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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 60s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - The interior pencils were provided by a an artist who pencilled many of the Golden Age Atom's adventures.

[Red Oak Kid]

I'm sure this is an ACG comic, but I can't find it on the GCD.

[Mike Kuypers]

Magic Agent #2 (Thanks, ROK!)

[Lone Ranger]

Magic Agent #2 (Thanks, ROK!)

That's it!

200 points for Mike K with a tip of the hat to ROK.

Paul Reinman pencilled the sories for this short-lived series.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 50s

[Mike Kuypers]

Captain Marvel Adventures #148

[Red Oak Kid]

Captain Marvel Adventures #148

Nice going Mike.

Even after the third clue, I would never have pegged this as a Marvel Family book.

[Lone Ranger]

Captain Marvel Adventures #148

Well done - 200 points for Mike K!

This is indeed a pretty interesting cover. Fawcett really cranked out some unique covers for the Marvel Family titles in the final years.

Actually - this 'Earth vs. Captain Marvel' story is a very fun and inventive Otto Binder story. I am almost tempted to scan it if anyone's interested in seeing what makes these Fawcett books so much fun.

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

[Graham Vingoe]

I'm in one of those moods where I am so sure that it is Captain Mar-vell's helmet that it can't be a Marvel title at all, so, to get things underway we'll plump for Marvel Superheroes 12. That should guarantee that the next clue reveals that it is a DC 1960's cover, or in my worst case scenario it turns out to be Captain Marvel 1 after all, which was my first intuitive guess

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Ramona Fradon contributed pencils to this series.

[Mike Kuypers]

Nice going Mike.

Even after the third clue, I would never have pegged this as a Marvel Family book.

Me either. It was the "canceled in the fifties" hint that prompted me to look at Fawcett titles. Luckily I went with CMA first.

[Mike Kuypers]

Actually - this 'Earth vs. Captain Marvel' story is a very fun and inventive Otto Binder story. I am almost tempted to scan it if anyone's interested in seeing what makes these Fawcett books so much fun.

I'm interested! Would you do this here or on your blog?

[Lone Ranger]

I'm interested! Would you do this here or on your blog?

Hmm..

I am not sure.

I know that Sir Tim prefers to limit the amount of scanning here so as to avoid any intellectual property hassles, especially since the Big Red Cheese isn't in the was public domain.

I have never tried to post a full page on my blog to see how it enlarges, but it may be worth a try.

Alternatively, I could email it around. I have emailed Cei-U! quite a few stories, so I have a sense of what size emails well.

Aaron - what do you think the best course of action would be?

[Mike Kuypers]

Email would be fine, if that's the way you decide to go. My email address is in my profile.

[Sir Tim Drake]

I think e-mail (or posting on your blog) would be a better option. DC has the copyright to those stories, and there is a general CBR rule against posting more than three pages from a copyrighted comic. Thanks for asking first.

If you do e-mail it out, though, do you think you might send me one? :)

[Lone Ranger]

I think e-mail (or posting on your blog) would be a better option. DC has the copyright to those stories, and there is a general CBR rule against posting more than three pages from a copyrighted comic. Thanks for asking first.

If you do e-mail it out, though, do you think you might send me one? :)

Thanks, Aaron. I thought there was a rule along those lines.

I'll try to scan it on the weekend and put it on my blog - if that doesn't work too well - I'll email it around.

I hope I am not raising expectations - it's not exactly the most groundbreaking story, just a very inventive little Golden Age tale that serves as proof of Otto Binder's creativity.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series had a 10 cent cover price when it made its debut

[Bill Angus]

Fantastic Four #80

[Lone Ranger]

Fantastic Four #80

That's it!

200 points for Bill A, our man in Hamilton.

Those Kirby covers are always tough to hide - I was thrilled to get to the 3rd clue.

Did you get any of that freezing rain today, Bill?

It is just starting to hit Toronto now, but doesn't look too bad. People were talking as if it was the apocalypse.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Mike Kuypers]

The GCD isn't cooperating right now. But even if it was I don't think I would have come up with FF #80. When did Ramona Fradon draw an issue of FF?

[Bill Angus]

Those Kirby covers are always tough to hide - I was thrilled to get to the 3rd clue.

I didn't recognize it at Kirby 'til the 3rd clue... though I did look through the Fantastic Four covers on the GCD after clue #2, but as usual I went right past this one.

Did you get any of that freezing rain today, Bill?

It is just starting to hit Toronto now, but doesn't look too bad. People were talking as if it was the apocalypse.

Yeah, it started raining sometime around noon, but it didn't switch over to freezing rain until 2ish. From what I saw when I stepped out for a coffee, the roads were just starting to get a little slippery. Didn't strike me as anything too major... but then again, I grew up just outside Ottawa, so Southern Ontario weather never seems that bad to me. The reaction of people in Southern Ontario to weather, however...

[Bill Angus]

The GCD isn't cooperating right now. But even if it was I don't think I would have come up with FF #80. When did Ramona Fradon draw an issue of FF?

Earlier today (when the GCD was working) I saw the issue number... though I've forgotten it already. I think she only did one.

[T GUy]

Mike, When did Ramona Fradon draw an issue of FF?
One of the first appearances of Thundra around issue 132 or marginally later.

Very annoyed a major Kirby series cover got past me. I salute the Lone Ranger.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Mike Kuypers]

Fantastic Four #80 is another issue that has been featured in Scott Shaw!'s Oddball Comics column. Unfortunately CBR's search function is down or I would provide a link.

[Lone Ranger]

Fantastic Four #80 is another issue that has been featured in Scott Shaw!'s Oddball Comics column. Unfortunately CBR's search function is down or I would provide a link.

That would have been my 4th hint.

[TheHistorian]

Which raises some interesting (maybe just to me) questions. How do select the covers to use? How do you figure out the cropping? And the hints the give?

[Lone Ranger]

Which raises some interesting (maybe just to me) questions. How do select the covers to use? How do you figure out the cropping? And the hints the give?

