Guess the Classic Cover - All New #1 Collector's Edition [Archive] - Page 9

scratchie

03-09-2006, 01:51 PM

Nice work scratchie! 200 points for you.As Homer Simpson would say, "I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean, S-M-A-R-T!"

Excuse me, just feeling a little giddy.
Tell us how you solved this one - did you look through a list of movies or did it just occur to you?I looked through a list of comic titles. Actually, I started by looking at a list of Oscar winners, but I don't know nearly enough obscure comic book titles to make that approach worthwhile.

But, my impression has been that Dell and Charlton seem to be the two biggest "non-big-two" publishers (at least in this game), so I went to GCD and searched by publisher to pull up a list of every comic title they had in their database for each publisher.

I figured that the title being spoofed was likely to be an extremely well known movie -- e.g., Gone With the Wind or Mutiny on the Bounty rather than, say, Cimarron or The Life of Emile Zola -- so I just scanned down the lists of comic titles until something rang a bell.

Slam_Bradley

03-09-2006, 01:53 PM

I looked through a number of Blondie covers for those pearls. To no avail.

Mike Kuypers

03-09-2006, 03:14 PM

I looked through a number of Blondie covers for those pearls. To no avail.

Me, too! And Dagwood. :o

Lone Ranger

03-09-2006, 06:56 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Don Heck contributed to this series

spoon_jenkins

03-09-2006, 09:24 PM

That looks sort of like the cover to Spectacular Spider-Man #134, but I doesn't look like it actually matches any portion.

InfoBroker

03-09-2006, 10:14 PM

Take out the Spectacular and make it Uncanny...

Swap X-men for Spider-man,

But leave the number 134.

-jb the Heroes and Hellfire ib -

Lone Ranger

03-10-2006, 06:37 AM

Take out the Spectacular and make it Uncanny...

Swap X-men for Spider-man,

But leave the number 134.

-jb the Heroes and Hellfire ib -

That's it!

300 points for JB.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-10-2006, 06:38 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 60s

Lone Ranger

03-10-2006, 01:21 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

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

Mike Kuypers

03-10-2006, 01:27 PM

This one looks so familiar it's killing me!

Bill Angus

03-10-2006, 01:44 PM

The lettering looks like Kubert or Aparo... at least to me...

Bill Angus

03-10-2006, 02:36 PM

Green Lantern #63

Geez... I've been unable to get through for about a half hour... I figured someone else would've gotten this by now.

Lone Ranger

03-10-2006, 02:44 PM

Green Lantern #63

Geez... I've been unable to get through for about a half hour... I figured someone else would've gotten this by now.

That's it! 300 points for Bill A.

This is a cool Neal Adams cover.

I am going to take a brief break to get the next batch of cover organized, so I may not have #251 up for a few days.

Mike Kuypers

03-10-2006, 03:36 PM

Green Lantern #63

Geez... I've been unable to get through for about a half hour... I figured someone else would've gotten this by now.

I was offline for awhile or might have found it. At first I thought it was Action Comics #358 (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=21565&zoom=4). I guess I was on the right track, since this was not only a Neal Adams cover but also from 1968. The use of color lettering in balloons was pretty common then.

J'onn J'onzz

03-13-2006, 06:28 PM

To Lone Ranger: Who is... what is... pnothing? I did a google on it and found nothing comprehendable.

To Infobroker: Thanks for the link, ib! You've been helping a lot with the Len Chat email and the link and all.

On topic: I didn't realize that this game is at cover #250! Wow! Talk about successful! Can't wait for the wait to be over!

Lone Ranger

03-14-2006, 10:47 AM

To Lone Ranger: Who is... what is... pnothing? I did a google on it and found nothing comprehendable.

On topic: I didn't realize that this game is at cover #250! Wow! Talk about successful! Can't wait for the wait to be over!

My avatar was just my lame entry into this week's avatar contest. The theme was 'Stuff you don't need' - and my choice was a Silent P.

Actually, this is the 3rd version of Guess the Classic Cover.

The previous version hit 400 covers, but we launched this edition last June (May?). That version is still on the Board if you want to track it down and check out the cover.

A couple of years back, the CBR forums crashed and everything was lost. That's what people refer to as pre-meltdown or pre-Zero Hour around here. The original Guess the Classic Cover was on that board (dating back to Sept, 2003?). I believe we were approaching 250 covers there before the meltdown.

So, if you add it all up, we have gone through about 900 covers. My scanner now groans everytime I turn it on.

The wait won't be much longer - I just haven't had much computer time lately and I need to get organized.

Lone Ranger

03-15-2006, 06:30 AM

We are back.

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Lone Ranger

03-15-2006, 10:15 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 70s

Lone Ranger

03-15-2006, 08:16 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This series was published under two different imprints

Jeddy

03-16-2006, 12:36 AM

Daisy and Donald 30

The coloring looked Gold Key and the Whitman clue helped.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 06:51 AM

Daisy and Donald 30

The coloring looked Gold Key and the Whitman clue helped.

Nice job - 200 points for Jeddy.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 06:52 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 09:12 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series had a slight name change in the 40s

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 11:29 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - George Tuska and Gil Kane contributed to this series.

NOTE: I've just noticed that it's not up on the GCD, not is it on another well known site. Sorry - I thought it was up there and that's why I never put it up, the issue itself has been indexed, though. Don't worry - the next clue will enable you to answer it without proof.

Mike Kuypers

03-16-2006, 01:43 PM

Leading Comics #19?

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 02:48 PM

Leading Comics #19?

No, wrong company.

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Although the GCD credits this cover to Larry Lieber (and had previously credited it to Joe Manelly), the Atlas Tales website credits it to John Severin.

Mike Kuypers

03-16-2006, 03:00 PM

I'll try again! Western Outlaws #17?

InfoBroker

03-16-2006, 03:03 PM

I'm trying to find a cover before I blurt out Western Winner #6, but I'm not having much luck.

-jb the bushwacked ib-

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 03:24 PM

I'm trying to find a cover before I blurt out Western Winner #6, but I'm not having much luck.

-jb the bushwacked ib-

Nope, that's not it.

Here's another hint: This series went on a 6-month hiatus in the 60s

Mike Kuypers

03-16-2006, 03:25 PM

Does my guess get a nope too?

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 03:49 PM

I'll try again! Western Outlaws #17?

Sorry - here it is officially.

Nope.

It's much more mainstream.

