Teeds' Comic Cover Cavalcade!

NB: EMO KID

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The original Garbage Pail Kids

Come at me, bro.

Plas gone to seed?

Community theatre Lobo?

Connect the dots

Addition and subtraction

Help me out --- who's Mr. Jodhpurs in the middle?

Based on the features in an earlier issue:

...I'd hazard "Congo Bill"

Bill, baby, you need your hat! I suppose that was the first clue that he was going to turn into the shamelessly nekkid Congorilla.

The first few times I looked at the picture I didn't see the jodhpurs, either. I wondered what Mr. Business Casual Man was doing in a 1956 Brazilian comic book.

Thanks, Exy!

[looks at title] I knew I shoulda taken that right turn in Albuquerque.

Seriously, come at me, bro.

No, dude, you come at ME, bro.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Seriously, come at me, bro.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!! I WILL SNAP YOUR ARM !!!!

On three, Jim . . . Hut, two, THREE!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Addition and subtraction

"The Illusion of the Vanishing Princess!"

I hadn't thought of it before, but it does sort of look like Superboy is buying a "date" for the evening.

Hey, Howard Stark, how's it hangin'?

Gossip columns and chandelier swinging? YES.

This is a boring cover.

So who's Capitain Cosmos? Per this site and Google translate:

Who does not remember Satellipopettes? This youth quiz aired for 10 years, from 1975 to 1985 Tele-Metropole (now VAT)

The games are summarized as follows: there are two teams and two robots. One of the robots was silver color and the other gold. Captain Cosmos (Claude Steben) was asking more or less difficult for both teams. If the team had the right answer, one of the participants of this team, put a piece of robot. To win, you must complete the assembly of the robot.

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[looks at title] I knew I shoulda taken that right turn in Albuquerque.

HA! This made me laugh.

The big dot makes a big difference in the composition, doesn't it?

The reprint gives me Verdauungsstörungen.

Perhaps the French publisher didn't "get" roller derby (although the Germans seem OK with it) and made changes. Fair enough. I wonder, did they have to change the whole story too? *If* the original story is in there, that is. I've heard that overseas reprint comic covers don't necessarily represent the contents.

Merde! I knew I shouldn't have borrowed Spidey's GPS.

Remember when grandma would declare something "almost tacky enough for the train tracks" ?

Here's her point of reference.

I have spent far too much time on this...even knowing that Jughead's superhero name is "Captain Hero".

We all noted the hair, makeup, and footwear revisions up in the Golden Age Imra? thread.

But now we've got to talk about that balcony flooring.

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Not only did the refinisher change it to a snappy checkerboard design, he or she (painstakingly?) added shine and reflection. Dedication to craft? Flooring fetish?

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The reprint gives me Verdauungsstörungen.

Ah, my new word for the evening!

I ran across Avengers 347 couple of days ago. The negative effect is great. But couldn't they have come up with a better logo color scheme to go with it? "The Avengers are dyin' or something! Here, have condiments."

Then yesterday I saw this:

It's a miss, but that gold effect is interesting.

(Another a red-and-yellow logo, sheesh. But the blue provides some balance.)

Off-Color Avengers

Wow, green and orange are not Thor's colors...

Cuentos de Brujas? Tales of the Witches?

Yeah, it was horror comics reprints for a dozen years, then they threw in Thor.

Here's another:

I'm seeing that kind of thing all the time with overseas reprints, but its not like US publishers didn't do similar things (to save money on mailing permits, I understand). Where did Thor start out? Journey Into Mystery.

PS: Thor in green and orange makes me think of green jello with grated carrots in it.

WTF?!? Did they print the office manager's fan art by mistake?

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He's been arrested, all right.

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Oh wow, the Trial of Magneto. Horrible art, horrible costume designs, horribly storyline. The horrible Strucker twins. Right in the stankiest crevices of the '80s, we had that gem.

Magneto's downcast business aside, I like the background of the reprint better than the original

The blue gives it a hint of that SA Marvel flavor.

Originally Posted by Set

Oh wow, the Trial of Magneto. Horrible art, horrible costume designs, horribly storyline. The horrible Strucker twins. Right in the stankiest crevices of the '80s, we had that gem.

I liked this issue Set! Paris was drawn!!!

I will agree on Magneto's costume though. I found this story much better than the following Avengers vs. X-Men which was a four parter with the same plot ... I still liked that though.

I liked that story a lot and loved the art. But agree on that costume! Ew!

Yep, someone (Weezie?) shoulda took one look at that costume design and told Jr. to try the eff again!

Hey, it's safe up here behind the logo! Why haven't I thought of this before??

Explosions and then tai chi in the park? You got yourself a date, mister.

Aw, yeah....OH SHIT, MY HIP.

What the...? Oh, more brokeback/ Elastisaurus business. Don't try this at home, kids.

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Here's another view of the central character. I wonder if Whisper knows Atmos?

Dedicated sentients go to great lengths/heights for a "pull my finger" gag.

A traitor among the Avengers?

Nah, it was the X-Men who snatched the milestone.

Blonde Wanda?
No.

NO! WHEN YOUR TUNIC IS THAT SHORT YOU CAN'T LIFT YOUR ARMS THAT H.....aiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!

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Slow down and buckle up! Ward on board.

Cut-Rate Daleks

I don't just like this thread, I love it!

Want some Yum Yum?

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WTF?!? Did they print the office manager's fan art by mistake?

Does that guy have a cousin in the same line of work in Lebanon?

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This is not without charm as a sketch ---- but as a cover??

Off-Color Spideys

Oh my gosh, I had that Spidey too! I loved evil reverse Spidey's costume!

Some reprint firms didn't mind that this 200 wasn't their 200, such as:

...and these guys, who thought the 200 was the best part.

Posted just because!

Caption contest bait.

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Morty there is no Lois Lane. Welcome to steerage class on Kyrpton Air!

Batman's origin, comedy version

Click here to see the SHOCKING TRUTH about this cover!

Hype Lines (Don't Do It)

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I heart Humphrey. His antics are lovable.

Freddie Mercury + Ray Banana =

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hmmm

Per Google Translate: RUMBLE AT THE SPRAY-TAN SALON!

The recoloring on Herc's mace makes it look like he's attacking Thor with Baron Zemo's severed head!

(Or maybe Arishem, the Celestial, hard to tell from that angle. Either way, it's *someone's* severed head!)

Herc and Thor fights always have so much (unintentional?) UST.

Reed's blond ambition, Doom likin' lavender, Sue sporting hot pants...BLAME IT ON RIO.

More Off-Color Avengers, or Defenders, or Whatever

WHAT GAME IS THIS? THEY WERE SIX FEET FROM THE DOCK.

MESSAGE!

"Dr. Destino"? I'm totally stealing that.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

hmmm

He's a killer queen.

I wonder what happened to this chick after you-know-who put the kibosh on crime comics. Could she wear that fur jacket in western comics?

Oh, Beppo.
For shame.

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Return of Hype Lines (Don't Do It)

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Yikes, running over kids with a steamroller!

That's a neat dynamic red & blue costume there. Like 3-D Man with the red/green, but somehow not nearly as goofy looking.

Does this remind you of anyone?

Son of Hype Lines (Seriously, Don't Do It)

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Exotic Rod

The comic so super it was #221 and #409!

Dutch comics tell it like it is!

...you know?

Speaking of spray-tan mishaps and UST...

Top Hit "Don't Stop Be-lieveling" ?

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Dutch comics tell it like it is!

I get that she shot him because she hates the smell of cheap cigars, but why is she clearly wearing a pair of tapered jeans under that official Witch of Blackbird Pond dress? Hey, Holland, time to lay off all those "medicinal herbs," if you get my drift...

Thrilling? I'd say Nonchalant. Look, kids, Nonchalant Gunplay Comics!

Wilbur beefed up and still got knocked out!

The spoiler box contains the cover. The cover.

Click only if you are intellectually and emotionally ready.

Chill. The bear's only excited because he thought you were Kenny Loggin'.

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"Friends don't let friends have bad cover composition."

"Too late, Falc. It's...too...late."

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Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

The spoiler box contains the cover. The cover.

