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It's a key, but wow is that cover ugly!
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Hands down the worst. So ugly I can't even bear to own it.

 

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Lame villain, squiggle lines all over it like a kid with an ink pen, 2/3rd of the team down, ugly drab colors, no Titans logo.

 

Just pure mess.

 

 

Not to mention the hacked-off expression on Robin's face - like, "Why am I working with these losers?"

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well that one reminds me of ASM 16 and to a lesser extent ASM 10

 

 

 

 

 

What is with the circus bars in the middle of nowhere in the silver age issues.

 

That story happens at the circus. No, it actually does.

 

I've never had a problem with 16. I think I might be the only person that doesn't mind 10. :blush:

 

23 is the best, easily. I like 18 & 24 as well. 17 is pretty good too (good colors, good goblin & torch).

 

1 is terrible. Ditko's Doom (on 5) is horrible.

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Too bad Marvel Presents 3 wasn't their first appearance. Much better!

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But they already changed most costumes by then…

 

BTW, I don’t see any big problem with Iron Man's armor hands: they are not "perfect" but neither badly drawn. Generally speaking, Don Heck work is still great in the early Silver Age, although I am not sure about the author of the cover.

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well that one reminds me of ASM 16 and to a lesser extent ASM 10

 

 

 

 

 

What is with the circus bars in the middle of nowhere in the silver age issues.

 

That story happens at the circus. No, it actually does.

 

Yup.

And the villain is named the Ringmaster, and he's standing in front of a circus tent pole inside a circus ring. A trapeze doesn't seem out of order.

Seems straightforward to me.

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well that one reminds me of ASM 16 and to a lesser extent ASM 10

 

 

I think ASM #16 is one of Ditko's better Spidey poses - he's lithe, fluid.

 

The Daredevil figurework spoils it for me. Very stiff-looking.

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Hands down the worst. So ugly I can't even bear to own it.

 

braveandthebold_v1_054.jpg

 

Lame villain, squiggle lines all over it like a kid with an ink pen, 2/3rd of the team down, ugly drab colors, no Titans logo.

 

Just pure mess.

 

 

I agree - always hated this loser cover.

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Poster child for a major key with an unloved cover:

 

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I find the red and blue of the ridiculous laser gun toting puppet to be quite striking against that bluish-grey background.

 

Also, his red and blue trunks make him look like he's got camel toe, which makes it a ^^ in my book.

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Batman and Robin's expressions look a bit constipated there. Definitely struggling.

 

Never noticed that before.

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