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Post by tarkintino on Aug 26, 2019 15:11:56 GMT -5
Great choice--it seems Superman was a good candidate for those apocalyptic stories, at least more than other DC heroes.
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Post by tarkintino on Aug 26, 2019 15:13:12 GMT -5
Here's another one--the "Tossed or pushed to his death" theme:
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 26, 2019 16:22:10 GMT -5
Here's another one--the "Tossed or pushed to his death" theme: Yes! I'm betting there are more than few of these, too.
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 1, 2019 11:50:59 GMT -5
The wrecked Statue of Liberty trope has been a part of fantasy for a very long time, whether in story or on a cover (notably, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, John Bowen's novel After the Rain, etc.), but it became a staple of endless comic book covers. Here's a sample of the best of the lot, including two adaptations from the sci-fi production that (arguably) elevated the trope into a permanent, worldwide icon of science fiction and film:
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 1, 2019 14:46:15 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Sept 20, 2019 7:22:53 GMT -5
It seems comic creators saw the Sphinx as a monster (carrying on the tradition of Egyptian mummies being "evil") in this oft-used theme:
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 6, 2019 16:57:18 GMT -5
A tribute to one of comicdom's most familiar themes: The Gil Kane Forward Run. Oh, a few are flying/leaping, but the basic layout is the same: There are more, but this is a good sample of how often he created this kind of cover.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 6, 2019 17:05:58 GMT -5
And then the inevitable "tributes..." And one from Joe Kubert...
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 11, 2019 15:06:42 GMT -5
How many times did this happen? Almost caught in the act despite his super-speed.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 11, 2019 15:22:14 GMT -5
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Post by rberman on Oct 23, 2019 11:43:10 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 23, 2019 15:15:30 GMT -5
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Post by rberman on Oct 23, 2019 15:48:53 GMT -5
Those are not recursive (i.e. a picture of itself, receding into infinity), but "pictures of other comic books" is a related theme.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 23, 2019 15:56:58 GMT -5
Those are not recursive (i.e. a picture of itself, receding into infinity), but "pictures of other comic books" is a related theme. Right. I thought you were going for more than the famous infinity cover idea. But the infinity comic book cover leads us to:
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Post by brutalis on Oct 23, 2019 17:08:50 GMT -5
3 Cover Tropes came to mind for me today all in relation to impending death and or doom. If any of you wish to research and post images please feel free as I cannot. 1. Grim Reaper/Death in foreground/background pursuing'hovering/denoting a characters pending or immediate death. 2. Skull head replacing a person/character/hero/normal/regular head (yes, there is a ton of Ghost Rider/Blazing Skull). 3. Death head/skull in eyes of a character.
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