Archie 50 in Sparkle City auction 7.0

[rjpb]

Aren't all the Roly Poly covers taken from MLJ splash pages, except for 15 which swipes a Blue Beetle cover?

[lotemo]

Aren't all the Roly Poly covers taken from MLJ splash pages, except for 15 which swipes a Blue Beetle cover?

 

Maybe most of them were although #11 looks like a swipe from Pep #54. I think that I have seen the #12 image, or something similar elsewhere.

 

I think the Archie correlation is a bit of a stretch for #11.

 

Here's Pep #54.

 

 

And Roly Poly 12

[rjpb]

Aren't all the Roly Poly covers taken from MLJ splash pages, except for 15 which swipes a Blue Beetle cover?

 

Maybe most of them were although #11 looks like a swipe from Pep #54. I think that I have seen the #12 image, or something similar elsewhere.

 

I think the Archie correlation is a bit of a stretch for #11.

 

Here's Pep #54.

 

 

And Roly Poly 12

 

While thematically similar, it's not compositionally alike, and I wouldn't consider it a swipe, though perhaps inspired by it. It is interesting that the guy leaning against the fence has an S sweater on, which more than anything else indicates an Archie relationship. I take it there is no splash page inside that relates to the cover of Pep 54?