lordbyroncomics Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, kav said: Thank god someone in the business recognizes and speaks on this. It would be easy to have a science advisor. http://jimshooter.com/2011/10/science-fiction-vs-science-fantasy.html/ kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, wisbyron said: http://jimshooter.com/2011/10/science-fiction-vs-science-fantasy.html/ A case of over estimating one's abilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, kav said: A case of over estimating one's abilities? For a moment I thought you were showing me that was YOU, commenting on that post back in 2011! I don't know man, the storytelling looks clear and just that cover, helpfully showing "insufficiently_thoughtful_person" and "brick" is pretty entertaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 minute ago, wisbyron said: For a moment I thought you were showing me that was YOU, commenting on that post back in 2011! I don't know man, the storytelling looks clear and just that cover, helpfully showing "insufficiently_thoughtful_person" and "brick" is pretty entertaining! Pretty sure Shooter hired him on the spot. lordbyroncomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 candidate for the worst cover ever so i can't even imagine whats inside... FoggyNelson and Beige 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 minute ago, 1950's war comics said: candidate for the worst cover ever so i can't even imagine whats inside... That's Joe Jusko as Captain America, actually. As I recall, Cap and Spidey fight Vermin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: candidate for the worst cover ever so i can't even imagine whats inside... Even Liefeld laffs at that book I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Joe Jusko was apparently a weight lifting fellow back then; I vaguely recall an editorial explaining why they went with a photo cover. Elliot R Brown probably did this as I've also read how he handled all of Marvel's photo covers. (update: I literally just typed a second before noticing Brown's credit is helpfully right there next to the upc box) I think you guys are a little too harsh! Some kid probably thought this was cool as cosplay was a thing of the future for the most part. We have to always remember, if adults really walked around in the costumes as they're drawn in the comics, they'd look incredibly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 5 hours ago, kav said: Even Liefeld laffs at that book I suspect. Liefeld would have shifted the entire cover down a couple inches or so, such that the bottom edge would amputate Cap and Spidey just below the knees. That way, he could avoid seeing ... whatever those leg-ending thingies are called! They vex him so! JJ-4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Just now, Qalyar said: Liefeld would have shifted the entire cover down a couple inches or so, such that the bottom edge would amputate Cap and Spidey just below the knees. That way, he could avoid seeing ... whatever those leg-ending thingies are called! They vex him so! Plus he would of pouched the **** out of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 kav you just made it really hard to give you this specific issue CGC 2.5 as a holiday gift now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, wisbyron said: kav you just made it really hard to give you this specific issue CGC 2.5 as a holiday gift now I'll take a 1.5 lordbyroncomics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Is that Marvel Team Up 128 even a real cover? I think it’s a parody , it’s really bad , even a kid would know that☹️☹️😷😷 kav and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 35 minutes ago, FoggyNelson said: Is that Marvel Team Up 128 even a real cover? I think it’s a parody , it’s really bad , even a kid would know that☹️☹️😷😷 Marvel's early experiments with photo covers were not... particularly good ideas, shall we say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Most ridiculous song lyric of all time? @Buzzetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Most ridiculous movie premise of all time: If the first rule of Fight Club is don't talk about Fight Club, then HOW DID THEY GET NEW MEMBERS??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrandmasterG Posted December 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2020 The Codpiece! Namtak, bb8, Ken Aldred and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, GrandmasterG said: The Codpiece! Looking at the credits, all I can say about this is that it took two Editors to edit this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbyroncomics Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I light-heartedly want to say that you guys are being a little rough on the Marvel photo cover(s). Kids were maybe slightly less jaded in 1982 or whenever that thing came out and it may have been something cool for them to see in a pre-CGI world. I remember being a kid in elementary school when someone brought in the Amazing Spider-Man with the photo cover (that has Peter- excuse me, the actor/model portraying Peter Parker)- standing there, unmasked- and the kids discussing it, like did Spider-Man "really" look like that, and so forth. You guys are maybe applying your current sensibilities to looking at something from like 40 years ago. Sometimes corny stuff is fun! kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) Codpiece was posted near the beginning of the thread, but thanks for showing us more of the story. Hilarious. Edited December 13, 2020 by Ken Aldred D2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...