T GUy

03-16-2006, 04:16 PM

I'll try Kid Colt, Outlaw, nee Kid Colt, Hero of the West, No. 37... not on the GCD.

I note from the fourth clue that Severin signed the cover.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 04:23 PM

I'll try Kid Colt, Outlaw, nee Kid Colt, Hero of the West, No. 37... not on the GCD.

I note from the fourth clue that Severin signed the cover.

Oh, boy - this is what having a baby in the house does to me. Sorry everyone.

I don't have enough time to make sure all of my covers are loaded onto the GCD.

T Guy - you are on the right track but you are going below the 'Speed Limit'

Mike Kuypers

03-16-2006, 04:48 PM

Two-Gun Kid #55?

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 05:02 PM

Two-Gun Kid #55?

All right. That's it! 100 points for Mike K!

Sorry to make this one so tough, folks.

I will now upload my cover onto the GCD -since I think it's pretty awesome.

Now - is this Joe Maneely, Larry Lieber or John Severin? Or someone else.

This 'theme' was partially borrowed for another Marvel western cover - one of my all-time favourite. I won't tell which one, because I may use it for the game.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 05:03 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC cover

spoon_jenkins

03-16-2006, 05:10 PM

That looks like the back of a Guardian's head. Maybe it's Green Lantern #172.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 05:36 PM

That looks like the back of a Guardian's head. Maybe it's Green Lantern #172.

No sir - but I always appreciate the educated guess.

Lone Ranger

03-16-2006, 11:33 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - A Canadian contributed to this series

Jeddy

03-17-2006, 01:51 AM

It's Infinity Inc # 2.

T GUy

03-17-2006, 06:36 AM

Sorry to make this one so tough, folks.

I will now upload my cover onto the GCD -since I think it's pretty awesome.

Now - is this Joe Maneely, Larry Lieber or John Severin? Or someone else.

What, someone else mischievously forged Severin's signature just below the right foot of the owlhoot (I believe that is the correct term) in the pinstripe purple pants?

T Guy Kid (not to be confused with Kid Colt).

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 07:45 AM

It's Infinity Inc # 2.

That's it! 300 points for Jeddy.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Mike Kuypers

03-17-2006, 07:47 AM

That's it! 300 points for Jeddy.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

A good choice for St. Patrick's Day. :)

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 07:47 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 07:52 AM

What, someone else mischievously forged Severin's signature just below the right foot of the owlhoot (I believe that is the correct term) in the pinstripe purple pants?

T Guy Kid (not to be confused with Kid Colt).

You know - I saw that when I was preparing this cover a while back and made sure to avoid including any part of the signature in the clues. I don't know why I totally forgot about it. I don't tend to actually look at the covers while I am posting clues.

So, Atlas Tales obviously has it right. The GCD had it wrong both times. It's interesting that they chose Larry Lieber over Maneely, as I can't think of any covers drawn by him in the 50s.

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 01:53 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

T GUy

03-17-2006, 02:52 PM

Re 253:

Lone Ranger: I... made sure to avoid including any part of the signature in the clues.

T Guy: I refer my learned friend to my post No. 2042 and his fourth clew.

2042: I note from the fourth clue that Severin signed the cover.

2036 (Lone Ranger): Here is the 4th clue

HINT - Although the GCD credits this cover to Larry Lieber (and had previously credited it to Joe Manelly), the Atlas Tales website credits it to John Severin.
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Looks like that vital piece of evidence has gone astray. You may be able to get a not uilty verdict...

:D

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 02:56 PM

What I was trying to do was avoid the signature until the final clue, and then just add a piece of it. Of course, I had forgotten all about that when it actually came time to post the clues and hints. I was so concerned with seeing if there was an online version of the cover that I wasn't even paying attention to my own scans!

What a 15-week old baby can do to a man's brain!

Lone Ranger

03-17-2006, 03:18 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

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

NOTE - I am computer-free until Sunday night. See you then.

Red Oak Kid

03-17-2006, 04:55 PM

Having recognized the art of Wally Wood, it is Strange Worlds #4.

Mike Kuypers

03-17-2006, 04:56 PM

Having recognized the art of Wally Wood, it is Strange Worlds #4.

Great! Now what am I going to do with my weekend? :)

Red Oak Kid

03-17-2006, 05:02 PM

You could organize and cross reference the Oddball Comics Archives. :D

Mike Kuypers

03-17-2006, 06:05 PM

You could organize and cross reference the Oddball Comics Archives. :D

That would take a lot more than a weekend! (Hopefully Scott! has already taken care of this with the new website.)

Lone Ranger

03-19-2006, 01:38 PM

Having recognized the art of Wally Wood, it is Strange Worlds #4.

That's it! 200 points for ROK.

Atlas also had a short-lived Strange Worlds series.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-19-2006, 01:39 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This series made its debut in the 50s

Mike Kuypers

03-19-2006, 02:56 PM

Tales to Astonish #12

J'onn J'onzz

03-20-2006, 06:08 AM

How can you recognize a cover by just a mouth from the 50's? (You're probably right but I'm just wondering...)

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 06:31 AM

Tales to Astonish #12

No, sorry.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - Jack Kirby contributed to this series, though.

Mike Kuypers

03-20-2006, 07:10 AM

How can you recognize a cover by just a mouth from the 50's? (You're probably right but I'm just wondering...)

Well, apparently I couldn't. But my guess was based on the feeling it looked like a Marvel comic and LR saying the title debuted in the '50s. If it's a Marvel there are only a handful of candidates: Amazing Adult Fantasy, Journey Into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish, and Tales of Suspense. I was looking for white teeth in a black mouth, and TTA #12 seemed to fit.

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 07:12 AM

How can you recognize a cover by just a mouth from the 50's? (You're probably right but I'm just wondering...)

He, like many others around here, are mutants.

Luckily, I am able to use my own hex powers to get by the first clue from time to time.

Slam_Bradley

03-20-2006, 07:55 AM

Thought it might be Yellow Claw #2. But my rememberer was obviously broken.

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 10:27 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title was cancelled in the 80s

T GUy

03-20-2006, 12:59 PM

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 01:09 PM

Haxing recognised one of Steve Ditko's feet, I was led, via a combination of hints, to House of Mystery No. 277 (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=34098&zoom=4).

Mr Ranger, I put it to you that you were relying on many people having forgotten that Ditko did the odd cover for DC mystery titles late in their runs.

