What If You Could Guess the Classic Cover?

[Lone Ranger]

We are back with a brand new edition after passing the 500 cover threshold with Essential Guess the Classic Cover.

By my count, we've now down 1,650 cover in 5 years.

To refresh your memory:

The basic rules are as follows:

1. I will post a portion of a Classic Cover as a clue
2. If you know the answer - please state the title and issue number
3. I will post a larger portion after a while (10-15 views)
4. Partial guesses/answers to help others along are just fine.
5. I assign points depending on how many clue were provided.
6. Hints will be given to help move things along (or perhaps frustrate them!)

If you answer a cover with only one clue revealed, you are awarded 400 points. A two-clue answer will get you 300 points and so on.

Please feel free to talk about how you went about solving the cover, if you own a copy, any memories you have of the book etc….

The discussion is what makes this game fun.

Enough of the legalese - let's get started.

Here the first clue to the first cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - There has been more than one series with this name

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - According to the GCD, Howard Purcell and Joe Kubert contributed to this series.

[Red Oak Kid]

GREEN LANTERN 1

[Limited edition]

GREEN LANTERN 1

Damn, you were faster:biggrin:

[Red Oak Kid]

Damn, you were faster:biggrin:

I've played this game before.:smile:

[Limited edition]

I've played this game before

It was the first time i knew what cover was, i remember searching for this issue on the internet two weeks ago:biggrin:

[Lone Ranger]

GREEN LANTERN 1

Well done - 200 points for ROK.

I wanted to start with an iconic one - so I'm glad that I got to a 3rd clue.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - There has been more than one series with this title

[Bill Angus]

Well, my first instinct on this was a bust... so I've got nothing to contribute (yet).

But it's great to have the game back, Scott!

[Roquefort Raider]

Tomb of Dracula #14!

There was a clear ToD feel to it, but I had been looking at the completely wrong cover after the first hint.

[Lone Ranger]

Tomb of Dracula #14!

There was a clear ToD feel to it, but I had been looking at the completely wrong cover after the first hint.


Well done - 300 points for Ben.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here's one for you to chew on until Monday morning

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[TheHistorian]

I had hoped "chew on" was an extra clue. Not Uncensored Mouse or Miami Mice...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This comic's penciller died in 1981

[JKCarrier]

Magnus Robot Fighter #14

[Lone Ranger]

Magnus Robot Fighter #14


Well done - 200 points for JKC

These are always tough to disguise because of all those robots!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 80s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[T GUy]

This is going to turn out to be a Bat-book I own with an Andru-Giordano cover.

I just can't find it on the GCD.

[spoon_jenkins]

Is it Flash #321?

[T GUy]

Doh!

Well done, Spoon!

[Lone Ranger]

Is it Flash #321?

That's it! 300 points for spoon

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a Marvel book

[Red Oak Kid]

I don't know. Thought it might be an FF.

Maybe Son of Satan or Namor.

I don't know.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 60s

[METAROG]

Yep, at first I thought it was a Marvel Spotlight or SOS but it is in fact Iron Man #59.

[Lone Ranger]

Yep, at first I thought it was a Marvel Spotlight or SOS but it is in fact Iron Man #59.

That's it! 200 points for ROG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Red Oak Kid]

The Peacemaker 2

[Roquefort Raider]

That's it! 200 points for ROG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon


You know, that one hurt because it's a cover I should know quite well (it was one of the five comics that we had in the class library when I was in 5th grade).

Somehow I thought it looked like Buscema instead of Buckler and looked in all the wrong places. (It's funny how we all first thought "son of Satan", even though Hellstrom's trident is flat and wide)!

[Lone Ranger]

The Peacemaker 2


That's it! 300 points for ROK

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[MWGallaher]

Somehow I thought it looked like Buscema instead of Buckler and looked in all the wrong places. (It's funny how we all first thought "son of Satan", even though Hellstrom's trident is flat and wide)!
It looks to me like Sinnott misinterpreted Buckler's pencils there: surely Rich intended that to be a shovel, not a pitchfork?!

[Red Oak Kid]

It looks to me like Sinnott misinterpreted Buckler's pencils there: surely Rich intended that to be a shovel, not a pitchfork?!

It's nice to see Rich Buckler not being blamed for something.

But that is an Aggie (http://www.geocities.com/heartland/3470/aggie.html) shovel.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Benie Krigstein and Jack Sparling contributed to this title

[i*love*comics*247]

That would be...

Master Comics #53

[Lone Ranger]

That would be...

Master Comics #53

Well done - 100 points for Terry

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[i*love*comics*247]

LR, have you used that cover before? It seems really familar in that I almost instantly recognized it when I saw it. Perhaps back when you were doing the puzzle cover game. I feel like I've seen the girl with the rhino section before somewhere else.

