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

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

when was iron man first created?

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

Also what was that webcite that allows you to look at the covers, cause i know what this series is....i just don't know the cover #

[T GUy]

Sophisticated gamer, when was iron man first created?

Tales of Suspense No. 39, back in, IIRR, 1963.

what was that webcite that allows you to look at the covers

The Grand Comic Book Database is the Mother of all Comics Cover Sites - click here (http://www.comics.org/index.lasso). If it's down, the Silver Age Marvel Comics Cover Site is here. (http://www.samcci.comics.org/)

[Lone Ranger]

Also what was that webcite that allows you to look at the covers, cause i know what this series is....i just don't know the cover #

Just scroll back a page or two where I posted some links for you.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The title character first appeared in a digest sized book

[MichikoS]

Black Cat #63

Here's what's sad. I own this comic, and the clues have been tickling my subconscious since the very first. Gaah.

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Black Cat #63

Here's what's sad. I own this comic, and the clues have been tickling my subconscious since the very first. Gaah.

Michi

Nice job Michi - 100 points for you.

Black Cat made her debut in Pocket Comics in 1941 or thereabouts. This title was also a horror book as well as a western themed book.

I love the Black Cat - great look, great character and some fine artists have contributed to her stories.

These early 60s books are very interesting - the folks at Harvey were obviously looking cash in on the superhero craze. The revamped title only lasted 3 issues, so I guess kids weren't all that thrilled about paying 25 cents for reprints at the time.

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

[Mike Kuypers]

These early 60s books are very interesting - the folks at Harvey were obviously looking cash in on the superhero craze. The revamped title only lasted 3 issues, so I guess kids weren't all that thrilled about paying 25 cents for reprints at the time.

We also didn't like reprints of Will Eisner's Spirit. What did we know? :rolleyes:

[Lone Ranger]

We also didn't like reprints of Will Eisner's Spirit. What did we know? :rolleyes:

You can't blame me for the cancellations.

My parents hadn't even met when these were published:p

[Mike Kuypers]

You can't blame me for the cancellations.

My parents hadn't even met when these were published:p

Excuse me while I go rub some Ben-Gay on my aching back...

[Roquefort Raider]

Black Cat made her debut in Pocket Comics in 1941 or thereabouts.

The Black Cat really had a male teenage sidekick named "Kit"?

Quick! Call Dr. Wertham!!!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[Mike Kuypers]

Action Comics #354

[Red Oak Kid]

Action Comics #354

Don't tell us you just randomly began looking at the "A"s.

[Mike Kuypers]

Don't tell us you just randomly began looking at the "A"s.

No, I started with World's Finest and worked my way back.

Truthfully, once I knew it was a DC book I suspected it was one of the "Superman Family" titles. And Action was the first title I looked at.

[Lone Ranger]

Action Comics #354

That's it!

300 points for Mike K!

Actually, I was hoping people would start looking in the Jerry Lewis Family titles, but I've been outwitted again.

Here is the full cover - new on up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[TheHistorian]

i suck at this game lol

Don't worry, there are a lot of people watching this thread and maybe getting one cover on occasion. Just wait for one that you know!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Most of this comic's content was reprinted in the 70s

[MichikoS]

Ringo Kid #14

Knew it was Maneely, took a while to hunt it down...

Michi

[InfoBroker]

Tales of Suspense No. 39, back in, IIRR, 1963.


Now I'm beginning to doubt your British heritage there T GUy, everyone knows that Iron Man began in the Weekly Comic Book Boy's World and continued in Eagle Weekly Comics when the two comics merged in 1964.

This website (http://www.eaglecomic.com/) has some background information on Eagle, along with several nice web pages devoted to Dan Dare.

I click on the artists section and got a wonderful rundown on the various people who worked on the DD strip. I didn't realize that Frank Bellamy had died in 1976. I first became aware of his work at Gerry Anderson's TV 21st Century Comics, and later the Garth comic strip. Now there is an under-appreciated comics artist.

-jb the (British are Coming) ib -

[Red Oak Kid]

Ringo Kid #14

Knew it was Maneely, took a while to hunt it down...

Michi

I didn't figure out it was Maneely until the third clue. I was just on Apache Kid covers when you solved it. Another few hours and I would have gotten to Ringo Kid.

[Lone Ranger]

Ringo Kid #14

Knew it was Maneely, took a while to hunt it down...

Michi

Well done - 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 is a DC book

[T GUy]

Now I'm beginning to doubt your British heritage there T GUy, everyone knows that Iron Man began in the Weekly Comic Book Boy's World and continued in Eagle Weekly Comics when the two comics merged in 1964.

Eek! I'd forgotten that! And it was discussed on this very forum only the other month, together with Dennis the Menace, Archie Andrews and Sgt. Rock.

I can't even defend myself by having somewhere like Wootten Bassett in my location under my avatar. :(

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 80s

[Slam_Bradley]

Batman # 421.

[Lone Ranger]

Batman # 421.

Hah!

I had a feeling that you might get this one, after I read yesterday about your feelings of Starlin's time on Batman (I agree with you) - but I already had the cover lined up so it was too late to turn back.

