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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - this title was cancelled in the 80s

[Red Oak Kid]

Creepy 66.

[Mike Kuypers]

I think I'll just sit out the next 46 covers. :D

[Lone Ranger]

Creepy 66.

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 was published in the 70s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - more than one series has had this title

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - the cover penciller has done work for for the Big Two, but also Warren, Skywald & King.

[T GUy]

Jungle Action No. 7.

[InfoBroker]

Jungle Action #7, featuring the Black(and Blue) Panther.

The last clue points heavily to Rich Buckler. The first clue with the coloring was Mighty Marvel from the get go.

I missed the second clue, due to work duties...

-jb the diligent ib- :cool:

[InfoBroker]

Hey TGuy,

Nice snag. But isn't it a bit late there in Brit?

-jb the (just home from work) ib- :cool:

[PIMPurself]

Indeed it must be Jungle Action 7.
Also, I wasn't expecting a crotch shot in this contest :eek: lol

[InfoBroker]

Totally off topic, but since I am browsing the Jungle Action comic covers...

I am getting quite a giggle from this cover.

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/2053/400/2053_4_02.jpg


The art is great, but the dialog balloon is a bit askew. Almost as clumsy as the masthead pose of the "magnificent one" lingering on that vine.

I know they were trying to make Tharn sound like he might have a touch of hyborian vocal mannerisms, but "Scaly One?"

-jb the (no this comic didn't make it into my collection) ib- :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Jungle Action No. 7.

That's it - 200 points for T Guy!

Rich Buckler got a lot of paycheques from a lot of companies.

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

[T GUy]

Hi, guys.

Yes, it was 10:58 p. m. local time when I posted that initial I. D. of the Jungle Action cover. It's now about to hit midnight, and I'm about to do the same to the hay.

A few notes first. I got home from work to the third clue'n'hint, and imediately knew that I recognised it. I just didn't know what it was. I dived into Marvel's eight-issue Doc Savage series and then Amazing Adventures with 'War of the Worlds'/'Killraven.' Then I gave up and had dinner. On subsequent reapplication to the problem I suddenly twigged that it was a Jungle Action cover, and it was the work of mere moments to ascertain which issue courtesy of the GCD. The Rich Buckler clue was an obvious, partially subconcious hint which I'm sure helped - without it I'd've been thinking Kane or Buckler, I think.

Sweet dreams, one and all.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - this series lasted more than 100 issues

[Mike Kuypers]

Flash Comics #34

Assuming I'm correct, here's how I did it. That thick black line suggested this was a Golden Age DC title. Many of those early logos had black lines above and below. So I kept searching Golden Age titles until I found one with a castle.

[Lone Ranger]

Flash Comics #34

Assuming I'm correct, here's how I did it. That thick black line suggested this was a Golden Age DC title. Many of those early logos had black lines above and below. So I kept searching Golden Age titles until I found one with a castle.

100% correct

well done - 300 point 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 second clue

HINT - this series took over the numbering from another title

[InfoBroker]

Ghostly Tales #68 - great Pat Boyette cover.

[Lone Ranger]

Ghostly Tales #68 - great Pat Boyette cover.

JB the IB nails this one.

300 big points for him.

I had this one out recently as I read through a bunch of old Aparo stories (this one has two of 'em!).

Here is the full cover (I love Boyette's work, too!).

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 - Although this comic's penciller has passed away, the writer is still alive

[MWGallaher]

JB the IB nails this one.

300 big points for him.

I had this one out recently as I read through a bunch of old Aparo stories (this one has two of 'em!).

Here is the full cover (I love Boyette's work, too!).

New one up soon.
Well, that's a bit embarassing, as I've been finalizing the Aparo checklist for the upcoming TwoMorrows book! And I knew it was a Charlton, too...maybe if I'd pulled the Charltons yesterday instead of the unusual Aparo DCs...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - this comic has been reprinted in both colour and black & white

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - there have been at least 2 animated TV series based on this title

[Slam_Bradley]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - there have been at least 2 animated TV series based on this title


Fantastic Four #2.

[Lone Ranger]

Fantastic Four #2.

That's it!

100 points for Slam!

While I admit that these clues weren't very big (you need to keep them small for team books), I really thought this one would be solved earlier (I'm looking at you JB :D ).

I never thought I'd get to 4 clues on this one.

Here is the skrull.... I mean full cover.

New one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - While the credited cover artist is still alive, the interior artist has passed away.

[Red Oak Kid]

RE FF 2;

From the first clues I was sure it was Simon and Kirby, not Lee and Kirby.

I looked at all their stuff like Newsboy Legion, Justice Traps the Guilty, Boys' Ranch, and even Stuntman. Newsboy Legion covers have lots of yellow backgrounds.

I saw the fourth clue as soon as you posted it and knew it was FF. But I figured it would already be solved if it was the regular FF book, so I looked at FF Annuals and Strange Tales covers.

[MDG]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - While the credited cover artist is still alive, the interior artist has passed away.

DC Special #15: Plastic Man. Cover by Giordano (after Cole & Kane).

MDG

[InfoBroker]

I really thought this one would be solved earlier (I'm looking at you JB :D ).

Well... lemme see what kind of lame excuses I can come up with this time...

#1) Since I nailed the previous cover, I didn't want to be greedy.

#2) I don't have a foot fetus.

#3) Yellow. I can't stand the color yellow.

#4) I thought the "JA" letters were part of the name "Jaguar" and I was off looking at Archie comics. (They also use the color yellow a lot)

#5) Fantastic Four? Who the heck are they?

#6) While I concur that George Klein is very likely and most probably the mysterious inker for the first two issues of the Fantastic Four, but just to be totally silly, I think Paul Reinman did the lettering.

