bigfiver69 Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Seeing as the response has been positive, I'll try and drop some more 10 cent DC war in the next couple of days. Maybe it's becuase I have been collecting these for a while and am sort of familiar with seeing covers from this genre and era, but I am constantly surprised by how few people have seen many of these covers. I'll try and pull some various sweeties that may not be that familiar and pop them onto the list. This thread seems to have a bit of a DC bias (fine by me!) but that said, anyone interested in seeing some old pre and early code Atlas? In addition to filling up on DC war, my side project has been to get all the vicious Russ Heath Atlas War covers. Rare, but soooooo satisfying. Lemme know. Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 This thread seems to have a bit of a DC bias (fine by me!) but that said, anyone interested in seeing some old pre and early code Atlas? In addition to filling up on DC war, my side project has been to get all the vicious Russ Heath Atlas War covers. Rare, but soooooo satisfying. Shep, yeah this thread is concentrated on the DCs and it might have been the intent of it; however, more of those "older" 10 cents War covers can be found in the Gold Forum in such threads as: Best War Covers for War centric covers In the Shadow of the Atomic Age for anything non-horror and even in The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror for horror covers and all the pinned threads about Horror, Timelys and miscellaneous GA books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 This thread seems to have a bit of a DC bias (fine by me!) Just coincidental, because these boards tend to be superhero-centric and there ain't but 2 Marvel superhero 10 centers, so by default there's a bunch of DC books. but that said, anyone interested in seeing some old pre and early code Atlas? In addition to filling up on DC war, my side project has been to get all the vicious Russ Heath Atlas War covers. Rare, but soooooo satisfying. Lemme know. The answer is YES! I'm primarily a superhero collector, except for Duck books, Turoks and the odd war book, so seeing some of the amazing covers, particularly on a lot of pre-superhero Marvel/Atlas books and the various war books from DC and other publishers, has been a revelation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfiver69 Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I'll bring up some posts in the next couple of days. First up, a feast of DC war greytones. As I've gotten deeper back into the 1950s books, I've discovered lots of greytones and 'partial' greytones that don't pop up that often. Then, maybe early next week I'll lay on some Atlas. Some are from the 1952-54 era, but they are soooooooo nice that I gotta share 'em. And they are all ten cents. And I am on a bit of a war kick lately on this thread. Which begs the question.... is there room for a separate Silver Age War thread? Could be. Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I'll bring up some posts in the next couple of days. First up, a feast of DC war greytones. As I've gotten deeper back into the 1950s books, I've discovered lots of greytones and 'partial' greytones that don't pop up that often. Nice! Looking forward to them. droooooooooooool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'll bring up some posts in the next couple of days. First up, a feast of DC war greytones. As I've gotten deeper back into the 1950s books, I've discovered lots of greytones and 'partial' greytones that don't pop up that often. Then, maybe early next week I'll lay on some Atlas. Some are from the 1952-54 era, but they are soooooooo nice that I gotta share 'em. And they are all ten cents. And I am on a bit of a war kick lately on this thread. Which begs the question.... is there room for a separate Silver Age War thread? Could be. Shep You might do a search as I think there was a war thread. I might be confusing it with one of the GA section, however. In any event, definitely looking forward to more posts! 50s books rock!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicBookGuy Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 50s books rock!!! I agree. Gotta love those GI Combats, none of which I've ever seen. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfiver69 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Hey everyone, Again, not high grade books, but undeniably wonderful. Greytone covers are one of the most intriguing areas of silver age comics (for me, anyway) and DC did so many beautiful ones. Some of these are full-on greytone, while others use greytone washes and solid linework. GI Combat 44 - not a great copy, but it's flat and the colour is nice. There is a beauty CGC copy in the nines floating around out there. Saw it at San Diego a couple of years back for $1600. This is the first DC issue, after they took the title over from Quality. GI Combat 51 - Sweeeeet greytone. Got this off ebay a few years back for $14. Star Spangled War #45 - First DC greytone, though that is debateable. Another iffy copy, but tough to find. Grandenetti cover. Star Spangled War #67 - Partial greytone. One of the great, unsung covers of the 50s. Star Spangled War #81 - PLEASE! Russ Heath at the top of his game. Our Army at War #56 - Greytone/linework mix from the brush of Joe Kubert. Our Army at War #57 - Lovely greytone from Jerry Grandenetti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfiver69 Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Hey fellas, Over on the gold boards, I posted some of those Heath Atlas War covers. If anyone's interested in some true pre-code sweetness, check 'em out on the 'Have a cigar, Atlas books etc, thread. It's at: http://boards.collectors-society.com/sho...e=0&fpart=9 Cheers! Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Good stuff Shep, here's another Grandenetti. It's amazing that he did such great covers, because a lot of his interiors SUCKED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 Good stuff Shep, here's another Grandenetti. It's amazing that he did such great covers, because a lot of his interiors SUCKED. Interesting. Anyone got some scans of his interior artwork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfiver69 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Hey all, In truth, I have to agree with Buttock. As much as I love Grandenetti's covers from the 1950s, his interior artwork was not as fine. Editor Bob Kanigher really leaned hard on him when he was doing the covers, but eased off on the insides. He did do some nice interior art jobs (Gunner & Sarge in particular), but a lot weren't up to the high level of Heath, Kubert, Drucker, Severin and the rest of the gang. Rock bottom Grandenetti? His 'Force 3' work from 'All Out War', circa 1979-80. Not DC War's shining moment. Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDonut Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 My apologies if this has been posted - love the greytone covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 This cover seems to have been conceived and executed under the influence of psychotropic drugs..in heavy doses!! Truly mind-blowing! From Sterlings recent sale..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFB Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Not only has he melted everything around him, but he's tanned the edges of the book too! This cover seems to have been conceived and executed under the influence of psychotropic drugs..in heavy doses!! Truly mind-blowing! From Sterlings recent sale..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Hey, for $10.76 including shipping, it was a great buy! I love the damn thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 This cover seems to have been conceived and executed under the influence of psychotropic drugs..in heavy doses!! Truly mind-blowing! From Sterlings recent sale..... That's really cool, but why didn't he melt/burn his underwear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 That's really cool, but why didn't he melt/burn his underwear? To stay under the Code's umbrella Had the underwear melted, the Code people would've sent the book back for art touch-up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 This cover seems to have been conceived and executed under the influence of psychotropic drugs..in heavy doses!! Truly mind-blowing! From Sterlings recent sale..... In fact, with the "Good grief!", it looks sort of like someone slipped Charlie Brown a tab of acid, as drawn by Rick Griffin Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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