Slam (with Starlin on his mind) gets 300 points.

Great job.

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

[Roquefort Raider]

Batman # 421.

Woah!

Good thing I didn't bet my soul that it was a Mike Grell cover.

Because I could have, you know.

[Slam_Bradley]

Woah!

Good thing I didn't bet my soul that it was a Mike Grell cover.

Because I could have, you know.


Darn. And I was so in need of another soul.

[Bill Angus]

I was thinking Grell, too - an issue of Warlord. Unfortunately, the cover I had in mind featured a redhead (who's name escapes me at the moment. I'm pretty sure she was a Russian archaeologist who had been engaged to the werewolf-like guy, but ended up with Machiste).

The colouring, at least in the detail, does look a lot like Julia Lacquerment (sp?), who worked with Grell on most of Jon Sable, and then followed him to Green Arrow (both the Longbow Hunters & the ongoing).

[Roquefort Raider]

I was thinking Grell, too - an issue of Warlord. Unfortunately, the cover I had in mind featured a redhead (who's name escapes me at the moment. I'm pretty sure she was a Russian archaeologist who had been engaged to the werewolf-like guy, but ended up with Machiste).


That would be Mariah.

The colouring, at least in the detail, does look a lot like Julia Lacquerment (sp?), who worked with Grell on most of Jon Sable, and then followed him to Green Arrow (both the Longbow Hunters & the ongoing).

Good call on the coloring. I also thought that was blond hair, or some brasero that was part of the background.

It might also have been a Grell Green Arrow cover, what with Ollie's pants sometimes being yellow and all...

I still can't believe it wasn't Grell! It's like my own Bizarro trip to Damascus!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series went on hiatus for nearly 3 years.

[Mike Kuypers]

Turok, Son of Stone #82

[Lone Ranger]

Turok, Son of Stone #82

That's it! 300 points for Mike K.

I thought Slam might also nail this one, as he's got a Turok cover in this week's Cover Contest (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=139405)

It would be great to see the Classics Regulars participate in that game.

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 - This series made its debut in the 70s

[InfoBroker]

Marvel Team-up #150 - final issue.

Having recognized Rachel Summers' gorgeous waistline...

er, I mean, Barry Windsor Smith artwork is as easy for me to place as Jack Kirby's. Well almost.

-jb the (braggin' and swaggerin') ib -

[Roquefort Raider]

Marvel Team-up #150 - final issue.

Having recognized Rachel Summers' gorgeous waistline...

er, I mean, Barry Windsor Smith artwork is as easy for me to place as Jack Kirby's. Well almost.

-jb the (braggin' and swaggerin') ib -


Zounds!

I went through all the Windsor-Smith covers the GCD would provide and still missed this one!

Good job, IB!

[Lone Ranger]

Marvel Team-up #150 - final issue.

Having recognized Rachel Summers' gorgeous waistline...

er, I mean, Barry Windsor Smith artwork is as easy for me to place as Jack Kirby's. Well almost.

-jb the (braggin' and swaggerin') ib -

That's it! 300 points for JB the IB.

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 contains mostly reprints

[Rob Allen]

That's the Tarzan Digest, published by DC in 1972.

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=25770&zoom=4

[Lone Ranger]

That's the Tarzan Digest, published by DC in 1972.

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=25770&zoom=4

Very nice work, Rob - 300 points for you.

This is an odd little item, containing mainly Manning newspaper strip reprints.

Was DC publishing any other digest-sized books back then?

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


NOTE - I'll be computer free this weekend, see you folks Sunday night.

[Rob Allen]

Very nice work, Rob - 300 points for you.

This is an odd little item, containing mainly Manning newspaper strip reprints.

Was DC publishing any other digest-sized books back then?

Here it is in full - new one up soon.Woo hoo! 300 points! I'm rich!

This was indeed an odd item. I'm pretty sure that DC was not publishing other digests in 1972. I don't even remember where I bought my copy.

This is speculation, but I wonder if the Burroughs estate pushed DC to do this? I've read that the estate tried to exert a lot of influence over the comics. Maybe they wanted to try making some extra money from all the Manning material that they already owned.

[MichikoS]

Was DC publishing any other digest-sized books back then?Here's some info from the indispensable "Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics":

The first (and only) early DC Digest was Tarzan Comic Digest #1 published in 1972. It contained 96 pages for 50¢ at a smaller size. DC had just acquired the publishing rights to Tarzan comics and was trying to find a new niche. For unspecified reasons, the Tarzan Comic Digest would be the only one of its kind. A second digest starring Laurel and Hardy was announced at the same time, but it never appeared. A standard size Laurel and Hardy one-shot was published that year.

The Digest-Size experiment was shelved for nearly 8 years until after the DC Implosion. In 1979, DC sought to recapture lost market share by placing their comics in the super-market checkout line. To do so required a smaller physical size, the "Digest".

Here's a link to the whole page if you want more:
http://www.dcindexes.com/giants/bestdc.php

Michi

[Roquefort Raider]

In 1979, DC sought to recapture lost market share by placing their comics in the super-market checkout line. To do so required a smaller physical size, the "Digest". [/I]


Hey, DC? Are you reading this? It was a great idea then and it would be a great idea now!!!