Truthfully, many many years ago, I use to think Paul inked this cover, and I still wonder about it at times. If not him I would tend to lean toward George Klein and/or the Christopher Rule connection, rather than Dick Ayers. I have a hard time making a lot of the brush work Dick's. But I could be wrong. Especially if someone knows that Dick's records point to this cover as his. But this is also a very clumsy cover. Probably very rushed.

#7) My prime Marvel comics are 1965-1969, and if you pick one I don't have (like this one), then all bets are off. (Oh wait, I shouldn't have told you that - we'll never see another Marvel Comic from the last half of the sixties again).


-jb the foot in his mouth ib- :cool:

[Sir Tim Drake]

#2) I don't have a foot fetus.

I hope not, because that would be disgusting.

But do you have a foot fetish?

[Mike Kuypers]

My excuse is -- because by the second or third clue I was thinking FF or Spider-Man -- the @#$! boards were down when I wanted to look at the clue! Geez, that's frustrating! :mad:

[InfoBroker]

I hope not, because that would be disgusting.

But do you have a foot fetish?


Hmmmmm... maybe I do after all, considering how badly I mangled the spelling.

-jb the (taking the foot out of mouth now to see what it looks like) ib- :cool:

[Mike Kuypers]

Do people with a foot fetus take baby steps?

[Red Oak Kid]

DC Special #15: Plastic Man. Cover by Giordano (after Cole & Kane).

MDG

Dang, good catch! How did you do that?

My first thought was also Plastic Man, but I was thinking of Plastic Man #1.

BTW, that DC Special was one of the very first comics I bought off the stands when I started officially collecting comics in the early 70s.

I'm gonna hafta go over to Mile High and see what that comic is selling for these days.

[Lone Ranger]

DC Special #15: Plastic Man. Cover by Giordano (after Cole & Kane).

MDG

Wow!

400 big points for MDG - I thought this would be a tough one, but you never can tell!

This is a great book - I picked it up on eBay for $4 in very nice shape. A cheap way to get some Jack Cole stories!

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]

DC Special #15: Plastic Man. Cover by Giordano (after Cole & Kane).


Ah, how well I remember this one! I was visiting my sister in Texas, and my brother-in-law volunteered to drive me to a store to buy a couple of comic books to keep me occupied. Along the way, he began talking about the comics he'd read as a child in the early 50's, and he especially liked Plastic Man. I got to show off my 12-year-old comics history knowledge by explaining to him that "they don't publish Plastic Man any more." And danged if we didn't find this DC Special on the spinner rack, where it had been sitting for probably 9 months or so! Very embarassing!

[T GUy]

FF 2:

I am embarrassed. I thought on seeing the first clue 'Oh, that looks like the yellow background to the cover of FF 2,' and thought no more about it. It was far too obvious a cover to appear in this game.

Another mistake to learn from.

[Lone Ranger]

FF 2:

I am embarrassed. I thought on seeing the first clue 'Oh, that looks like the yellow background to the cover of FF 2,' and thought no more about it. It was far too obvious a cover to appear in this game.

Another mistake to learn from.

That's why I take sadistic pleasure in sneaking one like this through to 4 clues.

I also enjoy the 'Confessions of the GTCC gang' - thanks for the tales, folks.

[InfoBroker]

So the second FF cover got me to thinking about this second cover. Also by Kirby, with inking credits given to Sol Brodsky, who ironically enough is also part of the short list for being the mystery inker on the first two FFs.

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1571/200/1571_2_002.jpg- - - http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1482/200/1482_2_0002.jpg

With this Avengers comic, I am really favoring Paul doing the inking. Not just because he inks the interior of this issue and the next, but because it really looks like his work, in brush work, spotting blacks, and defining muscle mass over Kirby pencils.

And on a different (and really trivial) subject, how come Marvel likes the color yellow for second issues of group comics?

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1937/200/1937_2_02.jpg - - -http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1991/200/1991_2_02.jpg

-jb the (curious but loves a controversy) ib-

[Red Oak Kid]

Isn't that FF 2 cover odd in the way that there is a large blank area in the upper middle?

It wouldn't be long before such an expanse would be filled with more of Stan's cover blurbs.

But the best they could do was stick the month and issue number in the middle of that emptiness.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[Red Oak Kid]

Nyoka The Jungle Girl 24

[Lone Ranger]

Nyoka The Jungle Girl 24

Nice Job!

300 points for ROK.

I thought this one would last a while. How'd you figure it out?

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]

I thought this one would last a while. How'd you figure it out?
.

No voice in my head on this one. I thought the first clue was drawn by Graham Ingels or Frazetta. I looked at the EC covers and thought I had found it on Haunt of Fear 23. Close but no cigar. And not a Thun'da cover either.

The second clue with the leopard tail made me pretty sure it was a jungle comic, probably with a pretty girl on the cover so I did a search for "Jungle" on the GCD and started looking at the most likely candidates first. Got lucky in that I ran across the Nyoka one pretty early on before my life force was totally drained.

Interesting, that GCD does not know who drew it. After seeing the whole cover, I think most of the vegetation was swiped from Hogarth's Tarzan and or Raymond's Jungle Jim. The drawing of the girl herself is just average IMO.

For a real thrill, check out the cover of Thun'da #1.

[Cherokee Jack]

That's why I take sadistic pleasure in sneaking one like this through to 4 clues.

I also enjoy the 'Confessions of the GTCC gang' - thanks for the tales, folks.

I too, went looking at Simon and Kirby comics, specifically FIGHTING AMERICAN. I knew it was a Kirby foot, so the one clue made me think of Joe Simon. I don't know why I never thought of Stan Lee.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - this title had a title a genre change

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - both Alex Toth and Joe Kubert contributed to this title

[Red Oak Kid]

All Star Comics # 38

The first two clues looked like some crude 50s horror comic. But the third clue gave it away, artwise.

[Lone Ranger]

All Star Comics # 38

The first two clues looked like some crude 50s horror comic. But the third clue gave it away, artwise.

That's it - 200 points for ROK.