Click only if you are intellectually and emotionally ready.

From careful study of Grizzly Van Adams' pose, I would surmise that "Ziekenbezoek" translates into English as Invisible Banjo.

I hope s/he knows "Hey Ho, Boatmen Row." That was always one of my favorites.

U DECIDE: is she shooting his hat or his hat shooting her gun?

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Poor opticianry distracts from the suggestive blimp/spire action. Tsk.

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Geez, I know Super-Bear is overenthusiastic, but he just wants your autograph, Ricky Schroeder!

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TY SIDE EYE

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Original cover
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Editions Héritage version, where BELOW THE BELT means ON THE COVER.
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Really, Cap.

No wonder the Red Skull's face is white...

They're not kidding about "Format Double"

French-Canadians are also into big green guys throwing boulders off to the side and into an inconsistent skyline.
Hulk kinda brokeback, too. Oh, you French-Canadians!

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More caption contest bait. Bilingual, even!

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SPIDER-MAN'S NEW DIRECTION

More Off-Color Avengers, or Defenders, or Whatever...NOW MINUS PANTS

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

More Off-Color Avengers, or Defenders, or Whatever...NOW MINUS PANTS

Pantsless Dr. Strange is very disturbing...

Namor is rocking the blue skin and lava-themed vesticle.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

More caption contest bait. Bilingual, even!

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en francais. if you couldn't tell from the rest of the text ... and if you couldn't "en francais" wouldn't help you.

The idea of french speaking crocodiles is kind of cute though.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

My cousin is such a wimp.

Alan Ford looks slick though!

Originally Posted by Power Boy

The idea of french speaking crocodiles is kind of cute though.

Lacoste Lad!

Yet Another Pantless, Off-Color Avengers Cover

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Yet Another Pantless, Off-Color Avengers Cover

Pants are overrated.

The judge had other ideas on the matter though...

Pov & Thoth are trapped in a world they never made!

Maybe you guys should visit this place. Still have to toe the line, though. Uh... make that observe local laws and regulations.

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Now I'm envisioning "Pov & Thoth" as a buddy comedy comic. Like Power Man and Iron Fist, but these guys don't fight crime, they just hang out.

what is the mysterious connection between legs and wheels? Has some force turned only motive parts invisible?

pants may be overrated, but does this apply to limbs?

This is a topic that should be discussed further. I think it's got legs enough

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

I feel totally lied to by those Charles Atlas strips now.

THE COVER THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE!

before laser eye surgery...

U DECIDE: Super-Happy or Space-Happy?

Everyone who thinks Alan Scott's Green Lantern outfit is nuts: please meet the Green Turtle!

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More about Green Turtle and his sidekick Burma Boy here.

Someone needs to manufacture these boots STAT. John Fluevog, are you listening?

is he strangling the villain on a carpet with turtles in the pattern (the hero's HQ, unless this is all the rage)?

or is the Green Turtle ably assisted by Shadow Turtle, who is holding the villain down?

or is it a weird shadow of what's beyond the hands (and booties) we can see on the cover?

Crap, I messed up the link!

More about Green Turtle and his sidekick Burma Boy here.

Should work now, though.

I'd buy a Green Turtle/ Lobster Johnson crossover.

very interesting note about the turtle shadow.

wow. these are the most offensive comics I have ever seen.

and yet ... Green Turtle's face is still too bad to be shown in them!

Good Lord! Thanks Teeds, now hit CNTRL Z and undo my memory of that grossness.

Why does Mano not have little hoses going into his helmet? How does he replenish his supply of a breathable atmosphere?

"Hello? Yes, I know I'm a knockoff, but surely we can do a better cover. Can we get a villain, please? I see, they're all booked? Will you try the hire agency again? Yes, I'll hold."

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"...you say they have someone? No, I don't need details, just send him over please!"

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*sigh*

I thought he was phoning a copyright lawyer

Marvelman's first brush with Grim 'n' Gritty ('n' German)

Originally Posted by thothkins

Why does Mano not have little hoses going into his helmet?

Because that's how the space-bees get in!

Of course! It would have explained why he's so grumpy all the time though...

And then there were proto-Carggites!

That's where the X-Men's Stepford Cuckoos came from then.

Why did JJJ buy Peter Parker's crappy photos? "Keep your weird thumb off the lens, Parker!"

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I'm really liking the Green Turtle's weird shadow. It just peeks out as says "Yes, I'm possessing him, and I'm going to make him do terrible things to you during this fight."

I'd expect a turtle to have more clothes on, though.

No self respecting super hero wears pants!

Telecommunication was dangerous back in the day.

..how many times do I have to tell you??

DAMN IT, AVENGERS!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

..how many times do I have to tell you??

It must be an important call if they've kept trying through a currency change.

All right, you guys, does everyone with pants have them on? Okay, pose and say "Speciale!"

THE PERFECT COVER TO CELEBRATE THE NON-200TH POST!

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Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

All right, you guys, does everyone with pants have them on? Okay, pose and say "Speciale!"

THE PERFECT COVER TO CELEBRATE THE NON-200TH POST!

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What would have been the perfect Avengers line up, with Perez art to make it even lovelier..if only The Beast had borrowed some pants.

Unlike some previous posts, I thought there was a stark contrast between these two.

There's a moose loose aboot this hoose!

The evil dead made me dislike those things even more than before. Poor animals.

IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING

Miracle houses

TARZAN OF THE MOOSE

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The perfect read on the way to a stag night.

Terrible having Spidey hallucinations like that.

Comes from reading too many Marvel comics.

This thread is starting to remind me of the S A T.

Is no one wearing pants on the cover of Avengers 1600?

Beware . . . the living shadow!

This town needs a what?

This town needs a nap!

Gordon: Batman! The Joker is planning to destroy city hall!
Batman: But surely not until after his siesta?
Gordon: You're right as always Batman. Sorry to have disturbed you.
Batman: Bye Commissioner. Nap time Robin.

Yikes! Miss America is about to be attacked by some kinda mutant jellyfish!

The Wasp has had a lot of neat costumes over the years, but that one three posts up is one of my favorites.

Take that Greenpeace activist! Oh, my skin seems to have come off with that punch...and now my hair...

Ah, when comics were fun. These days the Kilroy Kutups would be serial killers who use DIY tools on their victims.

Doctor Strange readers, help me out. Had Dormammu:
a) fallen on hard times in the 70s and picked up freelance work where he could?
b) beensentenced to community service?

I think the Smoke Monster is an analogy to what the Dr Strange writer had been up to. Remember kids, smoking kills.

Check it out, Supes is trying out for the Avengers.

..and so's his buddy Bats.

No sooner had Bruce Wayne come to terms with his Coluan heritage, than Chameleon Boy attacked. The savage Durlan was led by his deranged father, R J Brande, from a trapeze.

So I got this sweet side deal to appear in Yugoslavian reprints. Extra creds are nice, amirite?

Wait...what's happening to my legs??

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AUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

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BRUS! DUDE! COVER FOR ME WHILE I MAKE SOME CALLS, WILLYA?

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Well, my manager says they're paying me full rate, so what the heck.

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Wait...what's the exchange rate with 1970s Yugoslavia?

Off-Color Avengers 4evah

QUESTION: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

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If you said that the "Heavy Metal" tattoos were missing, you are CORRECT!

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I remember the Mickey Mouse thrash metal crossover issue that followed the Donald one. It had vouchers for Disney piercings in it.

You must be this high to...

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TIGHTY WHITEYS: WHO WORE THEM (OUTSIDE THEIR CLOTHES) BETTER?

This cover is terrible! Let's make a break for it, Robin!

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Ever have one of those days where it seems like you're just throwing Absorbing Man uphill?

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NOT QUITE. WATCH AND LEARN.

AW YEAH!

DC Characters Want In On That Mighty Marvel Miscoloring, Cont.

YES they do want some scrubs

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Would...you...buy...a...brush! I'm sick of this. You hear me?

The House of M laundry service leaves something to be desired.
(Pietro uses a dry cleaner in an alternate reality.)

That's the issue of Real Clue with the gatefold cover!