All fair questions - and they have me thinking about how I do things.

I'll try to give a somewhat coherent answer to those tomorrow when I have a bit more time. I try to apply somewhat of a method to the madness.

Here is the second clue

HINT - This series was cancelled in the 70s

[MDG]

Mike,
One of the first appearances of Thundra around issue 132 or marginally later.

I'll have to look for that (or, more likely, borrow a copy). With her gift for character, I can imagine Fradon doing a great job on the FF, but probably not what 70s fans wanted to see.

MDG

[Mister Morgan's Monster]

Curious. The cover is Danger Trail #5, but that series ended in the 1950s.

You're a complicated dude, masked man...

[T GUy]

MDG: I'll have to look for that

It's No. 133, April, 1973; GCD entry here (http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=26134).

Danger Trail No. 5 - the cancelled in the '70s business could be a slip of the Lone Ranger's trigger finger. I hope it's not time for him to retire and let the next generation take o'er (is there a next generation? I only know of his great-nephew). .

[Mike Kuypers]

Since MMM solved it despite a misleading clue I think he should get 400 points. Anyone agree?

[Lone Ranger]

Curious. The cover is Danger Trail #5, but that series ended in the 1950s.

You're a complicated dude, masked man...

Ah yes... simply a typo caused by sleep deprivation. It was supposed to say 50s.

Actually, after I posted the clue, I realized that I had given enough information to solve it easily so I can really only award 300 points.

300 points for MMM

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 - it was published in the 50s

[Mike Kuypers]

Hmm. Those yellow fingers have me thinking Baby Huey. But if it is it isn't among those shown on the GCD.

Of course it may be a character who wears yellow gloves. But right now nothing comes to mind. (Mickey Mouse has white gloves and yellow shoes, doesn't he?)

[Bill Angus]

Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies #1

Took me forever to remember that in at least some of those old Dell books, Bugs' gloves were coloured yellow... of course, that wasn't his hand in the clue, but it still got me looking in the right place.

[Lone Ranger]

Which raises some interesting (maybe just to me) questions. How do select the covers to use? How do you figure out the cropping? And the hints the give?


I would say that I own 80-90% of the covers I use, the others come from online sources with high quality scans (not the GCD).

I try to mix it up in terms of companies, genres and decades - but it's tough as my collection is heavily weighted towards Marvel and DC superhero books published post-1960. Since I believe this is consistent with the collections of many of the GTCC regulars, I don't think it causes much of a problem.

If found InfoBroker's breakdown of companies etc... to be interesting since, even though it showed my bias, it demonstrated that I am doing an ok job of mixing things up.

For popular titles, I try to find a fairly obscure cover (Fantastic Four #80 is tougher to ID than Fantastic four #1), or find a really strange portion of the cover as the starting point (see Daredevil #5).

For lesser known titles, I try to use books features on the GCD so that people have a better chance to track it down. Sometimes, however, there is a great cover that isn't up there yet. Where I can, I add my cover to the database.

In terms of how I crop the clues, I try to start in an area where I can expand bit by bit without giving too much away. This is particularly tough for group books like JLA and Avengers where someone costume always gets in the way. Generally, I try to make it pretty obvious by the 4th clue by showing a bit of cape etc...

For the hints I give - I just kind of make them up as I go along. Some of the more generic ones '10 cent cover price' or 'not a Big Two book' are used to help narrow down the field a little bit. When I am trying to buy myself some time, I use a clue like the Ramona Fradon one for Fantastic Four #80. For the hints, it really helps if I own the book and a lot of books from the series, so that I have a greater depth of knowledge when it comes to providing hints. If I don't own it, I have to rely on GCD info (not always there) or stuff in the Overstreet Guide (which isn't handy if I am posting from the office).

I hope that answers your question - it's the best explanation I can come up with for now (my brain is not operating at 100% today).

[Lone Ranger]

Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies #1

Took me forever to remember that in at least some of those old Dell books, Bugs' gloves were coloured yellow... of course, that wasn't his hand in the clue, but it still got me looking in the right place.

Bill - you have been on fire lately. Nice job, 300 points for you. I thought this one would take forever to solve.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - More than one company has published this title.

[Mike Kuypers]

Bugs Bunny's Vacation Funnies #1

Took me forever to remember that in at least some of those old Dell books, Bugs' gloves were coloured yellow... of course, that wasn't his hand in the clue, but it still got me looking in the right place.

I never knew Bugs wore yellow gloves. Learn something new every day!

Anyway, I'm glad my musings pointed you in the right direction. I doubt I would have found this myself.

[Bill Angus]

Well, I don't think his gloves were yellow in the cartoons (though I could be wrong - I thought they were white), but I remember seeing various licensed materials (comics, children's books) where they coloured the gloves yellow from when I was kid (like this (http://pages.tias.com/7760/PictPage/1921372250.html) one).

Initially, I was thinking Atomic Mouse, but he wore the wrong type of glove (and, of course, they were white too).

But your comment about the yellow gloves did jog my memory a bit - so thanks for that.

[TheHistorian]

I hope that answers your question - it's the best explanation I can come up with for now (my brain is not operating at 100% today).

Nor was mine, apparently - two typos in one line on my end. Not a good showing.

Thanks! I like peeking into people's minds.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[InfoBroker]

It's a new first issue collector's item edition featuring 8 big stories by the master of comic book storytelling, Will Eisner.


-jb (keeping in the SPIRIT of things) ib-

[T GUy]

Can we take this:
It's a new first issue collector's item edition featuring 8 big stories by the master of comic book storytelling, Will Eisner.


-jb (keeping in the SPIRIT of things) ib-
to mean Warren's The Spirit No. 1, April, 1974?

I think I might have got that from the second clue... the first having sent me off in the direction of The Shadow and The Phantom.

[Lone Ranger]

It's a new first issue collector's item edition featuring 8 big stories by the master of comic book storytelling, Will Eisner.


