The Return of the Classic Cover Jumble [Archive]

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 10:37 AM

All right - it's been nearly a year, but here is a new jumble. Now, maybe METAROG will stop sending me death threats :p

The Rules

1. Take a look at the jumble, download image to your hard drive if your prefer.

2. If you recognize a cover - indicate the title and issue #

3. Please wait either 6 hours or until someone else has posted an answer, before posting another answer (whichever occurs earliest)

4. I will post clues to help with some of the tougher covers.

There are 16 covers in this Jumble.

Good Luck and Have Fun!

Mike Kuypers

02-14-2006, 10:46 AM

Daredevil #13 in the lower right circle.

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 10:50 AM

Daredevil #13 in the lower right circle.

Wow!

I thought that one was well camouflaged.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/DD13.jpg

Mike Kuypers

02-14-2006, 10:59 AM

I'm surprised myself! I thought I recognized it, but I was thinking of the one with Daredevil leaping over an open trapdoor. But, what do you know? There it is on the same page of thumbnails! So, faulty memory or dumb luck? I dunno. I'm just glad I got one. Now I can sit back and be amazed by everyone else.

Ray R.

02-14-2006, 11:37 AM

Middle right-hand side, is Action Comics #22 from 1940.

Sir Tim Drake

02-14-2006, 11:40 AM

The circle at the lower left is Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241.

Mike Kuypers

02-14-2006, 11:45 AM

The circle at the lower left is Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241.

I knew that one looked familiar!

MWGallaher

02-14-2006, 11:52 AM

"...Face me man to man!" is from Star Spangled War 144

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 11:55 AM

Middle right-hand side, is Action Comics #22 from 1940.

I can always count on Ray for solving the early Golden Age stuff.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/ActionComics22.jpg

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 11:56 AM

The circle at the lower left is Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241.

Nice work Aaron.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/superboy241.jpg

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 11:58 AM

"...Face me man to man!" is from Star Spangled War 144

Yessir - and we are making steady progress through this jumble.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/SSWS144.jpg

Mike Kuypers

02-14-2006, 12:43 PM

Capt. Marvel #60 ("Close Encounters in Kentucky")

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 01:06 PM

Capt. Marvel #60 ("Close Encounters in Kentucky")

Nice.

I always thought that was a pretty funny blurb. Had you seen it before?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/CaptainMarvel60.jpg

T GUy

02-14-2006, 01:15 PM

Ray R.

02-14-2006, 01:18 PM

Circle - right-hand top corner - Comic Cavalcade #47 from 1942.

Damn racist crows....

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 01:19 PM

I don't care how far you pushed me around, Ranger, but you went too far when you featured no art from the Kirby cover of Headline Comics No. 46 (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=127918&zoom=4) featuring stories 'adapted from TRUE Police and F. B. I. cases!'

I didn't want to make things too easy for you.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/HeadlineComics46.jpg

Lone Ranger

02-14-2006, 01:22 PM

Circle - right-hand top corner - Comic Cavalcade #47 from 1942.

Damn racist crows....

Nice job, Ray.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/COmicCavalcase47.jpg

Mike Kuypers

02-14-2006, 03:17 PM

Nice.

I always thought that was a pretty funny blurb. Had you seen it before?

Well, I have the comic. But that's not how I found it. It was another case of being in the right place for the wrong reason. I thought that figure in the lower right corner of the Cover Jumble might be Captain Marvel, so I went to the GCD for a look. And while I was scanning the thumbnails that red-arrow caption popped out at me. Weird but true.

Slam_Bradley

02-14-2006, 03:28 PM

Comics on Parade #4 is upper/middle left with the blue stars.

METAROG

02-14-2006, 03:51 PM

Alright Jumble. Too bad I was busy all day. The top right is Today's Romance #6.

Lone Ranger

02-15-2006, 04:43 AM

Comics on Parade #4 is upper/middle left with the blue stars.

Good job, Slam.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/ComicsonParade4.jpg

Lone Ranger

02-15-2006, 04:45 AM

Alright Jumble. Too bad I was busy all day. The top right is Today's Romance #6.

There are still some tough ones left.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/TodaysRomance6.jpg

METAROG

02-15-2006, 05:22 AM

I think I know a few more like Red Seal #14 in the upper left.

Lone Ranger

02-15-2006, 07:21 AM

I think I know a few more like Red Seal #14 in the upper left.

That's it! Nice job.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/RedSeal14.jpg

Mike Kuypers

02-15-2006, 08:49 AM

Almanac of Crime #2(?) in the top circle.

