comick1 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) B&B 44 Washtone covers are little treasures all by themselves regardless of the artist, but even within this cover art genre, Kubert made criminally few contributions. Some really nice ones are Showcase 25, GIC 85, 88, 102, 109, OAAW 49, 124, & SSWS 45. But this B&B 44 washtone Kubert cover is in another stratosphere. I don't recall that level of urgency and outright ferocity on any DC comics of that time period or before B&B 44 with a couple notable exceptions. Maybe not an accident that 2 of my 3 fav Kubert covers of all time are washtones. . .this one and GIC 78 (the other one is OAAW 112--not a washtone, but indeed iconic) are examples of just how resonant Kubert's impact was. There's no mistaking it. Which one of the two entities on the cover of B&B 44 is going prevail? The Thanagarian humanoid with wings and just a mace on a chain? Or the might of a spaceship traveling at extreme momentum with laser beams blasting? If you answered that the laser shooting spaceship behemoth was the victor, you're wrong. Hawkman is going to pound his formidable adversary into space dust. That interior page ain't nothin' to shake a stick at either. Edited January 8, 2023 by comick1 silverseeker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 11:39 PM, comick1 said: B&B 43 Holy frijole, I love this issue! The composition and the dynamics of the panels here are utterly mind boggling. Just check out the angularity, acrobatics, and majestry of the figures as they hurtle through the air. I WISH Kubert took up more real estate in the superhero genre because I'd have collected a LOT more of them if Superman, Batman, GL, Flash, and WW had interior stories that looked like these pages. They all had wonderful artistic contributions made by their own stable of artists, but the B&B Hawkmans are just unbelievable. Humminah humminah humminah, I'd love to own those two pages of original art side by side! I happen to like this issue also. But I'm glad Kubert didn't do more superhero stuff. I don't know that his style would have synced well with Superman or Batman. Heath did the odd hero book (Iron Fist, Punisher, etc.) and it never quite worked. I think Hawkman, who he had drawn back in the late 40s-50s, just worked out right due to the character. hchill25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 The Kubert B&B Hawkman’s are simply the very best superhero books DC was producing at the time. Side note on collecting them, I have found the 36 to be toughest of the six issues in nice shape, took me years to get my 8.5. silverseeker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 4:45 PM, Silver said: I have found the 36 to be toughest of the six issues in nice shape. I'm finding this to be the case as well...it's the last Hawkman tryout issue I need to complete the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Okie dokie, moving right along. Phase three of Brave and the Bold to me starts with issue 50, the team-ups! Phase 1 was issue 1-24, the pre-hero issues. Phase 2 was the tryout phase. To me at least phase three starts with issue 50 when the team ups start. So what is 45-49? An intermission of sorts. Palate cleanser? Strange Sports Stories! Most notably by the incomparable Carmine Infantino. I can not overstate how much I enjoyed all five of these issues as a kid. I literally read them to death. They’re just fun and different. Not high on most collectors list and undoubtably less expensive than most other issues, but worthy books nonetheless! hchill25, Jaylam, steelcity and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 Brave and the Bold 46. Love the basketball/cover story in this issue! 1950's war comics, steelcity and hchill25 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 Brave and the Bold 47 steelcity and hchill25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I like those issues too, and evidently these are all Part Three. I wonder what Part Two was... Since the comic shop I bought them from did not give me any instructions, I have no idea... 1950's war comics, electricprune and hchill25 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (edited) And 49 is another Gorilla cover. DC and their gorillas...geez...Well, at least this one is not Part Three... Edited January 12, 2023 by Tri-ColorBrian buttock, hchill25, Silver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comick1 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 1:12 AM, Tri-ColorBrian said: And 49 is another Gorilla cover. DC and their gorillas...geez...Well, at least this one is not Part Three... I don't have any of the SSS issues of B&B, but as memory serves, Infantino gets to ink most of [perhaps all of?] his own pencils. I remember thinking that if I liked sports more, these might be a bit more compelling to me, but I balanced that against the beautiful art inside. Wonder if any of the original art exists. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1950's war comics Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 a decent looking 3.0 Kromak, hchill25, FoggyNelson and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 one of my better ones...... FoggyNelson, hchill25, Math Teacher and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Brave and the Bold collecting thread - 1.0! FoggyNelson, Math Teacher and Kromak 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 Those are all great, congrats on the #2, Thats a tough issue! 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 4:34 AM, Silver said: Brave and the Bold 46. Love the basketball/cover story in this issue! Alas, the mathematics of basketball scoring never seemed to help me much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I can kick off the team-up issues... I remember reading a reprint of this story in one of the DC 100-pagers in the '70s, and really wanted to get a copy of this book for that reason. For some reason it's a tough book to find in decent grade (it took me 18 years to find this copy), and I love the color combination of green, purple, red and yellow on the cover... hchill25, buttock, Math Teacher and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagemusha7s Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 12:22 AM, silverseeker said: I can kick off the team-up issues... I remember reading a reprint of this story in one of the DC 100-pagers in the '70s, and really wanted to get a copy of this book for that reason. For some reason it's a tough book to find in decent grade (it took me 18 years to find this copy), and I love the color combination of green, purple, red and yellow on the cover... Great book. I had a 9.6 but sold it years back silverseeker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 10:08 PM, kagemusha7s said: Great book. I had a 9.6 but sold it years back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagemusha7s Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 1:35 AM, silverseeker said: Pacific Coast... silverseeker and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