On the cover you see the guy say "and that was a good pre-war chair."

But on folding out the cover, the waitress says "I think it was an Edwardian chair."

Ogling her is the bar sop, Ol' Charlie, who says "Yer Right! Look at the floral appliques." It turns out Charlie turned to drink after losing his antiques business.

"No! My chair! Now my collection is ruined," gasps David Windsor in the corner. David had been lured to the seedy bar with a chair sample, only to be held up by the goon of a shady importer.

Real Clue taught me everything I know about crime and period furniture.

Of Legion interest, the top right advertises the imaginary story where Crystal Kid goes bad.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

I wonder what happened to this chick after you-know-who put the kibosh on crime comics. Could she wear that fur jacket in western comics?

Check it out, here's Cousin Flo.

And she did know how, and she did get out of it. A quick change of hair colour and style and...

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Yet Another Off-Color Avenger(-to-Be)

For some reason, this color job makes her look Kree.

oooo snap! I like both.

It's hard to go wrong with a starfield.

All that black ink can smudge though! Comics Crisis!

SHOW...or TELL?

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Show. It dates much better than Tell in my opinion.

Joker: Let me finish it Bats! You know he's not pulling his weight.
Batman: Hmmm. He has been a bit slothful recently...
Robin: Holy betrayal Batman!

The Joker being Mockingbird makes a lot of sense.

As far as I know, Dick Giordano took Mockingbird's true identity to his grave.

I shall refrain from a "get the shovels" comment, as it would be in poor taste.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Ooooooh! I know which one!!!

Of course, it was later overturned, as is all-too-often the case.

Yeah, and then, less than a year later, that character died again!

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Yeah, and then, less than a year later, that character died again!

Um, I think it was a little over a year later, and it was a damn, dirty imposter!!!

>Snikting< from the pages of Alpha Flight, Wolverine is the Mockingbird!

Originally Posted by Paladin

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Yeah, and then, less than a year later, that character died again!

Um, I think it was a little over a year later, and it was a damn, dirty imposter!!!

Ah, okay, I quit the book after Nicieza left and Lobdell replaced him.

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Originally Posted by Paladin

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Yeah, and then, less than a year later, that character died again!

Um, I think it was a little over a year later, and it was a damn, dirty imposter!!!

Ah, okay, I quit the book after Nicieza left and Lobdell replaced him.

Actually, Byrne was on the book until about issue 28. Nicieza didn't come on until sometime after a long, terrible Bill Mantlo run and then a decent James Hudnall run. Nicieza probably started around issue....90 or so?

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Originally Posted by Paladin

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Yeah, and then, less than a year later, that character died again!

Um, I think it was a little over a year later, and it was a damn, dirty imposter!!!

Ah, okay, I quit the book after Nicieza left and Lobdell replaced him.

Actually, Byrne was on the book until about issue 28. Nicieza didn't come on until sometime after a long, terrible Bill Mantlo run and then a decent James Hudnall run. Nicieza probably started around issue....90 or so?

Oh, you're talking about the Delphine Courtney thing! I had forgotten about that.

Nicieza started with 87, where he promptly brought back the character, only to kill him off again in 100. One issue later, Nicieza was gone, then came Lobdell, and, finally Simon Furman, whose claim to fame is the overrated Transformers comic.

Hm, I remembered Nicieza bringing back the character and using the exact explanation that Delphine used for the survival. Forgot about the subsequent re-killing. But when was the character brought back AGAIN?

On the covers?

Originally Posted by Paladin

Hm, I remembered Nicieza bringing back the character and using the exact explanation that Delphine used for the survival. Forgot about the subsequent re-killing. But when was the character brought back AGAIN?

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Alpha Flight post-Nicieza. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

On the covers?

DebuLord, this was bound to happen!

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Originally Posted by Paladin

Hm, I remembered Nicieza bringing back the character and using the exact explanation that Delphine used for the survival. Forgot about the subsequent re-killing. But when was the character brought back AGAIN?

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Alpha Flight post-Nicieza. Sorry.

Hm. Maybe he didn't come back 'til Chaos War?

Wikipedia.....AWAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!

Speaking of away, this has moved from the posted covers, and further general AF discussion should go in the AF thread.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Ucch. I loathe Conspiracy, I think it's where the Levitz era jumped the shark. Or should that be jumped the Hykranian?

I loved the end of Conspiracy, the battle with the Time Trapper and poor Polar Boy's failed trial of Brainiac Five!

Honestly, I thought the front end was hard to see what was going on except in retrospect. A real mess. Like they were busy doing other things besides making comic books.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

I also LOVE this cover.

rawwwhhhhhrrrrr

Cover image contrast and comparison here. Conspiracy! story discussion in LSH forum.

rawwwhhhhhhhhrrrr

Originally Posted by Power Boy

I loved the end of Conspiracy, the battle with the Time Trapper and poor Polar Boy's failed trial of Brainiac Five!

Honestly, I thought the front end was hard to see what was going on except in retrospect. A real mess. Like they were busy doing other things besides making comic books.

The whole story was a mess IMO. And the conclusion is my least favorite part because...well, everybody here at Legion World knows how I feel about Keith Giffen.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Cover image contrast and comparison here. Conspiracy! story discussion in LSH forum.

Missed this. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

^ That's me in my alter ego / real life.

Neal Adams? He needs to draw more ... He goes to convention and sells his little sketches for like a million dollars. Maybe that's why he don't draw comics no more.

Do you suffer from those noticeable under arm stains? Do you have to wear a spidey mask to hide your shame? Use Doc Ock's Wipe Out today!

Doc Ock's Wipe Out. Why listen to someone with two arms?

Musical chairs?

They can never agree on which furniture looks better.

You've got a lot to answer for, Chester.

^Ooh, a free ice cream coupon!

FL has her eyes on the prize. But then so does Chester. Different strokes.

Tony Stark disavows involvement. But c'mon.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

It's hard to go wrong with a starfield.

Well...leave it to these guys to.....

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Should come with a warning, like strobe lights.

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great. now matter eater lad is dead.

that's another thing you can thank superboy for.

WHO WORE THEM PANTS BETTER: SUPERMIKE OR DRACULA COVER GUY?

^Supermike, for sure.

I wish I could say EVEN AVENGERS VILLAINS WANT IN ON THAT OFF-COLOR ACTION

BUT NO.

They're counting the beehive.

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Avengers 11. Awesome, yes? Check out that mint green.

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Now check out the non-M.

MAKE MINE MINT, MARVEL!

Amen to that. Silver Age Marvel had great coloring, way ahead of its time. To give credit where it's due, Stan Goldberg made most of the coloring choices at the time.

Well said! Make mine mint--Goldberg is an unsung hero from the Marvel Age of Comics!

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This issue was awesome. Byrne's art was indeed fantastic under the brush and pens of Jerry Ordway, and the story-telling was inventive and novel (to me, at the time) in its telling of two separate stories that ran through the issue, one across the top and the other , the bottom... it always stuck with me; the first story detailing Reed and Sue's battle with the witch hunter as shown on the cover, and second story somehow tied to ROM's victory over the Dire Wraiths...

I really need to dig this out now!

Pov must have a special edition...or I do, mine doesn't have a second story.

I didn't buy FF (flip through it for free, sure) at the time, but I bought this one off the rack. I don't think I'd ever seen a purely B&W cover before. (Alpha Flight 3 & 6 came close, but not quite.)

I remember thinking the woman in middle of the cover was Storm, because her hair kinda looked like that at the time and maybe her powers could be doing whatever that was. But I figured it wasn't, because even though she was occasionally referred to as a "weather witch" a cover wouldn't do that.

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Amen to that. Silver Age Marvel had great coloring, way ahead of its time. To give credit where it's due, Stan Goldberg made most of the coloring choices at the time.

Originally Posted by Cobalt Kid

Well said! Make mine mint--Goldberg is an unsung hero from the Marvel Age of Comics!

If Cobie and/or FL start a Silver Age Marvel color appreciation thread, I, for one, will be very interested.

Another reprint for contrast.

The color's not far off, but it's not anywhere near as good. The big blue strip across the top doesn't help, either.

