My Frankenbook

[howardhallis]

Finally got around to taking some photos of the final comic with the new cover attached:

 

 

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I think it came out so well that at Wizard World Los Angeles I got a real beat up looking Strange Tales #111. The cover was detached and it looked pretty bad:

 

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This is the cover I made for it:

 

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Here's the interior:

 

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And finally, some photos of the final book:

 

[thanos_oftitan]

very nice!

[bullseye]

pretty neat, was considering doing the same, but just reprinting a new cover from a digital copy hehe

[howardhallis]

It seems like this is going to be an ongoing project for me, since I found a copy of Dr. Strange's third appearance in Strange Tales #114 last week on eBay that looked pretty battered. I got it for $22 including shipping and figured it would be a prime candidate for another Frankenbook. The cover was hanging on by a thread, and it was marked on the logo by that ugly newsstand pen:

 

[howardhallis]

Once again I made my own cover, featuring the Doc story. Now I know a lot of Captain America fans might think this is sacrilege, since this issue marks the first Silver Age appearance of Cap (it pre-dated Avengers #4). Still, for those who don't know, it's only The Human Torch villain The Acrobat DRESSED UP like Captain America, so don't get too upset. Here's my new version:

 

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And here's the setup:

 

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And finally some photos of the "post-op":

 

[Stephen Strange-migration]

ehhh... Strange... ehhh...

 

Great stuff... nice project.

 

Can I place them all on my site.. next to the comic..? And do you have the ones made as large downloadable files. Credits to you are no problem off-course.

[Norrin_Radd]

Finally got around to taking some photos of the final comic with the new cover attached:

 

 

Just read the first Dr. Strange story from ST #110 yesterday. It was reprinted in Marvel Collectors Item Classics #3.

 

 

 

 

Any new Frankenbooks?

[Aces]

Finally got around to taking some photos of the final comic with the new cover attached:

 

 

Just read the first Dr. Strange story from ST #110 yesterday. It was reprinted in Marvel Collectors Item Classics #3.

 

I just got my first copy of ST 110 two weeks ago.

Beat-up reader but still !

[Stephen Strange-migration]

I have a VG / VG+ myself. Its not the best but I have it for years now. If memory serves I bought it in the UK . I remember that it was really cheap (even for then) but not sure anymore what I paid for it.

[chromium]

Erik

[howardhallis]

WELCOME TO THE BOARDS ERIK!

 

I'll send you a disc of all the covers soon, and let you know when I put them up on my website. Of course I'd be honored if The DSSS website would put them up too! I've done up to issue #121 so far, and am just waiting for #116 and #122 to come in the mail before I post anything else...

[Stephen Strange-migration]

hi... back-at-you too

[howardhallis]

I just posted a gallery for all the Strange Tales custom covers! It's a work in progress, but... Enjoy!

 

THE DOCTOR STRANGE CUSTOM COVERS PROJECT

 

 

Now I know most of these are horribly miswrapped, but they'll never be slabbed anyway so I'm not too concerned.

[the blob]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32731&item=6539896925

 

I think this one is a prime non-Dr. Strange one -- the cover features neither galactus nor the silver surfer. a prior owner was clever enough to make their own cover, but wasn't terribly creative.

 

Just look at those sharp corners, looks like it was just printed a few years ago (and it probably was).