[Lone Ranger]

Ok, one more before I take off for the weekend.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Bill Angus]

Longshot here...

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #47?

[Mike Kuypers]

Longshot here...

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #47?

Watch it turn out to be another reprint. :)

[Bill Angus]

ha, ha

That would be my luck lately....

[Red Oak Kid]

I think that is hair and I think that is an ear in the lower center.

My guess is this is a Charlton mystery cover or an issue of Creepy or Eerie.

[Bill Angus]

I definately see what you're saying - that was my thought too. Perhaps a large ape of some kind?

But... I saw a possibility in the Boris Karloff cover, so I thought I'd throw it out there just in case.

Certainly, no one should stop looking based on that particular guess (including me, I suppose).

[Red Oak Kid]

Based on the first clue, I came close to posting that it was Beyond the Grave 1.

But it's not.

[MDG]

That's the Tarzan Digest, published by DC in 1972.

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=25770&zoom=4

Aaaargh! I checked every other DC digest! For some reason, I pictured Supergirl flying out of that circle.

MDG

[Cherokee Jack]

I think that is hair and I think that is an ear in the lower center.

My guess is this is a Charlton mystery cover or an issue of Creepy or Eerie.


Until I saw something that looks like an ear, I thought I saw a ship's bow cutting thru waves.

[Lone Ranger]

Hi folks

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series took over the numbering from another series

[MichikoS]

Ghostly Haunts #32

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Ghostly Haunts #32

Michi

That's it! 200 points for Michi.

Here is the full Pat Boyette 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

[Roquefort Raider]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

"I'll never drink again", from "Morning-after tales" #3.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series had more than one title 'tweaks'

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[Rob Allen]

That would be Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina #1.

[Lone Ranger]

That would be Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina #1.

Nice work, Rob - 200 points for you.

I picked this up on eBay not too long ago. It's a strange little book, and one you don't see everyday.

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

[T GUy]

Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina #1! Congratulations, Rob!

I picked this up on eBay not too long ago. It's a strange little book, and one you don't see everyday.

Congratulations, Scott!

On my side of the Atlantic, you don't see this at all, let alone every day.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 70s

[Bill Angus]

Logan's Run #1

[Lone Ranger]

Logan's Run #1

That's it! 300 points for Bill A!

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

[Mike Kuypers]

That would be Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina #1.

I thought the images looked familiar and now I know why. This issue (http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/oddball/index.cgi?date=2001-12-21) was the subject of an Oddball Comics column about five years ago.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Gil Kane and George Tuska contributed to this series

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It is a DC book

[Rob Allen]

On my side of the Atlantic, you don't see this at all, let alone every day.
Do you see any Archie comics at all? When did Archie comics first cross the pond?

[Bill Angus]

Didn't I call a pox on all multiple-panel covers? My powers must be slipping....

[Mike Kuypers]

Superman Family #208

[Lone Ranger]

Superman Family #208

Well done- 200 points for Mike K.

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

[T GUy]

Do you see any Archie comics at all? When did Archie comics first cross the pond?

I saw a small number in a newsagents in late 1973 or early 1974, a couple of Red Circle issues in wire rack a few months later, and a large stash in a newsagents in about 1985. That's my lot.

How these came over here, I don't know.

[Slam_Bradley]

Superman Family #208


No wonder it looked so familiar. That's one of about two issues of Superman Family that I own.

[Mike Kuypers]

No wonder it looked so familiar. That's one of about two issues of Superman Family that I own.

I don't think I own any. At the time I was trying to cut back and save a little money so I passed on the Superman Family and Batman Family titles.

[Slam_Bradley]

I don't think I own any. At the time I was trying to cut back and save a little money so I passed on the Superman Family and Batman Family titles.


My dislike for the Silver/Bronze age Superman is fairly well known. This one either came from a garage sale or was purchased for the Earth-2 Myxtplk story.

[Lone Ranger]

This one either came from a garage sale or was purchased for the Earth-2 Myxtplk story.

Those Mr and Mrs. Superman stories are quite charming and feature lots of interesting Earth-2 guest stars.

Another victim of Crisis.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[InfoBroker]

First Jessica has to run. Now it's Juanita's turn. I'll bet Joan or Jeam or maybe Jamie is next.

Not let me see, was this the 1964 or the 1965 Blue Beetle? I get those guys corn-fused.

Ah... here we go, its the 1964 version, issue number 4.

Hmmmm... I'll take the 1967 issue #4 any day of the week.

-jb the (fondly remembering his first Charlton comic purchase (BB#4-1967) from the newsrack) ib -

[Lone Ranger]

Ah... here we go, its the 1964 version, issue number 4.


That's it - 200 points for JB!

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

[MichikoS]

First Jessica has to run. Now it's Juanita's turn. I'll bet Joan or Jeam or maybe Jamie is next.

Not let me see, was this the 1964 or the 1965 Blue Beetle? I get those guys corn-fused.

