FlyingDonut Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Detective Comics 282. What can you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I dunno ... maybe Holy Robin Corner Shock Pose But then who wouldn't be shocked upon seeing your friend attacked by an inflatable buoyancy (sp?) device [read blow-up snake or eel or whatever]. Now after making fun, I should ask how fun is the story to read actually? I have never read any of these as I am generally turned off by the covers' goofiness à la Zebra Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 I thought the little circle in the rocket was an "extra" drawn by some kid. I couldn't figure out what the circle was trying depict and the ink line was not consistent. Finally, after looking at it under magnification and checking the copy on GCD, I was able to determine it was printed that way. I still don't know why the artist chose to draw the circle there. It's where the gas goes in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I thought the little circle in the rocket was an "extra" drawn by some kid. I couldn't figure out what the circle was trying depict and the ink line was not consistent. Finally, after looking at it under magnification and checking the copy on GCD, I was able to determine it was printed that way. I still don't know why the artist chose to draw the circle there. It's where the gas goes in? yup, it's the gas cap.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 here's a title that i've never seen depicted on these boards - could almost call these "Pre-hero" DC's, as the Doom Patrol would take over the book in issue #80 (6/63) including a name change 7 issues later............from March 1961 - My Greatest Adventure........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 and the following month April 1961. you remember Marvels "Man in the anthill" and "Man in the beehive" 'prototypes?? well, here's DC fooling around with "Man and his Giant Cricket"............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 OK - all kidding aside this time - this issue PREDATES TTA #27 by 8 months. from May 1961 - the ANTMEN........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 from July 1961; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 from Sept 1961 - the Burma Tiger-Man; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 and i'll call it a day at an even half dozen with a rather dramatically colored cover from October 1961; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) Great thread and great books everybody However...There just aren't enough Supergirl covers Edited February 24, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) Edited February 24, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) This is one of my very favorites! Edited February 24, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 What the heck, let's throw a pre-silver #1 in there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
143ksk Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) And last but certainly not least... Edited February 24, 2005 by 143ksk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 What the heck, let's throw a pre-silver #1 in there: My Greatest Adventure #1 - WOW.............. an interesting aside (and someone may have commented on this before) but DC often didn't put a number on the inital comic in a run. there are many first issues with NO number on the cover just like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 This is one of my very favorites! steve - question; as action 252 and 262 are 2 of the half dozen i own, i was curious about the Supergirl's costume change in 262. did they ever mention the RED dress in the issue, was the dress actually red in the story and did it ever appear again. i noticed that it changed back to blue in the later issue. thinking that this may have been one of those coloring/rendering mistakes. think Avengers #11, for example. or the first 3 issues of the Shadow (archie) from 1964 where they couldn't get either the costume or the hair color straight. or B&B #34 where shiera's hair is black. etc., etc........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burntboy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Thanks Harry, it's always better having an actual eye witness than just relying on second hand accounts. Your point about FF and the Marvels jumping out at you for being different is really interesting, as it fits in with the accepted history of SA. I've just always wondered whether that was a case of revisionist history "created" by Marvel to fit the facts, or whether there really was an epiphany-like difference that jumped out to readers at the time. From your post, it would appear to be the latter. Although you were never that much into Ironman and Antman, I take it from your post that you DID notice when the "monster" books (AF, JIM, ST, TOS, TTA) switched over to super-heroes. I'd also always wondered whether readers noticed that a change had taken place and went out of their way to buy the "demarcation" issues, or just purchased the first superhero issues as a continuation of their normal buying habits. From what I'm extrapolating from your response, and the fact that TTA 27 (which really was a monster book and not a superhero book) remains so hard to find in HG, my guess is that readers DID notice the difference and as you indicate, started looking for back issues even back in 1961-63 if they had missed a first issue. no question that for me and my friends Marvel in late 1961/62 was a revelation!! FF was first and started out looking kind of crude, but as i said by issue #3, it had already matured into something special and Lee emblazoned the cover with "World's Greatest Comic Magazine".......... the other heroes started out similarly, in that they seemed to be ideas in progress. The Hulk changed from grey to green and disappeared after only 6 issues. Ironman started out Grey, switched immediately to Gold and then 8 issues later switched to the modern red/gold combo. Thor was very confusing with the Dr Donald Blake thing as it seemed they weren't sure if they wanted to keep that concept or not. Spidey was pretty much solid from the beginning, although having grown up with DC super hero ART, it was a bit hard to take Ditko, at first. DC had the dumbest story lines and villains. everything was a gimmick (ala Paste Pot Pete at Marvel). but Marvel villains were more evil and exciting and the battles were all Kick-. very little secret identity crapola stories at Marvel (Spidey/Hulk/Thor had them but they were played down). whereas at DC, they were a mainstay. DC had all the sidekicks, dopey pets and "Imaginary"stories. and so on and so on...... Once the Marvel characters quickly matured, the stories were simply more engaging. i was a converted DC fan!!!! the artwork though was another issue. Marvels covers were more exciting and battle filled, and much of Batman and Superman was awkward or silly looking, but with a stable that included Infantino, Kubert, Kane, Anderson, Heath, etc., DC didn't play second fiddle to anyone. i continued to buy DC's because they were pretty and i was a collector, but you can bet when i came home with 5-6 comics, the Marvels were the first ones that i read............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I was turned off by the angular scratchy Marvel artwork. It was very different from the Curt Swan style clean and bright DC stuff. But the stories were a breath of fresh air. True continuity from issue to issue, and then title to title as everybody started crossing over with everyone else. Marvel had reinvented superhero comics and eventually DC had to swallow its pride and follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Love that cover to My Greatest Adventure #1, great color and composition - dynamic content. If it wasn't a highly valued first issue, It would be on my want list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