And as a side note, I really like doing these classic covers but I rarely guess them before someone else does. But they are fun to do. :smile:

[Lone Ranger]

LR, have you used that cover before? It seems really familar in that I almost instantly recognized it when I saw it. Perhaps back when you were doing the puzzle cover game. I feel like I've seen the girl with the rhino section before somewhere else.

And as a side note, I really like doing these classic covers but I rarely guess them before someone else does. But they are fun to do. :smile:

Nope - I don't believe I have ever used that one, but I have very well used a 'girl with rhino' cover at some point. I may be wrong.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - More than one company has published a series with this title

[Red Oak Kid]

I'm pretty sure this is a Kirby cover. But it doesn't seem to be Black Magic.

I can't think of any other titles that Kirby worked on that had different publishers.

[T GUy]

I'm pretty sure this is a Kirby cover. But it doesn't seem to be Black Magic.

I can't think of any other titles that Kirby worked on that had different publishers.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought 'Kirby' soon after seeing this. Hmmm... if it's not Black Magic...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - 'twas edited by Stan Lee

[benday-dot]

ROK was trying to think of Strange Worlds #5

[Red Oak Kid]

ROK was trying to think of Strange Worlds #5

Hey, quit reading my brain waves.

[Lone Ranger]

ROK was trying to think of Strange Worlds #5


Well done - 200 points for b-d!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[JKCarrier]

Superboy (and the Legion of Super-Heroes) #217. I'd know that Mike Grell laser cannon anywhere! :biggrin:

[Red Oak Kid]

Superboy (and the Legion of Super-Heroes) #217. I'd know that Mike Grell laser cannon anywhere! :biggrin:

Wow. I never would have made the connection with Mike Grell. I thought it was a Charlton or late 70s Gold Key.

[Lone Ranger]

Superboy (and the Legion of Super-Heroes) #217. I'd know that Mike Grell laser cannon anywhere! :biggrin:

Well done- 400 big points for JKC

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Sir Tim Drake]

That is the classic lolcat comic, I Can Has Comikbuk? #1.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT -- It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The cover artist is still working in comics

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This publisher shares its name (albeit less possessive) with a Canadian provincial capital

[MDG]

Well, I wasted enough time on it:

Hollywood Confessions #1

[Lone Ranger]

Well, I wasted enough time on it:

Hollywood Confessions #1

There we go! 100 points for MDG

Here it is in full - by the great Joe Kubert.

New one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[prince hal]

Started with MOKF and then went to Steranko.

Spit outta luck, as Luke Cage mighta said.

Judas Christmas!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book (sorry, ph!)

[Red Oak Kid]

It's Detective 421 by Neal Adams.

Fans of Frank Robbins' Batman art will love this issue.

BTW, I'd like to vent about something the GCD is doing which I think is stupid. On their cover credits for this issue, and others from this time frame, they give pencil credit to Alan Kupperberg for the heads on the the left side of the cover. He did not draw those. He made stats of the heads from the stories and then pasted them on the cover. :eek:

[InfoBroker]

It's Detective 421 by Neal Adams.

Fans of Frank Robbins' Batman art will love this issue.

BTW, I'd like to vent about something the GCD is doing which I think is stupid. On their cover credits for this issue, and others from this time frame, they give pencil credit to Alan Kupperberg for the heads on the the left side of the cover. He did not draw those. He made stats of the heads from the stories and then pasted them on the cover. :eek:

I agree with the venting. And from a pure 3rd-normal-form of database-data-entry-ing, they should put this in a note area, and source the artwork that was copied. I.E. page xx, panel x of comic xxx. That way, if there is discrepancy for the source work creator(s), it gets resolved in one place ---> the source!

jb the "we had a second hand book store in Davenport called The Source" ib -

[Lone Ranger]

It's Detective 421 by Neal Adams.

Fans of Frank Robbins' Batman art will love this issue.


Well done - 300 points for ROK.

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a Marvel book

[Rob Allen]

I'll pass along these comments to the GCD. Fixing the Kupperberg credits can probably be done, but third-normal-form will probably have to wait until the move to the new database - which will happen after the move to a new hosting service and the rewrite of the current site, which is underway.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - There has been more than one series with this title

NOTE - JB already PMd me the answer - but he's sitting it out because he's a gent.

[InfoBroker]

NOTE - JB already PMd me the answer - but he's sitting it out because he's a gent.

Nah... I'm just in a good mood from all that Toronto warmth radiating this die-wreck-she-un. I'm holding up spiders and waiting for them to turn green and bite me. Silly maybe, but it passes the time.

-jb the "that and I'm feeling sorry for your scanner (yet again)" ib -

[MichikoS]

That's Daredevil #19

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

That's Daredevil #19

Michi


Well done- 300 points for Michi

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Rob Allen]

Preliminary results from the GCD's investigation of the Kupperberg heads: Alan K has described in an interview that he did indeed draw the Batman head on the cover of Detective 420, and another on the following issue. The one from #420 was inked by Neal Adams, and #421 by Dick Giordano. One or both of those heads were used in stat form by DC many times. Alan says nothing about the other characters' heads.

