Covered 365: Day 198
Worlds Finest #198, DC Comics, November 1970. Artist: Kurt Swan. World’s Finest #198 is the cover I’d want to look at the longest today and thus it takes top prize for Day #198. Nice to see Kurt Swan get the…
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Worlds Finest #198, DC Comics, November 1970. Artist: Kurt Swan. World’s Finest #198 is the cover I’d want to look at the longest today and thus it takes top prize for Day #198. Nice to see Kurt Swan get the…
Strange Adventures #197, DC Comics, February 1967. Artist: Carmine Infantino. Carmine Infantino is slowly piling up cover of the day honors and may end up the overall winner at this rate (I have to figure out a time-effective way to…
Champions #1, Marvel Comics, October 1975. A friend of mine called me up bragging about a great pick up he had off of eBay a couple of days ago. He said he picked up a CGC 9.4 for about 70%…
Our Army At War #196, DC Comics, August 1968. Artist: Joe Kubert. Did Joe Kubert gives us a powerful political message with his cover to Our Army at War #196? In the fall of 1968 the United States was convulsing…
House of Mystery #195, DC Comics, October 1971. Artist: Bernie Wrightson. Bernie Wrightson lights it up on House of Mystery #195, scary, heavy use of shadow that can trick you on 1st glance but no question this is amazing art.…
Batman #194, DC Comics, August 1967. Artist: Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson. I picked Batman #194 for the same reason I picked Flash #174, I really like the way the Batman banner works visually, big fun impact. I met Erik…
House of Mystery #193, DC Comics, August 1971. Artist: Bernie Wrightson. I can’t think of a better hand off than Neal Adams passing the torch over to Bernie Wrightson on the House of Mystery run at issue #193. I personally…
Famous Funnies #192, Eastern Color, August 1948. Artist: Walt Kelly. Some unnamed commenter likened yesterday’s Four Color #191 to cereal box art, well I for one couldn’t disagree more. Today I throw down Four Color #192, an impossible to dis…
Famous Funnies #191, Eastern Color, December 1950. Artist: Uncredited. Great cover on Famous Funnies #191, a nice little foreshadowing of more great space covers to come. The Strange Adventure #191 caught my attention as a small thumbnail and I had…
House of Mystery #190, DC Comics, February 1971. Artist: Neal Adams. Even the small top left title logo and associated image are awesome, House of Mystery #190 is a fun cover to look at. Neal Adams in full flight. Amazing…
Fantastic Four #11, Marvel Comics, February 1963. Here’s another book I pulled off the “future Spotlight” shelf, it’s a book I’ve owned many times and it just may be the most liquid issue of the Fantastic Four between #6 and…
Batman #189, DC Comics, February 1967. Artist: Carmine Infantino. The Scarecrow is one of those great villains that always seems to produce standout covers, Carmine Infantino does a nice job reintroducing the Scarecrow! Wonder Woman has the rare honour (I…
Pep #188, Archie Comics, December 1965. Artist: Harry Lucey. I have a nice raw 8.0ish copy of Pep #188 and I can attest it is a pleasure to look at and a treasure to own. I like Gene Colan’s Strange…
Avengers #187, Marvel Comics, September 1979. Artist: John Byrne. I lined up a bunch of great covers including House of Mystery #186 and Amazing Spider-Man #186 but none were as visually impactful as John Byrne’s great cover to Avengers #187. Superman…
Flash #186, DC Comics, March 1969. Artist: Ross Andru. Ross Andru packs a visual wallop with his cover to Flash #186. This book has always stood out in the Flash run. Adam Hughes keeps working his magic with Wonder Woman #186.…
Avengers #185, Marvel Comics, July 1979. Artist: George Perez. There was a lot to like on Day #185, tops on my list is Perez’s powerful rendering on Avengers #185. I can’t seem to get enough Gil Kane lately, have a…
Detective Comics #184, DC Comics, June 1952. Artist: Win Mortimer. Revisiting some popular past Covered 365 themes with today’s books. First lets see what lies at the end of the Rainbow, how about a great Win Mortimer Detective #184 delivering…
Thor #183, Marvel Comics, December 1970. Artist: John Buscema. Hump day folks. We’ve posted 182 days before this post and we have 182 to go after this post. Probably a good time for as little reflection and review. I’m noticing…
Batman #200, DC Comics, March 1968. Here’s another pick I’ve had in queue for a while. The book got hot decades ago but since then it’s kind of hung around worth something because people just assumed it should be. Well,…
Doctor Strange #182, Marvel Comics, September 1969. Artist: Gene Colan. A quick glance at Gene Colan’s cover to Doctor Strange #182 isn’t enough, have a good look, amazing art. Young Romance #182, that is not the look of resistance! What…