-jb (keeping in the SPIRIT of things) ib-

That's it! 300 points for JB.

I knew it would be tough to disguise 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 series underwent a name change

[InfoBroker]

I think I might have got that from the second clue... the first having sent me off in the direction of The Shadow and The Phantom.

I knew it would be tough to disguise this one.

It was the hints (multiple publishers and not big two) that reminded me of these painterly covers of the Spirit, published by Warren.

Because of the size, and the crisp black and white imagery, it is a great set of comics to have. Kitchen Sink's long run in the 80s trumps them a bit though because of the more complete nature, and the commentary by Mr. Eisner.

-jb the wishy washy ib-

[Graham Vingoe]

That Spirit cover is not one I would have ever got but on seeing the full cover I immediately recognised it. I remember buying that issue along with the Warren issues 2-6, 8 and number 12 from a long lost small second hand comic shop in Denmark Street, London in the days when Forbidden Planet was down there in the late 1970's. I think I paid about £5 for them in total. a very fine bargain indeed.

[Lone Ranger]

I also love the Warren Spirit Magazines, and I've nearly completed my run.

Most Toronto shops sell nice copies of them for under $10 CDN, so that's not bad at all when you think about how much entertainment each issue contains.

The Kitchen Sink mags cost even less, I picked up a half dozen last year for $3 a pop. A bargain, indeed. I actually find the reproduction in the Kitchen Sink book to be inferior, the lines seem fuzzy in several of them and there seems to be some 'texture' missing.

[InfoBroker]

I actually find the reproduction in the Kitchen Sink book to be inferior, the lines seem fuzzy in several of them and there seems to be some 'texture' missing.

Concur.

But I guess I'll take completeness and commentary. I guess I'm a quantity trumps quality in this case. Which is strange, because in most things, comical and otherwise I definitely track the other direction. Although with comics, it's hard to tell since I have so many.

But what a fine batch of goodness they are!

-jb the greedy ib-

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - This series also had a numbering reboot.

[MDG]

Here is the second clue

HINT - This series also had a numbering reboot.

Star-Spangled War Stories #123

MDG

[Mike Kuypers]

Gah! I was looking at early Superman covers!

[Lone Ranger]

Star-Spangled War Stories #123

MDG

Well done - 300 points for MDG.

Star Spangled War Stories has a very confusing pedigree. It continued the numbering from Star Spangled Comics, and then started the numbering, but with #3 rather than #1 (I think I've got that right). Of course, this title later became Unknown Soldier.

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

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title made its debut in the 60s

[InfoBroker]

<*Frustration Frowns Forming on Forehead*>

I have this comic. I know I do. But I can't get the memory synapses to connect and nail it down.

-jb the furrowed brow ib-

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The title character has made appearances on both the big screen and the small screen.

[T GUy]

My congratulations on getting through to four clues with this mainstream Marvel superhero comic (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=28658&zoom=4), viz and to wit Daredevil 122. I am especially impressed by your covering the Gil Kane art - an obvious indicator of the publisher in the 'seventies - by choosing one with an atypical inker for the superhero comics - at one point I briefly thought of Conan! Your hints were also misleading until I ran through all the characters debuting in the swingin' 'sixties from the House of (Jack Kirby's) ideas matching against known screen appearances and recalled the Hulk TV film with ol' hornhead guest-starring. Very tricky! The appearance of a villain called 'El Jaguar' helped i.d. this series for some reason as well.

But: it was obviously a Bronze Age comic, and almost certainly Marvel, from clue 1.

[InfoBroker]

I was leaning on Conan's heavily, until the third clue said the title premiered in the 60s. Even then, it was hard to abandon swords and sorcery based comics, or horror. The visual clue of the vampire bat ears pointed directly to Gil Kane's pencilling handiwork, but I was thinking Ernie Chan on the inks, for I fear I was still biased on it being an s&s comical book.

But I couldn't think of any that started in the 60s. I was even getting ready to call Kimo on it, ready to claim he had blundered.

Daredevil was NOT even close to being a search candidate.

Nice job tG, and a wag of my MMMS membership card (I've got two of them) to the cover-meister (or should that be meister-scanner?). Very sneaky!

-jb the not quite sulking ib-

[Lone Ranger]

My congratulations on getting through to four clues with this mainstream Marvel superhero comic (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=28658&zoom=4), viz and to wit Daredevil 122. I am especially impressed by your covering the Gil Kane art - an obvious indicator of the publisher in the 'seventies - by choosing one with an atypical inker for the superhero comics - at one point I briefly thought of Conan! Your hints were also misleading until I ran through all the characters debuting in the swingin' 'sixties from the House of (Jack Kirby's) ideas matching against known screen appearances and recalled the Hulk TV film with ol' hornhead guest-starring. Very tricky! The appearance of a villain called 'El Jaguar' helped i.d. this series for some reason as well.

But: it was obviously a Bronze Age comic, and almost certainly Marvel, from clue 1.

That's it- 100 points for T Guy.

Thanks - I am pretty proud of myself for stringing it along this far. I figured the bat wing would make this look like anything BUT a Daredevil book. I've never actually seen that Hulk movie, but it sounds hilarious.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[T GUy]

I've never actually seen that Hulk movie, but it sounds hilarious.

Not as much as the one with Thor.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

NOTE - Over the past few days, I have twice accidentally posted clues from this cover, including the full cover for a few minutes (my brain not working), so if you happened to see this one in advance perhaps it would be best if you just took a time out until the next round. Thanks.

[Bill Angus]

Not as much as the one with Thor.

Weren't they both in the one with Daredevil? I remember seeing some of it... what a odd and ill-fitting combination.

Oh, and a terrible movie (even by TV movie standards.... )

[Red Oak Kid]

The 1988 made for tv movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns" featured a guest appearance by Thor.

This was followed by the 1989 made for TV movie "the Trial of the Incredible Hulk" which guest starred Daredevil. And the Hulk's lawyer was Matt Murdock.