[Red Oak Kid]

Preliminary results from the GCD's investigation of the Kupperberg heads: Alan K has described in an interview that he did indeed draw the Batman head on the cover of Detective 420, and another on the following issue. The one from #420 was inked by Neal Adams, and #421 by Dick Giordano. One or both of those heads were used in stat form by DC many times. Alan says nothing about the other characters' heads.

Rob, I really appreciate your time and effort on this matter. I always thought that Batman head came from the cover of Batman 241, but I see now that Detective 420 came first.

[InfoBroker]

So had Daredevil #19 remained unsolved until I got home tonight, I was going to post some total obscure and worthless additional hints to sorta augment Kimo's clues, but mainly just to tease.

Something like "MMMSer #so-and-so posted a letter in this issue" Since it's a 1966 Marvelous Marvel Masterpiece I figure I stand a pretty good chance of it being true.

Hmmmm....

Now that I think about, my trivial-spidey-senses are tingling away like crazy. BRB.

*dashes up the stairs to his very messy comical book room in hopes of finding this Mighty Marvel Masterpiece*

*several minutes later*

Sorry that took so long. MAN! That room is such a mess right now.

Ah, here we go... Daredevil Comics #19. Cover date AUG 66, on the newstands, (and in this case for this particular comic, the very special comic book stand in Mrs. Smiths' Corner Grocery Store on 12th and College) the first week of June, 1966.

This was my very first ever issue of DD. As I've mentioned before, June 1966 was the month of Marvel comic book collecting epiphanies for me, as I decided to take very seriously the purchasing of all Marvel Super-Hero comics, every month from now on and going forward forever. Reality turned out to be something significantly smaller than that, but still, that was where my 11-about-to-turn-12 heart was way back then.

So yea its no small wonder that when I glanced at the first clue, it was instant light bulbs flashing and yelling "Nailed it!" to my computer screen at work yesterday.

*flips to letters page*

And bingo! Thanks to Eddie Birchmore of Pembroke, Mass. 02359, my bizzaro clue would have been truthfully and fully usable. I could'a posted:

"MMMSer #22278 had a letter printed in this comic."

Could'a but can't.

One of our premiere, elite and slightly manga-biased players spoiled the fun.

-jb the "Curse You Michi Baron!" ib -

[Lone Ranger]

Great to see good old GTCC chatter going on.

Here's the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series shares its name with a black and white magazine series.

[Red Oak Kid]

Unless the GCD is misleading me, this doesn't seem to be Doc Savage.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This series last one issue at its new publisher, after taking over from Ziff-Davis. Shortly thereafter, the new publisher lauched another series by the same name.

[Jolly Mon]

Nightmare #1, 1952, St. John Publishing

[MichikoS]

I'm confused. Is this issue #3 or issue #1?

I had a heck of a time with this cover, which I must have overlooked several times in my searches. I had it pegged as a Z-D early on from the gorgeous colors of the painted cover (anyone know who did it? Not Saunders, imo), but failed to turn it up. Congrats to Jolly Mon!

Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

I'm confused. Is this issue #3 or issue #1?

I had a heck of a time with this cover, which I must have overlooked several times in my searches. I had it pegged as a Z-D early on from the gorgeous colors of the painted cover (anyone know who did it? Not Saunders, imo), but failed to turn it up. Congrats to Jolly Mon!

Michi

The Gerber Guide shows it as being issue 3. I don't know what the GCD calls it.

But I agree that Jolly Mon gets the points.

[Jolly Mon]

Thanks. GCD is where I found it. But I was wrong about the numbering, I didn't notice that they carried over the numbering from Ziff-Davis, so it is actually #3. So Michi and ROK actually had the numbering right. If LR wants to be precise, the points can go to one of them.

The points are cool, but I'm just happy to be able to solve one of these once in a while, even if I did put down the number wrong.

[Lone Ranger]

Actually - the GCD does have it as #3 and notes that the numbering was contined from the Ziff-Davis series which ended with #2 - but I'm not fussed about any of that stuff, as it is pretty confusing.

http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=545400

100 points for jolly!

If you were having trouble finding this cover on the GCD - it may have something to do with the fact that I only noticed that it wasn't on the GCD until this morning, when I added it.

Oops!

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

As far as I know - it's not Saunders

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[benday-dot]

If you were having trouble finding this cover on the GCD - it may have something to do with the fact that I only noticed that it wasn't on the GCD until this morning, when I added it.

Oops!

As far as I know - it's not Saunders

Thanks. It assures me I was not losing my mind when I spent a too ashamed to admit amount of hours looking for this one.. including amongst the ranks of Ziff-Davis and St. John.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 60s

[benday-dot]

This is Western Comics #54.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Western Comics #54.

