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Post by jason on May 29, 2020 14:29:54 GMT -5
Thought this could be an interesting topic, post covers where the title character(s) of the book is nowhere to be seen (no, Corner boxes dont count). I'll start with this amusing one:  |
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Post by badwolf on May 29, 2020 14:44:23 GMT -5
Here's a whole issue where they don't appear at all.  |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 29, 2020 14:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on May 29, 2020 14:53:58 GMT -5
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Post by The Captain on May 29, 2020 14:59:42 GMT -5
This was the first one I thought of:  |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 29, 2020 15:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by Farrar on May 29, 2020 16:56:54 GMT -5
^^^ Lol, very funny Prince Hal  . Yes, back then (by that you know I mean the Silver Age and/or the 1960s, folks!) typically the comic's star had to be on the cover--well for Marvel or DC anyway--and this could include simulacra such as a Spidey mask, the bat-signal, or as with Batman #183, the familiar costume but worn by someone else...sometimes it was even just the suggestion of the famous costume (see those Weisinger comics with baby Kal-El on Krypton wearing cute little toddler clothes that just happened to be red and blue). So given that practice, I remember being very surprised by these two covers!  FF #72 on sale in Dec. 1967, we get FF #74 a couple of months later in Feb. '68 ...to prepare us, I guess, for the Surfer's own comic in May 1968. |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 29, 2020 18:13:33 GMT -5
Most cool, Farrar !! To which I will add this cover, where Julius Schwartz (I'm guessing) is willing to take a bit of a risk, but not as big a one as Stan did:  |
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Post by foxley on May 29, 2020 20:04:11 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on May 29, 2020 20:06:53 GMT -5
We had a cover contest with this subject in the CBR. We Can get Some mileage with this thread. Good choice.
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Post by kirby101 on May 29, 2020 20:34:35 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on May 29, 2020 20:43:03 GMT -5
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Post by beccabear67 on May 29, 2020 20:46:22 GMT -5
All kinds of old '40s Daredevil comics with the Little Wise Guys and no Daredevil at all.  |
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Post by foxley on May 29, 2020 21:30:48 GMT -5
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 30, 2020 5:26:30 GMT -5
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. Yes, back then (by that you know I mean the Silver Age and/or the 1960s, folks!) typically the comic's star had to be on the cover--well for Marvel or DC anyway--and this could include simulacra such as a Spidey mask, the bat-signal, or as with Batman #183, the familiar costume but worn by someone else...sometimes it was even just the suggestion of the famous costume (see those Weisinger comics with baby Kal-El on Krypton wearing cute little toddler clothes that just happened to be red and blue).
