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Early 15¢ Bronze "Inside Out" Comic Covers...

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BronzeBruce13

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When I started collecting in my youth… 20¢ was the cover price.

I missed the Early Bronze 15¢ Era by a year or two in terms of buying off the rack at my beloved 13th Pharmacy. Of course, I acquired some 15¢ers from garage sales and flea markets, but clearly not enough to retain many memories of them.

 

Recently, I noticed this Iron Man 33 cover from 1971. I was intrigued by the design which was basically a short "interior-style" panel to panel sequence. I don't recall seeing many comic covers like this one... complete with word balloons. Shorty after, I noticed this ASM 89. Very similar, but without any word balloons.

 

It occured to me that this may have been a bronze design trend that I simply have not seen many examples of. Nothing could top Gil Kane's famous 20¢ picture frame format (in my mind), but I'd love to see more if anyone has other examples...

 

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BronzeBruce13

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That FF 140 sure does Vince... and its a 20¢er!

The other 2 are not really "sequential" storytelling. They're more design partitions.

 

I can't believe I missed (or forgot) too many 20¢ covers like that. I'm still assuming there are more 15¢ examples. Time will tell.

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awe4one

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so... there were only (4) I guess?

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I knew I should have put "pressed" in the thread title.

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Of course not...but your views on pressing are always welcomed... grin.gif

 

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joe_collector

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The other 2 are not really "sequential" storytelling. They're more design partitions.

 

Yeah I know, but so is that Iron Man cover you posted, which is why I gave it a shot. confused-smiley-013.gif

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BronzeBruce13

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You're right... the Iron Man 33 I posted only "gives the illusion" of being sequential. It's really a partition design that spotlights several non sequential crucial moments.

 

It might help if I actually studied my first example a little more closely. I guess the presence of the "voice balloons" led me to assume.

 

I guess what I failed to get across was that the IM 33 had the "look & feel" of typical interior panel by panel storytelling. The 2 examples you posted (that I excluded) don't have the same "look & feel" without any voice balloons.

 

The ASM 89 that I posted (even without voice ballons) is actually a better example than the IM 33 "sequentially speaking".

 

The Marvel Spotlight 2 and your FF 140 are the best examples thus far of what I thought I was seeing with the Iron Man 33. The Batman 220 fits the bill too.

 

 

 

The other 2 are not really "sequential" storytelling. They're more design partitions.

 

Yeah I know, but so is that Iron Man cover you posted, which is why I gave it a shot. confused-smiley-013.gif

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