Very nicely done - 300 points for b-d

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Rob Allen]

The GCD's credits on Detective 420 and 421 have been corrected.

http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=24892

http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=24963

Here's the interview excerpt where Alan Kupperberg tells Daniel Best about them:

"Neal Adams was pencilling a cover for Detective Comics [#420, Feb. 1972]. And those books had the heads of the featured characters of the title running down the left side of the cover of those twenty five cent books. Neal was drawing the cover and when he stepped away from his board, I just penciled in a Batman head on the side of the cover where there would have otherwise been a stock shot pasted in later, during production. Neal inked it when he inked the cover. So they used it. They picked up that head and used it on a lot of stuff. On Justice League covers, on Batman covers, on Detective Comics covers. The first issue it was on was Detective Comics #420. The next issue, #421, Neal pencilled another Batman cover and I did the same thing again. But this one was inked by Dick Giordano. So you can see the difference two issues in a row. I’m pretty sure this Batman head appeared on other covers too."

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - More than one company has published a series by this name

[MWGallaher]

This is Marvel's GODZILLA # 23.

[Red Oak Kid]

The GCD's credits on Detective 420 and 421 have been corrected.

http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=24892

http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=24963

Here's the interview excerpt where Alan Kupperberg tells Daniel Best about them:

"Neal Adams was pencilling a cover for Detective Comics [#420, Feb. 1972]. And those books had the heads of the featured characters of the title running down the left side of the cover of those twenty five cent books. Neal was drawing the cover and when he stepped away from his board, I just penciled in a Batman head on the side of the cover where there would have otherwise been a stock shot pasted in later, during production. Neal inked it when he inked the cover. So they used it. They picked up that head and used it on a lot of stuff. On Justice League covers, on Batman covers, on Detective Comics covers. The first issue it was on was Detective Comics #420. The next issue, #421, Neal pencilled another Batman cover and I did the same thing again. But this one was inked by Dick Giordano. So you can see the difference two issues in a row. I’m pretty sure this Batman head appeared on other covers too."


That's great. Thanks for clearing that up. Tho I'm probably the only one that was bothered by it.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Marvel's GODZILLA # 23.

Well done - 300 points for MWG!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[InfoBroker]

Interesting. Prior to his being bitten by that radioactive spider, it would seem Peter Parker was doing some minor parts and stand up gigs in other comical books.

-jb the "I mean who else besides Petey wore yellow sweater vests?" ib

[MichikoS]

This screams "JACK SPARLING!!!" but I don't know what it is.

Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

Interesting.
-jb the "I mean who else besides Petey wore yellow sweater vests?" ib

French kids in WW II.

That looks like a badly drawn tank behind them.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Trust in Michi!!!!

[i*love*comics*247]

That would be..........

Outer Limits #8
December 1965

Thanks Michi!!!

[Lone Ranger]

That would be..........

Outer Limits #8
December 1965

Thanks Michi!!!





Well done - 200 points for ilc

Here is the full cover. I've never owned an issue of this series - but after seeing its cover gallery, I'm very intrigued.

New one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 1st clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series had a minor name change

[JKCarrier]

Marvel Mystery Comics #6

[Lone Ranger]

Marvel Mystery Comics #6

Well done - 300 points for JKC

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 80s

[Red Oak Kid]

This is a good one. Sometimes the inks look like Wood and sometimes they look like Jack Abel to me.

Hmmmm.

It'll probably turn out to be a Charlton western.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Don Perlin and Jack Sparling contributed to this series

[benday-dot]

This is Unexpected #106.

[benday-dot]

And good call by ROK on Jack Abel. I can recognize his war covers a lot better than on something like this.

[Red Oak Kid]

And good call by ROK on Jack Abel. I can recognize his war covers a lot better than on something like this.

Crud!

I was sure this was Charlton.

[T GUy]

Crud!

I was sure this was Charlton.


You are not alone.

I gave up after the GCD informed me that there were three Wayne Howard items pre-dating 1970.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Unexpected #106.

Well done - 200 points for b-d!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[MWGallaher]

This is Dell Movie Classic #175, adapting a nice adaptation of a great H. P. Lovecraft story, Boris Karloff in "Die, Monster, Die!"

[MichikoS]

Nice call, MWG! I was sidetracked into spending time on the GCD looking at Myron Fass publications (which turned out to be a rather charming diversion, actually) just on the basis of that weird "WEIRD" lettering style in Clue #1, even though it was clearly overlayed on a photo background. Still, part of the charm of this game lies in the various sidetracks and byways one is lured into exploring.

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

This is Dell Movie Classic #175, adapting a nice adaptation of a great H. P. Lovecraft story, Boris Karloff in "Die, Monster, Die!"


Very nicely done - 300 points for MWG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a Marvel book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - There has been more than one series with this name

[Red Oak Kid]

I predict this won't be on anyone's list of their 12 favorite covers.

It's Marvel Spotlight 25 featuring Sinbad.