I "think" one or both of these were filmed in Canada, eh.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the second clue

HINT - Don Heck contributed to this series

[T GUy]

the Hulk's lawyer was Matt Murdock

'Your Honour, would you ask my learned friend to stop badgering my clent while he is on the witness stand? For the good of us all.'

[Cherokee Jack]

Unless LRs misleading us, I'd guess there's a flying saucer on the cover. I'll share one of my (no longer) secret cover sites in case anyone wants to search for it. I checked, but can't find it. But my eyes aren't the best this early in the day, and the images are small.

http://www.ufopop.org/ufopop_comics.php

[Mike Kuypers]

That's a great site, CJ, but after looking at comics published between 1960 and 1970 I can't see anything matching the visual clue.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 40s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is teh 4th clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 80s

[Red Oak Kid]

Wonder Woman 132, (whew)

[Cherokee Jack]

"Saucy" Amazon Babe?

[Mike Kuypers]

For the record, this one is on the flying saucer website.

[T GUy]

"Saucy" Amazon Babe?

I believe that the word 'saucy' has changed meaning in the decades since this classic hit the world.

It is not alone.

[Lone Ranger]

Wonder Woman 132, (whew)

That's it! 100 points for ROK.

I guess there aren't that many hardcore Wonder Tot fans around these parts.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover.

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series underwent at least one name change

[Red Oak Kid]

Superboy 85

[Mike Kuypers]

Superboy 85

You have better eyes than I do. I looked at Superboy -- and Superman -- because I kept thinking it looked like Curt Swan. And the name-change clue fit both. (I even looked at Action, which became Action Weekly for a time.)

[Lone Ranger]

Superboy 85

Nice job - 300 points for ROK.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

[Graham Vingoe]

I'd got as far as guessing that it was a Superboy title, but started with 200 and worked backwards missing this cover entirely.
Good catch ROK.

[Red Oak Kid]

Superboy 85

The main tip off was the coloring. It just had to be a DC from late 50s early 60s. And it did look like Swan to me. Made me think of that Superman cover of a giant baby Superman reaching out for a flying car while his dad sat on his shoulder and told him it was not a toy.

Looked at Action first, then Adventure(anyone remember when they tacked the word Weird to Adventure during the Spectre run?)

Then Superboy, and I have learned not to skim over the thumbnails. I look at them very slowly nowadays.

[Mike Kuypers]

Superboy 85

The main tip off was the coloring. It just had to be a DC from late 50s early 60s. And it did look like Swan to me. Made me think of that Superman cover of a giant baby Superman reaching out for a flying car while his dad sat on his shoulder and told him it was not a toy.

Action Comics #325, my first issue of Action. I almost looked at that one first, but the name-change clue stopped me. A few minutes later I remembered the change to Action Comics Weekly. Not that it mattered.

I don't think "Weird Adventure" was ever an official title, so I wouldn't expect LR to give such a hint if it was Adventure. I hope I'm right on this.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is NOT a Big Two book


In terms of "WEIRD Adventure" - I wouldn't call that a name change as I don't think the indicia ever changed. I might say that it had a short-lived title change only on the cover, or something like that.

[T GUy]

In terms of "WEIRD Adventure" - I wouldn't call that a name change as I don't think the indicia ever changed.

Coprrectimundo.

I might say that it had a short-lived title change only on the cover, or something like that.

I think it more likely you'd remember that it began life as New Comics.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

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

[T GUy]

I am very suprised that I'm able to get this one, i. e. Avon's Eerie Issue 7, July 1952. GCD cover scan here (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=214570&zoom=4).

After the third clue and the hints I thought to myself 'Hmmm... pre-code horror... is that Mike Sekowsky?' and poked my cyber-nose into Standard and Avon horror titles. After a while came that Eureka! moment.

And it now occurs to me: did Sekowsky ever get published by Avon? And according to the GCD, this cover is Wally Wood with possible Joe Orlando inks. I'm obviously just recognising the (or a) 1952 horror art style...

[Lone Ranger]

I am very suprised that I'm able to get this one, i. e. Avon's Eerie Issue 7, July 1952. GCD cover scan here (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=214570&zoom=4).

After the third clue and the hints I thought to myself 'Hmmm... pre-code horror... is that Mike Sekowsky?' and poked my cyber-nose into Standard and Avon horror titles. After a while came that Eureka! moment.

And it now occurs to me: did Sekowsky ever get published by Avon? And according to the GCD, this cover is Wally Wood with possible Joe Orlando inks. I'm obviously just recognising the (or a) 1952 horror art style...

That's it! 200 points for T Guy

I don't know if Sekowsky did work for Avon. He definitely worked for Ace, and I always get Ace and Avon mixed up.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This comic does not have a CCA stamp on the cover

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

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

[Red Oak Kid]

Crazy 6

[Lone Ranger]

Crazy 6

Great work ROK - 200 points for your growing collection.

What tipped you off?

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]

Great work ROK - 200 points for your growing collection.

What tipped you off?



Because of work, I didn't see this one till the third clue. So I didn't get side tracked looking at mummy covers. The girl looked just like the work of Will Elder so I thought MAD, but no luck.

Then I started trying to think of other satire comic books. I thought of From Here to Insanity, but that wasn't it.

I was trying to think of one word titles similar to MAD when I tried searching Crazy. At this point it was just a likely word to me, since I had totally forgotten about Crazy magazine and the 70s Crazy comic and I was completely unaware that there had been a version of Crazy in the 50s.

Doesn't this comic predate MAD?

[Lone Ranger]

I was trying to think of one word titles similar to MAD when I tried searching Crazy. At this point it was just a likely word to me, since I had totally forgotten about Crazy magazine and the 70s Crazy comic and I was completely unaware that there had been a version of Crazy in the 50s.

Doesn't this comic predate MAD?

I think Mad first appeared in 1952, and the first issue of Crazy was published in late 1953.