But T Guy too smart for puny humans! T Guy search through House of Secrets and House of Mystery rather than Charlton ghost titles! More. I was holding The Unexpected in reserve.

However, I salute the fox for leading me a merry chase (except that that's the wrong western character...).

Nice work - 200 points for T Guy.

Actually, I regretted the Jack Kirby hint - as I later felt it would steer people away from Charlton towards DC. Looks like I was right.

I just love, love, love this cover. It is a sight to behold, IMHO.

I had this book as a kid and it always kind of freaked me out. I recently picked up a copy via Lone Star Comics and had a real walk down memory lane.

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

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 01:13 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It was published in the 70s

scratchie

03-20-2006, 01:25 PM

... recognised one of Steve Ditko's feet ...I love you guys!

Lone Ranger

03-20-2006, 05:29 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series made its debut in the 70s

J'onn J'onzz

03-21-2006, 06:02 AM

One person can identify by feet, another by hands, and the third by a mouth! What talent we have, here!

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 06:45 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Frank Springer and Mike Zeck contributed to this title

scratchie

03-21-2006, 07:54 AM

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #24

Boy, those guys both drew a lot of different comics, huh?

I just poked through GCD until I found a title they both had worked on. Took longer than I expected, too, given the number of "genre" titles they both drew in the mid-70s.

Funny thing is, when the first clue was posted, I thought those 70s wide lapels might be some kind of weird swamp grass (I'm mildly color-blind) and was looking at Man-Thing covers!

Mike Kuypers

03-21-2006, 08:47 AM

I thought it was a Marvel horror title, too. :D

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 09:33 AM

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #24

Boy, those guys both drew a lot of different comics, huh?

That's it! 200 points for scratchie.

After looking at the cover, it's pretty obvious that it was published in the 70s.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 09:49 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

scratchie

03-21-2006, 09:55 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover priceAnyone recognize that trouser cuff??

InfoBroker

03-21-2006, 12:33 PM

Anyone recognize that trouser cuff??

My initial inclination is/was Woozy Winks. But he only has three cleats on the soles of his shoes. (http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=5215&zoom=4)

-jb the don't have time to look further ib -

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 01:36 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title had a change in genre.

Red Oak Kid

03-21-2006, 03:27 PM

Police Comics 70

InfoBroker

03-21-2006, 04:51 PM

Well wadda know, Woozie had a second set of loafers.

-jb the (Winking at ROK) ib - :cool:

Red Oak Kid

03-21-2006, 05:12 PM

Well wadda know, Woozie had a second set of loafers.

-jb the (Winking at ROK) ib - :cool:

You owe me 100 points. After the first clue I was considering looking at Plastic Man covers, but your post gave me the impression that you had already checked. So I went and looked at Elmer Fudd covers.

But the second clue sure looked like it could be Plas so I decided to give it a shot.

I won't forget this. :eek:

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 07:57 PM

Police Comics 70

That's it! 300 points for ROK.

My jaw dropped when JB mentioned Woozy.

Now the question is who is going to published The Complete Woozy Winks Footwear Index?

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-21-2006, 07:58 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Lone Ranger

03-22-2006, 06:53 AM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title debuted in the 40s

Mike Kuypers

03-22-2006, 07:31 AM

Capt. Marvel Adv. #76

Lone Ranger

03-22-2006, 07:42 AM

Capt. Marvel Adv. #76

That's it!

300 points for Mike K.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-22-2006, 07:44 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This title contains new material as well as reprints.

T GUy

03-22-2006, 01:50 PM

This title contains new material as well as reprints

Is this a deliberately ambiguous, tricky LR-style hint? My first though was that initial run of Marvel Super-heroes, with the new feature in the front and a clutch or passel of reprints bringing up the rear. However, the art style doesn't look like late Silver Age Marvel to me.

Do you mean all issues were a mix, or that some were new and some reprint? Or something else? :confused:

Lone Ranger

03-22-2006, 02:06 PM

Is this a deliberately ambiguous, tricky LR-style hint? My first though was that initial run of Marvel Super-heroes, with the new feature in the front and a clutch or passel of reprints bringing up the rear. However, the art style doesn't look like late Silver Age Marvel to me.

Do you mean all issues were a mix, or that some were new and some reprint? Or something else? :confused:

Deliberately Ambiguous?

Moi?

Well, I never!

To answer your question: yes! :)

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

Lone Ranger

03-22-2006, 07:15 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title had a name change on the cover, but not in the indicia

J'onn J'onzz

03-22-2006, 07:41 PM

I spent a lot of time looking through Superman and Batman titles. Particualrly the 70's Batman and Superman Family titles but just couldn't find that one cover!

scratchie

03-22-2006, 08:25 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This title had a name change on the cover, but not in the indiciaOf course! [Adventures into] Fear #19! I thought that leg looked familiar!

Lone Ranger

03-23-2006, 06:35 AM

Of course! [Adventures into] Fear #19! I thought that leg looked familiar!

That's it!

200 points for scratchie.

Of course, Fear started out as a 25 cent Marvel Monster reprint title, but went on to be the home of the likes of Morbius and Man-Thing.

Here is the full cover.

New one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-23-2006, 06:37 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC book

Mike Kuypers

03-23-2006, 07:01 AM

Of course, Fear started out as a 25 cent Marvel Monster reprint title, but went on to be the home of the likes of Morbius and Man-Thing.

I wasn't too far off. I was looking at Creatures on the Loose and Monsters on the Prowl yesterday. Never thought of Fear, though.

Lone Ranger

03-23-2006, 02:20 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 60s

Lone Ranger

03-23-2006, 06:36 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - This comic's story has been reprinted in comic book format,as well as in hardcover format.

Red Oak Kid

03-23-2006, 06:50 PM

Jla 16

J'onn J'onzz

03-23-2006, 06:50 PM

Deadman comes to mind immediately but nothing else. Couldn't find any covers with him that looked like that.

Mike Kuypers

03-24-2006, 06:52 AM

Good eyes, ROK. I looked at a ton of DCs from the '60s and never imagined it was a JLA cover.

Lone Ranger

03-24-2006, 07:22 AM

Jla 16

Well done - 200 points for ROK.

It's really tough to disguise team books, as the costumes tend to fill up the cover.

This one, however, gave me the opportunity to make it look like a DC sci-fi book - greatly aided by the fact that it's drawn by Murphy Anderson.

