Guess the Classic Cover - All New #1 Collector's Edition

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 40s

[scratchie]

Wow Comics #34 (My cat helped me with this one)

[Mike Kuypers]

No wonder I couldn't find it. I don't have a cat.

[Lone Ranger]

Wow Comics #34 (My cat helped me with this one)

Cats: Is there anything they can't do?

Nice job - 100 points for scratchie.

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

[Red Oak Kid]

Amazing Spider-man # 5, dawg.

[Red Oak Kid]

Amazing Spider-man # 5, dawg.

I recognized those little black blobs with the tail. This seems to be something Ditko experimented with on the Spider-man art. I think it was some kind of fast way of feathering. Or maybe it was something distinctive he wanted to do similar to the Kirby Krackle black blobs. I don't know, but it's something he mainly used during the Spider-man days and then abandoned when he left Marvel.

Getting this one makes up for all the time I spent looking for that Marvel Premiere 53 cover. I was convinced it was by Infantino, and I ended up looking at every cover he did in the 70s. Those Spider-woman covers are wild.

[Bill Angus]

Getting this one makes up for all the time I spent looking for that Marvel Premiere 53 cover. I was convinced it was by Infantino, and I ended up looking at every cover he did in the 70s. Those Spider-woman covers are wild.

I love those Spider-Woman covers.

[Lone Ranger]

Amazing Spider-man # 5, dawg.

Whoa!

400 big points for ROK.

I thought that someone might recognize it as Ditko - but thought that it didn't look too much like a superhero book and they'd look elsewhere.

Here it is in full - new one up after I get home, because you weren't supposed to solve this one so quickly!

[Bill Angus]

Here it is in full - new one up after I get home, because you weren't supposed to solve this one so quickly!

No linkie.

[Lone Ranger]

No linkie.

Oops.

Friday afternoon - brain is not working too well.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[J'onn J'onzz]

Gr... three out of the last four I have or have seen and yet I missed them all. I'm really bad at this game.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title made its debut in the 40s

[Jeddy]

It's Western Comics - 3 from 1948

[Lone Ranger]

It's Western Comics - 3 from 1948

That's it!

300 points for Jeddy.

These first few issues of Western Comics actually featured Mort Meskin drawn Vigilante stories.

Here is the full cover - new 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 - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The cover artist is in the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame

[MWGallaher]

Terrifying Tales 13
No mistaking those L B Cole colors, hunh?

[Lone Ranger]

Terrifying Tales 13
No mistaking those L B Cole colors, hunh?

Nice job - 200 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 has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

Hint - This series had a slight name change

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT: Don Heck and Gene Colan contributed to this series

[MDG]

Kid Colt Outlaw #54

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

Kid Colt Outlaw #54

MDG

Well done - 200 points for MDG!

Here is the full cover - nice one, ain't it?

New one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Slam_Bradley]

Here is the full cover - nice one, ain't it?



Yes it is. Gotta love Al Williamson.

[Lone Ranger]

The only thing I find strange about it is that all of the gunmen have surrendered save for the guy on the left.

Does KC not see him or is it just a mistake?

I haven't read this one in a while - so I can't remember the story - maybe the guys surrender just so that someone can surprise the Kid.

[Jeddy]

It's The Little Monsters - 34, a Gold Key title that I have never read.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is Not a Big Two book

[Bill Angus]

And the valiant Lone Ranger falls victim to e-mail alert lagging.

Sad, really. After such a storied career....

[Lone Ranger]

It's The Little Monsters - 34, a Gold Key title that I have never read.

That's it! 400 points for Jeddy

I got this one online - so I don't know much about it either.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

And the valiant Lone Ranger falls victim to e-mail alert lagging.

Sad, really. After such a storied career....

Yeah - I'm not sure what happened there. I was probably doing the clue when Jeddy posted, and I never checked again until I got home just now.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 70s

[MWGallaher]

It's Warlord #65, right?

[Graham Vingoe]

It's Warlord #65, right?

Looks like it to me, and saves me wading through Conan covers like I'd planned

[Bill Angus]

It's definately Warlord - I recognized the boot in the first clue... unfortunately I didn't see any of the clues until just now.

[Lone Ranger]

It's Warlord #65, right?

That's it!