Ah... here we go, its the 1964 version, issue number 4.

Hmmmm... I'll take the 1967 issue #4 any day of the week.

-jb the (fondly remembering his first Charlton comic purchase (BB#4-1967) from the newsrack) ib -Coincidentally, this very issue, with a pretty good Dick Giordano cover, happens to have a Joe Sinnott-pencilled story (see Rob's recent post on a new JS interview online). It's the three-pager called "The Outpost." Sinnott is a superb penciller as well as a primo inker, indeed.

Michi

[T GUy]

First Jessica has to run. Now it's Juanita's turn. I'll bet Joan or Jeam or maybe Jamie is next....and all are fleeing from the Praying Mantis Man, who, I would have thought, would be a harmless character, judging by his name.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - The cover artist is still alive

[Mike Kuypers]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - The cover artist is still alive

HINT: I don't think this piece of the puzzle is related to the first.

[Lone Ranger]

HINT: I don't think this piece of the puzzle is related to the first.

Just count yourself lucky as someone who has seen the future!

[Mike Kuypers]

Something tells me I'm going to have an easier time with this one than the next...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - It was published in teh 60s

[Jolly Mon]

Aquaman #5

[Jolly Mon]

Should have gone with my first impulse and I would have found it a lot faster. "No, can't be Aquaman, too obvious....". As it was I paged through Mike's DC Index's Time Machine through the sixties. Backwards, because I thought the art looked late sixties instead of Sept. 1962!

[Lone Ranger]

Aquaman #5

I thought this one would have been solved earlier, but it goes to show - I never now what will happen around here.

Good work Jolly - 100 points for you!

Here is the full Nick Cardy 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

[Mike Kuypers]

Should have gone with my first impulse and I would have found it a lot faster. "No, can't be Aquaman, too obvious....". As it was I paged through Mike's DC Index's Time Machine through the sixties. Backwards, because I thought the art looked late sixties instead of Sept. 1962!

My reaction was the same. No later than 1965, I thought. Which did me in. When LR said the cover artist was still living Nick Cardy was one of my first thoughts. Why I never pursued Aquaman I'll never know.

LR: That isn't "the full cover" up there. Don't make me go to the GCD again! I'm burned out!

[Lone Ranger]

LR: That isn't "the full cover" up there. Don't make me go to the GCD again! I'm burned out!

Stupid job! Making me rush through my CBR duties!

[Slam_Bradley]

My reaction was the same. No later than 1965, I thought. Which did me in. When LR said the cover artist was still living Nick Cardy was one of my first thoughts. Why I never pursued Aquaman I'll never know.



I knew I'd seen the cover somewhere (I still don't know where). But all it would say to me was Challengers of the Unknown.

It clearly lied to me.

[Mike Kuypers]

I knew I'd seen the cover somewhere (I still don't know where). But all it would say to me was Challengers of the Unknown.

It clearly lied to me.

Me, too! The first comics I checked out were Doom Patrol and Blackhawk. :D

[Lone Ranger]

Poor Aquaman!

No one ever thinks of him.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 60s

[Roquefort Raider]

Eerie # 99.

Just 'cause it's painted. (And because I went through a lot of Eerie covers recently, trying to identify what turned out to be a Dell comic)!

Those Warren magazines just had terrific covers. Were the stories equally good?

[Rob Allen]

Those Warren magazines just had terrific covers. Were the stories equally good?Some of them were. One of the good things about Warren magazines is that they were big, and had half-a-dozen stories in each issue. At least one of them was very-good-to-great.

[Lone Ranger]

Eerie # 99.

Just 'cause it's painted. (And because I went through a lot of Eerie covers recently, trying to identify what turned out to be a Dell comic)!

Those Warren magazines just had terrific covers. Were the stories equally good?


Nice work Ben - 300 points for you.

To answer you question.... it all depends.

The quality could indeed vary, and Eerie went with more of a sci-fi theme moreso than Creepy, with some ongoing features - such as The Rook, featured on this cover.

I like The Rook, it's not a bad strip - but nothing revolutionary.

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

[MDG]

Some of them were. One of the good things about Warren magazines is that they were big, and had half-a-dozen stories in each issue. At least one of them was very-good-to-great.

True, but there were patches where the difference between the best and worst stories in an issue was enormous. Also, re-reading some 60s issues, I was surprised at how freqeuntly--and how soon--they reprinted stories.

Some 70s stories got pretty sleazy--on the other hand, Wrightson, Corben, Toth, Severin, Wood, etc.

MDG

[Roquefort Raider]

I like The Rook, it's not a bad strip - but nothing revolutionary.


I never read it, but when I saw the character on the newsstands way back when, I thought he looked heavily inspired by Han Solo. Some kind of galactic Thyl Eulenspiegel or Robin Hood, I take it?

[Lone Ranger]

I never read it, but when I saw the character on the newsstands way back when, I thought he looked heavily inspired by Han Solo. Some kind of galactic Thyl Eulenspiegel or Robin Hood, I take it?