Here it is in full - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-24-2006, 07:23 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

scratchie

03-24-2006, 07:55 AM

This one, however, gave me the opportunity to make it look like a DC sci-fi bookFooled me. I browed through a few Mystery in Space covers before giving up. One of these days, I'll get one of these on the second clue...

Mike Kuypers

03-24-2006, 07:58 AM

I looked at all the DC anthology books and most of the Superman family books. I was afraid it would turn out to be a western cover. :)

Red Oak Kid

03-24-2006, 08:20 AM

Good eyes, ROK. I looked at a ton of DCs from the '60s and never imagined it was a JLA cover.

I looked at EVERY DC comic between 1960 and 64(which seemed to be the high water mark for SF themed covers).

JLA was the very last one I looked at.

Lone Ranger

03-24-2006, 08:20 AM

So, what you are saying is that you all hate me.

InfoBroker

03-24-2006, 08:47 AM

Now that looks like an Igor-Broker hand.

I didn't know any comic book artists(Lee Elias maybe?) were using him for visual source material.

re: Kimo's popularity

Well Kimo, all I can say, if I were hosting this thread, it would be more than just Red Oak despising me, because I liked the random snippit clues and I would even be trying some Photoshops tricks like image blurring and stain-glass abstractions to test other forms of visual detection.

aside: to Red Oak

It truely was my intent to steer people towards Plas' related covers, not away from them. Like I said, I truely didn't have time to go searching. I can see how my wording might cause some to assume I eliminated Woozy.

Sorry...

I think I have an idea for how to make it up to you.

back to hate:

Hopefully once I get the totals caught up I will at least be tolerated in these parts and hey it might just happen this weekend, since I plan to do my taxes then. I'll be screaming for distractions and procrastinations.

-jb the paranoid ib-

Mike Kuypers

03-24-2006, 08:58 AM

So, what you are saying is that you all hate me.

You I like. Nellie Olson, not so much.

Lone Ranger

03-24-2006, 10:12 AM

You I like. Nellie Olson, not so much.

This week's theme in the avatar contest is 'Stinkers'.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This series went on hiatus twice, for at least a year and a half each time.

Lone Ranger

03-24-2006, 05:58 PM

Here is 3rd clue

HINT - It was published in the 90s

Sir Tim Drake

03-24-2006, 07:42 PM

Madman Comics #9

InfoBroker

03-24-2006, 11:59 PM

Re: Madman #9

See I told you it was Igor-broker's hand. He's a madman I tell you.

Nice job Aaron. Well played.

On other fronts:

It has taken nearly three hours to compile, but the threat of doing my taxes shocked me into finally tallying the next three sets, 50 in each set, of Classic Comics Covers. Well taxes and those filthy fingernails on Igor-Broker. Those things are really disquisting!

Anyway, sometime later today (it's the wee hours of Saturn-day morning where my bleary eyes and I are residing), I will post the scores for the past three sets of 50 comics.

Meanwhile here are some interesting statistics on Kimosobe's cover choices. Maybe you can spot some trends and patterns here. I know I can't.

Also, you need to take this tally with a minor grain of koser salt. Some of these comics don't exactly codify into genres very well, so in a few places I was just taking some stabs and slightly carefree tosses.

For Starters here are the stats for covers 101-150 that posted in late October to mid-December of 2005.

One cover each for Adventure related, Crime coveted, Romance enthralling, and Science Fiction skyrocketed (although I find it a stretch to call Weird Science solid Sci-fi) genres.

Two each for Western wondered, [b]Teen tossled, Jungle jimmy-ed and Humor hogwashed categories.

The savage, war-mongering blood of our Canadain brother expressed itself dearly as five(!) War based comics reared their evil heads. Yes the evil Twin took down most of them. I can only assume that Little-Logan's little-bundles had taken on some extra aroma during this period.

Horror based comics had 8 rip-snorting (er wait a minute, I think that's a western adjective - I'm definitely tired), comic books and as expected the long-underwear comics were runaways, scoring 24 covers, or nearly have of the comics for this set.

As for decade breakdowns, Kimo reached back in time with 9 covers from the war-torn 40s, 12 from the horrorfying 50s, 19 from the tumultuous 60s, 8 from the passive 70s, 1 for the Reganomic 80s, and another mere 1 from the bubble bursting 90s.

I'll do the other two sets along with the scores once I get some sleep.

Good Night Gracie!

-jb the (up all night) ib-

http://webpages.charter.net/astrozoid/cover101.jpg

InfoBroker

03-25-2006, 08:18 AM

The Gender (er, I mean Genre) Gap:

Peace treaties (and less onions for Logan) worked their wonders and the War genre only managed one measly cover this go round. The other singulary showings were the Romance and good-Humor comics. As opposed to bad-humor, which only shows up in my posts.

TV-based, Jungle jumping, Crime and "FA" had dual doses. I use two letter abbrevations for my genre categories, and at the moment, I can't remember was FA is suppose to represent. Flying Aces? Friendly Atmosphere? Fallen Angels? Ah, maybe it will come to me before I end this post.

We did three Western round ups, and similar to the Apollo Astronauts, a trio of Science Fiction comics blasted into space.

Finally, like a broken-record, the super-hero comics dominated the standings with 20 representatives. I don't know where the masked-man finds all these things. I mean, it's not like the comics industry churns out very many of these pajama-clad cuties.

Maybe FA means "Family Approved"... NAH! That will never happen in a comical book.

The Decades Draw Up and then Down

Forties had four, while the Fifties really jumped with 18(!) representatives.

The sixties maintained their grredy ways with 21 classic comics gems.

That left very little openings for the remaining decades as the 70s had 4, the 80s took 2 and the nineties a meager 1.

I got it! FA is budget challenged version of the Federal Aviation Adminstration. They couldn't afford a second "A" on their Letterheads.

http://webpages.charter.net/astrozoid/cover151.jpg

jb the (Funny Animal) ib-

InfoBroker

03-25-2006, 08:50 AM

Genres Get Grimey: or the Revenge of Little-Logan

The singular sensations for this set (Early-Feb to Mid-March) are the Wild Westerns, the Tempetuous Teens, and the sordid Science Fiction.

Wicked War comics did a double take, as did the insect invested Jungle Tales.

Humor and Funny Animals comics had triplets, and Adventure comics moved into the quads.