The GCD credits it to Kane and Sinnott. While I do see Kane elements, it doesn't jump out at me as an obvious Kane cover. Maybe he just submitted a sketch.

And what's the deal with Sinbad's butt?

[benday-dot]

I predict this won't be on anyone's list of their 12 favorite covers.

It's Marvel Spotlight 25 featuring Sinbad.

The GCD credits it to Kane and Sinnott. While I do see Kane elements, it doesn't jump out at me as an obvious Kane cover. Maybe he just submitted a sketch.

And what's the deal with Sinbad's butt?

Good one ROK. I was looking at Incredible Hulk books... and then said bye to Bi-Beast.

[T GUy]

I predict this won't be on anyone's list of their 12 favorite covers.

It's Marvel Spotlight 25 featuring Sinbad.

Yeah, I knew I knew it from somewhere... the first clew put me straight on to Gil Kane in the super soaraway 'seventies, but I was all over comics such as Where Monsters Dwell.


The GCD credits it to Kane and Sinnott. While I do see Kane elements, it doesn't jump out at me as an obvious Kane cover. Maybe he just submitted a sketch.

How odd. As stated supra, I was onto ol' Sugar Lips from clew 1.

And having poked the GCD, I would point to:

the design of the monster
the muscles on Sinbad's left leg
the girl (she previously appeared on a Creatures on the Loose cover or two, IIRR)
the cracks in the masonry

I will say it's an odd inking job - the shading to the side of the stone steps (below Sinbad's left leg) looks like the work of someone from the Phillipines to me, perhaps Rudy Nebres. But the faces of the two humans are Marvel house style a la Sinnott.

Actually, the more I look at this the more it looks like it was severely reworked from the Kane basis - he would have had Sinbad in buccaneer boots.

And what's the deal with Sinbad's butt?

It is clad in a pair of trousers slightly tighter than those worn by the famous mariner in the corner box.

[Lone Ranger]

I predict this won't be on anyone's list of their 12 favorite covers.

It's Marvel Spotlight 25 featuring Sinbad.

The GCD credits it to Kane and Sinnott. While I do see Kane elements, it doesn't jump out at me as an obvious Kane cover. Maybe he just submitted a sketch.

And what's the deal with Sinbad's butt?


Well done - 200 points for ROK

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This publisher went out of business in the 80s

[benday-dot]

This is Abbott and Costello #3... from Charlton.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Abbott and Costello #3... from Charlton.

Well done - 200 points for b-d

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[MWGallaher]

This is Hawkman #8.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Hawkman #8.

Well done - 300 points for MWG!

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[MichikoS]

When I see a MiG, I think Charlton! Damn Commies!

Michi

[Cherokee Jack]

When I see a MiG, I think Charlton! Damn Commies!

Michi


....and I think of 50's Quality BLACKHAWK comics.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Bill Angus]

It probably isn't, but for some reason I'm getting a real Kurt Schaffenberger (sp?) feel off of this...

[MWGallaher]

Close, Bill. I think that's Pete Costanza, whose work looks as much like Schaffenberger's as anyone, on the art for the cover of Forbidden Worlds #125.

[Lone Ranger]

Close, Bill. I think that's Pete Costanza, whose work looks as much like Schaffenberger's as anyone, on the art for the cover of Forbidden Worlds #125.


Well done - 300 points to MWG!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here's the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 60s

[Red Oak Kid]

Hulk 5 published by Marvel Comics.

[Lone Ranger]

Hulk 5 published by Marvel Comics.

Well done- 300 points for ROK

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Whoops

Kind of forgot about this one in all of the holiday lunacy.

Here's the 3rd clue

HINT - Lee Elias and Bernard Baily contributed to this series

[T GUy]

That'd be Strange Adventures No. 4, here on the GCD. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=8656&zoom=4)


'Lee Elias and Bernard Baily contributed to this series' nailed it to one of DC's anthologies. Eliminating those which were not cancelled in the 'seventies left me searching through House of Secrets and then this. Bingo!

[Lone Ranger]

That'd be Strange Adventures No. 4, here on the GCD. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=8656&zoom=4)


'Lee Elias and Bernard Baily contributed to this series' nailed it to one of DC's anthologies. Eliminating those which were not cancelled in the 'seventies left me searching through House of Secrets and then this. Bingo!

Well done - 200 points for T GUy

That's it until the New Year, folks. I'll hardly be around a computer after midday tomorrow.

[Lone Ranger]

And we're back!

Happy New Year everyone.

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Red Oak Kid]

Well, according to my watch everyone has had more than enough time to solve this.

I think it is a Three Stooges cover; either 13 or 48 by Gold Key, or this photo could have been used on an earlier Four Color #.

[Lone Ranger]

Well, according to my watch everyone has had more than enough time to solve this.

I think it is a Three Stooges cover; either 13 or 48 by Gold Key, or this photo could have been used on an earlier Four Color #.

