Essential Guess the Classic Cover [Archive] - Page 15

Lone Ranger

09-30-2008, 10:57 AM

Well I had the right publisher from the start. But looking at thumbnails of Golden Age Cap and Human Torch covers is very bad for your eyes.

But the Ken Bald hint gave me some more Timely titles to sift thru, and this is Namora 3. Namora looks tough.

Why did Namora and Sun Girl only last three issues?

Well done - 200 points for ROK.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

09-30-2008, 10:58 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Lone Ranger

09-30-2008, 02:21 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

MDG

09-30-2008, 07:05 PM

The Monkees #2

Lone Ranger

10-01-2008, 06:46 AM

The Monkees #2

Well done - 300 points for MDG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-01-2008, 06:47 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC book

Red Oak Kid

10-01-2008, 08:02 AM

The Monkees #2

I looked at the Monkees thumbs, but didn't catch it. I had it in my mind that the yellow was an open cockpit biplane, not a guitar. I looked at Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines first.

But it's always a blast to look at Gold Key 60s tv covers. The Beverly Hillbillies had a long run as well as Bewitched. I don't understand why the Governor and J.J. didn't go at least 100 issues.

Lone Ranger

10-01-2008, 02:30 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 80s

Bill Angus

10-01-2008, 02:51 PM

Well... it looks to me like Andru & Giordano... but that doesn't really help. That's an awful lot of DC covers in the 80s..

prince hal

10-01-2008, 05:28 PM

I thought it looked like Mort Meskin.

Well, not him, but his pencils.

Lone Ranger

10-02-2008, 06:11 AM

Here is teh 3rd clue

HINT - Reed Crandall and Paris Cullins contributed to this series

spoon_jenkins

10-02-2008, 09:44 AM

Weird War Tales #117

Lone Ranger

10-02-2008, 12:13 PM

Weird War Tales #117

Yup - home of the GI Robot. 200 points for spoon!

Here it is in full, new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-02-2008, 12:14 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Lone Ranger

10-03-2008, 06:52 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - The cover artist is probably better known as an inker

Red Oak Kid

10-03-2008, 08:12 AM

The Crime Machine 2 by Skywald.

I wonder if there was any connection between this mag and DC's In the Days of the Mob? They both came out in the early 70s.

Wish I had a copy of this title.

Lone Ranger

10-03-2008, 12:23 PM

The Crime Machine 2 by Skywald.

I wonder if there was any connection between this mag and DC's In the Days of the Mob? They both came out in the early 70s.

Wish I had a copy of this title.

Well done - 300 points for ROK.

Here is the full cover by Tom Palmer - new one up soon

Lone Ranger

10-03-2008, 12:24 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a Marvel book

Lone Ranger

10-03-2008, 02:06 PM

Here's the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 80s

i*love*comics*247

10-03-2008, 02:51 PM

That would be......

Captain America #298

Lone Ranger

10-06-2008, 07:59 AM

That would be......

Captain America #298

Well done - 300 points for Terry

Here's the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-06-2008, 07:59 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC book

Lone Ranger

10-06-2008, 02:18 PM

here's the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

JKCarrier

10-06-2008, 02:38 PM

Green Lantern #31

Lone Ranger

10-07-2008, 12:16 PM

Green Lantern #31

Well done - 300 points for JKC

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-07-2008, 12:18 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

10-08-2008, 07:01 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Lone Ranger

10-08-2008, 02:22 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - According to the GCD, Jack Kirby and Dave Berg contributed to this title

JKCarrier

10-08-2008, 05:44 PM

I'd know those auburn ringlets anywhere. :wink:

Wow Comics #28

benday-dot

10-08-2008, 05:53 PM

Argh! Just saw that Kirby clue... and I knew it had to be Fawcett and probably Wow comics. I come back to find... JK knew this before me. Good work!

Lone Ranger

10-09-2008, 06:02 AM

I'd know those auburn ringlets anywhere. :wink:

Wow Comics #28

Nicely done - 200 points for JKC

Here it is in full - new one up soon

Lone Ranger

10-09-2008, 06:02 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 80s

Lone Ranger

10-09-2008, 01:18 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

Global Honored

10-09-2008, 01:38 PM

looks like Perez

Lone Ranger

10-10-2008, 09:43 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Don Newton and George Tuska contributed to this series

Jolly Mon

10-10-2008, 10:49 AM

Infinity Inc #14

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=39967&zoom=2

I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't place it until I recognized Northwind's wing.

Lone Ranger

10-10-2008, 01:53 PM

Infinity Inc #14

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=39967&zoom=2

I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't place it until I recognized Northwind's wing.

Well done - 200 points for Jolly Mon

Here's the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-10-2008, 01:54 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

NOTE - I'm away until Tuesday, folks. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Lone Ranger

10-14-2008, 06:23 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

10-14-2008, 01:55 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - More than one company published this title

Lone Ranger

10-15-2008, 07:35 AM

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The cover artist once launched an eponymous comic book company

MWGallaher

10-15-2008, 07:50 AM

Frisky Fables v. 3 #9

Red Oak Kid

10-15-2008, 08:10 AM

Frisky Fables v. 3 #9

I coulda' solved this if it hadn't taken me so much time to look up the word "eponymous".