But Logan's loads got lumpier, muckier, slimy and very smelly. At lest according to the subliminal, subconcious revelations of Scott's inner emotional EGO-ID, as indicated by these Classic Comics Statistics. In this time frame, the Horror Comics soared on the graphs, making it into double digits and topping out at eleven. I'm sure Freud will concur with my findings, and WOW! Way to go Logan! <*CLAP! CLAP!*> <*CLAP! CLAP!*>

And like Frued's significant focus on his father's family jewels, Scott continues his obsession with these spandex super-jockies. As 22 covers, they remain the bulk of Scott choices. Talk about favoritism.

The Decade Debacle

The Forties are Furious at Finding they are Forever Finalizing at Four Frontpieces.

The Fifties Find Fortitude with Fourteen Frightful Fillings.

The Sixties are Standing Solid at Sixteen Samplings.

The Seventies are Sizzling because Eleven doesn't alliterate with their name. It does rhyme with Seven however.

The Eighties are Elated to Expand their Entires to half of Eight (ha ha - I snuck that one in from the Elongated-Zone).

The Ninites remain Nasty, Noting theiy Navigated a mere Notch above Naught.

http://webpages.charter.net/astrozoid/cover201.jpg

-jb the (off to play in Photoshop now) ib -

Lone Ranger

03-25-2006, 08:53 AM

Madman Comics #9

That's it!

200 points for Sir Tim.

Here is the full cover - I thought that hand looked like it came from a pre-code horror book.

New one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-25-2006, 08:54 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a DC book

Lone Ranger

03-25-2006, 08:56 AM

Nice work JB

It's interesting to see how things work out. I don't really have much of a game plan, except to throw it a bit of everything. Different genres, different companies, different eras.

Of course, the superhero bias is a reflection of my collection - but also what I think others might recognize more easily.

InfoBroker

03-25-2006, 09:37 AM

Of course, the superhero bias is a reflection of my collection - but also what I think others might recognize more easily.

Yea, uh huh! Sure! And I suppose you're going to tell me that they are the most prevelant type of comic being published over the past four decades as well.

Come over here.

Please... sit down.

I have some ink splotches I want you to look at. It's called a Rorschach Test.

What's that you say?

There's a Super-hero with that name?

Hmmmmmm... interesting.

Of course I believe you.

Now tell me, what do you see?

-jb the psycho-analytic ib -

Red Oak Kid

03-25-2006, 10:02 AM

justgiveustheFLIPPINtotals. :D

Lone Ranger

03-25-2006, 07:21 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 70s

Lone Ranger

03-26-2006, 11:12 AM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Robert Kanigher contributed scripts to this series

T GUy

03-26-2006, 11:33 AM

I apologise for taking so long over this, but I got there in the end - it's Rima, the Jungle Girl No.4, Oct.-Nov., 1974, (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=27805&zoom=4).

Robert Kanigher contributed scripts to this series

I'm not sure... well, that may be literally accurate on a point of pedantry, but if so it's possibly the most tricky LR hint yet.

Lone Ranger

03-26-2006, 01:29 PM

I apologise for taking so long over this, but I got there in the end - it's Rima, the Jungle Girl No.4, Oct.-Nov., 1974, (http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=27805&zoom=4).

I'm not sure... well, that may be literally accurate on a point of pedantry, but if so it's possibly the most tricky LR hint yet.

Hey, sometimes I just go by what the GCD tells me.

I was trying to figure out a way of working in a Green Mansions clue without giving it away.

200 points for T Guy.

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-26-2006, 01:38 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

J'onn J'onzz

03-26-2006, 07:38 PM

That must have taken many an hour IB! Honestly, it's kind of obvious most would be superhero oriented, that being THE MAIN GENRE OF COMICS FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS as IB said.

I'll never guess where those flowers came from being as they're not a big two and flowers aone will never do much to help me find something.

Lone Ranger

03-27-2006, 12:26 PM

Couldn't get onto the boards all day.

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This cover was originally published more than a decade earlier with a different background colour.

Cherokee Jack

03-27-2006, 04:18 PM

Well it's not this comic (s).

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=248492&zoom=4

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=248493&zoom=4

Slam_Bradley

03-27-2006, 04:19 PM

Well it's not this comic (s).

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=248492&zoom=4

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=248493&zoom=4

That was the first one I looked at as well.

Red Oak Kid

03-27-2006, 04:23 PM

me three.

Lone Ranger

03-27-2006, 05:36 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - You guys are very warm - it is a movie adaption.

NOTE - This title does not appear to be on the GCD.

Red Oak Kid

03-27-2006, 06:04 PM

It is on the GCD.

If you know what you are looking for, it is easier to find at Mile High.

I'll wait for the fourth clue to give others a chance at solving it.

InfoBroker

03-27-2006, 07:17 PM

Don't need no GCD, just need to reach over into one of my homemade comic boxes, and...

Yeppers! There it is!

Well almost. Mine is the one with the different background color.

-jb the (light spectrum has shifted) ib -

Jeddy

03-28-2006, 12:43 AM

I found the Dell version but can't find the Gold Key one in the GCD.

I presume that's the challenge now.

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 06:50 AM

Here is the 4th clue

HINT - It is a Gold Key book, and I'll be happy to accept different variations of the title as the correct answer, as it is listed under 'M' in the Overstreet Guide.

I still can't find it on the GCD - so you are much better at this than me, ROK.

Mike Kuypers

03-28-2006, 07:02 AM

Sleeping Beauty and the Prince is the 1959 Dell version. I have no idea what the Gold Key version is called.

Graham Vingoe

03-28-2006, 08:48 AM

I've been trawling through Gold Key titles and best guess is a random issue of Walt Disney Presents. Cant find it and run out of patience now so PLEASE ROK, tell us the damn answer!!!!!

METAROG

03-28-2006, 10:52 AM

Red Oak Kid

03-28-2006, 11:14 AM

Sorry. At the time I made my post I was thinking that any variation would solve it.

Like Mike K. I found the Dell version at Mile High. Which also gave the Four Color issue #. It was the Four Color issue that I saw on the GCD.

Sorry about that chief.

InfoBroker

03-28-2006, 11:20 AM

I'm thinking it is a March of Comics promotional piece, numbered somewhere in the 330-350 range. If someone can nail it down further than that, by all means chime in here and claim the points.

I won't swear to my conclusions above either, but I'm pretty sure it's NOT the Walt Disney Digests, and probably not the Walt Disney Showcase either

-jb the (pretty sure) ib-

Mike Kuypers

03-28-2006, 11:25 AM

This is indeed a Walt Disney Presents Sleeping Beauty. I am not sure of the number but it is one of those 25 cent giants with a poster inside.