It's not a bad little magazine. There is artwork by Maneely, Mort Drucker and Howie Post (although his 6 page story isn't mentioned on the Atlas Tales site - I may email them).

[T GUy]

I didn't get side tracked looking at mummy covers. The girl looked just like the work of Will Elder so I thought MAD, but no luck...

I was trying to think of one word titles similar to MAD when I tried searching Crazy. - ROK

Yeah, I was one of those poor suckers looking through Astonishing, Uncanny Tales, Mystic and Marvel Tales for covers with mummies on. Even after the Elderish faces appeared I couldn't think of any humour titles that'd been used more than once. I remembered Aargh! from the Bronze Age, but not Crazy and its re-use(s).

Once more I have to salute the Lone Ranger's trickyness.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is teh 3rd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 40s

[Bill Angus]

Captain Marvel Jr. #62

[Lone Ranger]

Captain Marvel Jr. #62

That's it!

200 points for Bill Angus.

Another weird and wonderful Fawcett (Faucet?) cover.

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 60s

[Bill Angus]

Going out on a limb here....

Justice League of America #200?

[Lone Ranger]

Going out on a limb here....

Justice League of America #200?

Bill Angus always shines on the anniversary covers! He solved our first cover ever, the first cover to the previous version of GTCC and now issue #200 here.

You collect 400 points good sir.

Here is the full cover.

I am actually going to take a bit of a breather. I need to get myself organized for the next batch of cover.

This thread may be dormant for a little while.

Thanks everyone.

[Lone Ranger]

OK, we are back.

Thanks for all of the comments and suggestions.

Here is the first clue to the next cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This comic is not CCA approved

[Mike Kuypers]

Howdy Doody #6

[TheBronzeMarvel]

Nice work, Mike!

[Mike Kuypers]

I owe it all to Scott Shaw! and Oddball Comics. ;)

[Lone Ranger]

Howdy Doody #6

Nice job - 300 points for Mike K

Here is the full cover - not exactly the most culturally sensitive cover of all time.

New one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 90s

[MDG]

I owe it all to Scott Shaw! and Oddball Comics. ;)
I knew I'd seen it before somewhere--I think it's also in color in an overstreet guide. I remembered that it was with some non-comicbook character, but couldn't think of which.

MDG

[Mike Kuypers]

I knew I'd seen it before somewhere--I think it's also in color in an overstreet guide. I remembered that it was with some non-comicbook character, but couldn't think of which.

I had the same feeling. At first I thought maybe it was an adaptation of a children's story. The second clue revealed enough to make me think I'd seen it on Oddball Comics. But I still didn't know the title. And there are over 1100 covers on the OC website. So I did the Google Images trick. But I still had to scrutinize almost 40 pages of thumbnails before it popped up. So I got a pretty good workout on that one. :)

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This comic in an adaptation of a novel

[Graham Vingoe]

right deductive logic leading to wild guess time.

Theres not a lot of 1990's comics I know of which were adapted from novels. it doesn't appear to be a First Comics Classics Illustrated, so you're left looking at other publishers. logically the big 2 come first and alphebetically DC comes before Marvel. so we start looking at DC for the 1990s.
I'm throwing out Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber issue 1 as the first guess in the pot. its not right but it looks more likely to be that than Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. truthfully though I'm stumped :confused:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This comic is based on a property that was once licensed to Marvel.

[MDG]

I'm gonna guess an adaptation of Solomon Kane, but can't pin it down. If that's right someone else can take it from here...

MDG

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - This comic book was written by Mike Baron

NOTE - I don't think it's on the GCD.

[Bill Angus]

Well, it looks like some sort of Star Wars thing (and it has pretty much since the first clue), but I'll be damned if I can find it.

[Reptisaurus!]

Oh. I think I have this. It's an oversize adaption of... some Star Wars thing. Return of the Jedi, maybe?

[Mike Kuypers]

And I was thinking Star Trek. Was there a Peter David novel turned into a comic?

[Bill Angus]

Hmmm... I considered that too, early on. But there's no Star Trek at all listed on Baron's website (though, I doubt what's there is a complete comicography), or in his credits (as a writer) in the GCD....

[Reptisaurus!]

That's a Tie Fighter and a Star Destroyer for sure. And google tells me that Mike Baron wrote a lot of Star Wars stuff. I still can't find out if I'm right or not, though.

[Bill Angus]

Star Wars: The Lost Command #1?

[Mike Kuypers]

That's a Tie Fighter and a Star Destroyer for sure. And google tells me that Mike Baron wrote a lot of Star Wars stuff. I still can't find out if I'm right or not, though.

Oops. I didn't even look at the third clue visual. You're right.

[Bill Angus]

No... I don't think that's right either....

[Bill Angus]

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1

[Reptisaurus!]

Yep. Just found it on the Dark Horse site.

[Lone Ranger]

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1

You see, people want more recent books - but then I come right out and stump them.

100 points for the determinted Bill A.

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire is a very good novel written by Timothy Zahn that picks up about 5 years after Return of the Jedi. There were two sequels to this book(Dark Force Rising and Last Command), so it forms a 3rd trilogy of sorts.

I am not a big Movie tie-in/sci-fi fan kind of reader - but I really, really enjoyed these books.

The comics don't do them justice.

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

[Bill Angus]

You see, people want more recent books - but then I come right out and stump them.

Well, to be fair, I never said anything about comics from the 90s...

[Lone Ranger]

Well, to be fair, I never said anything about comics from the 90s...

That's true.

Don't worry - there's some good late 70s and 80s stuff coming down the pipeline.

[TheHistorian]

You see, people want more recent books - but then I come right out and stump them.

Er, no they don't...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 40s

[Lone Ranger]

Er, no they don't...

Yes they do.

At least that was the information, among other things, relayed to me in a confidential memorandum last week by the Senior Fathers of the Guess the Classic Cover Secret Society.

Never heard of them?

You never will again.

I've already said too much.

[InfoBroker]

Point of order counselor.

