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Post by robot1a on May 13, 2021 13:58:12 GMT -5
robot1a, that is the Chrysler Building on the DD cover, not the ESB. I’m a west coast kid. I don’t know my east coast buildings very well.
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Post by MDG on May 13, 2021 14:34:50 GMT -5
robot1a, that is the Chrysler Building on the DD cover, not the ESB. No, I think that's based on the ESB, before the TV broadcast antenna was added.
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Post by kirby101 on May 13, 2021 15:14:52 GMT -5
robot1a, that is the Chrysler Building on the DD cover, not the ESB. No, I think that's based on the ESB, before the TV broadcast antenna was added. Nah, I'm a native New Yorker, it's the Chrysler Building. Notice the gargoyles.
The Chrysler Building
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Post by tartanphantom on May 13, 2021 15:15:59 GMT -5
robot1a, that is the Chrysler Building on the DD cover, not the ESB. No, I think that's based on the ESB, before the TV broadcast antenna was added. If you're referring to the cover of Daredevil #319 ("Fall from Grace pt. 1), it's very clearly the Chrysler Building, as identified by the arched upper stories and the eagle gargoyles on the corners of the 61st floor terrace, both of which are seen on the DD cover.
Whereas if you are referring to the cover that @bert posted (DD #111), it is very clearly the ESB, as identified by the four spire fins and the antenna mounted on top of the airship mooring dome.
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Post by kirby101 on May 13, 2021 15:59:55 GMT -5
No, I think that's based on the ESB, before the TV broadcast antenna was added. If you're referring to the cover of Daredevil #319 ("Fall from Grace pt. 1), it's very clearly the Chrysler Building, as identified by the arched upper stories and the eagle gargoyles on the corners of the 61st floor terrace, both of which are seen on the DD cover.
Whereas if you are referring to the cover that @bert posted (DD #111), it is very clearly the ESB, as identified by the four spire fins and the antenna mounted on top of the airship mooring dome.
robot1a, bert's is clearly the ESB. Did anybody say differently?
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Post by robot1a on May 13, 2021 16:58:10 GMT -5
If you're referring to the cover of Daredevil #319 ("Fall from Grace pt. 1), it's very clearly the Chrysler Building, as identified by the arched upper stories and the eagle gargoyles on the corners of the 61st floor terrace, both of which are seen on the DD cover.
Whereas if you are referring to the cover that @bert posted (DD #111), it is very clearly the ESB, as identified by the four spire fins and the antenna mounted on top of the airship mooring dome.
robot1a, bert's is clearly the ESB. Did anybody say differently? I have no idea. I changed my cover from Daredevil #319 (Chrysler Building) to Wonder Woman #69, which is the Empire State Building, right? Lol I got to fact check with you guys if it’s not the Capitol Records Building or the Transamerica Pyramid.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 13, 2021 17:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by tartanphantom on May 13, 2021 17:59:51 GMT -5
robot1a, bert's is clearly the ESB. Did anybody say differently? I have no idea. I changed my cover from Daredevil #319 (Chrysler Building) to Wonder Woman #69, which is the Empire State Building, right? Lol I got to fact check with you guys if it’s not the Capitol Records Building or the Transamerica Pyramid.
Or Coit Tower or Los Angeles City Hall.
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Post by kirby101 on May 13, 2021 19:09:30 GMT -5
robot1a, bert's is clearly the ESB. Did anybody say differently? I have no idea. I changed my cover from Daredevil #319 (Chrysler Building) to Wonder Woman #69, which is the Empire State Building, right? Lol I got to fact check with you guys if it’s not the Capitol Records Building or the Transamerica Pyramid. You got the right one. Nice WW cover. Speaking of West Coast, this is how NYer Gene Colan first drew Coit Tower when DD moved to San Francisco. They got a lot of feedback.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 13, 2021 19:14:15 GMT -5
Still better than some of Gerry Conway's geographic goofs or how most artists depicted the area around the Gateway Arch, in St Louis. Probably why they got Son of Satan the heck out of there.
Where I grew up, the tallest building was the grain elevator.
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Post by berkley on May 13, 2021 21:30:20 GMT -5
Damn, I was sure I knew which cover to vote for as soon as I saw it on the first page but now there's another contender. This may come down to a coin toss.
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Post by kirby101 on May 13, 2021 21:45:14 GMT -5
Gene and Gerry got it right in the a later issue.
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Post by foxley on May 18, 2021 3:48:13 GMT -5
DubipR
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 18, 2021 6:16:03 GMT -5
Graphic Autist
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Post by Icctrombone on May 18, 2021 6:20:55 GMT -5
tarkintino
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