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On 5/5/2024 at 3:21 AM, silverseeker said:

When I was a kid I thought it was interesting that all the villains were tanned on this cover while the heroes were pale. I know it was done to distinguish the heroes from the villains, but I still found it interesting...

The villains must have been spending more time in the sun. 

Plenty of World's Finest Comics have a lot of backstabbing and gloating going on; this one's got Supergirl and Batgirl getting the one up on the boys...

Poor Supes, looks like he stepped in it this time, 

Supes wipes out the entire JLA by himself and then gloats about it on this cover...

Doc Magnus being extra jerky as he frequently was to Tina...

On 4/29/2024 at 1:34 AM, Hepcat said:

Yes, that's a good one. While it didn't make my top thirteen, it would make my top twenty from the Silver Age.

What's also interesting is the addition of all those messy Marvel style blurbs beginning with issue #36 forced a reduction in the style and size of the "Justice League of America" logo beginning with issue #43. More background canvas space was needed for Mike Sekowsky's cover art!

The single worst Bat-craze cover abomination may have been this one:

Yes, I almost included #44-46 as that looks like when they were starting to test the waters of featuring Batman on the covers more than they had been before, but things went full bore with #47. I wonder if there was a memo sent out to the cover artists to do this from the top brass? 

This is also one of my personal favorites. (This also was the last one to feature Batman as the centerpiece hero character that had been the norm since issue #47, unless you want to count the grown-up Robin with the hybrid Batman/Robin uniform in the next issue. No doubt they were trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Batman TV show during this time).

On 4/26/2024 at 12:58 AM, Hepcat said:

What DC's management opted to do instead was mimic Marvel's weak point, e.g. messy covers.

Have to agree with you there. DC's covers from that era seemed to have better composition and use of colors, however, there is one later cover that I thought was catchy and clever, this one:

 On 4/19/2024 at 2:15 PM,  newshane said:

Well, the cover is straight up hideous.

On 4/19/2024 at 7:38 PM, Jim Corrigan said:
I'm glad you said that because I was thinking it.

Are you saying the great new Marvel breed of readers are hideous?

Has "Grease Pencil" or "Foreign Substance" been taken?

Rat Chew

The Coupon Cut Outs

Missing 3rd Wrap

The Dog Ears

These are probably my 2 favorite Silver Age Green Lantern covers (there are so many to choose from). On #44 the black logo against the orange background really pops and is quite a rare combo in the Silver Age.

On 2/26/2024 at 9:33 AM, SpineTic said:

What about what he did for Saturday morning cartoons? 

 

And in just a few short years, not only did Stan revamp the look of comic books, he revamped the look of himself......new found hair and beard???

Why was Mr. Fantastic called Mr. Fantastic? Just ask Sue!

Think of the possibilities....and all for just $7.95.