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Post by Icctrombone on May 22, 2024 18:17:53 GMT -5
Speaking of Daredevil, that book did it from day one:  This is more agregious , because the FF and Spider-man don’t appear in the book at all. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 22, 2024 18:20:43 GMT -5
Hot Artists doing only covers was a thing in the 90’s. Adam Hughes did a few years of Wonder Woman covers to sell a book with crappy interiors. Bolland did it also.
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Post by tonebone on May 24, 2024 10:18:20 GMT -5
What Killraven really didn't need was a meeting with fake Marvel heroes. That episode was a distraction.  (At least the Marvel Team-Up with Killraven and Spidey made some kind of sense). I am not angry at the Daredevil/Satan mashup... those goat legs are awesome. |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 24, 2024 11:51:53 GMT -5
One that's always stood out to me is Howard The Duck #1 with a guest spot with Spidey, which adds almost nothing to the book itself  I'm assuming the back ups in Giant Sized Man-Thing did well enough for Howard to have his own book, so why would you wanna throw in some nothing appearance by Spider-Man? Just reminds me of that one episode of the Simpsons with all the spin-offs |
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Post by tonebone on May 24, 2024 13:06:12 GMT -5
Hot Artists doing only covers was a thing in the 90’s. Adam Hughes did a few years of Wonder Woman covers to sell a book with crappy interiors. Bolland did it also. This, also, has never stopped happening, except that now, there are 50 hot artists doing covers for each issue. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 24, 2024 13:09:34 GMT -5
Hot Artists doing only covers was a thing in the 90’s. Adam Hughes did a few years of Wonder Woman covers to sell a book with crappy interiors. Bolland did it also. This has been a thing since the very beginning of comics. |
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Post by driver1980 on May 24, 2024 15:10:31 GMT -5
It might be a bit of a different example, but UK comics would often merge to extend the longevity of one book. The relaunched Eagle began in 1982. In 1988, sci-fi comic Wildcat was published. The latter published only 13 issues, but its life was extended a tad by merging with Eagle:  |
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Post by MDG on May 24, 2024 15:18:50 GMT -5
It might be a bit of a different example, but UK comics would often merge to extend the longevity of one book. The relaunched Eagle began in 1982. In 1988, sci-fi comic Wildcat was published. The latter published only 13 issues, but its life was extended a tad by merging with Eagle: The obvious U.S. example of this is The Atom and Hawkman, which, at least, had some dynamite Kubert covers.  |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 24, 2024 15:26:26 GMT -5
It might be a bit of a different example, but UK comics would often merge to extend the longevity of one book. The relaunched Eagle began in 1982. In 1988, sci-fi comic Wildcat was published. The latter published only 13 issues, but its life was extended a tad by merging with Eagle: The obvious U.S. example of this is The Atom and Hawkman, which, at least, had some dynamite Kubert covers. Lest we forget Power Man & Iron Fist and Green Lantern/Green Arrow |
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Post by jason on May 24, 2024 16:34:56 GMT -5
It might be a bit of a different example, but UK comics would often merge to extend the longevity of one book. The relaunched Eagle began in 1982. In 1988, sci-fi comic Wildcat was published. The latter published only 13 issues, but its life was extended a tad by merging with Eagle: They did the same thing with the UK M.A.S.K. comic: .jpg?scale.option=fill&scale.height=1000&quality=60) |
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Post by driver1980 on May 24, 2024 16:36:17 GMT -5
Oh yes, I remember now. I liked that MASK comic as it had some original UK material.
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Post by Marv-El on May 24, 2024 16:49:43 GMT -5
 What does a galactic spaceknight who battles demon shadow wraiths have in common with an Asian martial artist? You'd be surprised (in a two-part story no less). Speaking of Nightcrawler:   A very fun issue. As a kid, I knew of Johnny Carson, was able to stay up late enough most school nights to at least watch his opening monologues. However all I knew of Letterman was snippets and quick glimpses. Until I read this issue and I wanted to see more of his show. Thank goodness for the arrival of VCRs so I could tape shows (like his) that aired past my bedtime. |
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Post by tarkintino on May 24, 2024 17:20:17 GMT -5
Hot Artists doing only covers was a thing in the 90’s. Adam Hughes did a few years of Wonder Woman covers to sell a book with crappy interiors. Bolland did it also. This has been a thing since the very beginning of comics. Indeed. For one example, take a look at innumerable DC covers of the 60s and 70s, and you will see this was a common practice, hence the high number of Neal Adams covers on nearly every genre of comic book. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 24, 2024 22:01:04 GMT -5
The practice of jazzing up the covers with better artist than the interiors goes back to the beginning of comics. Lou Fine did numerous covers for Quality, but a much smaller quantity of interior stories. Now, Quality used a lot of the better artists of the decade; so, it wasn't as much of a bait and switch as some of the other publishers.
Bolland and Hughes did covers because they made great money doing it and they were too slow to do regular story work, under monthly deadlines. Just look at the delays with Camelot 3000.
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Post by berkley on May 24, 2024 23:19:45 GMT -5
One that's always stood out to me is Howard The Duck #1 with a guest spot with Spidey, which adds almost nothing to the book itself I'm assuming the back ups in Giant Sized Man-Thing did well enough for Howard to have his own book, so why would you wanna throw in some nothing appearance by Spider-Man? Just reminds me of that one episode of the Simpsons with all the spin-offs Yes, it bothered me a little even at the time, as Spider-Man's appearance, though thankfully brief, really detracted from the spirit of the story, which had a different kind of fantastical ambience to the more common superhero fantasy Marvel was and is known for. It might have made more sense to have Conan or Kull guest-star, though that would have been bad too for other reasons and of course wouldn't have served the purpose the way it was hoped Spider-Man would. |
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