Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Action Comics #12, DC, May 1939. I’d like to thank guest Undervalued Spotlight writer Stephen for sending in another fantastic submission. Steven’s argument is sound and full of the passion and confidence that had me asking him if he had…
House of Secrets #152, DC Comics, June/July 1978 – Artist: Vincente Alcazar. House of Secrets #152 combines the great visual effect with actually being pretty unsettling. I thought Four Color #152 was very bold and striking, and Action Comics #152…
Unexpected #151, DC Comics, October 1973 – Artist: Nick Cardy. I feel like this is a good time to look back and reflect on our little project so far. I’ve been surprised by the strength of the DC Romance Comic…
Love Stories #149, DC Comics, March/April 1973 – Artist: Not known, though they give Vince Colletta inking credit. You have to look at the cover to Love Stories #149 for a little while before the full scene really starts to…
Justice League #148, DC Comics, November 1977 – Artist: Rich Buckler. I’ve always liked Rich Buckler and actually have a friend named Vince that used to ghost for Rich back in the 1970s, Vince helped Rich draw FF #161 and…
Scooby-Doo!, DC Comics, February 2009 – Artist: Robert Pope. Whoa! Sensory overload, all my favorite scary villains on a cover of Scooby Doo, Creeper is still my all time fave. I was gonna pick House of Secrets #139 and I…
House of Secrets #134, DC Comics, August 1975 – Artist: Ernie Chan. August 1975 must have been a great month for covers, if you remember our Day #94 was August 1975’s X-Men #94. This Ernie Chan offering is outstanding giving…
Hopalong Cassidy #131, DC Comics, September/October 1958 – Artist: Gil Kane. Man can Gil Kane draw a horse and a great action scene, I love this cover. I was going to pick Falling in Love #131 but pulled back because…
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #126, DC Comics, January 1970 – Artist: Curt Swan. I never thought I’d pick a Jimmy Olsen cover. Don’t laugh but I cannot remember ever holding this comic, I mean I must have but if I…
Girl’s Romances #124, DC Comics, April 1967 – Artist: Jay Scott Pike. Wholly molly, this post is being taken over by Westerns and Romance! To my defense I’ve only had 2 romance covers in my last 18 posts and both…
Falling in Love #121, DC Comics, February 1971 – Artist: Tony DeZuniga. I remember back when I was thinking about doing this project, I had some issues already picked way in advance. I wrote a quick list down, Surfer #4,…
Heart Throbs #120, DC Comics, June/July 1969 – Artist: Neal Adams. I’m not going to apologize for this being a Romance Comics. The cover to Heart Throbs #120 is as scary as a pre-code horror and of course in many…
Tomahawk #117, DC Comics, July/August 1968 – Artist: Neal Adams. I feel like one of those co-eds on a Charlton Romance cover, forever changing her mind. With apologies to Gerald I’m still holding to my self imposed ban on L.B…
Tomahawk #116, DC Comics, May/June 1968 – Artist: Neal Adams. You cannot take your eyes off Tomahawk #116, the colors, the hues, the tones, the action, the mood, Neal knocked it out of the park with this one. While we’re…
Action Comics #108, DC Comics, May 1947 – Artist: Jack Burnley. Something about molten pots full of funky molten color. This cover is just a cool visual, the kind of cover you want the moment you see it. What else…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…