IIRC, he's basically just a modern day (70s) time traveller. I think all of the stories I read took place on Earth. The old guy is an ancestor he pick up from the Alamo. He's got a sidekick robot, not unlike C3P0.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 50s

[Mike Kuypers]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 50s

Seeing this a second time doesn't help a bit.

[Red Oak Kid]

Just Married # 24, Fawcett.

[Lone Ranger]

Just Married # 24, Fawcett.

It's actually what I look like when Logan wakes up at 5:30 AM.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - According to a reliable on-line source, Berni Krigtein and Joe Orlando contributed to this series.

[Red Oak Kid]

With the GCD being down, this is going to take awhile to solve. I went over to the Atlas Tales site and .....Geeezzz, how many titles did Martin Goodman publish? Good Lord.

Well I can help my fellow players by swearing on a stack of bibles that it is NOT an issue of The Adventures of Pinky Lee or Sherry the Showgirl.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This series shares its title with a #1 album from the early 90s.

[MichikoS]

Spellbound #33

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Spellbound #33

Michi

I promise that will be the only time I use a Paula Abdul clue

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 - There has been more than one series with this title

[Mike Kuypers]

I promise that will be the only time I use a Paula Abdul clue

Good. Because for me to get this one you would have had to link it to a '40s Hitchcock thriller.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 80s

NOTE - I am computer free until Sunday night. Have a great weekend!

[MichikoS]

Took me while, but I knew it was Mignola. Found it:

Spectre #9, Dec 1987

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Took me while, but I knew it was Mignola. Found it:

Spectre #9, Dec 1987

Michi

Very, very 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

[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 cancelled in the 60s

[MichikoS]

OMG, that's Herbie #2!

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

OMG, that's Herbie #2!

Michi


Yessir! 200 points for Michi!

I hope no one spent too much time looking up crime comics:p

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

[MichikoS]

Sub-Mariner #18? (Got Severin on the brain, I guess)

Michi

[benday-dot]

I must admit... I was thinking Kirby... cosmic style.

[T GUy]

I've looked at Subby 18's cover on the GCD, but don't think it's that (though i can certainly see why Michi does... and I wouldn't put actual currency on his being mistaken) - I think the clue has a fragment of word balloon in the upper left-hand corner, and no issue of Sub-Mariner before No. 25 has a word balloon on it.

However, I would put money on Michi having nailed the publisher and era - those are imitation Kirby dots.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[T GUy]

The second clue was a giveaway to me: Worlds Unknown No. 1 - click here. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=26236&zoom=4)

[MichikoS]

The second clue was a giveaway to me: Worlds Unknown No. 1 - click here. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=26236&zoom=4)Great job, TGuy. You nailed it!
Michi

[Roquefort Raider]

Not your run-of-the-mill 70es Marvel comic, either. Well done, TGuy!

[Lone Ranger]

The second clue was a giveaway to me: Worlds Unknown No. 1 - click here. (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=26236&zoom=4)

Well done T Guy.

I thought this was a pretty obscure book, but you nailed it. 300 points for you.

This is a strange series - a mixture of old an new, some adaptation of work by pulp & sci-fi writers and then a movie adaptation.

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 - This series had its numbering continued by another series, but 6 months later the numbering was continued by a series with the original title (and it ain't Strange Tales, although it is one)

[Red Oak Kid]

Love Letters 26 by Quality.

[T GUy]

ROK: Love Letters 26 by Quality

Well done! I'd worked out the genre and time period, but gave up (due to lack of inspiration) after checking out the Prize romance photo-covers.

I was also not sure that it was a photo' rather than a painted cover.

[Lone Ranger]

Love Letters 26 by Quality.

Well done, 200 points for ROK - King of Romance!

How did you solve this one, Mac?

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 second clue

HINT - This title took over the numbering from another title

[TheHistorian]

Mr. Moneybags #5

[Mike Kuypers]

I'm thinking it's a Marvel western, but after searching the GCD awhile my eyes glazed over. Westerns aren't my thing. If they were I'd probably know which one(s) underwent a title change.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - According to the GCD - Berni Krigstein and Frank Giacoia contributed pencils to this series

[T GUy]

Mike Kuypers I'm thinking it's a Marvel western

I was thinking Marvel on account of because of

LR: According to the GCD - Berni Krigstein and Frank Giacoia contributed pencils to this series


but Kid Colt, Hero of the West becoming Kid Colt, Outlaw doesn't completely convince me as a title change... not when the Lone Ranger has used it before.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The character featured on this cover would be the title character of his own series nearly a quarter century after this comic was published.

[Red Oak Kid]

All American Western 119, National Periodical Publications

[Red Oak Kid]

To solve the AAW, I just used all the tools available at the GCD.

The Love Letters cover wasn't that hard. I looked at Fawcett romance covers first and then I thought of Quality and looked at theirs. Doesn't take long since there aren't many scans of romance covers with photo covers. It crossed my mind that it may have been painted, but the main thing is it wasn't a line drawing cover so those can be skipped over.

[Lone Ranger]

All American Western 119, National Periodical Publications

That's it!

100 points for ROK.

This does have a bit of a Marvel/Atlas look to it.