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Which do you like best?

I gotta go with the deep blue color of the 25 cent version.

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Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

It's hard to go wrong with a starfield.

Well...leave it to these guys to.....

Erratum! Our fine friends at Kabanas Hellas didn't do no nothing to this cover.

I guess they're brawling at a planetarium. (Cobie, can you confirm?)

WHAT IF...the Spidey/Owl throwndown had happen on Laser Floyd night? The Watcher knows...see Uatu on the dark side of the moon?

Too late, Righty, the company already took their gag.

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The vampire woman said "Tee hee." And the werewolf man is dressed in green.

Wouldn't that cover have made more sense in the Teeds et Lash thread?

Yeah, probably.

I swear I missed that post.

Worst (non-"verbal") hype line ever? You need to be drugged to find this funny!

La Noche de la Bruja!

Sounds titilating like that!

For a long while, this firm was content to reprint Spidey covers as they were. But then...

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...though that wasn't quite enough. No, it was not.

You could say there was a new direction.

WELCOME TO THE OFF-COLOR SCHTICK, PATRULLA-X...HOPE YOU SURVIVE!

Posted 'cause pretty.

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Naw, that's just the fashion rage with the gals.

...OR IS IT?

INTERESTING MISC.

MAMA PROBLEMS

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Darling Nut Case = Teeds

Whatever, Carling.

FOUND YOUR TOP, BOYS!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

French-Canadians are also into big green guys throwing boulders off to the side and into an inconsistent skyline.
Hulk kinda brokeback, too. Oh, you French-Canadians!

And now for a Portuguese Hulk T&A cover!

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Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Super Mike and his boyfriend make a cute couple

Looks like they like it rough!

WIDE STANCE LEAGUE

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I think the blue tint is more effective!

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More of this, please!

You missed the question for you on the previous page, but not THAT post of course.

Since you like the playgirls...here you go.

EVERYONE HATES HIS FASHION CHOICES. HE NEEDS HELP.

PLEASE CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WARDROBE CONSULTANTS!

Wow. Lois at her Feminist best!

No mission is too dangerous for this girl!

I bet she sticks out her leg and trips the Thorn.

he he he he

You amaze me. Do you actively research these, or come across them accidentally?!?

Yes!

I knew at least SOME amount of research HAD to be involved!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Paging Lash...

Can this thread be getting better? I don't have a superlative prepared after all of the previous goodies. Great stuff Teeds.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Love this. Ross Andru & Dick Giordano were doing a lot of covers for DC around this time, and I think this one's especially good.

I need to just reserve an entire day for nothing but perusing Teeds' cover collection threads.

Originally Posted by MLLASH

Darling Nut Case = Teeds

And here's Lash!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

PLEASE CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WARDROBE CONSULTANTS!

Mr. Man couldn't just request the gorilla, it seems.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

All black is a nice, classic look!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

[looks at title] I knew I shoulda taken that right turn in Albuquerque.

Hearty chuckling!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

He's been arrested, all right.

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MUCH nicer than the original.

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Reed's blond ambition, Doom likin' lavender, Sue sporting hot pants...BLAME IT ON RIO.

Ridonkulata fabulosa!!

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TY SIDE EYE

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illuminati!

Originally Posted by Set

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

More Off-Color Avengers, or Defenders, or Whatever...NOW MINUS PANTS

Pantsless Dr. Strange is very disturbing...

Namor is rocking the blue skin and lava-themed vesticle.

Agreed with both points!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Both by Cockrum, and not all that far apart either.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Check it out, Supes is trying out for the Avengers.

Unclad Man prototype, before I decided to go balls to the wall with it.

4 X ORANGE

I wonder if Lois will scoff at the heat vision?

Is the pen mightier than the sword? We scrape Doll Man off the carpet to ask.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Why is Blackhawk attacking Teeds et Lash? What did they ever do to him?

Originally Posted by thothkins

Is the pen mightier than the sword? We scrape Doll Man off the carpet to ask.

The devil's in the details.

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Touche

Rip indeed.

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Imagine if Colossal Boy had worn that outfit!

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

She does love those amphetamines!

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Husker Du: a favorite band of aging Gen-Xers...and Batman.

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Who knew Kid Eternity dabbled in Buddhism?

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What an undignified way to go -- splattered all over the Juggernaut's face.

Originally Posted by Fanfic Lady

Originally Posted by Leap Year Lord

Who knew Kid Eternity dabbled in Buddhism?

He's certainly looking very enlightened.

I like this Girl of Tomorrow. She seems like she does well for herself, a nice penthouse with a terrace in Metropolis.

And that last cover should be titled SuperMujer !

Of course you like her!

Time to get on the hero train!

That smoke is certainly making them very blissful.

IS THERE A CHIROPRACTOR IN THE CAVALCADE?

THE FRANK & ROD SHOW

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Kathy doesn't seem to realize that Rod is talking to Frank when he said "I'll see you later." So dear, he loves you like a friend.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

There are better ways to satiate a craving for tongue.

+

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Knockout. Knockoff.

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Nardo may have super-fatassed that cowboy, but he can't take away his dance championship!

The Groin Lantern Corps

Off-Color Ever Onward

Is he gonna make it to the end before #300?

*sigh*...probably not

TOOTLES OF TERROR

Why, Men?!?

Marvel 1982, Marvel UK 1987

I confess to deliberately getting it wrong every time someone does the guess who thing.

Over in Girls' Love
"...someone else...she's calling for someone else... that's why I drugged her and carried out here to drown her."

On the plus side, Lorna Dane's ever shifting origin has her become Namor's daughter and get revenge on the guy on the cover. "Lornadane" is Atlantean for "seaweed hair"

Santa Claus sure is popular with the ladies.

Mundo de Adventuras

Control: >crackle< Control to thoth lad. >pop< Any sign of O navio fantasma? >snap<
thoth Lad: thoth lad to control, please repeat, you're ...breaking up.

Who knew Flavor Flav was such a big B&V fan?

International Elastisaurus

"How YOU doin'?"

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AND NOW...GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE

Oh for heaven sake. It had to be a super hydrant between his legs didn't it? Show off.

Mickey Mouse, Bad Influence

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Oh for heaven sake. It had to be a super hydrant between his legs didn't it? Show off.

I suspect Krypto's involvement in this story!

Good to see a LW cameo for Shark Lad in the FishMongeriner strip in Marvel Comics.

Crimebuster moved to South America and changed his name so he could join the Off-Color Brigade!

Different times, kids.

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That hot ginger hunk needs to lay off Christ's bride!

that Blonde Phantom/Invaders cover is top-notch!!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

I'm a little doubtful about a prophetic pencil that still feels the need to have an eraser on the end of it. Not very foretelling if it needs to cover up it's mistakes. Also, it is not wearing a Nura Nal negligee which is another serious cover error.

(dabs tear) But how long before these images expire?!?!

Someone isn't paying their Imageshack bill!

Don't get the sad nads! Enjoy while ye may!

YAY!!!! I'm now a glad nads!

JOHN

travolta must die!

That lady from Xapia can zap me all she wants to!

What's with the red legs, Mr. Commie Smasher?

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Breakage of Furniture (Chair Division) continues!

They say that some criminals deserve the chair. Sometimes, a solid chair is all they want.

Grrr! I'm seeing red...oh, wait...

The SiP one is particularly nice.

BULLETMAN ISN'T HAVING ANY OF THIS BOILERPLATE COVER COPY!!!

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Dynamic Duo...of Miscoloring!

Chicks dig comics.

The downside to getting bitten by a radioactive spider is giving birth to hundreds of little spideys who want to eat you.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Is there anyone in the bed that Acromaid is attending to? Are they performing surgery to save a duvet? She looks about as agile as a breeze block there. A strawberry blonde breeze block.

The blurred line between knitting and bondage. This month in Seleccion Romantica.

Meanwhile in "Try Again," CIA agent Nura Nal predicts the future movements of Russian diplomats. But are they Russian or is it part of a corrupt MK Ultra programme!?

They just don't make comics like these anymore. >sigh<

But will the inflatable join the Legion of Super Pets? That's what every comics fan would love to know!

