Covered 365: Day 103
House of Secrets #103, DC Comics, December 1972 – Artist: Bernie Wrightson. This is another one of those covers that just ‘works’, its one of my fave Wrightson covers. Avengers #103 was a very close second, it could have gone…
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Web Arted #355
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Hristov, Bentley, Hamner, Bachalo, Azaceta.
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Covered 365: Day 102
Detective Comics #102, DC Comics, August 1945 – Artist: Dick Sprang. A striking cover with great colors, the Joker, Batman and Robin and that awe inspiring Big Logo Detective mast. X-Men #102 had a strong cover as did Amazing Spider-Man…
Covered 365: Day 101
Action Comics #101, DC Comics, October 1946 – Artist: Wayne Boring. Action Comics #101 is one of those covers that non Superman fans want to own and certainly stands out in a crowd of #101 covers. There was actually a…
Covered 365: Day 100
Ultimate Spider-Man #100, Marvel Comics, November 2006 – Artist: Mark Bagely. I hate being predictable, remind me never to play a poker game with Meli, but I just can’t ignore this mesmerizing wraparound cover, my goodness. I tried to count…
Covered 365: Day 99
Falling in Love #99, DC Comics, May 1968 – Artist: Ric Estrada. This cover is amazing, I’ve been looking for a high grade one for years and have never been able to track one down. Please note this is not…
Covered 365: Day 98
Jimmy Olsen #98 – DC Comics, December 1966 – Artist: Curt Swan. I can just picture the Marvel staff meeting in December 1966 – “look at these numbers people, we must be doing something right, lets keep up the good…
Covered 365: Day 97
Modern Comics #97 – Quality Comics, May 1950 – Artist: Reed Crandall. I love the composition of the Modern Comics #97 cover, the art is top notch too. Whiz #97 caught my attention with it’s strong colors and the innuendo…
Covered 365: Day 96
Archie Comics #96 – Archie Publications, December 1958 – Artist: ? Harry Lucey??. You knew a romance themed one was coming soon after the willpower I showed laying of the recent Teen Confessions and you know much like Agatha Christie…
Web Arted #354
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Davis, Farmer, Colan, Green, Cockrum, Buscema, Marcos, Stroman.
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Covered 365: Day 95
Marvel Tales #95 – Marvel/Atlas Comics, March 1950 – Artist: Carl Burgos (questioned at comics.org). Marvel Tales #95 is such a stand out. A few years back I saw a very high grade copy at a con and the experience…
Covered 365: Day 94
X-Men #94 – Marvel Comics, August 1975 – Artist: Gil Kane. I love the combination of key issue and iconic cover. Sometimes I’m not sure if it’s the keyness of the issue that makes the cover seem iconic after but…
Covered 365: Day 93
Tales to Astonish #93 – Marvel Comics, July 1967 – Artist: Marie Severin. Such an iconic cover from Marie Severin. TTA #93 has always stood out in piles of Marvel Silver Age. Today in the Marvel U there are few…
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Covered 365: Day 92
House of Secrets #92 – DC Comics, July 1971 – Artist: Bernie Wrightson (pencils and inks) I feel like I’m cheating with this one but how do I not pick it? A great comic book cover matching each day of…
Covered 365: Day 91
Brave and the Bold #91 – DC Comics, August/September 1970 – Artist: Nick Cardy (pencils and inks). So I actually spent time looking for some lame blank sketch variant #91 as my April Fools post, when I could not find…
Covered 365: Day 90
Wings Comics #90 – Fiction House, February 1948 – Artist: Bob Lubbers. I’m back on the girl in the impossibly precarious situation wagon and there’s no arguing this one fits the bill. Wings #90 has been super hot on the…
Covered 365: Day 89
Famous Funnies #89 – Eastern Color, December 1941 – Artist: Harry G. Peter. This cover by Harry G. Peter just explodes off the page, it was hard to ignore once I’d seen it. I’ve never seem an actual copy of…
Covered 365: Day 88
Dark Horse Presents #88 – Dark Horse Comics, August 1994 – Artist: Mike Mignola. I’ve been looking at a lot of covers over these past few months and one era that has been disappointing has been the 1990s so when…
Web Arted #353
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cheung, Morales, Bertram, Chaykin, Buscema, Bolton.
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