KEY books that are KEY books SOLELY because of cover no other reason KEY KEY KEY KEY KEY!! 7 7

[1950's war comics]

2 hours ago, D84 said:

drek 

[1950's war comics]

probably posted already... but this is my personal  copy 

[1950's war comics]

@kav... how long would it take someone to draw the cover of that "Strange Terrors" #4 above

 

Edited April 24, 2020 by 1950's war comics

[SuperBird]

19 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

on want list

>for sale<

[Callaway29]

54 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

on want list

This caught my eye too. Is this popular just for the cover? Or because of the "allure" of the artist? I think most like the Ekgren covers in the following order: Weird Horrors #7, Weird Horrors #6, and then considerably less so Strange Terrors #4.

If anything, it's a conversation piece...because nobody can figure out what the heck is going on with the cover... Everyone says it's phallic, but I'm not convinced that was the intent. There's the vague body in the background without a head, and a head in the forefront on a pedestal. That's what I see...but others see a pornographic image. Personally, I don't know what it is...but I admit I WANT to know...

Regardless of what I just said, I respect this image btw. Something about Ekgren calls to me...think his style is cool as sh*t.

Edited April 24, 2020 by Callaway29

[lou_fine]

6 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

27 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

on want list

This caught my eye too. Is this popular just for the cover? Or because of the "allure" of the artist? I think most like the Ekgren covers in the following order: Weird Horrors #7, Weird Horrors #6, and then considerably less so Strange Terrors #4.

I assume you must be referring to these 2 covers here then:

 

Looks like both od these Weird Horrors covers by Ekgren sold in the same CC Event Auction back in the summer of 2012.      

 

[Callaway29]

16 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

I assume you must be referring to these 2 covers here then:

 

Looks like both od these Weird Horrors covers by Ekgren sold in the same CC Event Auction back in the summer of 2012.      

 

Why yes, those are the ones I’m championing. My #7. Fighting the urge for a #6...

 

Edited April 24, 2020 by Callaway29

[kav]

44 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

@kav... how long would it take someone to draw the cover of that "Strange Terrors" #4 above

 

paint you mean.  2 weeks.

[lou_fine]

14 minutes ago, kav said:

58 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

@kav... how long would it take someone to draw the cover of that "Strange Terrors" #4 above

 

paint you mean.  2 weeks.

I thought it would have taken much longer than that.  

I remember Steranko's 7-page story, "At The Stroke Of Midnight" in the first issue of Tower of Shadows apparently took him almost countless months to write, layout, and illustrate as he was just so meticulous at that point in his career.     

[Hollywood1892]

1 hour ago, kav said:

The whole idea of Joker bugs me.  I have dealt with actual insane people.  They do not make good masterminds about anything.  They tend to get apprehended quickly, for one thing.

He doesn't make a good mastermind

The movie the Joker was a true representative of what he is- a broken fragmented human being

[kav]

9 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

He doesn't make a good mastermind

The movie the Joker was a true representative of what he is- a broken fragmented human being

but didnt he still plan stuff and elaborate plans and ****?  true insane folks not capable of this.

[Hollywood1892]

Just now, kav said:

but didnt he still plan stuff and elaborate plans and ****?  true insane folks not capable of this.

Crazy looks like a plan too...sometimes

He ain't Thanos or Darkseid

[kav]

15 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

I thought it would have taken much longer than that.  

I remember Steranko's 7-page story, "At The Stroke Of Midnight" in the first issue of Tower of Shadows apparently took him almost countless months to write, layout, and illustrate as he was just so meticulous at that point in his career.     

based on the detailed painting I have done and I'm quicker than most I give it 2 weeks-maybe one.

[Callaway29]

6 minutes ago, kav said:

based on the detailed painting I have done and I'm quicker than most I give it 2 weeks-maybe one.

My question is why is one of #7’s eyes black, and the other colored. This doesn’t jive with my OCD. And then there’s the vertical cut...generous top-cut shows the full radiance of the “sun”, and generous bottom cut shows the full yellow “thingamabob”...both obviously part of the original artwork. Neither right or wrong...

[comicdonna]

3 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

My question is why is one of #7’s eyes black, and the other colored. This doesn’t jive with my OCD. 

Hair over eye!

[Callaway29]

3 minutes ago, comicdonna said:

Hair over eye!

I don’t know what this means, but I want to..

The more I look the more I want to pontificate. I love it...period.

And #6 is a head pinned to a wall?

Edited April 24, 2020 by Callaway29

[jaeldubyoo]

[William-James88]

On 3/1/2020 at 8:46 PM, kav said:

are these books confirmed to be worth many multiples of surrounding issues?

Can confirm that's not the case for the Whiz Comics one.

The only one from the Whiz comics run that sells a lot higher just because of the cover is Whiz Comics  153. It sells for 5 times the price of Whiz comics 152

[William-James88]

I got another one for you. It's exactly the type you like, more expensive than several numbered issues preceding it and solely because of the cover and no other key aspect to it.
And what a wonderful cover it is! I don't collect Plastic Man and even I want this comic.

[Buzzetta]

On 4/23/2020 at 7:56 PM, Martin Sinescu said:

It transcends the standard monthly comic cover. I love that it's disturbing, risky and surreal. It's also a contemporary, striking and original realization which perfectly complements the character. Honestly, you shouldn't want to look at the Joker: He represents madness, cruelty, murder -- the worst of humanity. Yet this image has the power to draw you in because you really have to get into the detail of it, going against the viewer's (most likely) initial reaction to be somewhat repulsed. From there, it provokes further thought about his relationship with the Bat. Is it pleasing to look at? Perhaps no, but I think it is one of the best, most faithful interpretations of the crazy, psychopathic Joker I've ever seen.

Yup

It's really a captivating cover. I like it a lot and I don't even own a copy.