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Are 9.6's just raining from the sky? Gorgeous book. Welcome to the club! (thumbs u Thanks

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xxx... i love this book

my fathers day present to myself... this one was hard to find in grade

One of my favorite covers of all time as well..

Frankly, when you read the stories, I tend to think that DC's 40s Superman and Batman (Jerry Robinson, et al.) content has really stood the test of time better than many other superhero stories of the same time period. The art is well executed, very slick and professional, and serves the stories incredibly well. You mention Kirby, but I'm not as big a fan of his 40s work (including his large volume of DC work) as I am of the guys who drew Superman and Batman in the same time period. And DC also had some incredibly talented people working the backups: Jimmy Thompson on Robotman springs immediately to mind as does Dan Barry on Vigilante (and Meskin wasn't so bad either) and Fred Ray's Tomahawk. great stuff indeed in my opinion most DC art was stiff and visually dull... but I agree the characters and stories are iconic and will hold the test of time... for a long time to come...But I wonder what it would have looked like if an artist like Alex Raymond was brought in to draw Batman instead of Jerry Robinson... It might have been stiffer and duller.... (If he drew it in the Flash Gordon style) Beautiful line work and draftsmanship, but not much movement If he drew it in the Tim Tyler style, he would have fit right in If the kid really wanted action for his dime he'd buy Timely. I second that....Timely's had some of the grit I wish a character like Batman had in the 40's. Batman has so many levels.. In my opinion I'm saddened to say that no one ever got him right.. drawn or filmed... I'm not a fan of Bob Kane's cardboard cut out, Robinson's too cute ..Adam's was stiff ( i think because he used too much photo reference) and Miller made him fat. Frazetta might have gotten him right with a Death Dealer look...but the edgier darker qualities have never been played out as of yet.

Frankly, when you read the stories, I tend to think that DC's 40s Superman and Batman (Jerry Robinson, et al.) content has really stood the test of time better than many other superhero stories of the same time period. The art is well executed, very slick and professional, and serves the stories incredibly well. You mention Kirby, but I'm not as big a fan of his 40s work (including his large volume of DC work) as I am of the guys who drew Superman and Batman in the same time period. And DC also had some incredibly talented people working the backups: Jimmy Thompson on Robotman springs immediately to mind as does Dan Barry on Vigilante (and Meskin wasn't so bad either) and Fred Ray's Tomahawk. great stuff indeed in my opinion most DC art was stiff and visually dull... but I agree the characters and stories are iconic and will hold the test of time... for a long time to come...But I wonder what it would have looked like if an artist like Alex Raymond was brought in to draw Batman instead of Jerry Robinson...

Also, in the 30's and 40's women's magazine illustration and advertising paid illustrators much more than pulp or comic art. Don't get me wrong I think Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Alex Raymond, Mac Rayboy, were amazing ... Its just most of the DC art that's most disappointing in my book.

Some of us like them because of their crudeness and simplicity. This was a nascent art form and they were blazing a trail. Most of the early SA Marvel superhero books aren't exactly fine art, either, but most fans love them because of that quaint and campy melodrama they capture. My point is that comic book illustration unfortunately was believed to be a poor mans or should I say a poor boy's art form. Illustrators who went into the field were "often" not the more skilled artists of the day. We like those covers for their iconic and nostalgic appeal as I do.

Both Action 1 and Detective 27 are bad covers... the only reason they are liked are because they are Action 1 and Detective 27... Bob Kane couldn't draw for beans and Action 1 is a sad composition and poorly drawn as well... too bad the better illustrators of the day didn't draw for comics....

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I agree.... something about the visual activity, violence, and often crude drawing that give Timely's an edgier look than DC's for sure..

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I haven't been here for a while , some of the Torches I have...

a new one

Here's mine

A recent addition... and a hard one to find

this is a new one for me... and a very hard to find issue

a new addition

Thanks... one of my favorite Subby covers

a new upgrade....