HotKey Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 The top left image of Duke isn't there on the Tales of GI Joe #14 reprint, but it's there on the original run. Anyone know why it was dropped from just this1 issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Looks like if they put it there, it would hit the artwork where the gun is, covering it up. Maybe the artist didn't reserve enough room for the sales block, so they had to revise it on the fly. GeeksAreMyPeeps and HotKey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 40 minutes ago, HotKey said: The top left image of Duke isn't there on the Tales of GI Joe #14 reprint, but it's there on the original run. Anyone know why it was dropped from just this1 issue? On the original cover, the Price box was ABOVE the Duke image; and the pistol overlapped the image of Duke. On the reprint layout, the price box was below the image, and they didn't want the pistol obscuring the price or CCA stamp. Lightning55 and HotKey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning55 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I forgot that the artwork would have been done for the original long before, not new work. @OtherEric seems to have it right. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post comiconxion Posted March 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2021 12 hours ago, Lightning55 said: I forgot that the artwork would have been done for the original long before, not new work. @OtherEric seems to have it right. Yeah, the original has the Marvel Banner across the top. Later, Marvel added the Marvel logo to the price box area which made the price box dimensions change. Not Trimpe's fault. You'll actually note something similar on the cover to G.I. Joe #47. They changed the corner box art to a 25th Anniversary version (which was much longer) so they decided to cut the art in the corner box logo before printing. Here's how it was originally supposed to be printed. You can compare this against the final published version. It's too bad they had someone else draw the missing art. Zeck's original version underneath the stat as much better. Skunkboy, eee91, pubmonkey and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksR Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Wow, that cover really pops in black and white! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
