Some of the weirdest books I own...Hand drawn golden age covers 2 2

[Real Elijah Snow]

So weird. I have to imagine these were done a LONG time ago. The JW is especially weird since it has the bit of photo next to a drawn horse. The artist really did a halfway decent job on these lol..

[waaaghboss]

Puts this thor I got out of the quarter bins ages ago to shame 😄

 

[unclezebo]

On 12/18/2023 at 8:37 PM, waaaghboss said:

Puts this thor I got out of the quarter bins ages ago to shame 😄

 

hmmmmmmmm still better than most Liefeld's.

[Real Elijah Snow]

idk...I'm kind of digging the Thor...

[Turnando]

All of those are cool, including the Thor.

I like folk art made with love and that is what those covers are.

[Cat]

I admire the love put into these, the passion for the medium. They're kind of cool. 

[Point Five]

On 12/18/2023 at 9:37 PM, waaaghboss said:

Puts this thor I got out of the quarter bins ages ago to shame 😄

 

"TURN, THUNDER GOD!" Turning might actually take him awhile. He looks like he's fallen and can't get up.

 

[Cat]

On 12/20/2023 at 1:07 AM, Point Five said:

"TURN, THUNDER GOD!" Turning might actually take him awhile. He looks like he's fallen and can't get up.

 

I think he's lost a contact. 

[Mutant Manatee]

I love these!  Someone put a lot of effort into them!

I have this coverless Weird Science #12 that someone made a cover for.  The original owner's name and address is stamped on the back.

 

[comicginger1789]

These are all awesome. It is cool that someone either tried to recreate or create original covers to their coverless comics. Did they destroy the original covers and realize their errors and try to fix it? Were the comics hand-me-downs from older siblings that they tried to save? Did they buy these coverless copies 5 for a penny at some thrift shop back in the day? All great questions to ponder.

Also, it makes me wonder if any examples of the opposite are out there...someone who had but only an original cover and chose to draw their own comic for the interior. That seems like it would be quite rare to find!

[Robot Man]

Just a little “color touch” on this one…

[Turnando]

That Weird Science is nice.  That has to be worth way more than a coverless copy.

imo, the technical grade doesn't really apply to these books.  They are too cool for that. They have become something else.

[B2D327]

I remember my older brother having a cover less treasury sized Fantastic Four sometime in the early 70s that he made a cover for using a sheet of oak tag that had a glossy finish on one side that was attached to the book by a rubber band going lengthwise around the spine and center of it. From what I recall, he’d done a pretty good job of copying one of Jack Kirby’s covers to make it presentable but I was only around 4 years old myself at the time so what’d I know.

    Years later, I would do something similar to a few coverless books I had in my collection but we’re talking decades before everyone carried a camera in their pocket everywhere they went let alone sharing the pics with the collecting community. Wish I had though.

Edited December 20, 2023 by B2D327

[stock_rotation]

Wanted to add a book of mine to the thread. I don't know where I got this, but it must have been a part of a lot. I don't read or collect Blackhawk, so it isn't something I went out of my way to buy.  Regardless, I love it!

Edited December 24, 2023 by stock_rotation

[BuraddoRun]

These are all awesome. Much better than "replacement" or "facsimile" printed covers. This makes me feel like I should commission my nephew to draw covers for some of my coverless books.