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Post by badwolf on Jan 22, 2020 18:35:54 GMT -5
So when did the modern trend of consistently putting the creators' names on the covers begin? Sometime in the 90s?
*checks*
Mid-90s Batman has Moench/Jones/Beatty on all the covers.
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Post by electricmastro on Jan 22, 2020 18:46:15 GMT -5
Anyway, in regards to something more definitive, there’s Four Color #1 (September 1939, Dell Comics), which features Chester Gould’s character Dick Tracy, who was quite a popular character at this point:  |
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Post by rberman on Jan 22, 2020 22:03:39 GMT -5
So when did the modern trend of consistently putting the creators' names on the covers begin? Sometime in the 90s? *checks* Mid-90s Batman has Moench/Jones/Beatty on all the covers. Most issues of Swamp Thing from Jan 1985 onward did.  |
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Post by MDG on Jan 23, 2020 10:18:11 GMT -5
So when did the modern trend of consistently putting the creators' names on the covers begin? Sometime in the 90s? *checks* Mid-90s Batman has Moench/Jones/Beatty on all the covers. Most issues of Swamp Thing from Jan 1985 onward did. I think DC started doing it around Crisis--Wolfman, Perez and Giordano are credited on the first issue. Not sure it became a policy right then, but it became pretty standard at DC. |
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Post by electricmastro on Jan 23, 2020 13:27:27 GMT -5
Also, Adventure Comics #80 (November, 1942) directly credited the Sandman feature to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby on the cover:  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 23, 2020 13:47:20 GMT -5
Also, Adventure Comics #80 (November, 1942) directly credited the Sandman feature to Joe Simon and Jack Kirby on the cover: (...) |
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Post by electricmastro on Jan 23, 2020 14:32:36 GMT -5
So when did the modern trend of consistently putting the creators' names on the covers begin? Sometime in the 90s? *checks* Mid-90s Batman has Moench/Jones/Beatty on all the covers. Most issues of Swamp Thing from Jan 1985 onward did. Was Alan Moore specifically credited with the intention of having his name getting more people interested in looking at the book? |
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Post by rberman on Jan 23, 2020 15:05:25 GMT -5
Most issues of Swamp Thing from Jan 1985 onward did. Was Alan Moore specifically credited with the intention of having his name getting more people interested in looking at the book? I don't know how big a name Alan Moore was in 1985. Maybe. But also, note the absence of the Comics Code seal. Swamp Thing was a proto-Vertigo title, and DC was looking to position Vertigo as serious literature for adults rather than novelties for kids. Serious literature tends to credit the author on the cover. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 26, 2020 15:32:23 GMT -5
This was the first I can remember seeing a name thrown around, back in 1979 when I was still in junior high, though I didn't know who Gil Kane was then, or why it was a big deal him being on Green Lantern.
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Post by MDG on Jan 27, 2020 9:40:16 GMT -5
This is from '73--Didn't even have to use his full name.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 27, 2020 10:00:36 GMT -5
This was the first I can remember seeing a name thrown around, back in 1979 when I was still in junior high, though I didn't know who Gil Kane was then, or why it was a big deal him being on Green Lantern.
1979, and GL’s friend is still called Pieface. Yikes. |
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