Infinite Bronze Horror Thread 16 16

[sterlingcomics]

Pick your poison. Risk handling raws or watch books get SCS (slabbed comic syndrome). It all comes with the territory.

 

 

[sterlingcomics]

Ungh.

[sterlingcomics]

Gak.

[sterlingcomics]

Gurgle.

[shiverbones]

Last of my HOM OA for the moment, and my favorite piece. Thisis the splash from the 2nd HOM I ever saw as a kid, only one splash could mean more to me & that's the one of Cain Dusting from #262, my 1st HOM.

 

[shiverbones]

weird war #62 - still IMHO, one of the BEST horror cover of all time! Great copy...

[shiverbones]

also, I don't think I posted this page from Ghosts #32 yet. I usually don't go for non-host pages, but this is SUCH a great page I couldn't resist.

 

 

[Jayman]

weird war #62 - still IMHO, one of the BEST horror cover of all time! Great copy...

 

And a great story to go with that cover too!

That 79 has a great EC feel also...sweet books Sterling!

[sterlingcomics]

weird war #62 - still IMHO, one of the BEST horror cover of all time! Great copy...

 

And a great story to go with that cover too!

That 79 has a great EC feel also...sweet books Sterling!

 

I agree on both accounts!

[kingofwhales]

[awe4one]

While wasting time on the porcelain throne, I've been reading Alter Ego #56 (Feb 2006). In it, Neal Adams gives an interview praising colorist Jack Adler and also offering great information on his and Jack's rational behind creating DC horror covers.

 

Neal explains his thoughts behind using kids on the cover as well as designing the colors in such a way as to create movement. Good stuff and well worth the read.

 

There's a reason Neal's DC horror covers are miles above similar Marvel horror and even other DC artists...he and Jack put alot of care and effort into setting the scene and mood of those covers... (thumbs u

 

Jim

[kingofwhales]

When Draw magazine came out i stoped looking at the other comic mags.

Sounds like some good info though,i`ll have to buy that one.

 

 

[sterlingcomics]

I don't know if this has been "confirmed" yet, but Amazon has a placemark for Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Vol 1 for next July. No word yet on Vol 3 on House of Mystery or any of the other horror titles.

[bronze_rules]

I always liked hos 81 as opposed to hom 174(reprints) and 175(1st cain), since it actually had some backstory on cain and abel in an entire short story.

 

 

Does anyone feel like the reprints cheapens the value and scarcity of their collections?

It seems to me that once you read the black and whites, you lose the urge to see what's under the cover.

[sterlingcomics]

Yes and No. The collectibility of having the issue (in my eyes) will still be there...especially in hg as I usually don't read my hg books. Like most collectors, I see these as a convenient way to read en masse a title/series, which is a different process than collecting a title. I'm sure others see it differently..and that's fine too.

[bronze_rules]

Speaking of house of secrets... Here's one of my favorite covers.

 

I've always felt that Jack Sparling had some of the greatest bronze horror covers, especially the painted ones. I would put his cover artwork up there with dominguez and cardy's best (painted covers on par with wrightson and adams). Yet, I felt that his interior artwork was much lower in caliber and reminded me of typical average 60s dc artwork.

 

Are there other artists that had such a disparity between cover art work and interior? Or am I the only one that feels this way about sparling's work?

 

 

 

[sterlingcomics]

Yes, there are plenty of covers that don't live up to the interior. Then again, the interior doesn't mean as much with the CGC slab around it. :doh:

 

In regards to horror cross overs, I think I found two more to add to the list...although these are technically silver age.

[bronze_rules]

Nice covers. I also noticed a lois lane 103 on the double covers thread that seems like a good candidate

 

Anyways, regarding Sparling. I wasn't just referring to that specific issue and interior, I was just referring to sparling's work in general. Covers = outstanding. Interior drawing = not so outstanding.

 

Just my .

[TupennyConan]

My weakness is for any one of the 4 Studio artists. Here is Kaluta:

[TupennyConan]

Kaluta begins in this one as does Spawn of Frankenstein.

We all know what's going on here.

This one reminds me of that Wrightson Swamp Thing cover (with Batman swinging in the background). Kaluta was probably peeking over his should in the Studio offices.