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 was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

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

[Bill Angus]

Captain Atom #86

[Lone Ranger]

Captain Atom #86

That's it!

300 points for Bill A.

Here is the cover - pure Ditko goodness. I picked this one up from Koop.

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 underwent a slight name change

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The first and second stories in this comic were reprinted in 1969, in separate comic books.

[Lone Ranger]

Hmm...

I guess this one is a bit of a stumper.

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Jack Kirby and Paul Norris contributed to this series.

[Cherokee Jack]

Star Spangled Comics # 125.

[T GUy]

Well done, Cherokee Jack! I thought it was DC from that era and genre, but got no further than Sensation Mystery. If only I considered Star Spangled Comics to Star Spangled War Stories a slight title change... I was going through everything I could think of: Adventure, More Fun, etc. I even looked at early issues of House of Mystery (I went to House of Secrets,* then promptly went to 'Search New Title' the moment I saw the CCA seal on the cover of No. 1; same with [Tales of the] Unexpected)

T Guy

* Yes, for a moment I forgot about the title change...

[Red Oak Kid]

I only saw the first clue, which made me think it was a low rent horror title. Nothing about the art said DC to me.

[Bill Angus]

Well... I wasn't necessarily thinking 'low rent', but count me in the camp that wasn't looking anywhere near DC.

[Mike Kuypers]

Me, too. Even after four clues. Underlining words in a speech balloon? Very odd.

[T GUy]

Nothing about the art said DC to me.

ROK, look at the portion of the ghostly dog, especially the colouring.

[Lone Ranger]

Star Spangled Comics # 125.

That's it!

100 points for CJ.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

This is a pretty interesting cover - I believe that all of this later issues features Leonard Starr covers - very stylish.

Whenever I use 'slight change' it's a change like this one - not a change like Tales of Suspense becoming Captain America.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 90s

[T GUy]

Whenever I use 'slight change' it's a change like this one - not a change like Tales of Suspense becoming Captain America.

Ah. Yes, that makes sense. I shall enter that into my database.

Here is the first clue to the classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 90s

No chance of me getting it, then. Despite the fact that I dived into the GCD covfer gallery for Warriors of Plasm.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series featured artwork by Steve Ditko and Russ Heath

[Graham Vingoe]

time for a wild(ish) guess at legion of Superheroes Volume 4 issue 5. It looks awfully like a Keith Giffen 80's/90s style blob to me, and that cover fits the bill closest.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - There have been two series with this title. The earlier version was a different genre.

[shaxper]

Random unsubstantiated guess: Is it The Champions?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Both the Punisher and Man-Thing appeared in this series

[Red Oak Kid]

I don't think anyone here wants to solve this.

I vote to move on to the next cover. Who seconds my motion?:evilsmile

[Bill Angus]

I'd be happy to solve it if I could figure what the hell it is. Looking for this one has been driving me crazy.

[Lone Ranger]

OK - here's a free hint.

This comic debuted in the 60s and lasted nearly 300 issues, and the publisher's name is part of the title.

[Slam_Bradley]

Marvel Tales #280

I feel like I should go wash now.

[spoon_jenkins]

Marvel Tales #280.

[Red Oak Kid]

Ohhhhh...........we have a tie, folks.

I'm glad Martin Goodman didn't live to see this cover.

[Bill Angus]

Well, that explains it. I wasn't even looking at Marvel Tales... I didn't even know there was a non-Spiderman-reprint version.

So - who drew (what I assume to be) a travesty of a cover? The inking looks sort-of Art Thibert like (though waaay back on the first clue, I was thinking it might have been Kevin Maguire & Joe Rubenstein)....

EDIT: Having taken a look at it... blech. I'm not sure I even know who those artists are. Ron Lim (that is what the signature says, right?) sounds kind-of familiar... but I'm pretty lost.

Nice to see someone still using zipatone in the 90s, though.

[T GUy]

I'm glad Martin Goodman didn't live to see this cover.

Had he still been alive, it would've finished him off.

[Lone Ranger]

Marvel Tales #280

I feel like I should go wash now.

That's it!

100 points each for Slam and Spoon.

A true classic, indeed.

