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[Ghost Town]

On 12/13/2022 at 5:10 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

I'm not sure if I could call him the "best" when John Buscema is standing right over there!    But Kane was definitely a huge Marvel Bronze Age mainstay and I do agree that his fingerprints are all over that picture frame period. 

The Kane nostril complaint is a pretty understandable and everybody's mileage varies. And I'm talking entirely about PF books.

I think Buscema's Silver Surfer #4 and Avengers #57 covers are two of Marvel's all-time classics. But I can't think of one stand out Picture Frame cover that Buscema drew.

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 12/13/2022 at 8:35 PM, Ghost Town said:

The Kane nostril complaint is a pretty understandable and everybody's mileage varies. And I'm talking entirely about PF books.

I think Buscema's Silver Surfer #4 and Avengers #57 covers are two of Marvel's all-time classics. But I can't think of one stand out Picture Frame cover that Buscema drew.

Hmm ... OK, challenge accepted?  

You're making it a little harder by limiting this to PF covers, so I can't toss out FF #112 or other examples that come in the last few months of the 15-cent era.  But here are a few I like a lot:

Plus of course FF #120 which is referenced a few posts above.

[Ghost Town]

All great covers there, Lou. And I won't say anything negative about Buscema.

I just find Kane's PF covers more dramatic and memorable. And there's kind of a 3D quality really takes advantage of the PF format. 

[Sweet Lou 14]

Yeah, all of those are excellent!  I don't collect the Westerns, and for TOD I only have #1 and #10, but I have the rest and love 'em.

[djpinkpanther67]

On 12/13/2022 at 9:41 PM, Ghost Town said:

All great covers there, Lou. And I won't say anything negative about Buscema.

I just find Kane's PF covers more dramatic and memorable. And there's kind of a 3D quality really takes advantage of the PF format. 

Subby 48 is hands down, my favorite PF cover of all time. Just spectacular.

 

 

[ThothAmon]

On 12/14/2022 at 4:07 AM, djpinkpanther67 said:

Subby 48

 

[namisgr]

Everett's exquisite inks don't do the cover any harm.

[ThothAmon]

[namisgr]

Broken picture frame

[djpinkpanther67]

On 12/16/2022 at 3:28 PM, namisgr said:

Broken picture frame

I think my copy went to CGC today

 

[namisgr]

In the Picture Frame registry, although not technically a picture frame cover.  Marvel had already devoted Captain America #109 to the detailed telling of Cap's World War II origin.  In this ish, a somewhat deranged Cap and Bucky from the 1950s appear in the present and capture the current Cap alongside former secret agent and Shield member Sharon Carter, providing a scenario for re-telling the origin once again, but this time extending it to the Korean War and beyond and the origin of the second, Jack Burnside Captain America.

Edited December 29, 2022 by namisgr

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 12/29/2022 at 5:19 AM, namisgr said:

In the Picture Frame registry, although not technically a picture frame cover.  Marvel had already devoted Captain America #109 to the detailed telling of Cap's World War II origin.  In this ish, a somewhat deranged Cap and Bucky from the 1950s appear in the present and capture the current Cap alongside former secret agent and Shield member Sharon Carter, providing a scenario for re-telling the origin once again, but this time extending it to the Korean War and beyond and the origin of the second, Jack Burnside Captain America.

I'm not remembering 100% but I believe this was all a big Roy Thomas project to make the 1940s and 1950s Cap make sense -- and if I recall correctly he was also the one behind the Invaders reboot around this time.  Am I right?

[ThothAmon]

Few raw FF’s.  I think nice picture frames are addictive. 
 

[Ghost Town]

A couple upgrades for me. (Just on the PQ for the COTL.)

[ThothAmon]

[southern cross]

Not a bronze book, I do collect MPF and when I saw this modern just released yesterday book I just had to buy it.

[batmiesta]

How many  Spider-men is there nowadays? 

[porcupine48]

On 1/5/2023 at 5:04 PM, batmiesta said:

How many  Spider-men is there nowadays? 

Spider-they mon amis!

[batmiesta]

On 1/5/2023 at 10:14 PM, porcupine48 said:

Spider-they mon amis!

How you doing pal? Good to see posting again. 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 1/5/2023 at 3:19 PM, southern cross said:

Not a bronze book, I do collect MPF and when I saw this modern just released yesterday book I just had to buy it.

Awesome homage, and here's the original for anyone who doesn't know!