Alternate Strange Tales 111 cover. 0

[shadroch]

I never noticed this before.

Marvel Collectors Items are early reprints of the beginning of the era.

The cover shows the books within 

Check out the cover to Strange Tales 111

[KirbyJack]

They did that a few times. Almost all of the Wasp issues in Marvel Tales,

and Doc issues in MCIC.
 Check this’n  

They even messed with The Hulk, and he was on that cover!

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[KCOComics]

Any idea where these alternative covers came from? 

Did they have multiple unused covers for some issues? 

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[KirbyJack]

I don’t think they’re really alternate covers. I think they just took a panel from the story depicting the feature character and pasted it over the original cover. 

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[1950's war comics]

all these years i never noticed those before

(probably as a teenager i noticed, but then forgot  )

[namisgr]

One-time active board member Howard Hallis re-imagined a number of early Strange Tales covers featuring Ditko's Dr. Strange using interior story panels, sometimes with slight modifications/enhancements.  He also made some fabulous pin-up pages modified from the interior artwork as well.  His collection of re-worked Strange Tales covers and pin-up pages that should have been can be found here: http://www.howardhallis.com/doctorstrange/customs.html

Here's a terrific example:

 

[namisgr]

These are Howard's re-imaginings of the covers to ST 111 and 115.  For me, this version of 115 would be considered a classic cover today:

        

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[dpressim]

and these are all still Silver age books as well.  This is how I learned the covers of early books for me to try and collect later on.  Not every LCS had these books back in the early 80s

[KirbyJack]

On 9/2/2024 at 9:25 AM, dpressim said:

and these are all still Silver age books as well.  This is how I learned the covers of early books for me to try and collect later on.  Not every LCS had these books back in the early 80s

They’re such a great deal. You can still find not-so-rough readers for under $5!

[KirbyJack]

There were new covers done for the title. I consider the “alternate” Kirby FF covers (left and middle) to be must-haves for collectors who share my Kirbifilia. 

[Dick Pontoon]

On 9/5/2024 at 7:17 PM, KirbyJack said:

There were new covers done for the title. I consider the “alternate” Kirby FF covers (left and middle) to be must-haves for collectors who share my Kirbifilia. 

Do you have the new covers done for Marvel Double Action, too?

[shadroch]

On 9/6/2024 at 10:44 AM, dick pontoon said:

Do you have the new covers done for Marvel Double Action, too?

Marvel had Triple Action, which mostly reprinted the Avengers, and Double Feature, which reprinted Tales of Suspense. I am not aware of a Marvel Double Action.

[Dick Pontoon]

On 9/6/2024 at 1:55 PM, shadroch said:

Marvel had Triple Action, which mostly reprinted the Avengers, and Double Feature, which reprinted Tales of Suspense. I am not aware of a Marvel Double Action.

Slip of the tongue. Double Feature. Marvel Double Action, '70s reprint title for Tales of Suspense.

[shadroch]

On 9/6/2024 at 11:08 AM, dick pontoon said:

Slip of the tongue. Double Feature. Marvel Double Action, '70s reprint title for Tales of Suspense.

You had me scrambling as I love those 70s reprints and thought there might be a title I missed. Super Action had Cap reprints, and another title had DD reprints.

[KirbyJack]

On 9/6/2024 at 12:44 PM, dick pontoon said:

Do you have the new covers done for Marvel Double Action, too?

I don’t; but my particular sickness is Fantastic Four centric. I have the Kirby Cap run, tho!

 I’ll have to check those out. 

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[Dick Pontoon]

On 9/6/2024 at 2:23 PM, shadroch said:

On 9/6/2024 at 2:08 PM, dick pontoon said:

Slip of the tongue. Double Feature. Marvel Double Action, '70s reprint title for Tales of Suspense.

You had me scrambling as I love those 70s reprints and thought there might be a title I missed. Super Action had Cap reprints, and another title had DD reprints.

I did it again! In my response I typed Marvel Double Action instead of Marvel Double Feature.

It only ran for 21 issues but about half of the covers were new with several other of the original TOS covers altered. Marvel Spectacular was the Thor reprints and Marvel Adventure was Daredevil, running a mere 4 issues.