C'mon folks - I've got to do some of this recent, shiney stuff for the kids.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

I liked Ron Lim on Silver Surfer in the late 80s, but this is a stinker.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Red Oak Kid]

Marvel Tales 280:

Hey.....I know that inker. Sam De La Rosa. Back in the 70s when I was doing fan art, he was also doing fan work and he inked some of my stuff. He lived in San Antonio TX then. He was doing pro quality stuff, even then, but it was the traditional style of inking.

Judging from this cover, he had to adapt to the style of the moment to stay in comics.

[spoon_jenkins]

That's it!

100 points each for Slam and Spoon.

A true classic, indeed.

C'mon folks - I've got to do some of this recent, shiney stuff for the kids.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

I liked Ron Lim on Silver Surfer in the late 80s, but this is a stinker.
I didn't realize getting in second within the same minute earned me a tie, but I'll keep the points any way I can get them. :p Come on. There's no shame, only points!

[T GUy]

Cover 322 would be Eerie No. 2, March, 1966 - the first Warren issue (after the ashcan No. 1).

I see my italics are back on but the linky thing still isn't working...

[Lone Ranger]

Cover 322 would be Eerie No. 2, March, 1966 - the first Warren issue (after the ashcan No. 1).

I see my italics are back on but the linky thing still isn't working...

OK - so what you are saying is that you find true classics to be a bit easier.

400 big points for T Guy

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 DC book

[J'onn J'onzz]

Aw, I was looking in Marvel Comics Presents for a cover with Hercules holding down the Beast, not a Spidey reprint. When did Marvel Tales feature Man-Thing? I remember the Punisher reprints but not M... Sorry, it occurred to me while typing. The Fear Eater or whatever story from Marvel Team Up. Why did they reprint Marvel Team up anyway?

[T GUy]

what you are saying is that you find true classics to be a bit easier

Correctimundo!

Though some of them have a disadvantage - for example, a Joe Kubert cover, simply because there are so many of 'em.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT- It was published in the 70s

[Red Oak Kid]

Ragman # 5.

[Lone Ranger]

Ragman # 5.

Well done - 200 points for the Texas Terror.

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 - There has been more than one series with this title

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This cover was first used nearly 20 years earlier for a different title.

[Red Oak Kid]

Ghost Manor 75

[Lone Ranger]

Ghost Manor 75

That's it!

200 points for ROK.

This Ditko cover was used by Charlton in 1966 for the single issue - Shadows From Beyond.

Had you seen this one before, Mac? Or were you just looking for Ditko covers?

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This series made its debut in the 50s

[Red Oak Kid]

That's it!

200 points for ROK.

This Ditko cover was used by Charlton in 1966 for the single issue - Shadows From Beyond.

Had you seen this one before, Mac? Or were you just looking for Ditko covers?

.

I didn't even recognize it as Ditko. The first two clues and hints suggested Charlton horror comics. But I was looking at 70s covers. The third hint made me go back and look at Charlton covers from the 80s. Didn't recognize Ditko till the third clue.

[Mike Kuypers]

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.
Looks like Ghost Manor vanished...:eek:

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Well, that issue did have extremely low distribution.:D

[Lone Ranger]

Looks like Ghost Manor vanished...:eek:

I am having a tougher time with this new server - not sure what's happening, but I think a cover's uploaded, and then it's not there.

Where do they go????

[Red Oak Kid]

Where do they go????

The same place that your other sock goes, when you put two in the dryer but only one comes out.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series underwent a genre change

[Jolly Mon]

The same place that your other sock goes, when you put two in the dryer but only one comes out.

Actually I've heard a quite credible theory that socks are the larval form of wire coat hangers. When the socks disappear, they've actually metaphosed into wire coat hangers, which explains why socks never have mates and the hangers multiply.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Bernie Krigstein contributed to this series

[Slam_Bradley]

Has anyone else been unable to get in to the GCD this morning?

[Bill Angus]

Yeah, I haven't had any luck with that myself.

[Lone Ranger]

Has anyone else been unable to get in to the GCD this morning?


Yup - no luck at all.

This cover is available on other sites.

[Slam_Bradley]

Yup - no luck at all.

This cover is available on other sites.


Yeah...but then I have to find them...and figure out how to search...and I'm lazy.




Where's my cookie?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The lead character featured on the cover recently appeared in a movie.

[Jolly Mon]

Strange Tales #119

[Lone Ranger]

Strange Tales #119

That's it!