Lone Ranger

10-15-2008, 01:15 PM

Frisky Fables v. 3 #9

Well done - 100 points for MWG!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-15-2008, 01:16 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a Marvel book

Lone Ranger

10-16-2008, 06:23 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

MWGallaher

10-16-2008, 07:04 AM

This is FEAR #20. Morbius the Living Vampire

Lone Ranger

10-16-2008, 12:51 PM

This is FEAR #20. Morbius the Living Vampire

Nicely done - 300 points for MWG

Just how many Marvel covers from 70s used this perspective?

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-16-2008, 12:54 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT- it has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

10-17-2008, 05:38 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

MWGallaher

10-17-2008, 06:29 AM

This is New Adventures of Charlie Chan #5.

Lone Ranger

10-17-2008, 11:15 AM

This is New Adventures of Charlie Chan #5.

Say, you're getting pretty good at this! 300 points for MWG

Here's the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-17-2008, 11:16 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

Red Oak Kid

10-17-2008, 12:46 PM

This one bugs me man. The brushwork on the shadow looks Wrightsonish or maybe Kaluta. Seems like there was a DC cover with a sinister childs jack in the box throwing a shadow on the wall. But I can't find any DC mystery books with such a cover.:mad:

Lone Ranger

10-17-2008, 02:45 PM

OK - here's a 2nd clue before I take off for the weekend.

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 70s

Red Oak Kid

10-17-2008, 04:15 PM

Monster of Frankenstein 1. Marvel

T GUy

10-17-2008, 04:40 PM

Like ROK, I initially thought that it was a DC mystery book.

Then the truth dawned: it's Marvel's Frankenstein No. 1, January, 1973.

I'd be more impressed with myself on this one had I not dragged it out of its box, read it and reviewed it about a fortnight ago (review up on my blog shortly). GCD cover here. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=25832&zoom=4)

T GUy

10-17-2008, 04:41 PM

Monster of Frankenstein 1. Marvel

Doh! Doh! Doh!

Lone Ranger

10-20-2008, 07:11 AM

Monster of Frankenstein 1. Marvel

Well done - 300 points for ROK

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

Lone Ranger

10-20-2008, 07:17 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Red Oak Kid

10-20-2008, 10:10 AM

I get an EC Johnny Craig vibe from this for some reason. Maybe it's just because I spent the weekend looking thru my EC reprints and have a newfound respect for his work.

Lone Ranger

10-20-2008, 02:13 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

10-21-2008, 06:35 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Legend has it that the cover artist drank himself to death in the early 70s

Red Oak Kid

10-21-2008, 07:48 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Legend has it that the cover artist drank himself to death in the early 70s

That would probably be Bill Everett.

But this is not an issue of Amazing Man.

MDG

10-21-2008, 08:19 AM

That would probably be Bill Everett.
I was going to say that it's a shame that the clue didn't narrow the options--and I didn't even think of Everett.

MWGallaher

10-21-2008, 08:41 AM

Red Oak Kid

10-21-2008, 09:16 AM

I don't think that applies to Everett. I'm pretty certain I know who this artist is (although I hadn't heard that rumor of his demise), but I'm not finding the cover. The publisher seems pretty easy to guess: when I ask myself "What publisher would be most likely to show a woman with a mop on the cover?", one company comes immediately to mind.

Bucket Comics! BC for me, See?

I guessed Everett because Roy Thomas has written about having Everett room with him in his early days in NYC and mentioning he(Everett) had a problem with the bottle in that part of his life.

But I'm sure being a comic book artist has driven more than one man to drink.

Lone Ranger

10-21-2008, 01:46 PM

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This publisher left the biz in the 60s

MichikoS

10-21-2008, 02:11 PM

Unknown Worlds #6

Michi

Lone Ranger

10-22-2008, 06:29 AM

Unknown Worlds #6

Michi

Well done -100 points for Michi

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

10-22-2008, 06:30 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 80s

Lone Ranger

10-23-2008, 06:08 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - More than one company published this series

Lone Ranger

10-23-2008, 01:30 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

prince hal

10-23-2008, 02:34 PM

Love the avatar, LR, you bunchbacked toad, you! :tongue:

Lone Ranger

10-24-2008, 08:14 AM

Love the avatar, LR, you bunchbacked toad, you! :tongue:

Thanks - this week's avatar contest theme is 'Uncles'. Good old Richard III wasn't the best uncle in the world.

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 1940s

Red Oak Kid

10-24-2008, 10:14 AM

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 500

Lone Ranger

10-24-2008, 12:18 PM

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 500

There we go!

Whew - that took a lot longer than I thought it would. There aren't many series that have hit 500.

100 points for ROK.

I'm off until Tuesday AM - so I'd like everyone's input as to whether we should reboot (as we've tended to do every now and then) with a new Game or keep rolling with 501?