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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 13:14:41 GMT -5
Again, after consulting the master list of previously covered topics, I just didn't see this anywhere. Just in time for the season of Samhain (Halloween), you are tasked with crafting a spellbinding cover post featuring a traditional non-superhero witch. Specific spell components include: 1- Cannot be a superhero character (translate this as no mutants dressed in red or otherwise, and nay, no proto-goddess Elizabethan-english-speaking enchantresses either) 2- Must be a cover between 1945 and 1975. This gives you a 30-year span to choose from, covering the end of the Golden age through a good chunk of the Bronze age. 3- It doesn't have to be a "horror" title-- cartoon witches are OK too (Wendy, Sabrina, Broomhilda, Samantha Stevens, etc). The Rules of Witchcraft (You won't know that you've broken them... until you do!):
• Post one classic cover that fits the theme of the contest. • Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before Oct. 2010. • Covers must be posted before voting begins. • Voting takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 27 beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59 pm PST. • Vote by posting the name of the poster whose entry best fits the theme or that you simply like the most. • Put your choice's name in bold! • The winner of the contest is the entry with the most votes after the voting period ends. • The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest. • If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it. • If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, or not from a published comic book or collected edition, kindly point it out so that the poster can choose an alternate before voting begins.
Also, even though I didn't follow this suggestion myself, I think it's a good one from EdoBosnar 's last contest-- *I would suggest that everyone also cite the series and issue number together with their cover image, as I did - just in case the image isn't visible to everyone. Otherwise, have some spell-casting, potion-brewing, broom-riding fun! (participants who garner no votes will be turned into toads for a 24-hour period)
The Witching Hour #21 (1972)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 13:35:53 GMT -5
How about a Sea Witch? Eerie #7 (1967) -M
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 21, 2020 13:41:49 GMT -5
Entry: Witching Hour #1 (DC, 1969. Cover by Nick Cardy) Replacing Witches Tales #3 (Harvey, 1951. Cover by Al Avison)
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Post by kirby101 on Oct 21, 2020 13:43:21 GMT -5
Witches in Space! Sounds like a bit from the Muppet Show. The Witching Hour #14 Neal Adams
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Oct 21, 2020 13:49:36 GMT -5
Check the rules people
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 21, 2020 13:54:32 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 21, 2020 13:55:19 GMT -5
Witching Hour 3, July 1969.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 13:59:49 GMT -5
Warren publishing 1969. "Vampirella" #2. . introducing her Cousin, the witch "Evily" - GORGEOUS Bill Hughes cover
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Post by tartanphantom on Oct 21, 2020 14:16:50 GMT -5
Check the rules people I didn't notice the 1955-onward rule. We have a problem as the comics code came in around 1955 pretty much forbidding scary type witches from comics for a decade plus I think. Huge gap from 1956-early '70s... here's what came out with Witches in the entire '60s decade: www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=witch&pubid=&PubRng=1960-1969
You have made an excellent point that I didn't think about-- the Comics Code was brutal when it came to witch covers.
The "Spell Components" have been amended in my original post-- you now have a 30-year period to choose from!
Thanks for bringing this up, it was an oversight on my part. Let the changing of cover entries begin...
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 21, 2020 14:18:18 GMT -5
I'll go with Nick Cardy in any case, it seems to have marked the return of witches to regular color comics too.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 21, 2020 14:19:27 GMT -5
House of Mystery #190 (February, 1971)
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Post by tarkintino on Oct 21, 2020 14:55:40 GMT -5
Ripley's Believe It or Not #26 - June, 1971.
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Post by MDG on Oct 21, 2020 15:01:04 GMT -5
(Reserving the right to replace this w/ a better image if i find one)
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 21, 2020 15:12:14 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 21, 2020 16:50:58 GMT -5
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