Oh, the "M" is probably for "Movie Comics" as there are a whole bunch of these Gold Keys based on movies.

You're right, Metarog. Check this out:

http://www.mycomicshop.com/megastore/search?pcat=Comics%2DAll&til=20023

InfoBroker

03-28-2006, 11:25 AM

WOW!

Well done Metarog. Your Cryptic ways are a wonder to us all.

-jb the late on his posting ib-

METAROG

03-28-2006, 11:37 AM

WOW!

Well done Metarog. Your Cryptic ways are a wonder to us all.

-jb the late on his posting ib-

Thanks, these Dell, Gold Key, Whitman covers can really be confusing since any given title can fall into all three but I do remember some of those 25 cent giants pretty well.

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 12:51 PM

This is indeed a Walt Disney Presents Sleeping Beauty. I am not sure of the number but it is one of those 25 cent giants with a poster inside.

Oh, the "M" is probably for "Movie Comics" as there are a whole bunch of these Gold Keys based on movies.

Nice detective work ROG - I'm not too worried about the #, because I really don't understand the Movie Comics system. Sorry folks, I didn't know what I was getting us all into here.

100 points for ROG

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 01:01 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - This series had a name change

METAROG

03-28-2006, 01:59 PM

This looks like Thor #163.

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 02:01 PM

This looks like Thor #163.

It sure does - 400 points for ROG.

Now, that was a bit easier than that last one, wasn't it?

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 02:02 PM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It has a 10 cent cover price

Mike Kuypers

03-28-2006, 03:37 PM

This looks like Thor #163.

Wow. I was so intent on looking at Marvel's monochromatic covers (including Thor #153) I completely missed the one right under my nose! :)

Lone Ranger

03-28-2006, 07:17 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It is not a Big Two book

J'onn J'onzz

03-28-2006, 08:00 PM

Ah, more of the lone ranger's infamous body parts! :D 10 cent non-big 2 rules me out.

Jeddy

03-28-2006, 11:33 PM

Glamorous Romances 72 from Ace Magazines

Lone Ranger

03-29-2006, 07:11 AM

Glamorous Romances 72 from Ace Magazines

Not so fast Jeddy

You can't just solve that one for a cool 300 points without some sort of explanation.

Come on - let's hear it. How did you figure it out? There are only a gazillion non Big-Two romance books with photo covers - how did you nail this one? I am very impressed

Here is the full cover - new one up soon.

Lone Ranger

03-29-2006, 07:11 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

HINT - It is a pre-Code book

Jeddy

03-29-2006, 07:29 AM

I was actually looking for the arm behind the ear.

Those covers are not as numerous.

Lone Ranger

03-29-2006, 02:49 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - This title underwent a change in genres

Jeddy

03-29-2006, 05:50 PM

Comic Cavalcade 17.

I looked all around and then remembered this cover.

Lone Ranger

03-30-2006, 06:57 AM

Comic Cavalcade 17.

I looked all around and then remembered this cover.

That's it.

Nice job Jeddy. 300 points for you.

Here is the full cover from the my beat up copy.

Lone Ranger

03-30-2006, 06:59 AM

Here is the first clue to the next classic cover

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

Lone Ranger

03-30-2006, 01:49 PM

Here is the 2nd clue

HINT - It was published in the 80s

Lone Ranger

03-30-2006, 06:55 PM

Here is the 3rd clue

HINT - Both Buscemas contributed to this title

METAROG

03-30-2006, 07:48 PM

That's What If? #41.

Lone Ranger

03-31-2006, 06:53 AM

That's What If? #41.

That's it!

300 points for ROG.

Here is the full cover.

ROK will be up with a new cover at some point this weekend.

*passes torch*

Red Oak Kid

03-31-2006, 08:31 AM

ROK will be up with a new cover at some point this weekend.

*passes torch*

Tha...OWW, OWWWwww, that's HOT! Holy Crud it set the drapes on FIRE!

Oh MY GOD my house is burning down!!!

Oh the humanity!

Next cover up later this afternoon.

Lone Ranger

03-31-2006, 08:40 AM

Next cover up later this afternoon.

Yay - that means I might still be around to take a crack at it.

Red Oak Kid

03-31-2006, 03:07 PM

Here is the first clue to the next Classic Cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book with this title.

Red Oak Kid

03-31-2006, 05:37 PM

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It was published in the 70s.

J'onn J'onzz

03-31-2006, 07:11 PM

Has this ever happened before (the passing of the flame business)? I thought only Lone Ranger was qualified to do this. :confused: Not that I"m complaining, mind you, ROK has much less obscure cover bits. I mean a big face for clue one! Much easier than a hand. Unfortunately I have no idead what the cover is. :(

T GUy

04-01-2006, 02:12 AM

Has this ever happened before (the passing of the flame business)?

Yup. And it was ROK who stepped in to hold the fort then, as well.

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 05:24 AM

Here is the third clue.

Hint: This DC comic has a 40 cent cover price.

spoon_jenkins

04-01-2006, 05:36 AM

That'd be Jonah Hex #19. Got it from his gray sleeve.

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 07:22 AM

That'd be Jonah Hex #19. Got it from his gray sleeve.

Great!

200 points for Spoon.

I had some of the gray showing in the second clue, but it probably wasn't as noticeable as I thought.

There was a futuristic version of Hex also. Does anyone know if he was related to the western version?

New cover up shortly.

J'onn J'onzz

04-01-2006, 07:51 AM

You mean hex right? I know what it's about but I've never read it. Jonah was tossed into the future by the crisis and met a future batman. I think at the end of the series he returned home, but that's just a guess. Honestly the only Jonah Hex story I've ever read was the Secret Origins issue with him in it. I also remember Dan Jurgens on Booster Gold disliked it because it was too pessimistic. Hope that answers your question.

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 08:52 AM

You mean hex right? I know what it's about but I've never read it. Jonah was tossed into the future by the crisis and met a future batman. I think at the end of the series he returned home, but that's just a guess. Hope that answers your question.

I should have known it was Crisis related.

Here is the first clue to the next Classic Cover

Hint: There has been more than one comic with this title.

MWGallaher

04-01-2006, 10:05 AM

That's Outsiders #11! There's no mistaking Aparo texture marks!

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 10:27 AM

That's Outsiders #11! There's no mistaking Aparo texture marks!

yeah, there isn't.

