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Post by MDG on Jul 17, 2021 7:53:38 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 17, 2021 9:16:52 GMT -5
I prefer the coloring in the original printed comic. Superboy #200
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 9:21:49 GMT -5
I prefer the coloring in the original printed comic. Superboy #200
Oh absolutely, I accidently posted the wrong colored version, I MUCH prefer the original coloring myself. Thanks for catching and posting the correct one!
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 17, 2021 9:22:42 GMT -5
A couple from Big John Buscema. From the classic Man-Thing #12 And from Spider-Man Annual 1999
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 17, 2021 9:31:16 GMT -5
This one has stuck with me since childhood... In fact, this issue (Jimmy Olsen #134) is what sucked me into Kirby's Fourth World from the get-go...
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 17, 2021 9:36:28 GMT -5
I loved this one from Sal Buscema the first time I saw it. Not just for the art but for the storytelling. This is the previous page, from a close up with that small park in the background that turns into the Surfer in the next expansive 2 page spread.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 17, 2021 9:39:22 GMT -5
On Kirby's Marvel side, I always loved the goofy insanity of Devil Dinosaur as well...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 9:59:27 GMT -5
Captain Marvel themed favorites. The C.C. Beck one below kicks off the Monster Society of Evil storyline, and I remember seeing this for the first time and just knowing something special was to follow: Jerry Ordway painting that was used for the 2 page splash in the Power of Shazam! graphic novel: Alex Ross Superman versus Captain Marvel from Kingdom Come:
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jul 17, 2021 10:13:32 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jul 17, 2021 10:27:57 GMT -5
A pretty good one by Tom Palmer (from Doctor Strange #171 [Aug. 1968]): It works even better (with artistic enhancements) as a black light poster:
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 17, 2021 10:43:28 GMT -5
I'll see your Palmer/Adkins Dr. Strange and raise you a Gene Colan spread. #182
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 10:54:22 GMT -5
In the category of wrap-arounds, I have always loved these Steranko covers. They ARE the visual definition of comic book history to me!
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 17, 2021 11:35:08 GMT -5
This may be the earliest double-page spread in American comic books (at least I have yet to encounter an earlier one). From the Ka-Zar story in Marvel Mystery Comics #11 (September 1940). Art by Funnies, Inc's Ben Thompson. (Click on the image to see it better.)
Cei-U! I summon the pioneer!
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Post by shaxper on Jul 17, 2021 11:48:47 GMT -5
This is going to be an epic thread I think! This is absolutely my #1 too!
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 17, 2021 12:19:05 GMT -5
Captain America #113 (May, 1969). Art by Jim Steranko. Strange Adventures #214 (September-October, 1968). Art by Neal Adams.
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