It seems the server's been on and off lately, but I'll try to keep posting.

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]

That's it - 300 points for ROK.

It seems the server's been on and off lately, but I'll try to keep posting.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

I think that should be 200 points.

Yeah the boards have been off more than on this weekend. I get the feeling I'm the only one here.

[Lone Ranger]

I think that should be 200 points.

Yeah the boards have been off more than on this weekend. I get the feeling I'm the only one here.

Thanks for the correction, Mac.

The board troubles have been frustrating the heck out of me.

[prince hal]

Battle Action 14 or 20? The similar sections look so much alike, it's tough to tell.

[Mike Kuypers]

I think it's Battle Action #20. (I'll feel like a dog if I'm right!)

[prince hal]

That's what I'm leaning toward. I saw it after I had double-checked. Don't feel like a dog. I'm just thrilled that I could finally (I think) figure one of these out. :o

[Mike Kuypers]

Yeah, but I wouldn't even know it was Battle Action if not for your first post. :o

[Lone Ranger]

Battle Action 14 or 20? The similar sections look so much alike, it's tough to tell.


Yeah, but I wouldn't even know it was Battle Action if not for your first post.

It's always tough to figure out the points on a 'team effort', but in this case it looks approriate to award the 400 points to prince hal, since he took an 'N' and got it down to two issues of Battle Action. That's might impressive.

Congrats 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 (I've been saying that a lot lately)

[prince hal]

It's always tough to figure out the points on a 'team effort', but in this case it looks approriate to award the 400 points to prince hal, since he took an 'N' and got it down to two issues of Battle Action. That's might impressive.

Congrats hal!

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.


Most gracious of you. It looked like a Timely/Atlas "N" and so I dug through the names of titles on the GCD to find ones with a word ending in "N". There were several I had to check before BA popped up. Then it was a matter of matching the color scheme. It was only after I'd first posted that I went back to the GCD just to look at other covers from the series that I saw the other candidate.

[InfoBroker]

I'm thinking bonus points should go to Prince Hal just for being able to get in and post. The boards have been extremly sluggish of late.

I kept trying yesterday to get in and pick on my evil twin.

Once I checked Prince Hal's short list, it was obvious that Mike was right about it being #20. You dog! :D

-jb the wondering if this will post ib- :cool:

[prince hal]

I'm thinking bonus points should go to Prince Hal just for being able to get in and post. The boards have been extremly sluggish of late.



And I gotta tell ya, when I came across those covers, I couldn't have cut my way through with a machete. Very frustrating!

Love the bonus points idea...like degree of difficulty in cliff-diving. :D

[Mike Kuypers]

I'm thinking bonus points should go to Prince Hal just for being able to get in and post. The boards have been extremly sluggish of late.

I kept trying yesterday to get in and pick on my evil twin.

Once I checked Prince Hal's short list, it was obvious that Mike was right about it being #20. You dog! :D

-jb the wondering if this will post ib- :cool:

As you can tell from the time stamp on my post it was rather late last night. That was one of the rare times the board seemed to be functioning. I was amazed ROK had gotten in earlier to solve the previous puzzler.

[Red Oak Kid]

As you can tell from the time stamp on my post it was rather late last night. That was one of the rare times the board seemed to be functioning. I was amazed ROK had gotten in earlier to solve the previous puzzler.

For an extra fee you can get hardwired into the CBR mainframe.

I just assumed everyone was aware of that.

[Mike Kuypers]

Uh-huh. Do I make the check payable to CBR or Jonah himself?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Harry Truman was President when this title made its debut and Dwight Eisenhower was President when it was cancelled.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'd have sworn from the first clue this was an EC book...but if it is, I can't find it.

[Lone Ranger]

I'd have sworn from the first clue this was an EC book...but if it is, I can't find it.

BONUS HINT:

It's not EC.

[Slam_Bradley]

BONUS HINT:

It's not EC.


At least it isn't my eyesight failing me.

[Lone Ranger]

BONUS HINT 2:

People in Slam's profession (and my own) helped bring about the demise of this title.

[Red Oak Kid]

Marvel Family 4

[Lone Ranger]

Marvel Family 4

That's it!

200 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 was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - this title made its debut in the 40s

[Mike Kuypers]

Wonder Woman #165

I should have gotten this on the first clue. It's one of my favorite silly covers.

[Lone Ranger]

Wonder Woman #165

Well done.

300 points for Mike K!

This is one of those weird 60s WW covers that were like nothing else DC was putting out there.

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 - it was published in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - this series lasted less than 10 issues.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue.

HINT - This title was launched in March, 1967 - just 6 months before this company stopped publishing comics.

[Red Oak Kid]

Gasp 3 by ACG.

[Lone Ranger]

Gasp 3 by ACG.

That's it!

100 points for ROK.

This is definitely one of the more obscure comics in my collection.

I wonder why ACG decided to launch a new title so close to the end. What makes that even more strange, is that I think there were reprints from time to time in both Adventures into the Unknown and Unknown Worlds at the time.

As far as I can tell, ACG's last comics were cover dated August, 1967.

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

[Slam_Bradley]

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


Like that means anything any more.

[Lone Ranger]

Like that means anything any more.

Fair enough, but sometimes I need to buy a little time :D

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - this title took over the numbering from another series

[prince hal]

Looks like it could be a Kirby hand...

[InfoBroker]

Captain America #107 from 1968.

A great great comic book. Really cool cover. Some of Kirby's best Captain America comics. I loved these Syd Shore inked classics.

-jb the (anxious to find his copy now) ib- :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Captain America #107 from 1968.

A great great comic book. Really cool cover. Some of Kirby's best Captain America comics. I loved these Syd Shore inked classics.

-jb the (anxious to find his copy now) ib- :cool:


That's it!

300 points for JB the IB - who has got his 60s Marvel groove back.

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

[InfoBroker]

... JB the IB - who has got his 60s Marvel groove back.