100 points for Jolly Mon.

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 DC book

[scratchie]

Here is the first clue to the next classic coverHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Someone will probably get it from that clue, too.

[MichikoS]

Batman Black & White #4...Toth
Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Batman Black & White #4...Toth
Michi

Looks like scratchie was right.

Wow - 400 points for Michi. Any explanation?



This one was going to get very easy after the 2nd clue, but I figured that it was impossible at this stage.

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

[MichikoS]

Looks like scratchie was right.

Wow - 400 points for Michi. Any explanation?



This one was going to get very easy after the 2nd clue, but I figured that it was impossible at this stage.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.
Explanation? It depends on how much stock you put in synchronicity. Just before I logged into the forum, I was looking on the web for a book by Alex Toth called "By Design." He was very much on my mind, and when I saw that bit o' black, and the DC clue, I immediately thought of precisely this cover, one of my favorite Toth drawings. So basically it was one of those magical jumps from X to Y that happens once in a while. Pure apophenia.

'Bout time, too, I must say. It has been ages since I've been able to get one. So this one is extra sweet.

Michi

[T GUy]

Looks like scratchie was right.

Wow - 400 points for Michi.

Fight fight fight
Fight fight fight
The Michi and Scrathchie Show!

[T GUy]

Consarned machine!

Could a moderator please tidy that up?

Before I kick the screen in?

[Sir Tim Drake]

Consarned machine!

Could a moderator please tidy that up?

Before I kick the screen in?

To hear is to obey. :)

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - According to the GCD, both Jim Mooney and Harvey Kurtzman contributed to this series.

[i*love*comics*247]

That would be
Super-Mystery Comics
Vol 4 No 4
Oct 1944

from Ace Magazines

[Lone Ranger]

That would be
Super-Mystery Comics
Vol 4 No 4
Oct 1944

from Ace Magazines

That's it!

Nice job, Terry!

200 points for you. 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 DC book

[Mike Kuypers]

Adventure Comics #342 (I hope).

[Mike Kuypers]

Am I allowed to change my guess? I know what it is now.:o

[Bill Angus]

Gosh, but that's honest of you. You could've just edited your original guess, & I'd imagine most people wouldn't know the difference ;) .

I don't see why you can't change your guess (no one else has made one yet) - of course, I don't have any say in this....

[Slam_Bradley]

Am I allowed to change my guess? I know what it is now.:o


I can't think of any rule agin' it.

[Mike Kuypers]

Well... okay. It's Superboy #128. If LR or anyone else objects, you can withhold my points.

[Mike Kuypers]

Gosh, but that's honest of you. You could've just edited your original guess, & I'd imagine most people wouldn't know the difference ;) .
Are you kidding? Do you know how many players subscribe to this thread?? :D

[T GUy]

Sir Tim Drake, the Polite Knight: To hear is to obey.

Hey! My own personal moderator!

Hahaha! The Power Ultimate is mine at last!

T Guy

P. S. Thanks, my minion, er, Aaron!

:)

[Red Oak Kid]

Well... okay. It's Superboy #128. If LR or anyone else objects, you can withhold my points.

It's perfectly legal, BUT there will be an asterisk next to your name in the GTCC record books.:D

[Lone Ranger]

Well... okay. It's Superboy #128. If LR or anyone else objects, you can withhold my points.

The rules around here are pretty loose so that's absolutely fine.

400 big points for Mike K.

Very nice job.

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]

Crack Comics # 41.:D

[Lone Ranger]

Crack Comics # 41.:D

What the???

OK - I need some explanations here.

First from Mike K, and then ROK.

What is going on around here?

HEre is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover.

HINT - This series made its debut in the 50s

[Red Oak Kid]

What the???

OK - I need some explanations here.

First from Mike K, and then ROK.

What is going on around here?

HEre is the full cover - new one up soon.

As a fill in host for this game, I feel your pain.

I hate to give away trade secrets, but since you asked.......

The feathering on the palm of that hand just screamed Quality i.e. Will Eisner.

I checked the Spirit covers first.

Crack is the second Quality title I am familiar with(since I actually have a crumbling issue of this title.).

The rest is history.

It's good to be me.

EDIT: As for Mike K., he's got a Macintosh so his computer doesn't freeze up every 3.5 minutes.

