CGC FORUM TOP BRONZE AGE COVERS - #7

[joe_collector]

Yeah . . . like ASM #136

 

I think someone on here needs to understand the meaning of "key issue".

 

Just for a quick refresher, go look up the values of HoS 92 and ASM 136 in CGC 9.2-9.6, then come back. Obviously, according to your above statement, they will be equivalent, right?

[divad]

Yeah . . . like ASM #136

 

I think someone on here needs to understand the meaning of "key issue".

 

Just for a quick refresher, go look up the values of HoS 92 and ASM 136 in CGC 9.2-9.6, then come back. Obviously, according to your above statement, they will be equivalent, right?

 

Uh, yeah . . . just like Action #1 and ASM #129

 

Someone needs to be refreshed . . . and it's not me

[johnenock]

[Jeffreykli]

I like this cover, but Wrightson did much better covers for HOS/HOM. I agree that one of the reasons (probably the biggest reason) that it's #7 is that it's a cover to a key comic.

[mar-vell]

Like some others on the list, no way in heII does this cover make it if it's NOT a key issue.

 

i agree!

[jbud73]

Thought I would post some of the Line Art if I could find it. Here is the cover to HOS 92 which I think does it a lot more justice.

 

Stephen Fishler owns this piece.

 

[adamstrange]

Thought I would post some of the Line Art if I could find it. Here is the cover to HOS 92 which I think does it a lot more justice.

 

Stephen Fishler owns this piece.

 

 

Much more subtle and impressive than the printed version in color. I do think that that it's very difficult to separate the emotional attachment to Swamp Thing, the Wrightson run, the Alan Moore issues, etc when trying to define its place on the list of covers.

[Timulty]

In its "native" form this piece truly excels. Pieces such as Swamp Thing #3 and #5 have truly amazing line work to them, which can be seen through the colors. So, to me are more representative of Wrightson's style.

[joe_collector]

In its "native" form this piece truly excels.

 

Sure, but as we're voting on comic book covers, and not OA, that amounts to approximately 2.5 dead flies.

[Timulty]

In its "native" form this piece truly excels.

 

Sure, but as we're voting on comic book covers, and not OA, that amounts to approximately 2.5 dead flies.

 

That is the reason I didn't vote for it. I looked at all the covers. In fact, I wouldn't have voted for the one nomination I made, if I were given a choice. Though it was good, it wasn't a Top 5 piece.

[joe_collector]

In fact, I wouldn't have voted for the one nomination I made, if I were given a choice.

 

Don't feel bad, as I made 3 freaking nominations before I found out I was snookered into voting for them. Talk about a sucker.

[delekkerste]

In its "native" form this piece truly excels.

 

Sure, but as we're voting on comic book covers, and not OA, that amounts to approximately 2.5 dead flies.

 

I voted for it, though I think I was unduly influenced by repeated viewings of the original at Metropolis.

 

If I had never seen the original, I doubt I would have voted for it. It's one of the few pen & ink pieces that I think looks better without the color, as it actually has different tones & shades that allows it to stand on its own. I'll never understand OA zombies who think linework with no tone, no shading and no color is somehow superior aesthetically - that is the very definition of insanity.

[blowout]

In its "native" form this piece truly excels.

 

Sure, but as we're voting on comic book covers, and not OA, that amounts to approximately 2.5 dead flies.

 

I voted for it, though I think I was unduly influenced by repeated viewings of the original at Metropolis.

 

If I had never seen the original, I doubt I would have voted for it. It's one of the few pen & ink pieces that I think looks better without the color, as it actually has different tones & shades that allows it to stand on its own. I'll never understand OA zombies who think linework with no tone, no shading and no color is somehow superior aesthetically - that is the very definition of insanity.

 

[delekkerste]

 

I can't wait until Spurs implode down the homestretch while Arsenal shocks everyone and wins the Champions League. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

[blowout]

 

I can't wait until Spurs implode down the homestretch while Arsenal shocks everyone and wins the Champions League. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

 

 

Funniest thing I've heard for ages. Thanks for the chuckle Gene.