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Post by berkley on Jul 18, 2018 23:10:18 GMT -5
I thought that the fourth world stuff fit nicely in with the limited Dc characters they used. The only exception was forcing Deadman into a few issues of Forever people. I was thinking more of what 's been done afterwards by writers other than Kirby.
I don't want to take anything away from those readers who do like the the new Gods in the DCU or the Eternals in the MU, just talking about my own preferences, as usual. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 19, 2018 0:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 19, 2018 0:15:39 GMT -5
I used this in a recent Cover Contest - it's Cockrum inked by Bob Wiacek, and it's the last issue of Rawhide Kid.  |
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Post by berkley on Jul 19, 2018 0:29:38 GMT -5
About Cockrum himself, I sometimes found his style a little bland but every now and then he would come up with something special, an image so striking that it reached iconic levels. This one of Mantis in Englehart's Avengers, for example:  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 19, 2018 5:01:04 GMT -5
Wow, I remember having that issue of GL (#128), but until now I had completely forgotten that he drew that story in the middle (with a framing sequence done by regular series penciler Joe Staton). Thanks for reminding me.
It would have been wonderful if Cockrum had done more work on stories involving the space-faring adventures of Green Lantern, or some other SF-type protagonist, like Adam Strange.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 19, 2018 11:40:47 GMT -5
Mark Evanier's book said Kirby was looking for health benefits for his family and more stability and Goodman shot it down; and, that Stan had been angling to make Kirby art director.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 19, 2018 14:01:53 GMT -5
Mark Evanier's book said Kirby was looking for health benefits for his family and more stability and Goodman shot it down; and, that Stan had been angling to make Kirby art director. If anyone knows, it would be Evanier.
Cei-U! I summon the reliable source!
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Post by badwolf on Jul 19, 2018 16:12:44 GMT -5
About Cockrum himself, I sometimes found his style a little bland but every now and then he would come up with something special, an image so striking that it reached iconic levels. This one of Mantis in Englehart's Avengers, for example: That reminds me of his Dejah Thoris.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 19, 2018 16:20:19 GMT -5
About Cockrum himself, I sometimes found his style a little bland but every now and then he would come up with something special, an image so striking that it reached iconic levels. This one of Mantis in Englehart's Avengers, for example: That reminds me of his Dejah Thoris.
Cockrum's cover was actually used for the Penguin Classics edition of A Princess of Mars...  To me, it's a toss-up as to who did the sexier (and most unclad in a Code-approved comic) Dejah Thoris; Dave Cockrum or Murphy Anderson  Cockrum (and Kane, before him) certainly had a more beefcake John Carter. |
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Post by badwolf on Jul 20, 2018 10:59:09 GMT -5
Yep I remember being surprised when I saw that Penguin edition in a bookstore.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 20, 2018 11:33:36 GMT -5
In regards to Cockrum's Avengers, he also did a bunch of Avengers pin-ups and illustrations in FOOM #6-7 around this same time.    And more. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 20, 2018 16:15:56 GMT -5
As much as I did like Canadian George Freeman's Jack Of Hearts, this character sheet by Dave Cockrum and some of his Iron Man covers makes me wish he could've done a full comic of him...  I think this ran in Marvel Premiere #44 or on the letters page in a later issue about this one-off Jack Of Hearts issue. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 14, 2018 13:33:41 GMT -5
I got a copy of this one Amazing Heroes hoping to learn more about The Futurians and I did! Is there anything else like this out there about them or Cockrum in general? I have Alter Ego #78 (digital) which is probably the single best fan magazine about him but I thought there might be some others I don't know about.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 14, 2018 14:58:57 GMT -5
I got a copy of this one Amazing Heroes hoping to learn more about The Futurians and I did! Is there anything else like this out there about them or Cockrum in general? I have Alter Ego #78 (digital) which is probably the single best fan magazine about him but I thought there might be some others I don't know about. I believe he did at least one interview for Comic Book Artist (#6?). I wouldn't be surprised if David Anthony Kraft had at least one interview with him, in Comics Interview. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 14, 2018 16:20:29 GMT -5
Yes, there's an interview with Cockrum in Comic Book Artist #6; there's also a lengthy joint interview with him and Mike Grell in Back Issue #14, which is dedicated to the Legion of Superheroes.
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