[i*love*comics*247]

That would be

Tales to Astonish #41

March 1963

by Marvel Comics

[Lone Ranger]

That would be

Tales to Astonish #41

March 1963

by Marvel Comics

Hmmm.... Apparently I've lost my mojo here.

What is going on? You guys are too good.

400 points for Terry

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 DC book

[J'onn J'onzz]

All American Western #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17, or 18. Am I right? :D Would've typed more but have to go.

[Graham Vingoe]

currently got no idea but whilst searching through Mikes Amazing world of DC comics titles A to Z, I was struck by the fact that Hitman does not appear on the list. Wonder why?

[Lone Ranger]

All American Western #1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17, or 18. Am I right? :D Would've typed more but have to go.

Sorry - the title's numbering began with #103. Luckily, you didn't type from #1 to #126

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This cover artist did contribute to All-American Western, though.

[Red Oak Kid]

Hold it men.

I smell a trap.

LR wants us to spend time looking at Kubert War titles, but I have a feeling in my gut that this is not a DC War title.

But, on the other hand, maybe that is exactly what LR wants me to think.:confused:

[T GUy]

I think you're onto something, Sgt. ROK - check out that gun - it's not WWII!

On the other hand, it is being wielded by a soldier - note the rank insignia on the sleeve.

[MichikoS]

Battle Classics #1

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Battle Classics #1

Michi

Nice work - 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 is not a Big Two book

[T GUy]

Why isn't that kid wearing Lee Leans?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - The cover artist passed away in the 90s

[Sir Tim Drake]

Why isn't that kid wearing Lee Leans?

Yeah, he's still wearing kiddy clothes! I guess he doesn't want to look like the high school guys.

[Lone Ranger]

He won't be asked to:

1) Act in a film
2) Drive a Racing Car
3) Go on an Arctic exposition

...based solely on his choice of slacks.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The title character was first introduced in a medium other than comic books.

[Mike Kuypers]

Jonny Quest Classics #2

[Lone Ranger]

Jonny Quest Classics #2

Nice job Mike - that ass belongs to Race.

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

[Mike Kuypers]

From the third clue I thought the medium was going to be radio, but as soon as I saw the visual clue I knew it was Jonny Quest. That was a wraparound cover, wasn't it?

[Lone Ranger]

From the third clue I thought the medium was going to be radio, but as soon as I saw the visual clue I knew it was Jonny Quest. That was a wraparound cover, wasn't it?

Yes - it is a wraparound, as are the other two covers in this miniseries.

It was a pretty interesting premise - have Doug Wildey adapt the TV episodes. There are an enlightening interview with Wildey in each issue.

[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 - At the time this comic was published, the title character was featured in two other titles.

[Mike Kuypers]

Captain Marvel, Jr. #66

(Until the fourth clue I thought it was a Charlton comic!)

[Lone Ranger]

Captain Marvel, Jr. #66

(Until the fourth clue I thought it was a Charlton comic!)

Nice job - 100 points for Mike K

I was hoping people would think it was a Charlton Hot Rod book.

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

[J'onn J'onzz]

That was such a Captain Marvel Jr. arm! Why did I never guess.

Lone Ranger, you should consider changing the Blog Update in you sig to reflect "An Offer You Can't Refuse".

[T GUy]

Hi, LR.

Thanks for the trawl through the GCD for Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Vampire Tales, Monsters Unleashed, Dracula Lives, Tales of the Zombie, Nightmare, Psycho, Scream and Marvel Preview.

Unless I missed it in the thumbnails, however, GTCC 334 is none of those books and another clew might be nice.

[Graham Vingoe]

Monster of Frankenstein 1?:confused:

[Red Oak Kid]

Hi, LR.

Thanks for the trawl through the GCD for Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Vampire Tales, Monsters Unleashed, Dracula Lives, Tales of the Zombie, Nightmare, Psycho, Scream and Marvel Preview.

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And don't forget Deadly Hands of Kungfu.

Yeah, I looked at all of those too.

The thing that bugs me about the first clue is, I detect some Adams/Giordano brush strokes on the pecs. Bill Sinkawhizzzz maybe. :confused:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s


Ok - now I'm just being a jerk:D

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s


Ok - now I'm just being a jerk:D

Considering how long you have been doing this, you are allowed to be a jerk.

