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Post by kirby101 on Oct 8, 2021 20:47:22 GMT -5
She disappeared from comics, only to later devastate the Globe.
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Post by berkley on Oct 8, 2021 20:58:44 GMT -5
I know some of the Inhumans appeared earlier but was this Black Bolt's first appearance?
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 8, 2021 21:21:01 GMT -5
As has been mentioned, a lot of characters debuted at a time when covers seemed to have been drawn without even considering (or knowing) which stories would be contained within. Since the Splash page seemed designed, partially at least, to rectify this problem, I thought I'd post some here. The first Joker Mr. Mxyztplk I like Alfred's debut Splash but the type found on the cover of Batman #16 suggests that that silhouetted figure pointing a gun at Master Bruce and Dick is Alfred! Roy Raymond not only doesn't receive a mention on the cover of Detective Comics #157, but doesn't appear on his debut Splash (which also eschews his name for the banner title, as well) either. Nevertheless, it's a great introduction in that it piques my interest.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Oct 9, 2021 6:48:02 GMT -5
I know some of the Inhumans appeared earlier but was this Black Bolt's first appearance? He first appeared in the final panel of Fantastic Four #45.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Oct 9, 2021 7:26:37 GMT -5
That's not a rejected cover; it's a commission he did much later. I think the commission was based on one of a number of rejected sketches Golden had proposed for the cover. The editor probably wouldn't have been happy to obscure so much of the logo, and there wouldn't have been any room for that awful bicycle banner. Jim Shooter seems to have signed off Golden's page at the bottom, which is rather strange.
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Post by foxley on Oct 9, 2021 10:08:34 GMT -5
Classics are classics for a reason. IMHO both of these are stunning debut covers:
I honestly cannot imagine what it must have been like for a kid in 1938, when superheroes were not a thing, to see that cover of Action Comics #1. Mind-blowing would not seem to cover it.
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Post by jason on Oct 9, 2021 15:29:18 GMT -5
Say what you will about Guy Gardner, but his first cover was iconic
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 9, 2021 17:21:22 GMT -5
This was a nice cover debuting Doc Sampson. Too bad the character never really achieved any type of popularity.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 9, 2021 17:23:24 GMT -5
I just noticed the cover of the first appearance of the U-foes is a homage to Avengers #1 and X-men # 1.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 10, 2021 4:00:49 GMT -5
I'll just leave this here.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 10, 2021 7:21:16 GMT -5
I'll just leave this here. That's just wrong...
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 10, 2021 8:49:44 GMT -5
Regarding the two stone faced villains that have similarities, Darkseid has two books that are considered as his debut and both are not reflected on the covers. His actual first appearance is in Jimmy olsen # 134, ( 10-13-70) and Forever People ( 12-1-70) Thanos makes his debut in Iron Man #55, but the cover touts the first appearance of Drax the Destroyer
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Post by foxley on Oct 10, 2021 9:17:34 GMT -5
I've always considered it a little odd that least three major X-villains made their cover debuts with their backs to the reader. Magneto, in X-Men #1: Juggernaut, in X-Men #12: And Sauron in X-Men #60; (Although Sauron's does a certain dynamism lacking in the other two.)
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 10, 2021 10:06:03 GMT -5
I've always considered it a little odd that least three major X-villains made their cover debuts with their backs to the reader. Magneto, in X-Men #1: Juggernaut, in X-Men #12: And Sauron in X-Men #60; (Although Sauron's does a certain dynamism lacking in the other two.) Villain and/or myster character's backs to the viewer is a well-used trope to add mystery to a threat, so there's more to reveal in the actual story.
About the dynamism in the art of X-Men #60...well, it was Adams doing his usual, so that's no surprise.
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Post by foxley on Oct 11, 2021 1:44:22 GMT -5
Villain and/or myster character's backs to the viewer is a well-used trope to add mystery to a threat, so there's more to reveal in the actual story.
About the dynamism in the art of X-Men #60...well, it was Adams doing his usual, so that's no surprise.
I get that, but I don't consider the Magneto or Juggernaut covers to be mysterious or threatening. In fact, the cover of X-Men #1 to be so dull, I'm amazed the book survived.
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