Well at least until the next time.

The main helper was the second clue and the blue tinging everywhere. At first I was thinking Don Heck inking on Kirby and that set in motion all the early Journey Into Mystery with the Mighty Thor comics. But I couldn't get the tinging to match up. Then I realized it was Syd Shores brushwork and <whammo> this cover leapt into the visual synapses of my still pea-sized cranial cavities.

We were a spoiled lot in 1968. Kirby classics galore. Did I mention this is one of my favorite Captain America comics? Did I? Huh? Did I?

-jb the (never thought the Marvel Age of Comics would ever end) ib- :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Then I realized it was Syd Shores brushwork and <whammo> this cover leapt into the visual synapses of my still pea-sized cranial cavities.

That makes sense that it is Syd Shores, as to my eyes, the Red Skull looks a lot more like the Red Skull of the 40s, than the one re-introduced in the 60s.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[prince hal]

Gangbusters 15

[Lone Ranger]

Gangbusters 15

Wow!

400 points for prince hal!

You owe us an explanation.

I thought this would take a while to guess, although it is a gorgeous Nick Cardy cover. Gangbusters tends to be off most people's radar screen. That's a shame, because it's a decent title with lots of great work - this one features art by Moreira, Swan and Cary. Not a bad lineup.

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

[prince hal]

Thanks! The coloring, lettering and even that creamy white background made me think DC. Ten cents plus the words themselves suggested spies, cops, etc, and therefore the fifties. I thought of Mr. District Attorney first, and even checked Danger Trail, then thought of Gangbusters. Checked it out on Mike's Amazing World site.

Everybody should check out the covers for those titles: what a bunch of beauties! (Check out Danger Trail #2, for example...)

[T GUy]

Lone Ranger on Gangbusters 15: features art by Moreira, Swan and Cary

Who's Cary? I've never heard of him.

Edit: Oh, a spelling mistake for Cardy!

While I'm back here, I was looking at that cover and seeing how like or unlike the Cardy I know from the late silver age on it was and drawing a blank... until I looked at the face of the man standing next to the one in the check jacket.

[prince hal]

That looks like a Gil Kane boot.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[Mike Kuypers]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

Well, at least I can stop wasting my time looking at Atom covers and the like. The terrain makes this look like a western, but that doesn't look like a cowboy boot. (No spurs, for one thing.) I'll defer to the more knowledgeable fans here.

[Lone Ranger]

Well, at least I can stop wasting my time looking at Atom covers

That's never a waste of time :D

[Red Oak Kid]

That second clue definitely says Reed Crandall to me.

If it were me, I'd be looking at the various titles that featured Blackhawk.

[Mike Kuypers]

That second clue definitely says Reed Crandall to me.

If it were me, I'd be looking at the various titles that featured Blackhawk.

Why isn't it you?

If it were you would you be looking at Military Comics #20?

[Red Oak Kid]

I've been on a winning streak lately, so I thought I'd give others a nudge in the right direction.

[Mike Kuypers]

Thanks for the nudge. ;)

[Rob Allen]

re: Kirby and Shores, I recently read an interesting tidbit of information. When Martin Goodman started publishing comics, he got all the contents from the Funnies Inc. shop. Then he hired Joe Simon as editor, and Simon convinced Goodman to hire an in-house art staff. The first artist Simon hired was Jack Kirby, who he'd worked with on Blue Bolt and a couple of other things. The second artist hired was Syd Shores. Having Kirby and Shores working together again in the late 60s was a real connection to the earliest roots of Marvel.

[Lone Ranger]

Why isn't it you?

If it were you would you be looking at Military Comics #20?

That's it - 300 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 - This title took over the numbering from another series

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it was published in the 80s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Inkers on this title include everyone from Sal Trapani to Mike Mignola

[Mike Kuypers]

Master of Kung Fu #90

I looked at MOKF covers after you first showed part of the (Gene) Day signature. But not closely enough, obviously.

[Lone Ranger]

Master of Kung Fu #90

I looked at MOKF covers after you first showed part of the (Gene) Day signature. But not closely enough, obviously.

That's it!

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 was published in the 60s

NOTE - I will be heading north to the lake this weekend, so will be computer free until Sunday night.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is a DC book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - both Gil Kane and Neal Adams contributed to this title

[Slam_Bradley]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - both Gil Kane and Neal Adams contributed to this title


Action Comics # 382.

[Red Oak Kid]

Action Comics # 382.


Nice catch.

No one will ever know how many DC covers I looked at on Saturday trying to solve this one.

Action was one of the first titles I looked at, but apparently that thumbnail just didn't register.

I had come to the conclusion that it was either a Romance cover or a Teen comic like Binky or Date with Judy.

Or maybe Fox and Crow.

And didja know that Swing With Scooter lasted 36 friggin' issues. I didn't.

[MWGallaher]

And didja know that Swing With Scooter lasted 36 friggin' issues. I didn't.
Me, neither...and now I'm really curious about that title. Obviously, from cover inspection, it switched to being a shameless Archie imitation in the second half of its publication, but I wonder if the initial conceit was dropped? Was Scooter still an English rock 'n' roll star for that latter part of the run or just another teen American?
One other thing that interests me about the run is that it only had four 25 cent issues; it appears to be something of an anomoly; DC's line was "48 pages", half reprint...but here Scooter crops up advertising "All New 64 pages"? After apparently being cancelled for a few months when the 25 cent era began...

[Lone Ranger]

Action Comics # 382.

That's it!

200 points for Slam

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]

Me, neither...and now I'm really curious about that title. Obviously, from cover inspection, it switched to being a shameless Archie imitation in the second half of its publication, but I wonder if the initial conceit was dropped? Was Scooter still an English rock 'n' roll star for that latter part of the run or just another teen American?
One other thing that interests me about the run is that it only had four 25 cent issues; it appears to be something of an anomoly; DC's line was "48 pages", half reprint...but here Scooter crops up advertising "All New 64 pages"? After apparently being cancelled for a few months when the 25 cent era began...