Remember: Call 911 to report an ongoing knife fight. Call 823 to report rocket ships and giant space hands to the men in white coats.

"Crime fighting Detective?" In those glasses? With that bow tie? Will he be able to convince them before the Red Skies of Crisis consume the world?

This cover is clearly the basis for an entire scene in James Robinson's The Golden Age. There, it's Johnny Thunder who isn't believed. Security are just about to cart him away, when ...say, you wouldn't want me to spoil it would ya?

for the cover Teeds.

Kara: Next time you through away your "I love Lois" meteorites after a tiff, do it properly Clark! Look at the damage you've caused...mainly to Blackhawk's underwear.

Tough luck, Arch! Guess you're gonna have to go Dutch to get back in action.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

The Emerald Empress has found the perfect scheme to rid herself of her rivals in the Fatal Five!

Wow! they'll never suspect he's Blackshirt, while he's wearing a white one.

The art reminds me very much of Paul Smith's

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DISCO-CO CHECKS

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^^Ooh, I like that post! Brings back a flood of happy childhood memories of reading Disney duck comics. Thanks, Teeds.

^^There actually was an old comic book story about Donald accidentally drinking hair tonic and growing hair all over his body.

MORE MISCOLORINGS AND THOR THIGHS?
You've come to the right cavalcade.

^^Little Red Riding Hood is the leader of the Secret Avengers?

MON-EL'S NEXT.

Girls gone wild ... the Riverdale collection

Why, Men?!?

RIPO SUAVE

CZECH BATMAN DOES NOT APPROVE OF GREEK CAPTAIN AMERICA'S IMMODERATE HABITS

MORE YOU-KNOW-WHAT

EAT

PRAY

...UHHH...?

Originally Posted by Cobalt Kid

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

More of this, please!

Happy early St. Patrick's Day!

"Era Incomprensible" = middle school Cobie figuring out how to act around girls!

He ran the gamut of emotions from A to B.

Sadly, Zip Nolan's brother, Toggle, had trouble dealing with his brother's success. A short lived Duffel Coat Adventures strip failed to attract reader interest in the Hotspur Weekly. Toggle sadly died while appearing as a background character in the Mean Arena strip.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

AH! Planetary was cool.

I modeled Peebs on Jakita.

For our ol' buddy MLLASH: RUFF REDHEADS

THE SIGNS ARE THERE

THE COURT AGREES ON THE FIRST PART

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I'm not liking the hand that's not under her chin. There's something sinister....Glove Puppet Attack!

WARD OF YOU-KNOW-WHAT

It's good that Bats is happy and so open about his life.

CLIPBOARD DUMP

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Donald doesn't realise that his Necronomicon Cookbook is making a Black Spawn of Tsathoggua. Fortunately his nephews arrive just when a sacrifice is needed...

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

First entry in the "Oh, Don't Be So Literal" thread.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Men the world over would do anything to afford blouse buttons for their partners. Even if it meant facing down the law.

But losing. Obviously. Because we wouldn't want you to get the wrong idea from the cover that crime was desperate, glamorous and got you women who needed blouse buttons in the first place. Like I said. Obviously.

Read more poor shawl control in next month's Dangerous Dynamic Police Breakers!

No kisses...but lots of love bites. Hussy!

Popular enough for covers, but the spin off Wood Monthly for Men was one of the first banned comics of the '50s. A mystery.

Oh, I think that mystery got solved.

You know, if it wasn't for Teeds, some of these Legion crossover classics would be lost forever. Thanks Teeds!

When Garth was sulking about being team leader, Imra Ardeen looked elsewhere for support. But how much did her powers influence her actions? It's all in "The Girl On His Mind."

Having been quarantined by the UP, one resident of Somahtur leaves to look for his lost love Drura Sehpt. But, he's not ready for the sights and feelings being in the thriving hub of Metropolis will bring. The loves and losses of Infectious Lad in "It's in His Kiss."

When Supergirl goes bad when exposed to Red Kryptonite, she really goes bad. Before the effects wore off, she made several appearances as Satan Girl in Satan Monthly*.

Right before Zero Hour, Jo Nah had to choose between a returned Tinya and the woman who had been chasing him since her arrival, Wave. What did he do when two ladies both said "Be My Husband."

*Li'l Timmy: Mommy! Can I have the latest SATAN monthly?
Mom: You know what we told you, Timmy. Only if it has a lingerie clad woman on the cover.
Li'l Timmy: Yay!

LAZE OF FUTURE PAST

He knew I was lonely, but *still* didn't invite me to the Jean-Michel Jarre concert in the post above >sob<

I DUNNO, HE LOOKS LIKE A SQUATTER TO ME

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I did want to comment on this, but I just couldn't seem to get to the forums.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Just look at these poor guys! Thanks to Roy Harper's Speedy Arrow Deliveries, withdrawal is a thing of the past!

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COBRAAAAAAAAA...*AHK* *HAK* *KOFF* *KAFF*

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thoth: Another pint Cobra?
Cobra: >sob< No... I haven't started this one... yet.
thoth: Mask getting in the way?
Cobra: >embarrassed nodding< It makes me feel so awkward, I just can't stop crying...
thoth: Well, if you keep crying, you'll drown in there. And "I Drowned in My Tears" will be the title of an '80s revival power ballad. And we wouldn't want that now would we?
Cobra: >sniff< no.... takes off mask...
thoth: ...and the Ferro Lad one...

Cobra Commander could never FACE the truth. He always had too much on his PLATE.

I'd do another bad pun, but I'm drawing a BLANK.

The trench coat and scarf indicate a colder destination. But the floppy women's summer hat suggests that Cobra Commander is going to be relaxing by the riverside. As always Cobra remains...poker faced.

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Cobra remains...poker faced.

He's still gaga for Gaga? That's so, like seven years ago. Like, omigawd! Gross me out royal!

There was an elderly woman going into the train station this evening wearing Cobra's hat! The very same!

Sure she denied it at first, but some pummelling soon brought about a confession. Typically, she then denied it again when the police showed up, so as to make me the bad guy. But I know I'll beat the rap and save the world before the 30 minutes is up.

Oh wait, the last bit didn't happen. But the hat thing was reals!

OMG, that's hilarious!!

Thanks for sharing, Thoth.

COVER or it didn't happen.

I got into enough trouble with the pummelling. I don't think she's going to accept being run over by a steamroller, getting laminated onto a bit of card and ...Hey! Watch those staples buddy!

But you can easily imagine it. Just like the pic above, but with more wrinkles, and less shoulder pads.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

As autumn continues, don't forget to store up the bear essentials for the season ahead.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

>tut< Typical of Heoric. Panda-ring to the Bear on the Loose craze! I liked the Ferocious Panda v Samurai Panda follow up though.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

When Superman goes Vampire. Whiny tears... for Eternity!

Foolish crooks! In blaming poltergeists, possessions and the paranormal, our crime fighting exploits remain secret!

Join us in our monthly tales...

The Legion of Inanimate Objects, starring Lamp Lad, Picture Perfect Pete, Chairman and Iron Imra!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

I'm being blackmailed with pictures of me reading a '90s Image comic. She must have had a spy camera in there. But where? It must have been hidden expertly, where no one would ever see it!

Oh, *that's* what Forelsket means. I thought she was evilly going to do something excruciating with that staff. But I got the wrong end of the stick there. Tee Hee.

thoth: Gah! I'm blind! Turn it down, for the luvvamordru!
girl: But the lantern doesn't come with a hood.
thoth: Not the lantern! Your smile. Pull your hood down over that!

REINTERPRETING THE CLASSICS

Nick: One life, many perspectives

Rats! Teeds has given away the villain from my Bits story. It's not Stargrave. It's Nick who pinched the 3 Weber World satellites!

Only a few years later, and you could pick up a second hand rocket sphere for a bargain. Only one previous owner, and a lot of dents, as he couldn't pass up going through meteor clouds.

Stargrave posing as Nick and causing the Weber Worlds of three dimensions to go full Deathstar? Entdeckung the incoming verderben!

I have a quote coming up in Bits where Gates sees Webers as nothing other than a fascist death star.

