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Post by cellardweller on Apr 13, 2017 1:19:39 GMT -5
I was digging through some threads and came across a post that showed an issue of Superman, where he was basically being used as a punching bag. Turns out, a similar cover was done for Superboy. The original post can be seen here, by farrar. www.classiccomics.org/thread/190/50-years-ago-month?page=9&scrollTo=148045It made me think that his could be a good idea for a thread. Covers of different books, done at different times, that are similar. |
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Post by cellardweller on Apr 13, 2017 1:22:01 GMT -5
My own contribution.... I remember getting this issue when it was on sale in the comic stores.  and then not long after, going to another store to find back issues of various books, and came across this issue of Super Friends.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 14, 2017 20:58:24 GMT -5
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Post by cellardweller on Apr 15, 2017 0:12:59 GMT -5
Definitely like all the puppet themes
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 15, 2017 9:24:10 GMT -5
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Post by cellardweller on Apr 15, 2017 17:43:36 GMT -5
No, I hadn't seen that one before. Thanks! I'll check it out.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 15, 2017 18:19:26 GMT -5
Well, there is this...  and this...  Perez swore up and down that there was no homage, that it was a thematic coincidence. It's not totally unique... similar shot and posing...   |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 15, 2017 18:32:35 GMT -5
Different threads, similar threads |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 15, 2017 20:20:24 GMT -5
Did someone say puppets?  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 15, 2017 20:43:08 GMT -5
Mr. Puppet Himself  |
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Post by berkley on Apr 16, 2017 2:57:41 GMT -5
Howdy Doody is one American show we never got where I grew up, but I would often hear or see the name referenced in all the other American stuff we did get - tv shows, comics, etc - so I had a vague idea that it was a character on some kind of children's tv show. Not sure I ever knew it was a puppet, but now that I see that picture I think it's the scariest puppet I ever have seen - how could anyone ever have thought this would be a good thing?!
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Post by Confessor on Apr 16, 2017 8:44:59 GMT -5
Would anyone -- cellardweller in particular -- mind if I merged this thread with the Homage Covers one? |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 16, 2017 9:27:31 GMT -5
Howdy Doody is one American show we never got where I grew up, but I would often hear or see the name referenced in all the other American stuff we did get - tv shows, comics, etc - so I had a vague idea that it was a character on some kind of children's tv show. Not sure I ever knew it was a puppet, but now that I see that picture I think it's the scariest puppet I ever have seen - how could anyone ever have thought this would be a good thing?! No scarier than any of the Gerry Anderson stuff; less violent, too. Kookla, Fran and Ollie were creepier, to me. When I was a kid, we used to get these annual marionette shows at our elementary school. At the end, one of the performers/organizers would appear, reclining, across the puppet stage. They looked like a giant and it always freaked me out more than the puppets. Howdy Doody was pretty innocuous, shot in black & white, with a lot of comedy. Buffalo Bob Smith was both the host and voice of Howdy, and both later appeared on Happy Days, in a second season episode where they guys are trying to get a photo of Clarabell the Clown, without the make-up. Clarabell was originally played (until 1952), by Bob Keeshan, who later became childrens' tv legend Captain Kangaroo. There were several puppet shows in that era of tv, including the aforementioned Kookla, Fran & Ollie and Time for Beanie (aka Beany and Cecil), which was created by Looney Tunes director Bob Clampett. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 16, 2017 10:04:59 GMT -5
Howdy Doody was a sweet, little puppet compared to the evil and loathsome visage of Clarabell The Clown   |
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Post by berkley on Apr 16, 2017 16:04:41 GMT -5
Children's shows were one of the few genres where we had our own Canadian shows instead of American or British imports, for the most part so I grew up with a completely different set of characters, puppets, and actors. Butternut Square (title later changed to Mister Dress-Up) and the Friendly Giant were the best.
When I finally did see the American shows after we got cable in my late teens, they often seemed weird and creepy to me, as did those MacDonald's commercials, come to think of it. It's all what you're used to, I suppose. We did get Sesame Street in the 70s and I was a big fan of that, of course.
And we did get the British show Vision On in the 70s, I think that was one of the best of all time, really inventive stuff.
I wonder why that was, BTW - that we had more Canadian children's shows than other kinds of tv apart from news. Are kid's shows cheaper to make, or something? Or maybe they were made a priority because of the educational aspect, forming young minds and all that.
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