CGC FORUM TOP BRONZE AGE COVERS - #13

[jbud73]

Unlucky #13 was actually lucky for me 'cause a book I voted for and nominated finally made the list. Its Neal Adams again with some amazing work on a non-mainstream title.

 

DC Special 6 has slowly crept into being my favorite Neal Adams Cover. When it came time to vote I placed this ahead of Batman 232, which I have always considered my favorite Adams and that shocked even me . Here's why. The juxtapositioning of Science Fiction and Western elements with two huge images (one in the foreground, one in the background) sees Adams get so much expression, detail and emotion into such a small space. I also believe this to be his homage 'tip of the hat' to the EC series Weird Science/WEird Science Fantasy my favorite Pre-Code comic. jbud73

 

[greggy]

[johnenock]

Always one of my favorite -c. I always loved the way Adams drew horses.

[Karma23]

I recently saw this particular cover in my LCS and thought it was incredibly cool...sorry I didn't pick it up

[drbanner]

Love Adams, love the Tomahawk western covers, impartial to his All-Star Western covers, I do like the theme of this cover (any sci-fi western movies??), but on the whole it just doesn't do it for me.

 

I'd love to see the complete logo-less artwork though, the logo box is just overhwelming on this one.

[jbud73]

Ya I agree Mike, DC should have just left Adams alone, similar to Kaluta and 'Tec 423. But I still love the image of this book and the foreground/background competing elements. Plus the theme just screams EC to me.

[jbud73]

 

Uh, is that I can't believe its only 13 or,

 

A 13, what a

 

[blowout]

Love Adams, love the Tomahawk western covers, impartial to his All-Star Western covers, I do like the theme of this cover (any sci-fi western movies??), but on the whole it just doesn't do it for me.

 

I'd love to see the complete logo-less artwork though, the logo box is just overhwelming on this one.

 

Thats a great point Dr B. There are a few of the Tomahawks that I would rate higher than this cover.

[jbud73]

Love Adams, love the Tomahawk western covers, impartial to his All-Star Western covers, I do like the theme of this cover (any sci-fi western movies??), but on the whole it just doesn't do it for me.

 

I'd love to see the complete logo-less artwork though, the logo box is just overhwelming on this one.

 

Thats a great point Dr B. There are a few of the Tomahawks that I would rate higher than this cover.

 

Yes and they are all 1968 / 1969 covers as I told the people who tried to nominate them

[greggy]

 

Uh, is that I can't believe its only 13 or,

 

A 13, what a

 

Just for the hell of it

[Warlord]

Love Adams, love the Tomahawk western covers, impartial to his All-Star Western covers, I do like the theme of this cover (any sci-fi western movies??), but on the whole it just doesn't do it for me.

 

I'd love to see the complete logo-less artwork though, the logo box is just overhwelming on this one.

 

Thats a great point Dr B. There are a few of the Tomahawks that I would rate higher than this cover.

 

Yes and they are all 1968 / 1969 covers as I told the people who tried to nominate them

 

[joe_collector]

Yes and they are all 1968 / 1969 covers as I told the people who tried to nominate them

 

Come on, you know DC collectors can barely dress themselves, let alone tell time.

[tth2]

Still don't know what the big deal is about this cover.

 

Sorry Jim.

[joeklecko]

Yes and they are all 1968 / 1969 covers as I told the people who tried to nominate them

 

Come on, you know DC collectors can barely dress themselves, let alone tell time.

 

[jbud73]

Still don't know what the big deal is about this cover.

 

Sorry Jim.

 

Where's Norinn Radd - get the matches, I'll get the wood, time to burn another

[joe_collector]

You know, I was looking over some of my Phantom Stranger covers, and was amazed that NONE of them were even nominated. There is some good stuff in there, especially some of the Adams and Kaluta work.

 

Then I pop on here and see this bizarro monstrosity from a late-night drive-in feature - that HUGE RED TITLE totally ruins the image and the retro "an adventure to stagger the imagination" puts this comic directly in the late-40's or early-50's, where it should have stayed.

 

Looking at this cover is like someone screaming in my ear, "IT"S COWBOYS AND ROCKET SHIPS - GET IT????"

 

I am the first to admit there are some kick-hass DC covers out there, but I've seen only one (greggy's) so far.

[Sal]

but man it's "daring and different" dadgumit

[blowout]

I am the first to admit there are some kick-hass DC covers out there, but so far I've seen one (greggy's) so far.

 

Definitely the best DC cover to appear so far.

 

You know, I was looking over some of my Phantom Stranger covers, and was amazed that NONE of them were even nominated. There is some good stuff in there, especially some of the Adams and Kaluta work.

 

I thought the same thing when the Kaluta 'Tec came up at #20 and Jason mentioned it was the only cover of his to get nominated. Where was PS #26 on the nominations list???

[tth2]

You know, I was looking over some of my Phantom Stranger covers, and was amazed that NONE of them were even nominated. There is some good stuff in there, especially some of the Adams and Kaluta work.

 

I thought the same thing when the Kaluta 'Tec came up at #20 and Jason mentioned it was the only cover of his to get nominated. Where was PS #26 on the nominations list???

Well, why didn't you nominate it?

[blowout]

You know, I was looking over some of my Phantom Stranger covers, and was amazed that NONE of them were even nominated. There is some good stuff in there, especially some of the Adams and Kaluta work.

 

I thought the same thing when the Kaluta 'Tec came up at #20 and Jason mentioned it was the only cover of his to get nominated. Where was PS #26 on the nominations list???

Well, why didn't you nominate it?

 

I wasn't going to waste a nomination on a DC book.