It's not necessarily a bad thing to stump us (Unless it's DD #5) and hey, if it gets us looking at recent classic comics covers then it's cool, because that is a nice cover.

I've already said too much.

Yes, on that subject you will follow me to my chambers. There are some men wearing red, numbered hoods that would like a word with you. Number 9 in particular is quite aggitated with your recent disclosures.

-jb the red-scared ib-

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Vince Alascia and Charles Nicholas contributed to this title

[TheBronzeMarvel]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Vince Alascia and Charles Nicholas contributed to this title
And which of the reportedly 3 Charles Nicholas would that be?

[Lone Ranger]

And which of the reportedly 3 Charles Nicholas would that be?

This is just one of those hints meant to confuse more than help.

My goal is to get people looking to Charlton titles, since this one isn't a Charlton book.

[Mike Kuypers]

Young Allies #15

When I saw the first visual clue yesterday I thought it looked like one of those '40s Schoenberg covers where every torture device is clearly labeled (very funny). But I never followed up on my hunch.

[Lone Ranger]

Young Allies #15

When I saw the first visual clue yesterday I thought it looked like one of those '40s Schoenberg covers where every torture device is clearly labeled (very funny). But I never followed up on my hunch.

That's it! 200 points for Mike K.

This cover is actually apparently by Sol Brodsky (according to a few onlines sources I've seen, and a question marked credit at Atlas Tales), but I thought it was Schomburg at first glance. Anyone have any expertise in differentiating a Brodsky from Schomburg?

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

[TheHistorian]

At least that was the information, among other things, relayed to me in a confidential memorandum last week by the Senior Fathers of the Guess the Classic Cover Secret Society.

Our bitter enemies, the SFGCCSS!

*hiss*


Clearly, they have interecepted the messenger from the True Descendants of the Golden Scion of Classic Cover Guessing, for our report would have been wholely different! This means war!

*ooommmmmmmmmmmm*

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title underwent a name change

[Bill Angus]

Well, I haven't got a clue what the title is... but that's some nice inking.

[T GUy]

As a friend of mine once put it, mock-poetically: It's Toth, he quoth.

Having recognised the style and era, the title change hint narrowed it down to what I was thinking anyway, i. e. Sensation or All-American (it later occurred to me that the next port of call would be All-Star); having initially thought 'western' I then thought 'possibly not with swords rather than guns' and 'did' Sensation Mystery before drawing a blank and redirecting my hoss over the sagebrush to All-American Western, panning the gold from the riverbed with No. 122 (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=9152&zoom=4), October-November, 1951.

Spotting this first time out (I was not near to a computer for the first clue and hint) does not make up for me never having answered the 'phone rung and a voice on the other end saying 'Hello, this is Jack Kirby. Alex Toth tells me you're a pretty good inker.'

[Mike Kuypers]

Wow. I never would have gotten this one.

[Lone Ranger]

All-American Western #122

Very nice word T Guy.

300 points for your collection.

I love, love, love this cover.

Of course, we'd get to see a lot more swordplay from Alex Toth in a few years when he drew Zorro.

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

[Bill Angus]

Very nice word T Guy.

300 points for your collection.

I love, love, love this cover.

Of course, we'd get to see a lot more swordplay from Alex Toth in a few years when he drew Zorro.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

Man that's a beautiful cover. And I'd completely forgotten about it (and realizing it's Toth... well no wonder I was impressed with the inking).

Nicely done, T Guy.

[Red Oak Kid]

Now that one is right down the middle and ROK swings and sends it out of the ballpark for a grand slam.

Chilling Adventures in Sorcery 3 from Archie.

Drawn by Gray Morrow.

[Lone Ranger]

Now that one is right down the middle and ROK swings and sends it out of the ballpark for a grand slam.

Chilling Adventures in Sorcery 3 from Archie.

Drawn by Gray Morrow.

Whoa - very impressive.

400 big points for the Kid.

Here is the full cover. Damn, do I love Gray Morrow.

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

[TheHistorian]

You've set a new record for nothingness in a clue... what the heck are we looking at there?

[Sir Tim Drake]

This is from an issue of Ambiguous Comics, published in a year subsequent to 1950. It had interesting stories by certain creators.

[Lone Ranger]

You've set a new record for nothingness in a clue... what the heck are we looking at there?

You'll see (eventually), as I am sure you'll recognize the cover after the big reveal.

Here is the second clue

HINT - This title underwent a name change

[Lone Ranger]

This is from an issue of Ambiguous Comics, published in a year subsequent to 1950. It had interesting stories by certain creators.

Did you steal that synopsis from the Slings and Arrows guide?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This comics shares a title with a one-shot from the 90s

[T GUy]

Tales of Suspense #80

[Lone Ranger]

Tales of Suspense #80

That's it! 200 points for T Guy.

What finally flicked the switch for you?

I know the clues were not huge, but I have to be extra careful with 60s Marvel books 'round here.

I love this particular cover- definitely one of the best from that title (IMHO).

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

[T GUy]

LR: That's it! 200 points for T Guy.

What finally flicked the switch for you?

The first clue left me mystified. After leaving the computer awhile to deal with issues such as two new Primary Schools, returning a jacket to a shop and bathing, I found you'd posted two more clues and hints. The clue made me think Kirby, the hints made me think Tales to Astonish or the like.

After trawling through the entire pre-hero run of TTA on the GCD and flipping o'er to Strange Tales - after checking that that title was one of the ones with a one-shot in the nefarious 'nineties - and finally having recognised the Red Skull's leg I had the sudden insight: this is Cap vs. the Red Skull featuring the Cosmic Cube with the wind on the cover! It was then a mere matter of looking at TTA in the 90s (issue-number-wise), realising that that was the brief Kane period and looking for earlier Skull appearances. Bingo!

I know the clues were not huge, but I have to be extra careful with 60s Marvel books 'round here.

Fair enough comment. Personally, I have instructed the guards to beware the possibility of the infobroker's robot assassins tonight.

I love this particular cover- definitely one of the best from that title (IMHO).

