What is your favourite run of covers, interior art or stories? 0

[Flex Mentallo]

What is your favourite run of covers, stories, or interior artwork? Could be a classic storyline, exceptional art, or an unusually strong sequence of covers - or all three!

 

For me it has to be the covers of Fight Comics #27 to #46, which just beats out Hit #1 -#15, Jumbo #9-#20 and the Planet rivet run. While individual covers may be stronger elsewhere, I find it impossible to think of a more sustained run of quality covers. It's the run that really leapt out at me when I first opened Gerber...

 

Here they are in four sets of five:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 13, 2011 by alanna

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Edited January 13, 2011 by alanna

[Scrooge]

All I can say is that I'm with you on the run of Fight.

 

Artwork-wise, you might agree also but the Lorna run is pretty darn entertaining from start to finish IMO.

[BangZoom]

For me it has to be the covers of Fight Comics #27 to #46, which just beats out Hit #1 -#15, Jumbo #9-#20 and the Planet rivet run. While individual covers may be stronger elsewhere, I find it impossible to think of a more sustained run of quality covers. It's the run that really leapt out at me when I first opened Gerber...

 

 

Joe Doolin was the artist of the majority of the covers you posted.

 

Here is a pulp cover by him.

 

 

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories (April 1933)

[Flex Mentallo]

All I can say is that I'm with you on the run of Fight.

 

Artwork-wise, you might agree also but the Lorna run is pretty darn entertaining from start to finish IMO.

 

 

I could post those too unless you want to? I find the extraordinary interior artwork by Werner Roth to be the best ever rendering of a jungle girl.

 

 

 

And I love these two Russ Heath covers!

 

 

[Timely]

For me it's Marvel (Mystery) Comics #1-66. If I had to narrow it down from there, I would choose #31-63

[Flex Mentallo]

Come to think of it, this is a sweet little run combining great interior artwork with wonderful covers. Williamson and Everett!

 

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2011 by alanna

[Flex Mentallo]

For me it has to be the covers of Fight Comics #27 to #46, which just beats out Hit #1 -#15, Jumbo #9-#20 and the Planet rivet run. While individual covers may be stronger elsewhere, I find it impossible to think of a more sustained run of quality covers. It's the run that really leapt out at me when I first opened Gerber...

 

 

Joe Doolin was the artist of the majority of the covers you posted.

 

Here is a pulp cover by him.

 

 

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories (April 1933)

 

Intriguing cover with brilliant use of color as a compositional tool (think Matisse) . If not for the sig I would not have recognized his style.

[BangZoom]

 

One of my favorite strips was Norge Benson, illustrated by Al Walker, in Planet 12-22.

 

I also like the Greasemonkey Griffin series, also by Walker, that ran in Wings 9-34.

 

Here are some scans posted by Scrooge several years ago.

 

[Flex Mentallo]

One of my favorite strips was Norge Benson illustrated by Al Walker in Planet 12-22.

 

I also like the Greasemonkey Griffin series, also by Walker, that ran in Wings 9-34.

 

Here are some scans posted by Scrooge several years ago.

 

 

 

I love those! The sophistication of the artwork stands out from the relatively primitive material in most of the other stories (apart from the great Doolin artwork, which was stunning). I dont think I've got that one.

[Pat Calhoun]

I've got some thoughts of great strips/series/runs- want to start with the most embarrassing since I have none of them- borrowed this from BB back in '07: Wolverton's Space Patrol (this page from AMF #24)

[Pat Calhoun]

This was my first of the 'late' (this is last ish) Wonder and Startlings with Xela covs. I was thrilled to discover that the insides: Tara, Wonderman, Silver Knight- were almost as cool. Great, great stuff...

 

[Flex Mentallo]

This was my first of the 'late' (this is last ish) Wonder and Startlings with Xela covs. I was thrilled to discover that the insides: Tara, Wonderman, Silver Knight- were almost as cool. Great, great stuff...

 

 

I no longer have any of these but I recall that they had some pretty good splash pages.

[Pat Calhoun]

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I especially like the work on Dr. Drew by Grandenetti.

[Pat Calhoun]

BB- you dog! I was gonna do Drew (have all 11!) but was waiting 'cause so much FH -hmmmppffhh!!!!#%*+

[adamstrange]

I like Bill Everett's Atlas Sub-mariner run.

[Pat Calhoun]

well this wasn't the ? but my fave TITLE (ie the words themselves) is Forbidden Worlds. I like the ACG storytelling and many of the artists, started buying in 1960 (8) now prefer the precode- but still am moved by the charming promise...

 

Edited January 14, 2011 by pcalhoun