Dang, this looks like Adams.

I'll probably think of it when I am in dreamy dreamland.

g'night.

[METAROG]

That's the Legion of Monsters one-shot. The cover is by Neal Adams as ROK thought.

[Lone Ranger]

That's the Legion of Monsters one-shot. The cover is by Neal Adams as ROK thought.

Nice job, ROG - 300 points for you.


Dang, this looks like Adams.

I'll probably think of it when I am in dreamy dreamland.

g'night.

I certainly hope you didn't have dreams about the Manphibian.

Is that not both the best and worst name of all time?

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classics cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[T GUy]

Well done on the Legion of Monsters, Metarog! (i. e. I looked at that and missed it. Doh!)

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - This title underwent a slight name change

[METAROG]

Well done on the Legion of Monsters, Metarog! (i. e. I looked at that and missed it. Doh!)

Thanks, it is one of the many obscure comics I have. I've been one step slow on most of the past 10-15 covers so it was great to finally get one!:)

[Red Oak Kid]

Sensation Comics #57

[Lone Ranger]

Sensation Comics #57

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 is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This was a very sporadically published series, as only 5 issues were published, beginning in 1963 and wrapping up in 1968.

[T GUy]

That'd be the first issue of Charlton's D-Day, from Summer, 1963, if I understand the GCD's entry aright.

[Lone Ranger]

That'd be the first issue of Charlton's D-Day, from Summer, 1963, if I understand the GCD's entry aright.

That's it - 200 points for T Guy

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a Marvel comic

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[scratchie]

Here is the 3rd clueHah! I guess it wasn't Capt. America after all. Sneaky devil.

[InfoBroker]

Given the color shift (doppler effect?) old Kimosabe is being even sneakier than you realize.

And yea, I recognized this one from the second clue earlier today, but its a comical book that I can't jump on for a very special reason.

- jb the handicapped ib -

[Zenith23]

Eternals no.4?

[Bill Angus]

Well, that sure looks right... though infobroker is right - that's a huge colour shift between LR's scan & the one on the GCD.

[Red Oak Kid]

That's a bad scan on the GCD.

The Mile High scan matches LR's colors.

I thought that GCD thumbnail looked screwy, compared to the colors of the others, so I didn't enlarge it when I was searching that title after the second clue.

[Mike Kuypers]

That's a bad scan on the GCD.

The Mile High scan matches LR's colors.

I thought that GCD thumbnail looked screwy, compared to the colors of the others, so I didn't enlarge it when I was searching that title after the second clue.

I looked at Eternals, too. And like you I didn't enlarge the thumbnails because I didn't see anything that matched the purple in LR's scan.

[MichikoS]

I looked at Eternals, too. And like you I didn't enlarge the thumbnails because I didn't see anything that matched the purple in LR's scan.
The last several posts have been a case study in how some folks approach Guess The Classic Cover. It seems color is a very important element in extrapolating the larger cover from the clue.

I use color hints, too, but I find I am much more responsive to the linework of the sample -- how thick or thin the lines are, and if the line work corresponds to any of the "style maps" I have stored in my head from 30 years of reading comics.

Strangely enough, I also find it helpful when the visual clue evokes a particular emotion. Comics are apparently very much tied to my emotions, since I can almost always get a "feeling" from the clue that is pretty darn accurate, even if I can't name the exact cover.

What sort of technique or approach do you use to parse the clues in this game?

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Eternals no.4?


That's it!

200 points for Zenith23.

If I am not wrong - these are your first points.

Welcome to the game! New players are always welcome around here.

The reason JB was reluctant to solve this Kirby cover is because it is a scan of the copy he gave me (along with a gazillion other books) last year.

These are the correct colours - I'm staring at my copy right now.

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 90s

[Mike Kuypers]

Re: Searching Techniques

Well, in this case we were told it was a Marvel comic published in the '70s. The art was obviously Jack Kirby, which meant one of his late '70s titles. I looked at the usual suspects using color as my guide because the GCD thumbnails are too small to make out fine details like scales and ink thicknesses. Or maybe my old eyes are not that sharp. Anyway, it didn't work out in this case.

[spoon_jenkins]

Legionnaires #12

[Zenith23]

That's it!

200 points for Zenith23.

If I am not wrong - these are your first points.

