Sqeggs Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 My first fawcett, not in the greatest grade but I love the cover. Neat double cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. I love that cover. I suspect I may have been the underbidder. Great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 purr-dee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. My only issue with later Raboy covers is that many of them look cut-and-paste. That cover is very cool but I bet you could find those five images separately on earlier Raboy books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. My only issue with later Raboy covers is that many of them look cut-and-paste. That cover is very cool but I bet you could find those five images separately on earlier Raboy books. Cutting and pasting was definitely one of the shortcuts he used to try to stay on schedule. In this instance, though, the soldiers' poses seem pretty distinctive, so I think they may have been drawn for this cover. Unless they appear in interior art that I'm forgetting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. My only issue with later Raboy covers is that many of them look cut-and-paste. That cover is very cool but I bet you could find those five images separately on earlier Raboy books. Cutting and pasting was definitely one of the shortcuts he used to try to stay on schedule. In this instance, though, the soldiers' poses seem pretty distinctive, so I think they may have been drawn for this cover. Unless they appear in interior art that I'm forgetting. Except I'm seeing that the soldier on the far left and the one to the right of CMJ look like identical twins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 One thing I love about Raboy is the thought that went into his covers. Rarely did he take a conventional approach. I can't decide whether this cover works or not, but it's much more interesting to me than the more typical WW II covers showing a super hero bashing Nazi or Japanese soldiers That he didn't settle for the conventional might be one of the reasons that he was known as a notoriously slow worker who often missed deadlines. My only issue with later Raboy covers is that many of them look cut-and-paste. That cover is very cool but I bet you could find those five images separately on earlier Raboy books. Cutting and pasting was definitely one of the shortcuts he used to try to stay on schedule. In this instance, though, the soldiers' poses seem pretty distinctive, so I think they may have been drawn for this cover. Unless they appear in interior art that I'm forgetting. Except I'm seeing that the soldier on the far left and the one to the right of CMJ look like identical twins. Well, there's an old saying that the longer a war goes on, the more allies start to look like each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Those young whippersnappers were saying the darndest things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Those young whippersnappers were saying the darndest things. That's what made them whippersnappers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Favorite Fawcett Titles Curious what your Top 5 favorite Fawcett titles would be? I'm not a big Fawcett collector, but the few issues that I do have I enjoy a lot: Here's my list for comparison: 1) Master 2) Whiz 3) Nickel 4) Slam-Bang 5) America's Greatest As can be seen, I prefer the anthology titles over those for the individual characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I'm a big Raboy fan, so my top two are the ones that feature his covers: 1. Master 2. Cap, Jr then ... with a big gap 3. Whiz 4. Cap 5. America's Greatest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 got a little book off the 'link last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 and i'm with tony; master and jr. for me. followed by whiz, cma and bulletman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 got a little book off the 'link last night. Me, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straw-Man Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 i was watching that'un--well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 i was watching that'un--well done! Thanks. I think the fact that it's one of the Crowleys with the Checking Copy stamp may have deterred some bidders. I thought it might go for twice what it did. But my Raboy fandom sometimes clouds my judgment. Love the Golden Arrow. Fresh and bright like an Edgar copy should be! Wonder who did the art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Some Raboy goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks to Boardie Kazoo for parting with this War Bonds cover issue (and Boardie AJD for letting me know it was up for grabs)I now have a set of these bookends A group shot for Andrew (AJD) with his beloved FFA#6 (my Crowley copy 6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Thanks to Boardie Kazoo for parting with this War Bonds cover issue (and Boardie AJD for letting me know it was up for grabs)I now have a set of these bookends A group shot for Andrew (AJD) with his beloved FFA#6 (my Crowley copy 6) TERRIFIC! mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