I was hoping if I put enough spin on this one, and buried it on a weekend, I could sneak it past you.

400 points for Jim Aparo's #1 fan, MWG.

I only have 300 points on hand, so I'll have to write an IOU for the other 100. LR is supposed to fax me some more points on monday, if he's still sober.

New cover up later today.

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 11:26 AM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: This is a big two book.

(look, since 6 months ago, when LR asked me to fill in for him, I have been working night and day to get some covers ready. I managed to get 3. Two have already been solved. That means this one has to last until next Friday. So please don't solve it too quickly, or I will be in trouble with LR.)

T GUy

04-01-2006, 02:11 PM

this one has to last until next Friday. So please don't solve it too quickly
:D

This girl is very familiar... but no luck on Conan, Giant-Size Conan, Kull, Fear, or Man-Thing.

V. strange...

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 02:54 PM

:D

This girl is very familiar... but no luck on Conan, Giant-Size Conan, Kull, Fear, or Man-Thing.

V. strange...

oohhhhhhh, you were so close.

heeheehee

Mike Kuypers

04-01-2006, 04:08 PM

I checked Fear, Man-Thing, Howard the Duck and Werewolf By Night hours ago. She sure looks familiar.

T GUy

04-01-2006, 04:15 PM

Hi, Mike. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I have added the following to the list: Amazing Adventures, Astonishing Tales, Ka-Zar, Howard the Duck, Supernatural Thrillers, Worlds Unknown, Chamber of Chills, Sub-Mariner, Creatures on the Loose and even Chamber of Darkness. I even suspected an artist aping Kane/Janson and checked DC's Beowulf and Claw.

Okay, I'm off to Marvel Spotlight now...

scratchie

04-01-2006, 04:47 PM

Damn, that looks familiar. I'd swear I owned that comic at one point but I can't find it my collection now.

Red Oak Kid

04-01-2006, 05:38 PM

Here is the second clew.

Hint: It's a Marvel comic from the 70s(big surprise, huh?).

Bonus Hint: A scan of this cover appears twice on the GCD, under slightly different titles.(Sheesh, I'm such a softy. I don't want it to be solved too quickly, but I do. But I don't.)

Red Oak Kid

04-02-2006, 07:18 AM

Floppy prob solved.

Red Oak Kid

04-02-2006, 03:26 PM

Here is the third cluw.

Hint: This title ran for 31 issues in the 70s. It underwent a slight title change beginning with issue 10.

T GUy

04-02-2006, 03:41 PM

That'd be Fear 27.

I looked at the Man-Thing issues earlier. Doh!

Red Oak Kid

04-02-2006, 03:58 PM

That'd be Fear 27.

I looked at the Man-Thing issues earlier. Doh!

Yes that would be Fear 27.

Doh! is right.

200 points to T Guy.

If I recall correctly, the issues listed under "Fear" are indexed, but the same issues listed under "Adventures into Fear" are not indexed. DoH!

Anybody know who this chick is? And why she's dressed this way(not that I'm complain')?

Mike Kuypers

04-02-2006, 04:40 PM

If you had told us it cost 8p I would have gotten it.

Red Oak Kid

04-02-2006, 04:44 PM

If you had told us it cost 8p I would have gotten it.

Tell it to the Marines.

Here is the first clue to the next cover

Hint: It is not a big two book.

J'onn J'onzz

04-02-2006, 04:58 PM

Wait, I thought that you couln't get any more covers down until friday? Ah well, I'm glad I have something to do over the next week. (Not like I actuallyget any of these.) And I had that Outsiders 11 sitting out too!

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 04:36 AM

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It was published in the 60s.

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 11:09 AM

OK, I am at work and can't upload a third clue.

But I am going to give you the third hint: There has been a tv show and movie with the same title as this comic book.

I will post the third image around 4:00pm cst. If you solve it before then, you get 300 points. In other words, the points don't drop to 200 until I actually post the third image.

T GUy

04-03-2006, 01:02 PM

There has been a tv show and movie with the same title as this comic book.

That may mean I missed something and have to re-search a title on the GCD...

This is going to be that consarned Fear cover all over again, isn't it? When did LR say he was going to be back?

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 03:05 PM

That may mean I missed something and have to re-search a title on the GCD...

This is going to be that consarned Fear cover all over again, isn't it? When did LR say he was going to be back?

LOL.

Here is the third clue.

Besides being on TV and movies there was also a radio show and an animated Sat. Morn cartoon of this title.

Bill Angus

04-03-2006, 03:14 PM

Lone Ranger #23 (Gold Key -1975)

Very cute ;)

Edit: Though, I thought you said it was published in the 60's... was this cover re-used from somewhere else?

Mike Kuypers

04-03-2006, 03:19 PM

Lone Ranger #23 (That radio show clue helped!)

EDIT: Darn you, Bill! :D

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 03:24 PM

200 points for Bill and I see I did screw up one of the Hints. :o

I said it was published in the 60s but that is not the case. Dang it.

I'm sorry for the incorrect hint. I have no good excuse for that one.

I saw on GCD that the Gold Key run began in 64 so it didn't occur to me that it would take 11 years to publish 23 issues. But I should have double checked anyway. :(

New cover up shortly.

Mike Kuypers

04-03-2006, 03:25 PM

I don't seem to be receiving email notifications from CBR. Anyone else having this problem?

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 03:28 PM

I don't seem to be receiving email notifications from CBR. Anyone else having this problem?

It seems to fluctuate. Sometimes I get them immediately, and other times they are 30 min. or more late.

I was watching the "views" of my clues yesterday and I noticed they are reported in batches. The number would remain unchanged for hours and then suddenly increase by 4 or 5. So I don't think the 'views' are being updated in real time.

Mike Kuypers

04-03-2006, 03:40 PM

There's nothing about the problem in the CBR Q&A forum. Of course the way the boards have been acting up lately nothing surprises me.

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 03:44 PM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.(I think)

Hint: This title began in the 1940s.(I think)

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 03:48 PM

Lone Ranger #23 (Gold Key -1975)

Very cute ;)

Edit: Though, I thought you said it was published in the 60's... was this cover re-used from somewhere else?

No, it just took that friggin' Gold Key 11 years to publish 23 issues of this title. :D

MDG

04-03-2006, 04:31 PM

Lone Ranger #23 (That radio show clue helped!)
After I spent all my time checking Twilight Zones

MDG

Jeddy

04-03-2006, 04:53 PM

It's Superboy 163. I have this one.