Welcome to the game! New players are always welcome around here.

The reason JB was reluctant to solve this Kirby cover is because it is a scan of the copy he gave me (along with a gazillion other books) last year.

These are the correct colours - I'm staring at my copy right now.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

happy to join, i'll dip in and look from time to time.

colour wasn't a problem for me, I had a feeling it was Eternals so had a quick check thru my pile and bingo no.4

i'm with spoon_jenkins on the next one: it's Legionnaires #12

[T GUy]

Our Glorious Leader: The reason JB was reluctant to solve this Kirby cover is because it is a scan of the copy he gave me (along with a gazillion other books) last year.
Would that it were the case that I had as convincing a reason for missing this. :o

[Lone Ranger]

Legionnaires #12

SPOOOON !!!

400 big points for the on clue answer. Nice work.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

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

[TheHistorian]

What sort of technique or approach do you use to parse the clues in this game?

Voodoo-like magic.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[scratchie]

Plastic Man # 12 (from the '70s; Mike's Amazing tells me that's Volume 2)

[Red Oak Kid]

WOW!

I have never seen any of these 70s Plastic Man covers. I was aware that he had a short run in the 60s. I didn't even know that run lasted 10 issues.

I was buying comics when the run was continued in the 70s but I have no memory of these.

I need to file this under MWGallaher's "Classic Comics you FORGOT ever existed, thread.

[scratchie]

I have never seen any of these 70s Plastic Man covers. I was aware that he had a short run in the 60s. I didn't even know that run lasted 10 issues.I bought a bunch of these when they came out. For some reason, between 1975 and the end of 1976, I went from buying a lot of DC comics (these, Shazam, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Superboy/Legion) to none at all. But I bought a bunch of these Plastic Mans, and the one with the garbage monster was one of my favorites.

What was interesting about this puzzle was that even after I recognized the picture, and realized that I used to own the comic, it took me a while to figure out what it was (at first I thought it might have been some sort of Mad reprint). I think that shows that DC was making a (somewhat successful) effort to do these stories in the spirit of the originals; I like that a lot more than making Plas a member of the JLA.

[Lone Ranger]

Plastic Man # 12 (from the '70s; Mike's Amazing tells me that's Volume 2)


That's it!

200 points for scratchie!

This is indeed from the 70s version. I had Ramona Fradon sign my copy at the Paradise Toronto Comicon last month.

It's a great little run, much better than DC's 60s version. Fradon's art is sooooo great here.

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]

Well, it's probably not a Charlton comic...

[Lone Ranger]

Well, it's probably not a Charlton comic...

Very true

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - When this publisher left the funnybook biz, some of its title were carried on by Charlton.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was based on a TV and Radio show

[shaxper]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was based on a TV and Radio show


Looks like a Western, though I wouldn't have any idea which.

[Red Oak Kid]

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime # 1

[Mike Kuypers]

Hmm. I'm pretty familiar with old radio and TV shows, but this title rings no bells for me.

[Lone Ranger]

Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime # 1

That's it!

200 points for ROK

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.


I don't actually own this one. A little research shows that the both the radio and tv versions starred Ralph Bellamy.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Mike Kuypers]

I don't actually own this one. A little research shows that the both the radio and tv versions starred Ralph Bellamy.

Ralph Bellamy, besides being an actor, was a sometimes panelist on To Tell the Truth.

[Lone Ranger]

Ralph Bellamy, besides being an actor, was a sometimes panelist on To Tell the Truth.

I loved him in The Awful Truth and His Girl Friday. Yes he plays essentially the same role in movies that are more than a little alike, but he's great as the country bumpkin.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The cover artist passed away before his 40th birthday.

[Red Oak Kid]

Black Rider 25, Joe Maneely

[MichikoS]

Black Rider 25, Joe Maneely
Love Joe Maneely. The CGD and Overstreet both credit the cover to Black Rider #8 (first issue of this series) as a photo cover featuring Stan Lee dressed as the Black Rider. Is this true? Can anyone verify? Did Stan ever mention this photo cover in any of his published interviews?
http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/723/400/723_4_08.jpg

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Black Rider 25, Joe Maneely

That's it! 200 points for ROK.

Here is the full cover. New one up soon.

As for that Stan Lee photo cover - I have seen that referenced in many books and magazines.