Obi-Wan: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Leia: Yeah, Nick's insurance is going to sky rocket if he's managed to hit {I}another[/I] planet.
Bert Brandon: Did someone say insurance? For only a small fee, you could get cover from those unfortunate galactic annihilation incidents.
Knights of the Galaxy: Looks as though you're going to need some help Obi-Wan. You were a jedi, so why not put your trust in knights like ourselves.
Space Cabby: Will ya make up yer minds?! I got a fare waiting for me on Dantooine.

- The Star Wars/ Mystery in Space Crossover Event

Norway and Germany: ON NOTICE

^^No contest. This one is the indisputable best:

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Everyone looks so happy lifting a body into the air - I should try it sometime.

The Flash cover is the most appealing, for its simplicity and evidence that the hero put up a considerable fight. But that's one ugly child gorilla.

Originally Posted by Fat Cramer

Everyone looks so happy lifting a body into the air - I should try it sometime.

"As fun as it seems, it can get to be a habit. So don't forget to have planned a place to dispose of them well in advance, in order to elude the authorities." - From Graft with Grodd, the hard working weight lifters manual (Infantino Press, 1959)

Picking a Legion team based on a cover you did ages before. Oh, Mr Byrne...

FLAME ON, FLAMERS

Some mocked me when I opened my new ice cream parlour next to Flame Queen's palace on Flame World, next door to BBQ-R-US and they were absolutely right. It might have been Weird! Fantastic! *and* Astounding! but it didn't pay the rent

The men in the grey flannel suits want to know if slaves to the Flame Queen qualify for the Eternal Life Program anyways. And they're disappointed there's no ice cream.

Well, maybe we're getting somewhere with this one.

Why did it take me so long to see this?

$click to enlarge$

Aw, I kinda dug the nutty 1964 coloring!

LOVE LAMP?

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

When you said I'd get a shot in the spotlight, this wasn't what I had in mind Teeds!

Wow!! Now that's a difficult choice for me personally, as I love both Lady Joanna Constantine (at least as she was portrayed in that extremely underrated mini-series) and Psi-Judge Cassandra Anderson.

But I'll go with Lady Constantine, because, 1) She's less well-known to fandom at large, 2) She seems a lot more tough and self-assured than Judge Anderson and the deer-in-the-headlights facial expression that that particular artist has given her.

WEIRD-ASS CLIPBOARD DUMP

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Like Sisyphus, forever condemned to be looking out the window, behind some petty criminal, removing her clothes. It gets hot in these dicey situations!

At least she's updated her hairstyle. Are those earrings stolen?

Oh sure, El Fugitivo has more flesh. But I value a lady who knows the worth of a good quality shawl during a shoot out.

The lady in El Fugitivo seems to be standing like a pelican. While this may indicate 1970's martial arts comics prowess, it's not much use in a gun fight. No shawl. No weapon. It's not looking good. And as Cramer mentioned, she clearly stole the earrings that brought the heat.

Alternatively, she's somehow perched on the room's only chair. Note how all the *other* guys get to have a comfortable seat from which to look out at their impending deaths. El Fugitivo isn't going to be able to keep standing like that forever, without his legs getting sore.

Still, at least he can see the law approaching. Not like the guy in Danger.

"For the luvva Mordru, I ain't becomin' Firestorm! Now beat it, Professor Stein!"

I wanted to read more about Ronnie Raymond's stand off in Danger is our Business. But a steel trap shut on my fingers when I opened the cover. On it was a note saying "We told you it was *our* business. Now mind your own!"

WHO WORE THAT 'MODERATELY CONSTIPATED' LOOK BETTER: MARTIN MYSTERE OR ASTRO LOGAN?

So, basically it's like Green Card. The guy just stands in front of dioramas of popular holiday destinations and gets his picture taken. A quick change of hat and cardboard scenery (not expression) and viola... another issue hits the racks!

For Shame Astro Logan you big Fake of Space!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Per this discussion thread, the Kaliman folks were enthusiastic recyclers. (Note: Google Translate-d from Spanish to English.)

And it seems Marvel had a discussion with them about these "homages":

Flattering imitation, no doubt. But "Woman looking over her shoulder" could be an entire category for comic book covers.

Martin looks alarmingly world-weary - or is that just the sun in his eyes? Astro Logan later wrote Around the World in a Bad Mood (and was further annoyed to discover there was already a book with this title).

Hm, the sexy comatose woman / mummy in a tomb genre is ripe for a comeback!

It's bad enough that this didn't turn out to be a giant box of chocolates, thinks Kaliman, but what Mummy doesn't even bother with bandages? Cover yourself woman!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Magneto's downcast business aside, I like the background of the reprint better than the original

The blue gives it a hint of that SA Marvel flavor.

But not just any blue.

^nope.

^better!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Oh Lydda... someone's stealing your look! I'll just turn off the lights so you can take care of it...

Oh yeah, here's one from our copains et copines at Editions Héritage:

Non, non, something is not right!

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FIXED.

BOOGIE BOARDING

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BUGGY & BUDDY

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Crumbs! Today's villains are bad guys, but in the old days you'd get some real heels.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Originally Posted by Cobalt Kid

Hm, the sexy comatose woman / mummy in a tomb genre is ripe for a comeback!

Sorry bro

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Holy Nass! Atomic Moose! A russkie threat.. a member of Alpha Flight... or a candidate for the Legion of Super Pets?

Will Martin find out the answer before radiation poisoning kills him?

Everyone looks forward to the Off-Color Emporium's Annual Yellow Legging Sale

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Right for the junk... I'd be screaming, too!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Years later, Jochen has emigrated and joined the Army, hoping to leave the traumatic death of his best childhood friend behind him. But posted to North Africa, this All-American Man of War hears a familiar, taunting voice amid the machine gun bursts! A mocking tone he knows all too well from his nightmares!

"I killed Klaus for laughing at my Devo hat! And now I shall kill you too Jochen!"

"No! It's Mr Gooma the Electrosynth Ape!"

Great match up Teeds!

OOH

"..And when do I get my night in the spotlight?! >sob!<"

Legion Application
Name: Drama Queen
Status: Rejected. Candidate shifts the focus of the book from Action and/or Adventure to whiny self cantered soap, diminishing sales.
Recommendation: Send to 1980s in Time Bubble to become a member of Wolfman's Teen Titans. Being of college age, she can become another love interest for Terry Long.

Professor Pomp Wittering: ...and it was this key decision by the Legion that led to massive repercussions in the comic business. The focus of every panel on Drama Queen's angst made DC more Marvel than Marvel and the competition had to respond in kind. They hired Marv Wolfman's chest hair at exorbitant rates to pen their books.

In the example below, the main villain is shown to be a terror to his neighbourhood primarily due to self esteem issues. The protagonist, much like Jericho of the Titans, suddenly has 50 girlfriends while appearing remote from all of them, due to intimacy issues stemming from his parents.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Kingpin: Hey! Come down here and fight! Don't you swing by me! I'll crush you, I'll... >choke< Doesn't he even care about me any more ... >sob<
Daredevil thought balloon: Not tonight Kingy. I've got a date with...um...Heather, then Natasha, then Ben and some serious brooding to fit in... before fighting my one eyed father in a continuation of comic book versions of people with visual impairments.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Espionage action is always high when the position of chairman is up for grabs!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

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Fittingly, this was the only issue of this series. Apparently there was some confusion between the writers and the sponsors, who were a local dog food manufacturer. Their "You'll never believe how we get such quality!" slogan seemed very inappropriate scattered throughout the issue.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Neither man had been in the air force, let alone commanded a squadron of planes. But every so often, a breeze would enter their retirement rooms, moving the plastic plane mobiles in formation above their heads. With each rotation, the men would recall their lives of fictional glory.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

An iconic triptych of covers here. Taking the centre first:Following the revisions of Golden Age Flash, DC looked to restore the Green Mitten, from his Mildly Thrilling Monthly origins into Tales of the Unexpected. After a luke warm response, they made some alterations and released it as Hal Jordan's origin for a new Green Lantern.