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

[T GUy]

ROK: All American Western 119

Doh! I looked through that series! I must have missed it. :( :mad:

Well done, ROK!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series contained both original stories and reprints

[Roquefort Raider]

The only name that comes to mind is

Tales of the green truck.

Which just shows that I'm losing my mind.

[Mike Kuypers]

X-Men #11, I hope.

[Roquefort Raider]

X-Men #11, I hope.

That makes hint #2 a fiendishly clever one!!!

[MichikoS]

That makes hint #2 a fiendishly clever one!!!Fiendish, indeed.

I knew it was a little Kirby-man driving a Kirby-mobile looking at something terrible and probably huge, and was thus midirected to the '60s monster comics covers, as was no doubt LR's crafty intent.

Good job, Mike!

Michi

[Lone Ranger]

X-Men #11, I hope.


Well done, 300 points for Mike K!

Ben - I'll take that as a compliment!

Here is the full cover.

With this, I am handing over the keys to ROK - who will be putting up a new cover some time late tomorrow.

[Mike Kuypers]

The colors were more vivid on this scan than the one on the GCD, so I wasn't quite sure I had the right truck. But, yeah, I fell into the trap of looking at monster comics, too. :)

Have a great time on your vacation, Scott.

[Red Oak Kid]

With this, I am handing over the keys to ROK - who will be putting up a new cover some time late tomorrow.

Well it's Friday afternoon down here in Texas, so here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book featuring the title character.

[spoon_jenkins]

Is it Swamp Thing #82?

[Red Oak Kid]

Is it Swamp Thing #82?

I quit.

400 points to Spoon.

New cover up soon.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It is not a big two book.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: The publishing empire that produced this comic was founded by George T. Delacorte.

[Mike Kuypers]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: The publishing empire that produced this comic was founded by George T. Delacorte.

The Dell you say!

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the third clue.

Hint: It has a 12 cent cover price.

I will be computer free until this afternoon. But I will be here all weekend and Monday, Labor Day so make Guess the Classic Cover part of your Labor Day weekend plans.

[Roquefort Raider]

That's the Dell Movie Classic issue on "Operation Bikini".

And here I was looking at all those Tarzan covers...

[MichikoS]

Gah. I saw this dog at the base theater when I was wee one overseas. It's got TAB HUNTER and FRANKIE AVALON in it. JIM BACKUS (Mr. Magoo, Thurston Howell III) is there, too. There was a sexpot names EVA SIX in it, too. I think this may have been her one and only movie. It's a stinker, but worth it for the hilariously inane script and wooden acting. I seem to recall some musical numbers, too, but I don't want to think about it any more...

Michi

[Mike Kuypers]

Evidently Eva Six was also in 4 for Texas and Beach Party. All three movies were from 1963. Talk about fifteen minutes of fame.

[Lone Ranger]

You know what I really love about ROK handling GTCC.

He not only picks books that I don't own, but often ones I've never seen.

I was convinced that Dell book must have been some sort of late 60s 'Pop Group' cover - so I looked up the Monkees, Beatles. Heck, I even looked up Bobby Sherman.

I suck at this game!

Mac, that avatar is absolutely hilarious!

[MichikoS]

I suck at this game!Now you know how the rest of us feel.

Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

200 points to Little Roquefort.

When I left for work this morning, I was expecting to come home and have everyone hating me for picking this comic. And I think the numbering on these Movie Classics is actually Four Color numbering. Kinda confusing.

But everyone seems to have gotten a kick out of it. I ran across the title on IMDb and wished I could see it, but it is not available on dvd, apparently. I'm a fan of those wacky WW II movies that came out in the early 60s.

I'm glad LR enjoyed my avatar. I kinda proud of it.

New cover up soon.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It is a Marvel comic.

[Cherokee Jack]

200 points to Little Roquefort.

And I think the numbering on these Movie Classics is actually Four Color numbering. Kinda confusing.



Actually, MOVIE CLASSICS has it's own weird numbering system. Movies made before 1963 were part of the FOUR COLOR numbering.

[InfoBroker]

Captain Marvel #47 - November 1976

-jb the (can always recognize a Sinister Sentry's boots when he sees them) ib -

[MichikoS]

Actually, MOVIE CLASSICS has it's own weird numbering system. Movies made before 1963 were part of the FOUR COLOR numbering....and to be absolutely nit-picky and precise, the series title is Dell MOVIE CLASSIC (note singular) not MOVIE CLASSICS.

Picky "Sour Grapes" Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

Yup, I was afraid that would happen.

When I chose this cover, I didn't realize the villain was well known in the Marvel Universe. Oh well, I had to throw in a generic Marvel comic, and this was it.

400 pts. to JB.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book featuring the title character.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.(yea!)

Hint: This long running character's own comic first appeared in 1940.

[Sophisticated_Gamer]

For some reason i think it has to do something with spiderman...

[Cherokee Jack]

Here is the second clue.(yea!)

Hint: This long running character's own comic first appeared in 1940.


This clue would point towards Batman, so obviously it's not.

And if it is, there are only 3,685,049,387 different Bat-titles to search thru.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.(yea!)