Well done - 400 points for ROK. How did you know that one?

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Red Oak Kid]

Well done - 400 points for ROK. How did you know that one?


The clue made me think of an old fashioned baseball uniform. My first thought was the Abbott and Costello movie The Naughty Nineties where they did their who's on first routine in antique baseball garb. Then I thought it might be a Bob Hope movie adaptation. A Three Stooges cover was my third choice.

Also, I swore I would get revenge, ever since you fooled me with the Three Stooges cover of Four Color 1043.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - More than one company has published a series with this title

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This publisher is better known for a different type of 'Ghost' story

[MDG]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This publisher is better known for a different type of 'Ghost' story

So we know it's Harvey, but I'm too busy today to look through the GCD.

[InfoBroker]

Ah, nothing like some good old Lee Elias classic line and brushwork.

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/2045/400/2045_4_021.jpg

And the Marvel parallel to the Harvey classic is indeed nothing like it.

-jb the "technically, based on this image, isn't the evil above the big top?" ib -

[Jolly Mon]

Since IB already figured it out (and was kind of enough to do all but show it), I might as well finish it off. Harvey's Chamber of Chills #21 Magazine, 1954

By the way, can he really have a "Nose for News", if he doesn't actually have a nose?

[InfoBroker]

Since IB already figured it out (and was kind of enough to do all but show it), I might as well finish it off. Harvey's Chamber of Chills #21 Magazine, 1954

By the way, can he really have a "Nose for News", if he doesn't actually have a nose?

Maybe the nose it out sniffin' for a lead or two...

We should start a head to head (or nose to nose?) "My Chamber of Chills Comic is Better..." Contest until Kimo gets back from checking those leads.

So for starters...

My Chamber of Chills cost more!

-jb the "actually I'd rather be defending the Harvey CoC version. It soooo much better" ib -

[Lone Ranger]

Since IB already figured it out (and was kind of enough to do all but show it), I might as well finish it off. Harvey's Chamber of Chills #21 Magazine, 1954

By the way, can he really have a "Nose for News", if he doesn't actually have a nose?

That's it! 100 points to Jolly Mon, who can pass on an appropriate share to JB the IB.

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a Marvel book

[JKCarrier]

That "ominous" billboard tells me it's Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2. :biggrin:

[Lone Ranger]

That "ominous" billboard tells me it's Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2. :biggrin:


Very nicely done - 400 points for JKC

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[InfoBroker]

My Chamber of Chills is skinnier and shorter.

-jb the "actually, those sound more like cons" ib -

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 50s

[Red Oak Kid]

hhmmmm............

This is beginning to make my Adams weenie tingle.

[InfoBroker]

... and my DC spoongroin is flaring up again.

-jb the "thanks Marie Severin, spoongroin is a very flexible and useful word" ib -

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[InfoBroker]

My Chamber of Chills is code approved.

-jb the "should I be gloating?" ib -

Somebodies gotta respond to at least one of these...

[prince hal]

It's Lois Lane 88, from the glory days of DC' s best sado-masochistic romance.

How'd I miss this little beauty two weeks ago?

[Lone Ranger]

It's Lois Lane 88, from the glory days of DC' s best sado-masochistic romance.

How'd I miss this little beauty two weeks ago?

Well done - 300 points for hal

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This cover was reprinted at least once

[prince hal]

Grimm's Ghost Stories # 3, reprinted on #34.

Figured it for one of the Gold Key "horror" comics after the second clue, and struck out on Karloff and Twilight Zone before glommin' onto Grimm.

[Red Oak Kid]

Grimm's Ghost Stories # 3, reprinted on #34.

Figured it for one of the Gold Key "horror" comics after the second clue, and struck out on Karloff and Twilight Zone before glommin' onto Grimm.

I figured it was one of those titles, but I always forget about the Grimm's title.:mad:

[Lone Ranger]

Grimm's Ghost Stories # 3, reprinted on #34.

Figured it for one of the Gold Key "horror" comics after the second clue, and struck out on Karloff and Twilight Zone before glommin' onto Grimm.

Well done - 300 points for prince hal

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Red Oak Kid]

:eek:

That looks like a young Hal Holbrook.:biggrin:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Al Jaffee and Dan DeCarlo contributed to this series

[benday-dot]

This is Miss America Magazine #v5#5 [29]

I love this game LR... but for the past few months the hamster that runs the GCD is ailing or the elastic band is really in need of a rewind. 'Tis hard to play this way.

[Red Oak Kid]

This is Miss America Magazine #v5#5 [29]

I love this game LR... but for the past few months the hamster that runs the GCD is ailing or the elastic band is really in need of a rewind. 'Tis hard to play this way.

If you are referring to the one or two clues a day, I will have to support LR on this. I think by slowing things down, it gives more people a chance to see each clue. I think the circle of players who have solved covers has expanded with the slower pace of the game.