On the left we have the avian origins of the telepaths of Titan. Although not suggested in the original ending, the time travellers from the future inadvertently altered the genetic code of those they used their powers against. The telepathic race of the future would be descended from the people they altered through their time travel.

On the right is a cover that connects the first two. The Emerald Opera Glove Empress would be the arch nemesis of the Green Mitten through many of his adventures. Lost in the Green, it was rediscovered on Venegar a thousand years later, and the successor to the Emerald Empress would plague the children of Saturn Girl, the descendant of the time travellers from the issue of Future Comics.

Thanks for that trip through comics history Teeds!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Okay, which one of my fellow Bits fanfic contributors hired that thug to toss my notes for the last 2 chapters of the Legion/New Gods story-arc out the window?

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Now Harmonia! Now! Use your Legion powers to sweep up Fickles' notes! Perfect! Now to the time bubble to publish them in Bits before she's even thought about them! Hmm, there's blood on some of these. You didn't catch up any pedestrians in your cyclone did you? Ah well...

GOTCHER NOSE!!!

Right class. Welcome to Ray Palmers' Atomic Anatomy class. Today, we're going to look at all the orifices where you can enter a super villain, and yet stay within the comics code. First, the nose...

Quit clowning around! Where do you think you are?! the funnies?! Get grim Bats!

When the Joker outsourced his crime sprees, only in Bats 133!

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Quit clowning around! Where do you think you are?! the funnies?! Get grim Bats!

LOL

Originally Posted by thoth lad

When the Joker outsourced his crime sprees, only in Bats 133!

Joker Incorporated? EEK!

What hath G. Morrison wrought?

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Quit clowning around! Where do you think you are?! the funnies?! Get grim Bats!

Yeah, that Bats is one grim Dood.

Having got everyone in the circus killed, including young Mr Grayson, Bats takes what's left in his search for a new sidekick. Read Batman and Coco, monthly from Desperate Circulation comics.

Say kids! Are you on glue or meths or into gun crime and vice?
No sir! We're on Crack!
>all laugh on the way to the cells<

Has Coco been moonlighting as Biff? Who could resist a man in jodhpurs? Was Bats too grim? Too much of a Dood?
What will that come hither look on Captain Triumph's face mean for the dynamic duo?
Find out in When Grown Men Clown Around!

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Say kids! Are you on glue or meths or into gun crime and vice?
No sir! We're on Crack!
>all laugh on the way to the cells<

Has Coco been moonlighting as Biff? Who could resist a man in jodhpurs? Was Bats too grim? Too much of a Dood?
What will that come hither look on Captain Triumph's face mean for the dynamic do?
Find out in When Grown Men Clown Around!

LOL

I'm waiting for the Captain Triumph revival which retcons him as being the father of Triumph, the luckless, lackluster mid-90s DCU hero.

When I was a kid, one of my home brewed characters was Captain Triumph. So I've always had a bit of a soft spot for him when I found out DC had (or acquired the rights to) to one too.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

That's rather an erect necktie you've got there. Nine months later, the blond girl with her eye on it gives birth to a cravat as a teenage pregnancy scandal sweeps through Catholic Comics (on roller skates).

Could the guy on the young love cover look more full of himself? Fortunately, both girls hang him by his stupid tie on the last page, realising that friendship is more important than smug creeps.

Her parents didn't need to read her Love Diary to know they were dead right about Gary. As our diarist finds out as she gets involved in the theft of narcotics in a drug war. Yes, it's all in stolen ecstasy.

In an interesting bit of comics trivia, all three girls appear in a couple of panels of the last title, where they are in court on the same day as the sordid foot fetishists have their trial.

Incidentally: The back up feature in Young Love is "Shocking! I was ...betrayed." That's the Legion crossover where Salu Digby discovers she's actually married cross dressing Garth.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Oh, how is The Chainsaw Killer deadlier than ever DC? Chainsaws for hands now has he? Chainsaws for feet? Little Chainsaws for Teeth? An Evil Dead Crossover? Why can't you just give up all this shallow psueod-gritty slasher nonsense DC? Why not go The Marvel Way with their progressive, racially inclusive books?

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

... ah... well...um... we could give Nuklon his haircut... and...

FLAME ON, FLAMERS

Flamin' 'eck! Teeds is back with some red hot (comics) action!

Good to see Baffling being up front about what a mystery it was that so many comics of that era got published. A little too up front judging by the lady on the cover.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Lovely cover. At first I though that was a diamond shape on her outfit, and I was wondering if it was the adventurer/ heiress Spiffany Lass or Gem Girl as she's also be known as. But is it actually more Ayla?

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

I was hoping you'd commiserate with me, not throw a party about it!

LEAN IN, GIRLFRIENDS

FORGOTTEN GENRE: PANDAS ON DOPE!

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Power Panda protects his patch from the armed human! That had better not be a fur collar the human is wearing!

Power Panda prefers his humans to be wearing a lot less, as can be seen in the other cover. There, Power Panda protects the puny human by playfully pirouetting away the primates. But no sooner does Tarzan return to civilisation than the story gets twisted into it being all about him. Humans.

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FORGOTTEN GENRE: PANDAS ON DOPE!

PANDA ON DOPE IN T MINUS 3 SECONDS...

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Bulletman had been a hard boiled detective for the first nine issues of his comic. His move into a costume was short lived, as none of the Bullet family had any form of invulnerability. The cover captures their last, happy moment together. Issue 10 would be the last issue. Bulletdog didn't even get a token helmet to wear.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Winslow knew there was something lacking in his wartime Navy career... oh yeah, a ship!

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Hm, the sexy comatose woman / mummy in a tomb genre is ripe for a comeback!

Sorry bro

MERRY X-MAS, COBIE!

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The Rocket Racoon/ Mekon crossover that comic readers crave!

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WHO WORE THAT 'MODERATELY CONSTIPATED' LOOK BETTER: MARTIN MYSTERE OR ASTRO LOGAN?

What, you prefer the Astro Logan Yugoslav knockoff? We gotchu.

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I have never witnessed such a blatant attempt to forge entry into the United Planets, with faked photos Mr Mystere! What? You think we haven't all suffered through Space Green Card as part of our embassy training?!

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TWO MORE FOR THE TRACK TEAM

Promising Russian athlete, Igor, had trained since childhood, rising form an impoverished family to reap the glory of a grateful nation. He was a certainty for an Olympic medal, as covered by Record! But a shadowy man, also on the cover, turned out to be investigating drug cheats. Narcotic charges against his team mates ended Igor's chances... his spot in Record!...and his dreams.

Investigating sport narcotics further, in Smash Comics, Igor was mistaken as a criminal by one of the thousands of domino mask wearing vigilantes of the time. Fittingly for a narcotics case, this one had a monkey, if not on his back, then certainly nipping at his heels.

Igor used the resolve gained from his arduous training to overcome his serious spinal injury suffered at the hands of Midnight. He wished for nothing else than to return to the track he loved. But to do so, he first had to learn all about dangerous Golden Age Science. His instinctive grasp of Arcane Physics brought him to the attention of one Van Manhattan.

For a moment, in the New York splendour of International Comics, Igor almost gave up his dreams of Olympic glory. Van had shown him a quest for global peace, using his Chessmen operatives. But it was all a ruse, as Igor discovered Manhattan simply wanted unity that he could control for himself. Igor trapped his mentor in a Nuklo device and fled, knowing that he would always be on the run form the International Crime Busters.

From city to city, publisher to publisher, Igor was always looking over his shoulder. With his athletic skills, he could run and look over his shoulder without ever tripping. Not a big enough power for a comic book serial (except for his '42 glut year appearance as Captain Backward Glance), but enough to keep one step ahead of the law. The Chessmen seemed to be everywhere, however, and no disguise seemed to give them the slip. That gave Igor the idea to wear a slip of his own. Thankfully all the sports he did had given him fine, shapely legs.

Reduced to appearing for a publisher so small that it couldn't afford a logo on its own comics, Igor finally faced, or backward glanced, at his nemesis. That hideous shadow could only belong to one person. True to its title, Suspense Comics #2 contained no interior pages!