I've got SWS #20 which is a Giant Summer Fun issue. Scooter does not have a British accent and doesn't appear to be in a band or anything. The stories are very Archie-esque. He has a love/hate relationship with a girl named Cookie.

The art on some of the stories is strange looking. They appear to be older stories from a different title drawn by Oksner and Drucker. But the heads of the main characters seem to be drawn by Scarpelli and pasted onto the old art.

I know DC did this with Dobie Gillis stories that they reused as Wendy and Willy.

I don't know where these Oksner and Drucker stories came from originally.

[InfoBroker]

Many moons ago, while hunting and searching for an earlier Classic Comics Cover Clue, I noticed DC was rehashing a lot of A Date With Judy and Leave it to Binky material from the 50s into the 60s and beyond.

Like for instance:

http://www.dcindexes.com/covers/_atomage/binky/binky67.jpg---http://www.dcindexes.com/covers/_gold/datejudy/judy25.jpg

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/534/200/534_2_028.jpg---http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/1854/200/1854_2_064.jpg

I came across a lot of these reworked covers...

-jb the (retreaded) ib-

[Mike Kuypers]

No one will ever know how many DC covers I looked at on Saturday trying to solve this one.

Same here. I had a strong hunch it was a "Superman family" title, but couldn't find a likely candidate. Even after Slam guessed it I went back to the GCD and concluded I probably wouldn't have recognized it from the thumbnail. At least not until the third clue. As ROK said, Slam, good catch.

[Slam_Bradley]

Same here. I had a strong hunch it was a "Superman family" title, but couldn't find a likely candidate. Even after Slam guessed it I went back to the GCD and concluded I probably wouldn't have recognized it from the thumbnail. At least not until the third clue. As ROK said, Slam, good catch.


I'd never have found it without the third clue. That really narrowed it down...Kane and Adams.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT: Mike Sekowsky contributed to many of this publisher's horror titles.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - this publisher is best known for its paperbacks

[MWGallaher]

Baffling Mysteries #17.
Kind of a gimme at this point.

[Lone Ranger]

Baffling Mysteries #17.
Kind of a gimme at this point.

Well, it could have been 'Waffling Mysteries' :D

100 points for Michael.

These Ace books always tale a while to solve, so I need to make a helpful 4th clue.

There is always good artwork in these Ace horror books, but I never recognize any of the artists (except for when Sekowsky pops up).

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

[Mike Kuypers]

Tales to Astonish #48 (I hope)

[Lone Ranger]

Tales to Astonish #48 (I hope)

Wow!

Nice job - 400 points for Mike K!

I don't even want to ask how you spotted this one so easily. It was bad enough having JB the IB spotting 60s Marvel books in one clue, now I have to deal with you as well. :eek:

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]

Wow!

Nice job - 400 points for Mike K!

I don't even want to ask how you spotted this one so easily. It was bad enough having JB the IB spotting 60s Marvel books in one clue, now I have to deal with you as well. :eek:

Well, I am his evil twin after all. ;)

The short answer is, I thought it looked like a Marvel cover. You said it began in the '50s so that narrowed my search.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[InfoBroker]

http://webpages.charter.net/astrozoid/astonish10b.jpg

cover image is copyright(c) Marvel Comics Group - the parody of it is public domain (no one in their right mind would claim it).

-jb the irate ib-

[Mike Kuypers]

cover image is copyright(c) Marvel Comics Group - the parody of it is public domain (no one in their right mind would claim it).

-jb the irate ib-

I'm saving -- and savoring -- this one! :D

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - this title made its debut in the 60s

PS - Great job on the cover JB - it's awesome!

[InfoBroker]

High School Confidential Diaries #2

I can see I'm going to have to branch out into a new speciality now that my Marvel's 60s turf has been taken over by squatters.

Might as well be Charlton Teen Comics. Smaller turf. Limited appeal.

-jb the confessional ib- :cool:

[InfoBroker]

PS - Great job on the cover JB - it's awesome!

You say that so calmly, Kimo. You do realize Toronto is just one Great Lake shore away from Michigan don't you? If Infobroker figures out how to navigate upstream and around Niagara Falls, you and all you classic comics are doomed.

Doomed I say!!

-jb the (slowly I turn) ib- :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

High School Confidential Diaries #2

I can see I'm going to have to branch out into a new speciality now that my Marvel's 60s turf has been taken over by squatters.

Might as well be Charlton Teen Comics. Smaller turf. Limited appeal.

-jb the confessional ib- :cool:

That's it!

200 points for JB the IB. How did you track it down?

Smaller Turf? Limited Appeal?

Are you crazy?

How can anyone not be intrigued by stories like "The Forbidden Subject"
and "Bad Girl"?

Anyone who says they don't want to read this book is a liar. Yeah, a liar! :p

I am shocked that I was able to pick this up on eBay for a measly dollar. :D

Now, I'd like to see what you could do with a cover like this one.

Here it is in its full glory - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - There have been more that two series with this title

[InfoBroker]

Now, I'd like to see what you could do with a cover like this one.
<* Channelling Janet for the TV series Friends: *>

Oh... My... GOD!!!

The possibilities this conjures up...

-jb the incredulous ib- :eek:

[Red Oak Kid]

Atom 18

[MWGallaher]

Or Green Lantern 36, April 1965.

(It helped a lot realizing just how close ROK was...)

[Lone Ranger]

Or Green Lantern 36, April 1965.

(It helped a lot realizing just how close ROK was...)

That's it!

400 big points for MWG.

I guess that old Gil Kane hairline is tough to disguise.

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

[MDG]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - it is not a Big Two book
Astro Boy #1

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - it was published in the 60s

[Mike Kuypers]

I think MDG got it before your second clue, LR.