Hint: This long running character's own comic first appeared in 1940.

As I have told LR, hints are my weak point. This character has been around since the 30s, but he has not exactly had a long running series in comics. He comes and goes in the comics medium.

[MichikoS]

Doc Savage #14 (1988 DC series)
Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

400 bronze points to MichikoS.

Your avatar flashed before my eyes about one second after I posted the first clue. Duh-Oh!

Oh well, made it to the second clue anyway.

New cover up soon.

[spoon_jenkins]

I quit.
Don't say stuff like that, dude. You're my meal ticket; I think I've gotten more ROK covers than I have Lone Ranger covers, despite how many fewer you've done. You guys operate differently in terms of the comics you select and clues, and I think that's a good thing. It helps spread the points a bit. (But I'm a bit biased, because it seems like ROK is more likely to post stuff that's up my alley.)

[Red Oak Kid]

Don't say stuff like that, dude. You're my meal ticket; I think I've gotten more ROK covers than I have Lone Ranger covers, despite how many fewer you've done. You guys operate differently in terms of the comics you select and clues, and I think that's a good thing. It helps spread the points a bit. (But I'm a bit biased, because it seems like ROK is more likely to post stuff that's up my alley.)

Yeah, I've noticed that. I have been accused of having tapped into LR's computer but I think you've hacked into mine.

And I do try to pick titles that LR hasn't featured.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

(and it's a good 'un.)

Hint: It has a 10 cent cover price.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: Reed Crandall contributed to this title.

[METAROG]

Tricky ROK! Are you taking lessons from LR? ;) That's Ken Shannon #3.

[Red Oak Kid]

Tricky ROK! Are you taking lessons from LR? ;) That's Ken Shannon #3.

I'm the one who taught LR the meaning of the word tricky.;)

I was sure this one would make it to three clues. Very good detective work by Metarog. And 300 points.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: This is the last issue of a long running title.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: This title spanned four decades and this issue has a $1.50 cover price.

Tho there have been less than 10 views(of the first clue), I note that the GCD is not cooperating this weekend and is down. That is going to make things more difficult so I'm going to keep things moving by posting the second clue.

[spoon_jenkins]

Marvel Tales #291.

[Red Oak Kid]

You are now officially my nemesis, Spoon Jenkins.

300 Absorbing Man points for Spoon.

As someone once said, you can spend all the time you want in Asgard, but sooner or later you gots to come home and take your lumps from the Absorbing Man.

New cover up soon.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book featuring the title character.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It is a DC book.

[Graham Vingoe]

Sure its Gene The Dean Colan, so that narrows it down quite considerably - will plump for Detective Comics 534 just to get some brain cells freed up for clue 3

[spoon_jenkins]

Working on the possibility that the coloring is off, I'll place a guess on Batman #321.

[Graham Vingoe]

Working on the possibility that the coloring is off, I'll place a guess on Batman #321.

or there may be some issues with Dick Graysons sexuality , we've never considered before:D .

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the third clue.

Hint: The title character made his first appearance in an anthology book.....................in the 70s.

[Graham Vingoe]

Got it
Jonah Hex 87:D

[Red Oak Kid]

200 wham, bam, points to Graham V.

Jonah Hex 87 it is.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: Jack Kirby contributed to this comic.

[Graham Vingoe]

I would LOVE it to be Challengers of the Unknown 77 ....

[Mike Kuypers]

Working on the possibility that the coloring is off, I'll place a guess on Batman #321.

I considered that one early on -- we've actually had that one already -- but couldn't get the green parts to fit.

PULL LIST

Chatty Cathy's String
The Plug
A Fast One
Uncle Bob's Finger

[MDG]

PULL LIST

Chatty Cathy's String
The Plug
A Fast One
Uncle Bob's Finger
Well, that sent coffee out my nose.

MDG

[Mike Kuypers]

I think you have the right comic, Graham, but you're off by 26 issues.

[Mike Kuypers]

Well, that sent coffee out my nose.

MDG

I try, I try... :)

[Graham Vingoe]

I think you have the right comic, Graham, but you're off by 26 issues.

so it is, so it is - I started with the last issue of Challs and worked backwards - didn't get to that issue! I'm just pleased I was on the right title
it is 51.

ROK - please give Mike the points in the next 40 minutes so we can get another cover going before I leave work for the day, I'm enjoying myself!

[Mike Kuypers]

No, no. I'm sure you knew the correct issue and just mistyped. Those are your points, Graham.

[Graham Vingoe]

No Mike, I can honestly say that issue 77 was a complete guess based purely on ROK's first clue, and a vague suspicion I had that he'd immediately follow DC cover with another- Challs happened to be the first Kirby title I could think of which vaguely fit the clue and was DC. (incidentally, I have never read a single issue of the title apart from the Loeb/Sale version a few years back, so there is no way I could have known it)
I didn't see the correct cover until after you very politely pointed me 26 issues earlier.
You saw the correct cover first, so they should be your points.

[Red Oak Kid]

I would LOVE it to be Challengers of the Unknown 77 ....

This made poo-poo come out of my behind.