Lone Ranger

02-15-2006, 09:08 AM

Almanac of Crime #2(?) in the top circle.

Yup - I think that's the right number, but I'll never really understand the Fox numbering system (or lack thereof).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/AlmanacofCrime.jpg

METAROG

02-15-2006, 10:25 AM

Darn, I knew that Fox Giant Alamanac of Crime! However, I recognize the 4th bullet down as MTU #142.

Lone Ranger

02-15-2006, 10:51 AM

Darn, I knew that Fox Giant Alamanac of Crime! However, I recognize the 4th bullet down as MTU #142.

We are moving quickly through this one - only 4 covers left.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/MTU142.jpg

METAROG

02-15-2006, 08:41 PM

Bottom left is Tarzan (Gold Key) #145.

Lone Ranger

02-16-2006, 06:43 AM

Bottom left is Tarzan (Gold Key) #145.

You certainly know your ape feet.

3 more to go.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/Tarzan145.jpg

Lone Ranger

02-16-2006, 08:52 AM

For clarity

The three pieces remaining are:

1. Bottom Right Corner
2. Middle of the Right Side - underneath the villain from the Marvel Team Up issue.
3. Left Side - immediately to the left of the piece in #2.

Mike Kuypers

02-16-2006, 09:27 AM

That bottom right corner seems like it would be simple with two easily identifiable heroes. (Yes, I know I thought one was Captain Marvel, but now I can see I was obviously wrong.) But so far no luck.

Lone Ranger

02-17-2006, 08:26 AM

Of the 3 remaining

One was published in the 50s, one in the 60s and one in the 90s.

Lone Ranger

02-20-2006, 08:14 AM

More hints

1 is a Big Two comic
1 is from a publisher that folded in the 80s
1 is from a publisher that folded in the 70s

Mike Kuypers

02-20-2006, 09:11 AM

Well, the Big Two piece from the '90s is obviously in the lower right corner. I think I recognize Captain America and Wolverine. Too bad I stopped reading Marvel comics around 1990.

The one depicting mountain climbing looks like it could be a Disney cover, but I haven't had any luck searching for it. (At first I thought it could be a Gladstone, but I realized the Marvel comic had to be the one from the '90s because of Wolverine.)

Lone Ranger

02-20-2006, 01:28 PM

Well, the Big Two piece from the '90s is obviously in the lower right corner.

You are right.

That is the cover published by the Big Two.

METAROG

02-20-2006, 07:04 PM

Geez, these last three are rough... I think one of them is a Dell based on the clues but other than that I have no idea.

Lone Ranger

02-20-2006, 08:38 PM

1 cover is from a series that lasted 4 issues
1 cover is from a series that lasted nearly 150 issues
1 cover is from a series that lasted more than 1,000 issues

METAROG

02-21-2006, 05:35 AM

Okay, the mountain cartoon scene is from Four Color #387-Mickey Mouse in Tibet.

Lone Ranger

02-21-2006, 06:33 AM

Okay, the mountain cartoon scene is from Four Color #387-Mickey Mouse in Tibet.

That's it!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/FourColor387.jpg

Now, of the remaining two.

1 is from the 90s, a Big Two book, ran 4 issues

1 is from 60s, publisher left the biz in the 80s, ran nearly 150 issues

MWGallaher

02-21-2006, 06:37 AM

The one literally "published by the Big Two" is DC vs. Marvel #4.

And why no mummy this time?

Lone Ranger

02-21-2006, 06:41 AM

The one literally "published by the Big Two" is DC vs. Marvel #4.

And why no mummy this time?

Nice catch MWG - I was hoping someone would read my hint literally (although I do believe #1 and #4 were technically published by DC and Marvel did 2 & 3, but there's no fun in that level of detail).

About two-thirds of the way through this one, I realized it was mummy-free and it was too late to rectify. I'll try to include one next time around.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/DCvsMar4.jpg

Mike Kuypers

02-21-2006, 06:50 AM

That Four Color comic really hurts. I can't tell you how much time I spent there and other places looking for a snow-capped peak and yellow rope. Sigh...

METAROG

02-21-2006, 10:38 AM

The last one is Creepy #8. Great Jumble LR-really challenging. Thanks again.

Lone Ranger

02-21-2006, 12:18 PM

The last one is Creepy #8. Great Jumble LR-really challenging. Thanks again.

And that does it!

Well done everyone.

You are very welcome, ROG - it was my pleasure.

It may take a while before I can get another one up and running.

In the meantime, check out the fabulous Gray Morrow cover.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/CBR/jumb/Creepy8.jpg