Astro Boy #1 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/oddball/enlarge.cgi?date=2005-02-25)

[Lone Ranger]

Astro Boy #1

MDG

That's it!

400 big points for MDG. Very nice work


I think MDG got it before your second clue, LR.

He did. I must have been typing as he posted, and I never checked the thread afterwards.

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]

This isn't going to be a Big Boy comic, is it? :)

[MDG]

This isn't going to be a Big Boy comic, is it? :)
That's what I thought, but did Big Boy ever have a cover price?

MDG

[Mike Kuypers]

Yes, with the words "Free to Our Guests" stamped over it. The one cover I enlarged at the GCD had a 15¢ cover price. Earlier ones may have been a dime. GCD's collection of covers is pretty hit and miss.

[Lone Ranger]

Just to save you guys some aggravation - it's not Big Boy.

[MWGallaher]

That's A DATE WITH JUDY #14.

[Mike Kuypers]

Just to save you guys some aggravation - it's not Big Boy.

Good to know. Thanks. :)

[Lone Ranger]

That's A DATE WITH JUDY #14.

OK - I've had enought of you brainiacs answering these so quickly. A man can only scan so many covers you know! :D

400 points for MWG!

Who knew he had a secret Date With Judy stash?

That makes two of us, I guess.

Here is the full cover (I figured it was appropriate with college football season upon us) - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - it was published in the 60s

[InfoBroker]

Awww, man! All kinds of memory sensors are going off.

I know this cover! But I can't nail it down.

Guess I'm still seething in that Lake east of wish-and-wish-and-wish-again, Michigan.

-jb the (can't seem to focus with water in my eyes) ib - :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Both Gil Kane and Jim Mooney contributed to this title

[Slam_Bradley]

My Spidey senses keep tingling over this one...but I can't figger it out.

[Sir Tim Drake]

Awww, man! All kinds of memory sensors are going off.

I know this cover! But I can't nail it down.

Guess I'm still seething in that Lake east of wish-and-wish-and-wish-again, Michigan.

Wish-and-wish-and-wish again must be on the other side of fight-and-fight-and-fight again. :)

(Which, by the way, is a quote from the British politician Hugh Gaitskell.)

[Mike Kuypers]

My Spidey senses keep tingling over this one...but I can't figger it out.

I thought it looked a bit like ASM #18, but that isn't it...

[T GUy]

I thought it looked a bit like ASM #18, but that isn't it...

I thought it looked a bit like ASM #6, but that isn't it... nor is it No. 3.

I wonder if that tricky ol' Lone Ranger has another title in mind... Action Comics would fit.

Edit: just checked it out on the GCD and it's no go (unless I missed it on the thumbnails, which would, sadly, not be unprecedented).

[Mike Kuypers]

Aha! Daredevil #20!

[InfoBroker]

Wish-and-wish-and-wish again must be on the other side of fight-and-fight-and-fight again. :)

(Which, by the way, is a quote from the British politician Hugh Gaitskell.)

Despite my vengeful demeanor, My "wish-again" sources are Irving Berlin, Easter Parade, and Judy Garland. Ok, Fred Astaire and Ann Miller are in there too, but it was Judy singing the song! (http://www.jgdb.com/lyr27.htm)

-jb the toon/tune full ib- :cool:

[InfoBroker]

Aha! Daredevil #20!

GROAN AND DOUBLE MOAN!

I knew it was DD! I was looking at the thumbs this morning.

That Lake Monster is rising again... The tidal waves alone will wash away the entire state of Wish-Again, Michigan.

-jb the totally frustrated and now super-annoyed ib - :cool:

[Mike Kuypers]

All I knew was, it looked like a Marvel and it wasn't Amazing Spider-Man. Then an artist checklist reminded me both Kane and Mooney had worked on DD at different times.

I like your taste in music, by the way. Easter Parade is one of those movies I don't own but wish I did. A lot of fun numbers in that one, including How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?

Irving Berlin and I shared a May 11 birthday. Fred Astaire's was May 12.

[InfoBroker]

^Ah...

I might let you off the hook and spare your home State if you'll dress up in bum-gear and sing "Walk Down the Avenue" with me.

maybe...

-jb the (mellowing a bit now) ib- :cool:

[Mike Kuypers]

(Clears throat...)

We would drive up the Avenue, but we haven't got the price
We would skate up the Avenue, but there isn't any ice
We would ride on a bicycle, but we haven't got a bike
So we'll walk up the Avenue
Yes, we'll walk up the Avenue
And to walk up the Avenue's what we like...

[Slam_Bradley]

Sigh...I'm usually not good at picking out artists. I thought this one screamed Spider-Man. It was really screaming Romita and I just wasn't thinking.

[Lone Ranger]

Aha! Daredevil #20!

That is it!

300 points for Mike K.

I must admit to enjoying watching people scratch their heads a bit over this one.

Here is the full cover- new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This title made its debut in the 50s

[Bill Angus]

Sugar & Spike #76

[Lone Ranger]

Sugar & Spike #76

That is it!

400 point for Bill A.

You guys have really been on a roll lately. I though I could throw you off with a little Sugar & Spice - but no such luck.

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 - Both Alex Toth and Ross Andru contributed to this title

[T GUy]

Two observations.

There were a lot of nice covers on DC's big five war comics.

The GCD seems unaware of Messrs Standard Publications.

Bah! Humbug!

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - this series was cancelled in the 50s


Psssst - This one is on the GCD

[Red Oak Kid]

Joe Yank 9

[Red Oak Kid]

The GCD seems unaware of Messrs Standard Publications.

Bah! Humbug!

This Standard?

Standard (http://www.comics.org/publisher_details.lasso?id=1972)

[Lone Ranger]

Joe Yank 9

That's it!

200 points for ROK.

This title comes up as a 'Better' publication on the GCD even though the 'Standard' flag is on the cover. It must say better in the indicia

Don't ask me to explain the difference between Nedor, Standard, and Better.