Don't you people know how to play this game correctly? That first clue is supposed to make you start looking at Marvel monster books. COTU is NOT supposed to be the first book you think of.

I'm going to give the 400 points to Graham V. because he was the first to give the correct number with help from Mike K.

But you are ALL going on my nemesis list.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It is not a big two book.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: This comic is based on a true story.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the third clue.

Hint: It has a 10 cent cover price.

[Mike Kuypers]

Four Color #1148; I Aim At the Stars.

Since Scott Shaw! did a column on this one Ii knew it looked familiar.

[Graham Vingoe]

This made poo-poo come out of my behind.

Don't you people know how to play this game correctly? That first clue is supposed to make you start looking at Marvel monster books. COTU is NOT supposed to be the first book you think of.

I'm going to give the 400 points to Graham V. because he was the first to give the correct number with help from Mike K.

But you are ALL going on my nemesis list.

As Mike successfully got the latest classic cover, I'm happy with that verdict!

[Red Oak Kid]

Four Color #1148; I Aim At the Stars.

Since Scott Shaw! did a column on this one Ii knew it looked familiar.

OK, 200 points for Mike K.

New one up soon.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: John Severin contributed to this title.

I gotta go to work today, so it will be this afternoon before I can give the next clue.

[MichikoS]

Battle #65

Michi

Kirby cover *possibly* inked by the "mystery man" of FF #1, Christopher Rule!

[Red Oak Kid]

Correct! I was hoping to get people thinking Sgt. Fury.

400 pts to Michi.

New one up soon.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It was published in the 70s.

[Mike Kuypers]

Correct! I was hoping to get people thinking Sgt. Fury

I did. Or some other Marvel war comic. Fortunately I didn't waste any effort searching the GCD. War comics aren't my strength.

[Red Oak Kid]

I did. Or some other Marvel war comic. Fortunately I didn't waste any effort searching the GCD. War comics aren't my strength.

Well, they can't ALL be Sponge Man covers.

[Mike Kuypers]

Well, they can't ALL be Sponge Man covers.

Why not? He appeared on two Challs covers! ;)

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It is not a big two book.

[MichikoS]

Billy the Kid #103

Michi

[Red Oak Kid]

Well I seem to have lost my mojo. None of my tricks are working.

400 pts. to Michi.

For some reason this cover reminded me of a Gil Kane cover, possibly western.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It has a 10 cent cover price.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It is a DC comic.

[Graham Vingoe]

thanks to the 15 minute trawl through Mike's amazing world of DC Comics
that is the cover to Raccoon Kids 62

(which I'll confess to never having heard of, and which i found after trying virtually every DC funny animal cover ever!

[T GUy]

For some reason this cover reminded me of a Gil Kane cover, possibly western.
It reminds me stylistically of Gil Kane... but also of his cover for War Is Hell No. 10 (the first cover I thought of when I saw the first clew... featuring the skull, which is the least Kanesque piece of this cover), from Dec., 1974 - over a year after this Billy the Kid cover.

Having checked out the GCD, the two covers are only alike in the vaguest of ways... apart from the Kane influence on the BtK.

[T GUy]

Graham thanks to the 15 minute trawl through Mike's amazing world of DC Comics
that is the cover to Raccoon Kids 62

(which I'll confess to never having heard of, and which i found after trying virtually every DC funny animal cover ever!Thanks for saving me the time and effort.

I've forgotten about hearing of the Racoon Kids, if, indeed, I've ever heard of 'em. I'ld've started with the Fox and the Crow.

[MichikoS]

Graham Thanks for saving me the time and effort. I've forgotten about hearing of the Racoon Kids, if, indeed, I've ever heard of 'em. I'ld've started with the Fox and the Crow.Doggone it, I knew this was a DC funny animal, but I looked fruitlessly through the HOLLYWOOD FUNNY FOLKS and MOVIE TOWN ANIMAL ANTICS covers. Little did I know that MOVIE TOWN ANIMAL ANTICS became RACCOON KIDS with issue #52. At least I was on the right track.

Michi

[Graham Vingoe]

what really bugged me about this cover was the fact that I immediately thought it has got to be Fox and the Crow , went through all their covers THEN realised that Fox has a white tip on the tail!:eek:
then it was just wild,random luck from there.

[Mike Kuypers]

thanks to the 15 minute trawl through Mike's amazing world of DC Comics
that is the cover to Raccoon Kids 62

I didn't search, but using Mike's Amazing World over the GCD was definitely the way to go in a case like this. It's the easiest way to see what funny animal titles DC had. (Only a Golden Age fanatic would know these titles off the top of his head.) This method works well when looking for a Golden Age or Atomic Age DC in general. It has helped me many times.

[Red Oak Kid]

Nice going GV. 300 pts for you.

I found this title by accident a while ago and made a mental note to save it for the GTCC. I'd never heard of it before. And I don't recognize the creators on this strip either.

I should have made the second hint be something like: This title continued the numbering from another title. But I didn't have the heart to make you guys search thru Dell covers all day.

But I'm glad it generated a good discussion from everyone.

[Red Oak Kid]

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It has a 10 cent cover price.