batman and Robin). |
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Post by Confessor on May 28, 2017 17:16:31 GMT -5
This is gonna sound like sacrilege to some, but I think the reprint cover on that Avengers Annual is better than Kirby's original. Who's the artist on the annual cover, Icc? |
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