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

[Mike Kuypers]

Rampaging Hulk #5

[T GUy]

T Guy:
The GCD seems unaware of Messrs Standard Publications.

Bah! Humbug!

Lone Ranger:
This Standard?

That'd be the one, yes. Last night the GCD was telling me that there was one that'd published several Dennis the Menace titles but nothing else. I was obviously doing something wrong somewhere...

If I'd remembered 'Better' I might've looked there, but as it was I didn't even get round to Nedor or Pines.

Despite all this, it was good to see that Sekowsky cover in all its glory at last.

[Lone Ranger]

Rampaging Hulk #5

What the heck?

What is going one with you people these days? I thought this was obscure enought that people would spend most of their time looking through Warren and Charlton books.

I'm sticking to Better/Standard books for a while.

400 points for MikeK.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - this title made its debut in the 50s

[Mike Kuypers]

Maybe it's just me, but this Hulk cover was memorable enough that I went right to it after seeing the first clue. I remember really liking it at the time.

[MDG]

Maybe it's just me, but this Hulk cover was memorable enough that I went right to it after seeing the first clue. I remember really liking it at the time.
I'm surprised how cartoony the Hulk looks for a "realistic" painted cover.

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Both Steve Ditko and George Tuska contributed to this title

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 80s

[Red Oak Kid]

House of Mystery 270

[prince hal]

House of Mystery 270.

Damn you, Red Oak Kid...I never should have double-checked! ;)

[Red Oak Kid]

House of Mystery 270.

Damn you, Red Oak Kid...I never should have double-checked! ;)

I would have gotten it earlier, but had trouble accessing the Classic board. For some reason I could access the other CBR boards but not Classic. This seems to happen right after LR posts a new clue.

[Lone Ranger]

House of Mystery 270

That's it!

200 points for ROK!

I would have gotten it earlier, but had trouble accessing the Classic board. For some reason I could access the other CBR boards but not Classic. This seems to happen right after LR posts a new clue.

The same thing has happened to me this afternoon - but I had trouble with all other boards as well.

Don't know if this game will eventually cause the whole internet to crash some day.

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 was cancelled in the 50s

[Red Oak Kid]

The art sure looks like a Quality comic to me.

I checked out the usual suspects, especially Doll Man. Now wouldn't you think there would be at least one cover featuring Doll Man's girlfriend shrunk down to his size and held captive by an evil old guy with bozo hair?

I checked all the Doll Man and Feature Comics covers and no luck.

I still say this comic was published by Quality tho.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - this issue features Mike Sekowsky art and is not a Quality title.

[Red Oak Kid]

....as I was saying this is definitely a Hillman comic.

Airboy v6 # 7.

[Lone Ranger]

....as I was saying this is definitely a Hillman comic.

Airboy v6 # 7.

That's it!

100 points for ROK.

This is a very strange cover. Mike Sekowsky drew The Heap story in this one.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This title made its debut after the introduction of the CCA

[InfoBroker]

Sorry Kimo, DD you can and have snuck past me, even an X-men or Strange Tales, but usually a Marvelous Marvel Masterpiece from my first year of comical collecting is going to send radar, spider and standard intiution sensors into overdrive...

Especially when it is an Amazing Spider-man comic.

Especially one of my all time favorite Spideys, favortie issues, favorite covers, favorite splash pages, and favorite Gwen and MJ drawn issues.

Amazing Spider-man #48.

-jb the pining ib- <sigh>

[Lone Ranger]

Sorry Kimo, DD you can and have snuck past me, even an X-men or Strange Tales, but usually a Marvelous Marvel Masterpiece from my first year of comical collecting is going to send radar, spider and standard intiution sensors into overdrive...

Especially when it is an Amazing Spider-man comic.

Especially one of my all time favorite Spideys, favortie issues, favorite covers, favorite splash pages, and favorite Gwen and MJ drawn issues.

Amazing Spider-man #48.

-jb the pining ib- <sigh>

I had to to see if you still had your wits about you - obviously, you do.

400 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 was published in the 70s

[Mike Kuypers]

I don't have a guess for this one yet, but I like the way the images are displayed up front. Opening a second window was always a bit of a hassle.

[Lone Ranger]

I don't have a guess for this one yet, but I like the way the images are displayed up front. Opening a second window was always a bit of a hassle.

Yes - it does looked quite good, but there are a couple of drawbacks:

1. For those with slow connections, it may take longer for page to load.

2. I can't keep track of how many times a clue has been viewed. I used to wait for 10+ views before posting a new clue - now I will have to base it more on time.

It does look pretty darned cool, though.

[InfoBroker]

My GUI design engineering skills are vibrating.

#1) The load time for slow connects is a legitimate concern.

#2) All that wasted real estate with the attached image grouping boundary

#3) Given #2, It negates attaching an image - just use the insert image instead.

#4) It increases the load on the already overtaxed CBR server. It's serving up a LOT more data.

#5) As kimo noted, a useful feedback feature is lost.

I like the idea of seeing attached imaged with the page load, if I want to bear the burden of the load time. However see #4.

I would prefer this option of "see-images" versus "click to see attached images" being a user choice rather than a forced viewing option. More flexible, more user friendly, kinder to slow connect clients, and eases what the server has to move across its lines.

just my opinions and thoughts, and I tend to prefer giving control to the user.

-jb the power to the people ib- :cool:

[Cherokee Jack]

1. For those with slow connections, it may take longer for page to load.

.


It not only may, but for me it definitely takes longer. Much longer.

[Lone Ranger]

It not only may, but for me it definitely takes longer. Much longer.

Have you tried going into User CP and then Edit Options and try setting your deafault to '5 posts per page' or something like that?

That should at least minimize the number of pics per page.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - this title had a slight name change in the 80s

[InfoBroker]

It not only may, but for me it definitely takes longer. Much longer.