[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 - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The cover artist passed away in the 80s

[T GUy]

Everybody up! The wait is over! Here it comes!

I had this pegged as an EC from the first clue, but it took me this long to get around to the war books, specifically in this instance Frontline Combat No. 15 (my first thought after the third clue was the post-Kurtzman Two-Fisted Tales).

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=11045&zoom=4

[Lone Ranger]

Everybody up! The wait is over! Here it comes!

I had this pegged as an EC from the first clue, but it took me this long to get around to the war books, specifically in this instance Frontline Combat No. 15 (my first thought after the third clue was the post-Kurtzman Two-Fisted Tales).

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=11045&zoom=4

That's it!

200 points for T Guy. I thought these Wood rocks made this look like more of a Moonscape than a battlefield.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

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

[Mike Kuypers]

200 points for T Guy. I thought these Wood rocks made this look like more of a Moonscape than a battlefield.


Too true. I spent a lot of time looking at Mystery in Space covers.

[Red Oak Kid]

Wood rocks
.

Yes he does.

Or are you saying the rocks are made out of wood?

I am so confused.:eek:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[InfoBroker]

Well tis nice to see someone took my advice this hot weekend.

- jb the whistles innocently ib -

[T GUy]

You tricky, tricky little cowboy!

It's The Forever People No. 10, Aug.-Sept., 1972.

You would probably not believe the amount of time I spent looking at House of Secrets covers and attempting to determine if Jimmy Olsen and Showcase could somehow be defined as having more than one series.

I was on the verge of doubting that it was Kirby or even asking you to check the accuracy of your hints.

Congratulations!

[Lone Ranger]

You tricky, tricky little cowboy!

It's The Forever People No. 10, Aug.-Sept., 1972.

You would probably not believe the amount of time I spent looking at House of Secrets covers and attempting to determine if Jimmy Olsen and Showcase could somehow be defined as having more than one series.

I was on the verge of doubting that it was Kirby or even asking you to check the accuracy of your hints.

Congratulations!

That's it!

200 points for T Guy.

Kirby covers are the toughest to disguise - so I am glad we got to the 3rd clue. This is another book from the 'JB the IB collection'.

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 - An alien appears on the cover

[Red Oak Kid]

I am very frustrated by this.

From the first clue, I was sure it was by Mike Ploog. So I looked at all his 70s stuff.

From the second clue I was even more sure it was Ploog so I looked at all his covers again.

No luck.

It could be Eisner or Sutton but I am stumped.:(

[Bill Angus]

Huh. I'm not really that familiar with Ploog's work, so I wasn't getting that vide at all.

I was leaning towards Wrightson (inked by someone other than himself) or Don Newton... but I haven't really had a chance to go looking.

[Bill Angus]

For some reason, the edit button doesn't seem to be working...

I meant 'vibe' above, of course.

[T GUy]

ROK: From the second clue I was even more sure it was Ploog so I looked at all his covers again.

No luck.

My sympathy. From the first clue, I thought it was Ditko, but did not have the inclination to wade through Charlton ghost comic covers of the Bronze Age after my bout earlier today of cover fatigue after the Lone Ranger found a couple of square inches of Kirby from 1972 which looked as though they were from about fifteen years earlier.

From the second clue, like you I thought Ploog - the black Kirby dots on the water are one of Ploog's trademarks. However, I haven't found it yet. I even remembered to look at Giant-Size Man-Thing as well as the standard comic. :confused:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This cover's penciller was not born in the U.S. Neither was this cover's inker.

[MichikoS]

John Carter, Warlord of Mars #18 (Marvel)

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

John Carter, Warlord of Mars #18 (Marvel)

Michi

And John Byrne was the penciller (raised in Canada, born in England)

200 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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - There has been a movie serial, a TV movie and a feature film based on this title.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This title character first appeared in a newspaper strip in 1940.

Note - I am computer-free until Thursday, so no updates until then.

[MichikoS]

Brenda Starr#14

Michi

[J'onn J'onzz]

HINT - An alien appears on the cover

BEST. CLUE. EVER.

Great, five minutes into the haitus we get a victor... :rolleyes:

[Lone Ranger]

Brenda Starr#14

Michi

That's it!

100 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 is a DC book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Joe Kubert and Gray Morrow contributed to this series