1/30/04 PRETTY BOOK OF THE DAY - SWEET DC

[burntboy]

here's one i haven't looked at in a long while. for you DC and james bond fans, showcase #43..............

 

[aardvark88]

FAB-U-LOUS.

[burntboy]

i apologize for "stealing" this spot today!!!

 

apparently, no one likes this cover except aardvarks and me. is it because it's DC?? not CGC'd?? not high grade enough?? what??

[g-man]

it's a great book....is it 4 sale?

[JMcD]

Dont worry, it's a lovely book.

 

I'm sure lots of people like it .

[PUNYHUMAN]

Cool Book!! Who 's the artist? Is that Carmine Infantino?

[Zonker]

Don't think it looks like Infantino. The story itself is a British import/reprint, but a quick

Google search reveals DC used a brand-new cover when they printed it in Showcase.

 

Since the Grand Comicbook Database is still down, there's not an easy way to verify who did the cover. I'll guess George Roussos?

[PUNYHUMAN]

That's a good guess. It also could be Sid Greene!!

[Zonker]

I dunno. Sid Greene is quite detailed & slick, almost ornate-- this seems to be someone with a style that's more 'rough' for lack of a better word. Roussos, or maybe Bernard Sachs or even Joe Giella?

 

Funny how we're now coming up with names better known as Silver Age inkers. Would only make sense it was somebody on DC's in-house staff, since this issue was doctored up from the British Classics Illustrated original. A DC house inker might've been just the trick to turn around a quick cover!

[burntboy]

the signature on the splash page looks like Nodel. (not that it helps with the cover artist ID, but maybe.....) interestingly, the book had absolutely no advertising.

[burntboy]

one bump before i sign off - these threads have a short shelf life............

[chrisco37]

Yes. You must put up Sweet, sweet Marvel comics if you want a deluge of responses! We are Marvel Zombies!

 

One of us....One of us...One of us

 

Chris

 

P.S. That is a sweet looking book!

[Zonker]

Bump: GCD says Bob Brown!

[Warlord]

i apologize for "stealing" this spot today!!!

 

apparently, no one likes this cover except aardvarks and me. is it because it's DC?? not CGC'd?? not high grade enough?? what??

 

If there were a drooling emoticon, most everyone would have responded with one by now.

[supapimp]

where did you get that scan from burnt?

[sterlingcomics]

cool book, edges look very sharp...owww!

 

Thanks!