What is the essence of cool?

[AJD]

Had to think about this one for a while, but I think this ticks enough boxes to be cool:

 

 

(Subscription creases aren't cool.)

[Straw-Man]

cool indeed.

[Stevenrams]

Had to think about this one for a while, but I think this ticks enough boxes to be cool:

 

 

(Subscription creases aren't cool.)

 

That's a cool WWII cover! Love the reds!

[adamstrange]

I think Alex Toth is the epitome of the 50s cool artists.

 

 

I agree. I still remember seeing this book in person in Baltimore a few years ago and it was mesmerizing. Love the way those bullets were drawn and coloured. Pure genius.

 

 

Since you've already seen that one, here's another that is a bit more subtle but, to my eyes, equally cool.

 

[Mutie Fan]

I think this one is cool.

 

[Stevenrams]

 

I think this one is cool. It's the last Katy Keene comic that began in the 1950s and ended with this issue. The cover is a homage to the classic Sci-Fi movie "Forbidden Planet" poster. Believe it or not, this copy is tied for the highest

graded.

[ciorac]

 

I think this one is cool. It's the last Katy Keene comic that began in the 1950s and ended with this issue. The cover is a homage to the classic Sci-Fi movie "Forbidden Planet" poster. Believe it or not, this copy is tied for the highest

graded.

 

Very cool book

[MrBedrock]

Love it!

[Straw-Man]

felt the need to post a g.a. "cool" book, and remembered this one. extremely cool imo.

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

A celebration of utter coolness (with a big thanks to Theagenes who has done it every day for months) focusing on the 100th anniversary of ERB’s John Carter of Mars, featuring perhaps the greatest front-/-back cover pairing ever with St J and Frank R in full glory mode… (3/41)

 

 

 

 

[Cimm]

A celebration of utter coolness (with a big thanks to Theagenes who has done it every day for months) focusing on the 100th anniversary of ERB’s John Carter of Mars, featuring perhaps the greatest front-/-back cover pairing ever with St J and Frank R in full glory mode… (3/41)

 

 

 

 

St. John's John Carter covers were definitely the very essence of cool!

 

 

and his Carson Napier covers weren't bad either!

 

[Stevenrams]

Love it!

 

Thanks Richard and "ciorac". Looks much better in hand as well. Thanks for the generous comment! I had been looking for this book for a long time and jumped on it when a board member offered it for sale in the sales forums. Fair price, too for such a hard-to-find book.

[Timely]

 

 

[Hepcat]

Cowboys, Science Fiction and Nazis.

 

Doesn't get any cooler. I do not have a copy of this book ( ), the scan came from Hepcat, with suitable appreciation:

 

 

I wonder if that might not be an Okajima.

 

Not that I've heard.

 

[Hepcat]

I've always thought this one was "cool" and when I shared it in the funny animal thread at least one other board member agreed.

 

 

That one ranks way up high for me as well.

 

[Hepcat]

Here are a couple more nominees from my collection:

 

 

That'll give those preppies a taste of the dark continent! That's what they wanted after all.

 

 

Awwwwww!!!

 

[frozentundraguy]

Here are a couple more nominees from my collection:

 

 

That'll give those preppies a taste of the dark continent! That's what they wanted after all.

 

 

Cool books indeed.

 

Dash it all, she's forgot her pith helmet.

 

 

[frozentundraguy]

I like the clarity of this cover.

 

[Stevenrams]

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