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Post by rberman on Jun 7, 2020 15:47:30 GMT -5
Art Adams loaded his early work with Easter Eggs, some of which required a magnifying class to identify. Just a few examples from his work on Longshot. Adams put himself on one of Mojo's TV screens: Slipped Clark, Lois, and their kid Jimmy into a "going to church" scene... Put Gumby into the background of issue after issue... And so on.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jun 7, 2020 15:49:03 GMT -5
I remember something written in the fringe of Doctor Strange's cape once I think but can't begin to find it now. Rob Allen pointed out a backwards message to Neal Adams in Creatures On The Loose (#29) once to me here.
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Post by rberman on Jun 7, 2020 15:51:56 GMT -5
Bill Sienkiewicz put Alfred Hitchcock and TV doctor Ben Casey into a hospital scene in The New Mutants.He also put an "After Dave Cockrum" graffiti on the wall of the Lovecraftian island in the Bermuda Triangle which was Magneto's secret base, because Cockrum had drawn that same scene first.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 7, 2020 15:57:44 GMT -5
Keith Giffen put a bunch into Legion, during the great Darkness Saga (as well as ripping off some Philippe Druillet)..... Antonio Steffanaci, curator of a museum devoted to magic... (also note a statue of Dr Fate, there, even though this is pre-Crisis, when he was on Earth 2) The Daxamites had some familiar hair and clothing styles... If you look at the crowd, you can see a familiar bat shape, Garfield, a certain homo arachnis, the creative team, and Matter-Eater Lad, munching on a carrot....
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Post by rberman on Jun 7, 2020 16:05:11 GMT -5
The nostalgic mini-series Marvel: 1985 rewarded careful study of its backgrounds, as you might expect for a story about the treasures hidden in forgotten longboxes.
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 7, 2020 17:03:15 GMT -5
MAD was a endless source of those kind of Easter Eggs, whether it was centered on those who made the magazine (for example, William Gaines, Al Jaffee, et al., appearing in backgrounds) or characters from other media, such as this page from their Incredible Bulk satire ( MAD #204) with characters from Andy Capp, Doonesbury, the 1966 Batman TV series and the sitcom What's Happening!-- ...and that was just scratching the surface, as Burgess Meredith's Penguin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Namor, Tarzan and characters from Peanuts and Hagar the Horrible make appearances.
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Post by badwolf on Jun 7, 2020 18:48:26 GMT -5
Peter Parker appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths:
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 7, 2020 18:59:38 GMT -5
Put Gumby into the background of issue after issue... And so on. Isn't the one on the far right Godzilla?
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Post by rberman on Jun 7, 2020 19:13:08 GMT -5
Put Gumby into the background of issue after issue... And so on. Isn't the one on the far right Godzilla? Yes, and a mecha in between. Or Acroyear?
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 8, 2020 5:35:18 GMT -5
Isn't the one on the far right Godzilla? Yes, and a mecha in between. Or Acroyear? I figured the middle must be something, but I'm not sure what. It doesn't look like Acroyear to me, though. Could be a mecha.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 8, 2020 7:44:03 GMT -5
Great thread idea! Easter eggs can be distracting, sometimes, but they're also a lot of fun. Here's one from the April 13, 1975 Tarzan Sunday page : The lady on the mammoth is speaking the same alien language as these dudes from Weird Fantasy #17 (1953). The terms "Squa Tront" and "Spa Fon" were used quite often as an homage to the great EC comics, both in comics and as fanzine titles. More difficult to find is Vicente Alcazar's homage to Neal Adams in Creatures on the loose #29 (1974). Can you spot it? I sure couldn't. However, when you know where to look... (Zoom on the bottom of the stained glass window, then flip the image...) "This image I dedicate to Neal". Even harder to spot is one referenced by Michael Netzer on his blog: There is a figure of Deadman hidden on the splash page of Ms. Mystic #1 (1982). One can just see it by scanning the thing and playing with light intensity. (I can't manage the result Nezter posted, but it's clear the image is really there). The reason Deadman is there is that Neal hinted elsewhere that Ms. Mystic might be Rama Kushna. (Easier to find is the "who's / whose" error in the caption!)
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 8, 2020 7:54:40 GMT -5
Years ago in the CBR, I had a thread with Easter eggs. My photobucket was wiped and I lost all the scans but I plan to rescan what books I have left in order to join in on the fun. Wildcats # 8Jim Lee has a few of the Wildcats take a cruise , and the run into a few familiar faces- Clark and Lois An older Bevis and ButtheadAnd How he got away with this, I'll never know- Scott and Jean on their vacation
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Post by rberman on Jun 8, 2020 8:17:16 GMT -5
Yes, and a mecha in between. Or Acroyear? I figured the middle must be something, but I'm not sure what. It doesn't look like Acroyear to me, though. Could be a mecha. Longshot is definitely carrying an Acroyear (with sword and wings!) in his bag of junk in issue #5, along with a Gumby, Euryhthmics cassette, polyhedral dice, and other totems of Art Adams' childhood. The vanes on Acroyear's helmet were drawn much longer in the comic book, which is what made me think of him for the window figure. Acroyear dolls (ok, "action figures") were not as tall as the doll in the window either.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 8, 2020 8:22:48 GMT -5
I figured the middle must be something, but I'm not sure what. It doesn't look like Acroyear to me, though. Could be a mecha. Longshot is definitely carrying an Acroyear (with sword and wings!) in his bag of junk in issue #5, along with a Gumby, Euryhthmics cassette, polyhedral dice, and other totems of Art Adams' childhood. The vanes on Acroyear's helmet were drawn much longer in the comic book, which is what made me think of him for the window figure. Acroyear dolls (ok, "action figures") were not as tall as the doll in the window either. I don't know. The "vanes" are on the top of the head rather than coming off the sides of the head, and the arms don't look anything like either the action figure or comic character's arms. If it is Acroyear, it's not a very good likeness. I suppose maybe they intentionally made it look not too much like Acroyear so that they don't get in trouble in terms of copyright issues, but then again, they should have the same trouble with Godzilla, I would think.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 8, 2020 10:29:32 GMT -5
Help an old guy, wouldja, Icctrombone? What did Lee get away with in that last page? (Most things post-1986 I'm lost on.)
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