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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 11, 2017 18:03:36 GMT -5
There are so many that I have often wondered how readers of the time took that. Did they assume that growing to giant size was one of his abilities, and he just didn't happen to use in the issue they read, other than on the cover? Did they feel cheated because the comic turned out to be about a swimming fish-man, not a giant Nazi-crusher? Or did they get that the covers were symbolic? I'm pretty sure that many readers were confused. I'm not certain that would be the case. Movie posters had been using the trope since the silent era, along with book and magazine covers. I think the audience at the time had a level of sophistication that would interpret such "cultural clues" as "the prominent character is the star of this book," rather than "this book features a giant!" |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 11, 2017 20:24:39 GMT -5
 Don't pull on Superman's cape or mess with King Kong Now, two great tastes that taste great together ! Thanks Swanderson ! |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 11, 2017 20:25:31 GMT -5
There are so many Golden Age Namor covers that fit this topic. I picked this one because I was wondering where he got that mallet. Funny story. He got it from a mullet! Not the haircut, the fish. The story is kind of dull, it involves a storm at sea. Things are turbulent, then there's a lull. It turns out the handle was the back-bone of a mullet wrenched from the beak of a sea-gull. It sounds unlikely, I know.  But it was a mullet mallet, which was not uncommon at the time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 22:30:09 GMT -5
Intended to be blank
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 6:02:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 7:31:41 GMT -5
Dear All ... I changed my cover that's found on page 1.
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 12, 2017 8:37:24 GMT -5
Man, I just thought of a great cover I wish I had used, but... blah.
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Post by kirby101 on Oct 12, 2017 8:48:54 GMT -5
I'm not clear. Is this contest about characters enlarged symbolically? Or characters that are actually giant size?
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Post by batusi on Oct 12, 2017 9:20:02 GMT -5
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Post by batusi on Oct 12, 2017 9:20:51 GMT -5
I'm not clear. Is this contest about characters enlarged symbolically? Or characters that are actually giant size? I took it as symbolic, but maybe it is both? |
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Post by MDG on Oct 12, 2017 10:09:49 GMT -5
I'm not clear. Is this contest about characters enlarged symbolically? Or characters that are actually giant size? I took it as symbolic, but maybe it is both? "Post a cover that shows one or more characters enlarged to giant size, usually for symbolic purposes." So, preferred, but not essential. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Oct 12, 2017 13:08:24 GMT -5
Giant in the graveyard:  |
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 12, 2017 13:08:56 GMT -5
I took it as symbolic, but maybe it is both? "Post a cover that shows one or more characters enlarged to giant size, usually for symbolic purposes." So, preferred, but not essential. What he said. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Oct 12, 2017 13:24:25 GMT -5
There are so many that I have often wondered how readers of the time took that. Did they assume that growing to giant size was one of his abilities, and he just didn't happen to use in the issue they read, other than on the cover? Did they feel cheated because the comic turned out to be about a swimming fish-man, not a giant Nazi-crusher? Or did they get that the covers were symbolic? I'm pretty sure that many readers were confused. I'm not certain that would be the case. Movie posters had been using the trope since the silent era, along with book and magazine covers. I think the audience at the time had a level of sophistication that would interpret such "cultural clues" as "the prominent character is the star of this book," rather than "this book features a giant!" It's not that I think the audience was too unsophisticated to get it, but the Sub-Mariner covers sort of crossed a line in that Namor was usually seen acting in a giant form, tossing ships around and stuff. That kind of interactivity isn't as obviously symbolic as, say, Captain America and Bucky towering over tiny gangsters, or a giant villain holding Batman and Robin in the palm of his hand. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 12, 2017 13:50:41 GMT -5
There was an awful large amount of Dr. Doom large covers
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