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Ditko Splash Pages? ASM Annual 1…

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ChrisInBaltimore

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Quick question for the experts:

 

My old LCS once commented to me that the ASM Annual 1 was the first time he'd ever seen splash pages in a Super Hero book. Is there any truth to that?

 

Also, has anyone ever seen OA of one of the splashes from the book?

 

These things are incredible:

 

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jools&jim

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My old LCS once commented to me that the ASM Annual 1 was the first time he'd ever seen splash pages in a Super Hero book. Is there any truth to that?

Huh?

 

It may have been true for him, but bold, dynamic splash pages have been used in superhero comics since the Golden Age... (shrug)

 

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Dick Pontoon

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Maybe he meant mid story splashes like the guy above mentioned because almost every silver age book I've seen opens with a splash…

 

Kirby had been doing mid story splashes and double page spreads since the GA as well, and I'm sure he wasn't the only one.

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chrisco37

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Maybe he meant mid story splashes like the guy above mentioned because almost every silver age book I've seen opens with a splash…

 

Kirby had been doing mid story splashes and double page spreads since the GA as well, and I'm sure he wasn't the only one.

 

The greatest mid-story splash of all:

 

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Dale Roberts

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Yeah Mid story splashes

That's the question

 

Maybe in super-hero comics. Several of the 1950s Space Adventures from Charlton in the 1950s (Ditko was probably aware of these as he worked there) had multiple splash pages.

 

I would guess there are other instances.

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Point Five

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Yeah Mid story splashes

That's the question

 

Maybe in super-hero comics. Several of the 1950s Space Adventures from Charlton in the 1950s (Ditko was probably aware of these as he worked there) had multiple splash pages.

 

I would guess there are other instances.

From memory, I'm pretty sure Fox Comics did occasional mid-story splashes in the late 30s/early 40s... probably so the artist could knock out a finished page more quickly, but still. lol

 

 

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