IMHO 2.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title made its debut in the 30s

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Matt Baker contributed to this issue using a pen name.

[Bill Angus]

Jumbo Comics #82

[METAROG]

Jumble! Jumble! Oh sorry... Jumbo Comics #82! ;)

Ooops, too late!

[Bill Angus]

Missed it by that much....


would you believe that much?

[Lone Ranger]

Jumbo Comics #82

That's it!

100 points for Bill A.

I love this cover - it is definitely in my Top 3 Jungle covers.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue for the next classic cover

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 80s

[Lone Ranger]

Jumble! Jumble! Oh sorry... Jumbo Comics #82! ;)

Ooops, too late!

No Jumble for a while.

They take me at least and hour to put together and I haven't had that kind of time on my home computer.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Ross Andru contributed to this title

[InfoBroker]

... I have instructed the guards to beware the possibility of the infobroker's robot assassins tonight.


Normaly I would program them to use Tarleton's Quarter, then you and all your guards would be doomed. But since I have difficulty getting online much of late, I will spare you this time.

Now had this been Suspense #81 (my first TOS) then both you and Kimosabe would have met your "Cowpens"

Hmmm... that doesn't have the same ring as "Waterloo"

-jb the watch out for cowpiles ib-

[Lone Ranger]

Here is th 3rd clue

HINT - This comic was co-plotted by a woman

[Mike Kuypers]

Captain Carrot #16

It was that last hint that did it. I thought of Dann Thomas. I did a writer search at the GCD. Lucky for me this comic's title began with a C. If it was an X-Men book I'd still be searching!

[Slam_Bradley]

Captain Carrot #16

It was that last hint that did it. I thought of Dann Thomas. I did a writer search at the GCD. Lucky for me this comic's title began with a C. If it was an X-Men book I'd still be searching!


I was thinking Kim Yale. That didn't get me anywhere.

[Lone Ranger]

Captain Carrot #16

It was that last hint that did it. I thought of Dann Thomas. I did a writer search at the GCD. Lucky for me this comic's title began with a C. If it was an X-Men book I'd still be searching!

That's it - 200 points for Mike K.

I was very close to pulling the 'Someone here at CBR contributed to this issue' clue, but I was saving it for the 4th one.

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 company got out of the comic book game in the 50s, but many of its titles were continued by another company.

[Mike Kuypers]

True War Romances #20

[Bill Angus]

That was quick.. I just finished checking G.I. Sweethearts...

[Mike Kuypers]

Actually I was there a l-o-n-g time looking at romance-themed Quality titles. I almost missed it entirely.

[Lone Ranger]

True War Romances #20

Isn't it romantic?

200 points for Mike K, who didn't want to admit to recognizing it after the first clue.

Here is the full cover (which I uploaded to the GCD just a few days ago, when I noticed they didn't have one, otherwise I'm not sure this would have been solved) - this title became Exciting Romances, which was not picked up by DC.

I was hoping some people might start looking into the Fawcett titles, as many of those were carried on by Charlton.

New one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

[MWGallaher]

I really thought I had 400 points here with Power Man #18! Nope, not it...back to the search...

[Lone Ranger]

Here is teh 2nd clue

HINT - This comic contains both new and reprinted material

[METAROG]

Giant-Size Conan #4.

[Bill Angus]

I never would have got that.

Nicely done.

[Lone Ranger]

Giant-Size Conan #4.

Nice job

300 points for ROG.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

NOTE - I have decided to follow some suggestions and experiment with a new way of revealing clues for the next 10 covers.

There will be a total of 4 clues, taken from different parts of the cover (as opposed to clue revealing more and more of the same section of the cover).

The next 10 covers after that will be back to normal, and then I may alternate again.

I am out of town for a 3-day weekend, so I won't likely have any more clues up until Monday night.

[Lone Ranger]

Ok, one more before I go

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series had slight name change

[Lone Ranger]

Hi everyone

I'm back with a 3rd clue

Sorry for the delay, but we got (get ready for the typical Canadian excuse) Snowed In.

Kat, Logan and I spent the weekend at my family's place 2 hours NW of Toronto. From Saturday to Monday, we got nearly 3 feet of snow and most roads were closed. We were caught totally unprepared as this has been a very green winter.

On top of that - I cut a knuckle on my left hand pretty badly on a ski edge and I had to hit the local ER for a couple of stitches. Lots of adventure.

We are back in the big city (where we received a whopping half inch of snow).

HINT - The title character first appeared in another series.

[Red Oak Kid]

Archie 269

[Red Oak Kid]

From the beginning, I figured this was an Archie comic. But I thought that was a slot car controller in his hand, so I was looking for slot car covers, of which there are several.

But for some stupid reason I looked at every Archie title except "Archie".

[Lone Ranger]

Archie 269

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 is not a Big Two book

[Cherokee Jack]

Daring Confessions # 7?

[Cherokee Jack]

Daring Confessions # 7?

[Lone Ranger]

Daring Confessions # 7?

Even though that's not 100% correct, I am going to make an executive decision and give you that one, Scott!

400 points for you.

Here's the problem. It is actually #8 - but the GCD states that #7 is the final issue. I tried to contact them to get the new number added and to upload my cover, but haven't heard back yet.

Here it is in full - 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]

Even though that's not 100% correct, I am going to make an executive decision and give you that one, Scott!

400 points for you.

"My Sister and I" If that's his confession I'm all creeped out! :eek:

[Lone Ranger]

"My Sister and I" If that's his confession I'm all creeped out! :eek:

It's great that you noticed that one, Mike - when I saw that, I just had to own this book.

As itt turns out, it is a story about two sisters fighting over the same man.

Not quite as 'Daring'.

[Mike Kuypers]

It's great that you noticed that one, Mike - when I saw that, I just had to own this book.

5+ years of reading Oddball Comics columns has sharpened (warped?) my eye for comics weirdness, I guess.

