Bronze covers that never were

[Yannis]

I don't know about how others feel but I get fascinated with original cover concepts that were trashed. Sometimes they we're better than the ones actually used. Just out of curiosity I wonder if the original art exists for this

 

 

[Yannis]

And this.... the original scheduled 1st appearnce of the Black Cat in Spiderwoman 9

 

 

 

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And for the record, I do not unfortunately own any of those. I have just kept various images of alternate covers and such over the years.

 

 

[Yannis]

Wow. Who owns these may I ask ? Great stuff. Any idea where that spiderwoman art is?

[Yannis]

This spidey 97 is by far better than the one they stayed with.

[Yannis]

And any idea who was the person they used to take a pic for the 262 ? Never saw the alternate cover they had for it, thanks.

[Spider-Variant]

Never seen the Spider-Woman art.

 

Personally, I love the published ASM 97 cover. One of my all time favorite Spideys. The unpublished version would have been a great cover for ASM #96, IMHO though.

 

If you look at any of the original art pages for Spider-Man Giant SIze #1, it is stamped Super-Giant Spider-Man, so that change must have been very late.

 

The Alex Saviuk cover was going to be the cover to Parallerl Lives, had they published it monthly instead of in the Graphic Novel format. The Spider-Man side does look very similar to the Shan Lon edition which Alex also drew.

 

Don't know much about the photo cover.

 

Okay, hope we see some other unpublished covers (yes, even non-Spideys) in this thread.

[mrlatko]

This spidey 97 is by far better than the one they stayed with.

 

 

I agree. Great cover! Editorially, they must have thought the pills on the cover were a bit too much. If they would have had the guts, they could have beaten Green Lantern #85 to the punch. Spidey #97 came out in June of '71, and GL #85 depicting Heroin addiction on the cover came out in August '71.

 

[mrlatko]

Some more Bronze Adams that never were:

 

GL #76

 

GL #77

 

GL #78

 

GL #87

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[Yannis]

The anti-drug covers are great. Marvel was a little more conservative up to the time they started printing the mags.

Wow. That x-men 56 is fantastic. Especially the way the team is tied up on the lettering.

[Yannis]

Who is the owner of the art to the GL 76 ?

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OP said Bronze age?

[mrlatko]

Who is the owner of the art to the GL 76 ?

 

Probably Adams. Those images come from his site.

[Yannis]

Hmmmm. I wonder if we will ever see these go up on auction? Of course the richer guys will hog them up , but I'm just wondering.