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 06:07 PM

After I spent all my time checking Twilight Zones

MDG

That was my evil plan. Don't hate me.

Yes, it's Superboy 163!

400 Neal Adams points for Jeddy! Yay!

I don't think I had ever seen this cover until just a few weeks ago when I was collecting covers for this thread.

My second hint was going to be that the cover story was written by Frank Robbins.

Non Adams cover up shortly.

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 06:22 PM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: This title has been used by more than one publisher.

J'onn J'onzz

04-03-2006, 07:15 PM

Red Oak Kid

04-03-2006, 07:18 PM

TWO ISSUES A YEAR! :eek: That's almost as bad as Camelott 3000! Don't feel bad. At least you didn't think it was Dracula!

Well I'm still waiting for Steranko's History of the Comics Vol. 3.

MWGallaher

04-03-2006, 08:07 PM

Hey, I'm still waiting for Captain Shazam!

Jeddy

04-04-2006, 02:19 AM

I saw on GCD that the Gold Key run began in 64 so it didn't occur to me that it would take 11 years to publish 23 issues.

The Lone Ranger was a quarterly title like many Gold Keys and it skipped 1970 and 1971. It also seemed to get lost in the transfer of titles from Dell to Gold Key. Like Porky Pig, another long running Dell title, the Lone Ranger didn't get a second Gold Key issue until 1965.

The only regular monthly title Gold Key had from 1962 - 1974 was Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

Red Oak Kid

04-04-2006, 04:55 AM

Here is the second clue.

Tho there haven't been 10 views of the first clue, I'm going to go ahead and post the second one since it will be 4:00 this afternoon before I can post again.

Hint: This comic was published in the 60s and is NOT a big two book.

MWGallaher

04-04-2006, 05:23 AM

BLUE BEETLE 51--ol' Tony T tries awfully hard here to bring a Kirby feel to poor little Charlton...

T GUy

04-04-2006, 06:03 AM

BLUE BEETLE 51--ol' Tony T tries awfully hard here to bring a Kirby feel to poor little Charlton...
And here I was, searching through Mighty Comics covers. But once you point it out, it is so obvious...

Red Oak Kid

04-04-2006, 06:09 AM

BLUE BEETLE 51--ol' Tony T tries awfully hard here to bring a Kirby feel to poor little Charlton...

Correct.

300 points for MWG!

I also like the way they tried to emulate the Marvel cover blurbs. But failed.

Sorry, but the next cover won't be up until 4:00pm cst. sigh.

Red Oak Kid

04-04-2006, 03:07 PM

Blue Beetle #51 from Charlton.

Red Oak Kid

04-04-2006, 03:09 PM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book with this title.

Red Oak Kid

04-04-2006, 05:24 PM

Here is the second clue.

Hint: This cover was published in the 70s.

J'onn J'onzz

04-04-2006, 07:16 PM

Soon we shall reach the 150 page mark! WOW! At first I thought those were giant man pants but I don't really think so anymore, due to the clues.

METAROG

04-04-2006, 07:20 PM

I think that is Angar the Screamer on Daredevil #101.

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 04:33 AM

I think that is Angar the Screamer on Daredevil #101.

Daredevil 101 is correct!

300 pants, I mean points to Metarog.

This cover just looks weird to me, for some reason.

EDIT: In fact it looks extremely weird, since I am having trouble uploading it. What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is goin' on around here?

New cover up shortly, I hope.

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 04:43 AM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: This book underwent a slight title change.

T GUy

04-05-2006, 07:00 AM

ROK, you'll be gratified to know that I fell for it and searched the GCD for Flash covers, having remembered that it began life as Flash Comics before undergoing a slight name change.

But it does look SO like a 1960s Infa slice of art.

scratchie

04-05-2006, 07:42 AM

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 08:14 AM

Here is the second clue.

Hint: It was published in the 60s.

Mike Kuypers

04-05-2006, 08:17 AM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: This book underwent a slight title change.

Jerry Lewis #112

(I bet Dean Martin didn't think the title change was so slight.)

Mike Kuypers

04-05-2006, 08:21 AM

Dang! You snuck the second clue in while I was replying to the first! :evilangry

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 11:04 AM

Dang! You snuck the second clue in while I was replying to the first! :evilangry

Dang! you solved it before I could use my third hint; "He's big in France".

300 near miss points to Mike K.

It is indeed Jerry Lewis 112.

Next cover up at 4:00pm cst.

drnocturne2

04-05-2006, 11:44 AM

I can't believe DC published over 100 issues of Jerry Lewis.

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 03:17 PM

I can't believe DC published over 100 issues of Jerry Lewis.

I know. It should have run for a minimum of 500 issues.

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: There has been more than one book with this title.

T GUy

04-05-2006, 04:16 PM

Mike Kuypers

04-05-2006, 04:21 PM

GTCC 276 - this is Fear 27 all over again. I'd swear I've got the genre, publisher and timeframe (down to eight years) on this one, but cannot find it on the GCD in the places I've thought to look. Hordes of covers with the same sort of thing on 'em... as I said, Fear 27...

I bet we're looking at the same covers.

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 04:55 PM

Red Oak Kid

04-05-2006, 05:40 PM

Here is the second clue.

Hint: This issue was published in the 70s.

METAROG

04-05-2006, 09:16 PM

Looks like something out of "Warof the Worlds" but it is Sub-Mariner #60.

Red Oak Kid

04-06-2006, 04:51 AM

Yes, it is Sub-Mariner #60!

300 points for Metarog.

The GCD says this cover was by Buckler and Sinnott, but I don't see anything on it that looks like the work of these two.

New cover up shortly.

Red Oak Kid

04-06-2006, 04:55 AM

Here is the first clue to the next cover.

Hint: It is a big two book.

T GUy

04-06-2006, 05:43 AM

Yes, it is Sub-Mariner #60!

300 points for Metarog.

And each and every one of them is well-deserved. I was scouring Strange Tales and its stablemates, thinking a Kirby crowd fleeing Fin Fang Foom, Electro, Metallo or the like.

The GCD says this cover was by Buckler and Sinnott, but I don't see anything on it that looks like the work of these two.

Neither do I. I could believe Buckler being drowned out by an inker, but I'd want to see a cheque payable to Mr Sinnott with a notation on the back mentioning this cover.

Marie Severin, anyone.