There is a UserCP->option for turning off all images, inserted or attached. So you can get the text pages to load quickly. But it's global to both types of images. The hyper-links are there, so you can individually choose which images you want to view.

However, the counter is still gone for attached images no matter which way you go.

Turning that off should make reading my comic reviews faster, because I do like to insert the images for visual impact. I like the effect of words and images intermingling. I do lower the jpg image quality, to decreae file sizes as much as possible and still have satisfactory image quality.

The recent cover parodies needed fairly large size images so the text could be read, especially by silver-haired silver-agers like me.

In the future, I will put some extra thought in attaching rather than inserting images, depending on which way the powers that be decide to control image display options.

-jb the thoughtful ib- :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - When this title was launched, it featured mainly reprints.

[Red Oak Kid]

I think this might be by Neal Adams.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Al Williamson and Dan Adkins both provided inks for this title.

It looks like we are back to the old attachment style.

[MDG]

Superman #237

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

Superman #237

MDG

Well done!

100 points for MDG.

I have a feeling that ROK knew this one but perhaps was otherwise distracted.

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]

Just arrived a minute too late! Congratulations, MDG! Considering how far this one went, I assume many other participants were tripped up by the hints like I was. Finally I went down the Adams checklist and asked myself of each one: "Did this series start as 'mostly reprints'?" And as I was trying to remember if Superman Family made it into the 80's, the light finally came on--Superman #1 reprinted Superman stories from Action Comics...
Clever hint-dropping, indeed!

[Lone Ranger]

the light finally came on--Superman #1 reprinted Superman stories from Action Comics...
Clever hint-dropping, indeed!

I am always trying to come up with new hints that don't give things away too quickly.

I thought this one might send people in the wrong direction for a little while.

I believe that Superman #4 was the first issue that did not contain mainly reprints from either Action Comics or the newspaper strip.

[Mike Kuypers]

Yeah, well thanks to your cleverness I wasted a lot of time yesterday searching Marvel horror titles from the '70s. T'anks a lot! :mad:

[InfoBroker]

^ I was peeking at those for awhile also. But the second clue, about a slight title change in the 80s had me jettisoning them. I can't think of any Marvel horror-related titles that survived the 70s. Especially if they started out as reprint vehicles (Dwellers, Roamers, Fear-fulls, et. all...)

So I was peering at DC's odd arrangement of super-size, special, star, limited edition comics, trying to piece together a numbering trail from them.

While digesting title changers in the 80s, I did think about the Superman title, but I totally forgot the early issues od Supes were reprint heavy, and discarded it as a candidate.

Based on the visuals, the first clue had me thinking it might be Steve Ditko's work due to the clothing styles. By the third visual, I was thinking a Neal Adams wanna-be.

Excellent clue-hint diversioning there kimo.

-jb the bleery eyed ib- :cool:

[Red Oak Kid]

I searched Action covers several times. But I never looked at the NA Superman covers.

The hints totally threw me off track.

[Mike Kuypers]

I searched Action covers several times. But I never looked at the NA Superman covers.

The hints totally threw me off track.

This surprises me. I thought you figured it out and were trying to help others with the Neal Adams clue.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - it is not a Big Two book

[Slam_Bradley]

This one feels like a John Carter cover from "The Funnies."

[Mike Kuypers]

Famous Funnies? You could be right. The GCD is lacking 72 issues in the run.

Meanwhile, isn't this (http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/68/400/68_4_0210.jpg) a great Frazetta cover?

[Slam_Bradley]

Famous Funnies? You could be right. The GCD is lacking 72 issues in the run.

Meanwhile, isn't this (http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/68/400/68_4_0210.jpg) a great Frazetta cover?


Is there any Frazetta cover that isn't great?

Did J.C. appear in Famous Funnies? He did appear in "The Funnies". And the GCD is missing a number of those issues.

[Mike Kuypers]

I don't know. This is way outside my field.

[MDG]

Just arrived a minute too late! Congratulations, MDG! Considering how far this one went, I assume many other participants were tripped up by the hints like I was.
Thanks, but I wasn't really paying attention to the hints. But with the 4th clue I immediately knew which cover it was (although I checked Action first)

MDG

[InfoBroker]

Planet Comics #31

jb the ib :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Planet Comics #31

jb the ib :cool:

Nice work JB

300 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 has a 10 cent cover price

[Slam_Bradley]

Planet Comics #31

jb the ib :cool:


And once again, I was all wet.

[Mike Kuypers]

And once again, I was all wet.

Personally I feel a lot worse missing Superman #237 than an issue of Planet Comics. I have the Superman.

[Red Oak Kid]

I have a feeling that ROK knew this one but perhaps was otherwise distracted.


In a way I was. I had taped the 1963 movie Cleopatra on Sunday and just got around to watching it on Monday evening when I should have been looking at all NA covers.

That's 10 hours of my life I'll never get back.

That movie IS 10 hours long, right?

[InfoBroker]

And once again, I was all wet.

Actually no... I was thinking Buck Rodgers related Famous Funny Frazatta covers initially as well, especially from a style standpoint.

My next destination was Planet Comics Covers, one of several that I was about to take becuase I knew they borrow heavily from Frank's style and share themes. Take a peak at them.

-jb the ib- :cool:

[Mike Kuypers]

That movie IS 10 hours long, right?

Nah. It's "only" 192 minutes (or 320 minutes, director's cut). Cleopatra is one of those epics I've never gotten around to seeing. My favorite is Ben-Hur.

[Slam_Bradley]

Nah. It's "only" 192 minutes (or 320 minutes, director's cut). Cleopatra is one of those epics I've never gotten around to seeing. My favorite is Ben-Hur.


I am Spartacus!

[Mike Kuypers]

I am Spartacus!

Or as Tony Curtis says, "I love you, Spahtacus."

That's another favorite. Too bad the DVD is priced so high.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title had one minor and one major title change