DC Decade - month by month sampler - The 1960s

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I usually wax on about how much I like a particular cover, but not this time.

This has to be the worst Silver Age Green Lantern cover! The redeeming feature (a little) is the magnetic lines of force around GL. I don't care for the color choices (green logo and red font on orange background), the layout (GL almost lost in the background, mundane objects in the foreground), the typeset title, the lack of storytelling (where is the Man Who Mastered Magnetism?), even the anatomy (Did Kane/Anderson really do this cover? What's wrong with GL's right leg?)

 

One loser in a field of winners isn't so bad though.

 

Jack

 

June 63:

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My only Metal Men:

 

 

Good one to have! Much nicer than my dishrag copy.

 

I really like this cover -- one of Andru/Esposito's best. The repeated motif of green missile men on bright yellow background, Metal Men facing defeat -- really nice job.

 

Jack

 

 

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Several of the May-July 1963 (Atom, GL, Adventure, etc.) have ugly typeset lettering instead of DC's usual excellent hand-lettering on the covers. Does anyone know why? Was one of the letterers missing for a while?

 

Jack

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I tried to start a thread about DC house ads, but it died a quick death....probably nobody wanted to scan their comics! Here are two cool ones from 1963:

 

 

 

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see the cover to this issue below

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more B & B Strange Sports goodness!

 

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I'm on the hunt to upgrade this issue, a landmark issue by all measures:

 

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I wish that DC had kept B&B as team-ups between anyone, not just Batman and a partner. I wasn't a big Batman fan compared to the other heroes, even the second fiddles. He couldn't even fly or do super-tricks, for cripes sake, and he had that corny TV show that made comic books look silly!

 

Jack

 

 

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I usually wax on about how much I like a particular cover, but not this time.

This has to be the worst Silver Age Green Lantern cover! The redeeming feature (a little) is the magnetic lines of force around GL. I don't care for the color choices (green logo and red font on orange background), the layout (GL almost lost in the background, mundane objects in the foreground), the typeset title, the lack of storytelling (where is the Man Who Mastered Magnetism?), even the anatomy (Did Kane/Anderson really do this cover? What's wrong with GL's right leg?)

 

One loser in a field of winners isn't so bad though.

 

Jack

 

June 63:

 

True, it's not the best cover in the world, but it is the first appearance of Dr. Polaris.

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YAAAAY, 1963 is finally here!

 

August 1963

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September 1963

 

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I don't have Actions complete for 1963, but pretty close. So here we go:

 

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