But the next issue gave desperate readers their answers! Van Manhattan had survived the Nuklo Ray! His twisted face leered at Igor, especially as he was dressed as his former girlfriend, Madelon. But Van knew he couldn't hope to match Igor's speed. Not as he was wearing high heels too!

But who would the cop on the cover believe? Is he one of the Chessmen? Only Teeds' diligent research will reveal the next chapter in The Gams and Glances of a Lab Assistant!

HAT ACTION

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

WHO WORE THAT 'MODERATELY CONSTIPATED' LOOK BETTER: MARTIN MYSTERE OR ASTRO LOGAN?

What, you prefer the Astro Logan Yugoslav knockoff? We gotchu.

REPRINT BRICK BRADFORD WANTS IN ON THE ACTION!

BUT... IS HIS ITALO SIDE-EYE TOO BOLD FOR THE BLAND BLOND BRIGADE?

...AND THE BAT STAR BELLES WANT IN ON THE...

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

HAT ACTION

FASHION POLICE PATROL

ANDERE UNIVERSE ENDING

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REPRINT BRICK BRADFORD WANTS IN ON THE ACTION!

BUT... IS HIS ITALO SIDE-EYE TOO BOLD FOR THE BLAND BLOND BRIGADE?

"So what was the answer? Asking for a dead twin friend."

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

FASHION POLICE PATROL

IS HE THEIR GREATEST FOE...OR THEIR NEXT MEMBER?

Regardless, if it's Top Three, I shudder to think what the other two look like.

Tabok replaces Tharok as leader of the Fatal Five in the next Legion series. You heard it here first!

Fortunately, everyone used all the cover text to fuel fires until the next morning!

Originally Posted by thoth lad

Fortunately, everyone used all the cover text to fuel fires until the next morning!

Oh, I get it now! Marvel UK was making up for lack of central heating.

Future Tense passed me by completely. Apparently it carried on the Micronauts story from Star Wars Weekly. Star Wars Weekly also had Tales of the Watcher (old fifties and sixties strips), Adam Warlock, The Micronauts, Guardians of the Galaxy and Deathlok. Later issues gave us Alan Moore and Alan Davis strips.

Oh "Clue comics" My first glance told me it was Glue comics and I was about to revise my Seduction of the Innocent view. It's just a face on a book, but I still want to know more about Gun Master. Great to see the family tree of the classic Titans cover. The Kriminal one look as though it's a Negative Man origin issue. Very creepy.

BIFF POW?

PIF PAF!

Well, the guy on the cover of Jacked certainly does look jacked.

OH, WTF.
CLIPBOARD DUMP.

Explosion of pedigreed hunk?? Things were a lot more wild in 1923 than my grandmother ever revealed.

Also, re: Jack in the Box comic, I don't recall that scene from Silas Marner. Must have read an abridged edition.

Originally Posted by Fat Cramer

Explosion of pedigreed hunk?? Things were a lot more wild in 1923 than my grandmother ever revealed.

Something else else was being done in the bunk. Like the hunk. Hence the grandmotherhood.

Well, it's nice to think I might be partially pedigreed.

I think the '90s boom just got silly when the creators of The Duster got rid of all trade dress and contents, and just produced different coloured versions of the same cover. It did sell 700 000 copies though...

What about Isabella's feathers? Or is it just green feathers?

Originally Posted by Fat Cramer

What about Isabella's feathers?

I think that comes from a different tradition...

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Or is it just green feathers?

Do you think there's a connection to...

Crumbs Teeds! Could that feather be connected to the extra-terrestrial origin of The Green Mitten?!

Fortunately, the Golden Age Mitten's origin comes well before the first appearance of Azrael in the Titans, so that thankfully rules him out.

Fortunately the flat bed truck from the trampoline factory is right in the middle of the traffic jam, saving the life of the idiot swinging into nowhere; Daredevil: The Man With No Sense!

Whatever happened to all the covers showing Horses in jumpers?

Sure, we had Comet the Super-Horse Fashion Fortnightly and Winged Victory Woollens Weekly, but it was set to be as big as Gorilla covers! Something else else you'd be proud to sit some go-go checks above! What went wrong?!

EVERYONE LOVES THE OL' OFF-COLOR ROUND-UP

Like Deathstroke, the Durango Kid's dual coloured mask tells opponents that his clear limitation won't make a difference in the fight. In his case, the tragic inability to grow a decent moustache on that side.

Deathstroke: The Duplicator

He uses 90% of his brain capacity to decide which covers are tasteful enough to copy

He better lay off his cover comparison shenanigans or it's a 100% chance of shin kickings for him.

Deathstroke: The Immobilised

Hey, it's 13 and Jinx!

Collect your accoutrements and cart them off to the Ester Calamity Cavalcade.

THEY DIDN'T CHOOSE THE FEATHER LIFE, THE FEATHER LIFE CHOSE THEM

Queen Isabella of Spain gets ready to enact her infamous feather torture!

Oi! On Yer Bike!

Zip Nolan's name is used for one of the characters in a much later comic, called Jack Staff. Both were police officers too. The Jack Staff version combines a less than happy childhood with kids programmes where they would take off into worlds of make believe when the lights went off. Jamie and the/his magic torch springs to mind. As a grown up, some of that comes back to visit Nolan.

TRAINSPOTTING

All aboard for the Jimmy Olsen copyright infringement lawsuit!

The time Jimmy Olsen visited 20th Century Carrg.

Nope, nothing up your nose.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Pathologist: That's right Inspector. You just throw it all up. Trust me, stronger men than you struggle with things like this.
Inspector: But...but...their eyes.... they've been sucked right out of their skulls...>bleeeagh!<

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Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Years later, Jochen has emigrated and joined the Army, hoping to leave the traumatic death of his best childhood friend behind him. But posted to North Africa, this All-American Man of War hears a familiar, taunting voice amid the machine gun bursts! A mocking tone he knows all too well from his nightmares!

"I killed Klaus for laughing at my Devo hat! And now I shall kill you too Jochen!"

"No! It's Mr Gooma the Electrosynth Ape!"

Great match up Teeds!

LOOK SHARP!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

THE EARLY YEARS

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

LOOK SHARP!

Sad to see later covers reduced to just aping their predecessors.

^^ Being a pair of stylish divas transcends all concepts of gender!

Jeez. Trapped in the time-lost land of King Arthur and they don't think to show any of that on the cover? Clearly a Doom vs Iron Man cover they've built a story around.

Slightly NSFW.

And once you look at the posters, WTF.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

White Witch ... to... Black Witch

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Mandrake and Bulletman versus The Accountants. Always fiddling the figures. Only from Dull Comics.

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That's not hair, that's ectoplasm. Mandrake vs Perv Man, only from Delinquent Comics

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Slightly NSFW.

Note Jimmy Olsen as the Kryptonite powered Giant Giraffe Lad! That's Lois in that tiny plane. "If only I hadn't trapped Superman and Lana at opposite ends of the time stream to keep them apart forever, I wouldn't have to deal with this nass."

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Man, Fawcett is so good at copying DC characters, they debuted a version of the Fiddler four years before he appeared in the Flash!

WHY DIDN'T I JUST CALL THIS THE OFF-COLOR CAVALCADE?

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...AND THE BAT STAR BELLES WANT IN ON THE...

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HAT ACTION

HAT SQUAD CONTINUES RACKING UP INTERESTED CANDIDATES

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Oooooh, nice one Teeds!

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

HAT SQUAD CONTINUES RACKING UP INTERESTED CANDIDATES

And thanks for the shout out to Hat Squad. As you know, Hat Squad has been a personal favourite since that Jimmy Olsen story where he discovers the origins of his Trunk of Hats.

Where is that from? I'd be interested in knowing the year that came out.

Originally Posted by Thriftshop Debutante

Wow. Paying the postage to keep your alt+ID's going in the pre internet age must have cost a lot, Teeds.

That was an interesting read. I'm wondering if there are any covers I've particularly drawn to getting now. Collections that I wasn't even aware of.

Originally Posted by Nightcrawler

Where is that from? I'd be interested in knowing the year that came out.

It's from Action 355, cover date October 1967.

Here's more I found at the GCD when searching "distinctive covers"