Just my two cents.:smile:

UPDATE: Well I totally misunderstood Benday's statement. Yes the GCD is sluggish lately. I've been going to Milehigh first.

[Lone Ranger]

This is Miss America Magazine #v5#5 [29]

I love this game LR... but for the past few months the hamster that runs the GCD is ailing or the elastic band is really in need of a rewind. 'Tis hard to play this way.

That's it! 300 points for b-d

Here the full cover - new one up soon

If you're referring to the sluggishness at the GCD - I feel your pain. I often need covers and info from there for this game and various blog posts.

I've actually started going to Comic Book Database from time to time (or Atlas Tales and Mike's Amazing when the Big Two are involved).

As for my speed (and I don't think that's what you're talking about - but since ROK raised it) - this game is moving fairly for two reasons. The first is that I try to allow people a chance to view - I know that we're all over the world and having varying degrees of computer access. You'd be surprised by how long it can take for an image to be viewed 10 times.

The other issue is my time - it's much more scarce than it used to be. Folks who remember my pre-fatherhood days knew that a new clue could pop up at any time. With my internet access pretty much limited to my office - they'll show up 9:00 to 5:00 EST, Monday through Friday. That's the best I can do at this stage, and it seems to work. I find that the Classic Comics regular are not the 24/7 crowd that inhabit other message boards.

To be honest, I've also been dedicating more time and energy to my own blog, and pimping myself out to Comics Should Be Good has also taken some time away - but hopefully everyone is still relatively happy with the way things are going.

[Lone Ranger]

Here's the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC book

[benday-dot]

That's it! 300 points for b-d

Here the full cover - new one up soon

If you're referring to the sluggishness at the GCD - I feel your pain. I often need covers and info from there for this game and various blog posts.

I've actually started going to Comic Book Database from time to time (or Atlas Tales and Mike's Amazing when the Big Two are involved).

As for my speed (and I don't think that's what you're talking about - but since ROK raised it) - this game is moving fairly for two reasons. The first is that I try to allow people a chance to view - I know that we're all over the world and having varying degrees of computer access. You'd be surprised by how long it can take for an image to be viewed 10 times.

The other issue is my time - it's much more scarce than it used to be. Folks who remember my pre-fatherhood days knew that a new clue could pop up at any time. With my internet access pretty much limited to my office - they'll show up 9:00 to 5:00 EST, Monday through Friday. That's the best I can do at this stage, and it seems to work. I find that the Classic Comics regular are not the 24/7 crowd that inhabit other message boards.

To be honest, I've also been dedicating more time and energy to my own blog, and pimping myself out to Comics Should Be Good has also taken some time away - but hopefully everyone is still relatively happy with the way things are going.

Yes, indeed. Just to clarify things to you and ROK, I've not a bad thing to say to all your selfless work on this great game and contributions elsewhere on CBR. And as you would know I'm a huge fan of your blog. Put as much or as little time into the Guess the Classic Cover contest as you feel is appropriate Scott.

My comments were all in a the spirit of a mirthful frustration over the slowness of the GCD as of these past few weeks. Kind of a love/hate relationship, but very much mostly love toward the Grand Old database.

I mostly use Mikes Amazing World when I think we are dealing with DC. I often use Atlas Tales for, well... suspicions of things Atlas.

Mile High is nice, but I like the layout of more covers per page you get on the GCD. Also the lack of clutter is nice. And it provides access to my weakness of wanting to "see" inside the cover (i.e. those all those important credits!)

Unfortunately, for the lesser known Golden and Silver Age and especially non-Big Two covers Mile High is just too incomplete.

GCD remains the sine qua non for information on and browsing of comics most obscure classics.

I love the GCD... but we all know how frustrating it is.

Sorry, for any misunderstanding of my silly comments.

[benday-dot]

deletion of double post.

[Lone Ranger]

I totally get what you're saying Craig - I have many of the same problems when trying to get my facts straight before posting something - and the slowness of the GCD has been a drag. I thought it my be my computer at work - but it seems to be on their end of things.

I think the world of those guys - but its reliability is a bit all over the place.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[JKCarrier]

A white brick building...looks like Carmine Infantino art...it must be...

Detective Comics #365, "The House the Joker Built"

[Lone Ranger]

A white brick building...looks like Carmine Infantino art...it must be...

Detective Comics #365, "The House the Joker Built"

Well done - 300 points for JKC

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[benday-dot]

A white brick building...looks like Carmine Infantino art...it must be...

Detective Comics #365, "The House the Joker Built"

Good one JK. And I'm kicking myself because I happen to have this comic sitting amid a stack of about 25 random classic comics not 10 feet away from my computer. I was just admiring that cover a few days ago, and getting some good entertainment out of the Elongated Man backup story. That was a fun series that for quite awhile ran in the back of Tec.

[Rob Allen]

The GCD is working on the reliability problem.

