In Praise of Title Spash Pages

[jbud73]

Man-Thing #4, page 1 -- This issue featured the origin of FOOLKILLER!

 

 

Awesome title splash (thumbs u

[GreatEscape]

It's snowing (again!) in Manhattan today so here's a reminder of what Spring in NYC should look like..

 

 

[delekkerste]

Man-Thing #4, page 1 -- This issue featured the origin of FOOLKILLER!

 

 

Wow, I love this.

[lobrac]

GHOSTS!

 

#20 by Ken Barr! (the logo is all hand-drawn as well)

 

 

http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_24615/subcat_46779/Ghosts%2020%20page%201.jpg

 

...and #22 by Jess Jodloman...amazing detail!

 

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #258 by E.R. Cruz!

[Pete Marino]

I have a handful of Title Splashes. Love them, I feel like it's such an awesome display piece because it lists all of the creators of the art I appreciate.

 

The Invisibles:

 

2 by Gioradno

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 by Frank Quitely

 

 

 

 

And 1 by Jill Thompson

 

 

 

 

And Lastly, my personal favorite. Art Adams Fantastic Four title splash

 

 

 

 

 

[jick]

This may be a bit off topic ... but this is not my splash and just sold on eBay for $17,999.00

 

Is this the highest price for a DC title splash from the silver age? Just wondering....

 

[alxjhnsn]

Here is a list of splashes known to have sold for high prices: http://oaelite.blogspot.fr/p/splashes.html

 

No Silver Age DC splashes on it.

[Caltex98]

Typical Dan DeCarlo opening splash (with his trademark "foreground portrait") from the early eighties:

 

 

Betty & Veronica has adopted some kind of Riverdale "Valley Girl" speech pattern which probably was very fashionable in 1983... (The rest of the story is on display in my Dan DeCarlo-gallery on CAF.)

[Bird]

well, it is not in hand yet but I impulsively bought this at the last clink auction. It is so odd in both artistic combination and content that I had to have it!

 

 

It was made for inventory as labelled but became Marvel Fanfare 8.

[lobrac]

Two by FRANK THORNE!

 

TOMAHAWK #137

 

STAR SPANGLED WAR STORIES #138