Oddly Similar Comic Covers 11 11

[littledoom]

I always confused these two

[littledoom]

On 10/26/2021 at 10:07 PM, grendelbo said:

I like making collages with the photo-catalogue I have of my collection.

I'll often group them by similarity. Here's some examples that may be oddly similar.

 

I always thought that MK cover was a self homage to 316. Todd likes to do that kinda thing 

[littledoom]

[gadzukes]

Just caught this one.

If you flip the image.... it's not a swipe.

Hilarious that it's DC Sgt Rock in the original and becomes Marvel's Sgt Fury in the swipe.

Edited November 25, 2021 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

Here's another.  Turning Capt Savage into Sgt Fury.

 

[Jesse-Lee]

Not sure if this one has been done - it kind of doesn't quite fit, but I always felt a kindred spirit between these two:

[JollyComics]

I gotta keep this thread ALIVE!!!

VERY ODDLY SIMILAR covers!!

The guns again.

Edited November 28, 2021 by JollyComics

[kav]

On 11/27/2021 at 8:58 PM, JollyComics said:

I gotta keep this thread ALIVE!!!

VERY ODDLY SIMILAR covers!!

The guns again.

swipe city!

[JollyComics]

On 11/27/2021 at 11:25 PM, kav said:

swipe city!

Reported.

[kav]

On 11/27/2021 at 9:48 PM, JollyComics said:

Reported.

[JollyComics]

On 11/27/2021 at 11:51 PM, kav said:

[Get Marwood & I]

When I started the thread, my intention was for us all to post books which are 'oddly' similar, in the sense that they are not obvious homages, swipes or copies. I was looking for books that had a similarity that was likely unintentional.

Look at these two books below. Have you ever wondered why Flash was in such a cack-handed pose on the cover of the King Comic's Flash Gordon #10? He looks like he's put his back out, and is struggling to move.

But now we can see why, as the pose is a direct swipe of the Fantasy Reader that preceded it:

 

Our cover girl takes up so much space on that cover, that Flash had to bend down to fit in.

So here, the similarity is deliberate. Flash was copied. So it is not 'oddly similar'.

There are no hard and fast rules of course - people are free to post what they like, and I've posted some fairly obvious swipes myself, but oddly similar books like these two below will get a special nod of appreciation from me:

[JollyComics]

Similar plank.

[alexgross.com]

On 11/24/2021 at 7:58 PM, gadzukes said:

Here's another.  Turning Capt Savage into Sgt Fury.

 

these are not 'oddly similar,' they use exactly the same artwork. 

[JollyComics]

Here is the famous artwork of Frank Frazetta.

Apparently the artist copied Frank's spaceship.  Here it goes!

[MR SigS]

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[steveinthecity]

On 12/22/2021 at 10:42 AM, MR SigS said:

This is an interesting cover theme.  “Surrounded by hands”.  

[MR SigS]

On 12/22/2021 at 11:16 AM, steveinthecity said:

This is an interesting cover theme.  “Surrounded by hands”.  

There's a DD cover that works, but I don't have it.