Another useful resource is http://bipcomics.com - click on 'Catalog'.

[T GUy]

Good one JK. And I'm kicking myself because I happen to have this comic sitting amid a stack of about 25 random classic comics not 10 feet away from my computer. I was just admiring that cover a few days ago, and getting some good entertainment out of the Elongated Man backup story. That was a fun series that for quite awhile ran in the back of Tec.

Not as much as I am kicking myself.

On the first clew I thought 'Infantino Detective cover from the swingin' 'sixties' and launched myself at the internet. Then cruised straight past the thumbnail, pausing to think 'oh, yes, I've got that one - the Joker's HQ is called the Ha-Hacienda; I remember wondering what this odd word 'Hacienda' was when I was 13 years old.'

As they say on the web: :redface: :mad:

[T GUy]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Michael Angelo's Comics and Stories.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 70s

[benday-dot]

Dell's Space Man #8. I have that one. Very cool series, even if took 10 years to get those 9 issues in!

[Lone Ranger]

Dell's Space Man #8. I have that one. Very cool series, even if took 10 years to get those 9 issues in!

Well done - 200 points for b-d

I bought the final issue (a reprint) out of a bargain bin a while back - pretty good stuff, very nice Springer art.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Red Oak Kid]

Adventure 189. Something about that art just looked like a Superman family cover.

[Lone Ranger]

Adventure 189. Something about that art just looked like a Superman family cover.

Whoa! 400 points for ROK

Here it is in full - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series has a slight title change

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - John Buscema and Jim Mooney contributed to this series

[Rob Allen]

That is Lorna the Jungle Queen #1, cover art by Sol Brodsky according to Atlas Tales.

[Lone Ranger]

That is Lorna the Jungle Queen #1, cover art by Sol Brodsky according to Atlas Tales.

Well done Rob! 100 points to you.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 1st clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Red Oak Kid]

I'm going to shoot from the hip and say this is a Lee/Kirby monster cover.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Although initially seen as a failure (it only ran 4 issues), the series was reprinted in its entirety in 1999/2000

[MWGallaher]

I should have ID'd this Psychoanalysis #3 long before now! One of my favorite ECs, and the only one I intentionally kept in hardcover reprint.

[Lone Ranger]

I should have ID'd this Psychoanalysis #3 long before now! One of my favorite ECs, and the only one I intentionally kept in hardcover reprint.

Well done - 100 points for MWG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 80s

[prince hal]

It's not "I Saw It," about Hiroshima, though I thought it was at first.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a Marvel book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Jim Mooney and Don Perlin contributed to this series

NOTE - I'm away until next Monday folks - out of town on vacation.

[JKCarrier]

Ah, sneaky! Baron Mordo, but not in an issue of Dr. Strange.

It's Man-Thing (2nd series) #4.

[Roquefort Raider]

Well done, JKC!!!

And I've read that issue two weeks ago. The shame!

[Lone Ranger]

Ah, sneaky! Baron Mordo, but not in an issue of Dr. Strange.

It's Man-Thing (2nd series) #4.

Sorry for the delay - had a bit of a mid-winter breather.

Nice work! 200 points for JKC

Here is the full cover - new one up soon

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Chris Nowlin]

Is it really not a Big Two book?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This issue's artist always worked on 1st Issue Special and Superman Family for DC

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The title character got a major (and I mean major) overhaul when re-introduced in the early 90s

[T GUy]

Adventures of the Jaguar No. 11, Feb., '63.

[Red Oak Kid]

Adventures of the Jaguar No. 11, Feb., '63.

The John Rosenberger art always sends me to ACG titles. I'm not even sure I knew he worked for Archie.

[T GUy]

The John Rosenberger art always sends me to ACG titles. I'm not even sure I knew he worked for Archie.

Tell me about it.

I went through the entirety of Forbidden Worldsand Adventures Into the Unknown and was, moreover, poised for Midnight Mystery and Gasp! until I checked back in and saw a hint which sent me off on the Jaguar's track.

Bizarrely, Forbidden Worlds seems to be full of covers featuring the colour green and miniature people.

[Lone Ranger]

Adventures of the Jaguar No. 11, Feb., '63.
Well done - 100 points for T GUy

I also thought this had an ACG vibe to it, and that's why I picked it (sorry).

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This series made its debut in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Joe Kubert and Don Heck contributed to this series

[prince hal]

JLA #101.

How I loved seeing the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Law's Legionnaires, resurrected.

[Lone Ranger]

JLA #101.

How I loved seeing the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Law's Legionnaires, resurrected.

That's it! 200 points for prince hal

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

NOTE - It's a long weekend in Ontario - so no new clues until Tuesday AM

[Red Oak Kid]

JLA #101.

How I loved seeing the Seven Soldiers of Victory, Law's Legionnaires, resurrected.

.....that's.....not.......a......spaceship.....#@% $*&$%^##$!!!!!!!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a Marvel Book