[Lone Ranger]

Another strange thing about this book is that Julius LaRosa, the singing sensation (currently residing in the Where Are They Now? file) is a supporting characters in the first story, and his 'fan club' helps to run a little interference in the name of 'love'.

Does anyone else own any issues from this title? Does the quasi-celebrity on the cover always end up in one of the stories?

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

[MDG]

Does anyone else own any issues from this title? Does the quasi-celebrity on the cover always end up in one of the stories?
I don't have any issues, but I think a lot of Charlton's other business came from publishing music mags (Hit Parader may have been one). Having singers appear in the comics could've been part of a deal with a press agent or record company to get a feature for the magazines.

MDG

[Sir Tim Drake]

I don't have any issues, but I think a lot of Charlton's other business came from publishing music mags (Hit Parader may have been one). Having singers appear in the comics could've been part of a deal with a press agent or record company to get a feature for the magazines.

Charlton apparently had a long history of publishing music magazines. If I recall correctly, Charles Santangelo started out by publishing lyrics to popular songs. He was arrested for copyright infringement and went to jail, which was where he met the other founder of Charlton.

[InfoBroker]

Well a casual scan of the second clue tickels the MCIC #1 membranes.

But I need to confirm...

-jb the semi-confident ib-

[InfoBroker]

Always best to confirm, for it's really the pointy arrows and mini-covers on Marvel Tales #3.

-jb the impatient ib-

[Lone Ranger]

Always best to confirm, for it's really the pointy arrows and mini-covers on Marvel Tales #3.

-jb the impatient 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 has a 10 cent cover price.

[Bill Angus]

Off-Register Follies #18

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series had a title change

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Both Alex Toth and Joe Kubert contributed to this series

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - The character featured on this cover was also regularly featured on the cover of 3 other series published concurrently.

[Mike Kuypers]

Sensation Comics #50

[Lone Ranger]

Sensation Comics #50

Well done - 100 points for Mike K.

I thought the HG Peter artwork would have been spottend earlier.

WW, of course, also appeared in her own title, Comic Cavalade and All-Star Comics back in '46.

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

[Mike Kuypers]

Well done - 100 points for Mike K.

I thought the HG Peter artwork would have been spottend earlier.

WW, of course, also appeared in her own title, Comic Cavalade and All-Star Comics back in '46.

Yeah, it was that last hint that put me on the right track. (That and seeing Steve Trevor trussed up!) At first I thought the purple suit belonged to the Joker, so I looked at a lot of Batman and Detective covers. Oh, well.

[Slam_Bradley]

Dagnabbit. I forgot you were going with the new format. So I only looked at the last clue. It didn't scream H.G. Peter to me, though it did scream golden age DC. I went through All-Star and was considering where to go next when Mike got it.

[Lone Ranger]

Dagnabbit. I forgot you were going with the new format. So I only looked at the last clue. It didn't scream H.G. Peter to me, though it did scream golden age DC. I went through All-Star and was considering where to go next when Mike got it.

I've got covers in this new format set up until #120 and then we are going back to the old format for the next ten, and then back to the new format for the following ten.

What do you guys think of this newer format? Does it makes things tougher or easier?

Do you want to see me stick with one over the other? I am afraid that switching back and forth will be confusing, but I want to give the new one a good long test run for now.

[Bill Angus]

So far, I'm finding this format more challenging.

Not sure that I like that.... ;)

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

Hint - Although this series was only around for 5 years or so, it had 3 different cover prices.

NOTE - I don't think this series is on the GCD - although I'd swear I saw it there a while back.

[Mike Kuypers]

With this format the hard part is keeping the various images in mind while searching cover images. I know they're always here for reference, but when I'm in tracking mode I really don't want to backtrack. Maybe that's just me.

[MichikoS]

Dell's The Rifleman #2
Michi

[Lone Ranger]

Dell's The Rifleman #2
Michi

Nice job - 300 points for Michi.

How long have you had that cover in your avatar?

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.

[Watchman]

Y'know, I can't recognize any of these covers. :(

I wish I was alive way back when so I could have read these comics. :)

[Lone Ranger]

With this format the hard part is keeping the various images in mind while searching cover images. I know they're always here for reference, but when I'm in tracking mode I really don't want to backtrack. Maybe that's just me.

Yup - it's just you. :D

I see what you mean - it makes tracking a bit more difficult and it's more a matter of piecing together a puzzle.

A good idea might be to save the images to your own computer for easier reference.

Do others find this aspect too distracting or does it make it more challenging?

[Lone Ranger]

Y'know, I can't recognize any of these covers. :(

I wish I was alive way back when so I could have read these comics. :)

Watchman

Welcome to the game - don't worry, I will be featuring some more recent covers too.

What is you 'era' of expertise?

[Watchman]

What is you 'era' of expertise?
See... That's sort of greyish... I read a bunch from the late 80s and 90s as a kid, then quit, then came back last year or so. And I'm still a youngster. :)

I do own some old comics, but for the most part, they're gone.

For the most part, I just like looking at old comic covers, but I guess I'll try anyway. :)

[MichikoS]

How long have you had that cover in your avatar?

Changed it tonight in honor of the last Classic Cover.
Michi

[Mike Kuypers]

Well, no wonder I didn't get the Rifleman cover. I didn't recognize Chuck Connors without his log. :cool:

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

[Jolly Mon]

Well, no wonder I didn't get the Rifleman cover. I didn't recognize Chuck Connors without his log. :cool:

He's gonna get splinters......

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This comic was published before the end of WW2

[Lone Ranger]

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Bernie Krigstein contributed to this title

[Mike Kuypers]

Master Comics #48

Until you tossed in that bit of Capt. Marvel Jr. I assumed this was one of those horror/crime comics.

[Lone Ranger]

Master Comics #48

Until you tossed in that bit of Capt. Marvel Jr. I assumed this was one of those horror/crime comics.

That's it!

100 points for Mike K.

You are right - this is a very strange CM Jr. cover. Much moodier than normal.

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