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Post by tarkintino on Sept 7, 2022 7:04:35 GMT -5
This week's contest: Looming.
Post a cover that features a character (real, imagined, etc.), of any type (hero, villain, comedic character, et al.) looming over a setting / characters, etc.
Adventure Comics #436 (November - December, 1974). Cover by Jim Aparo.
The usual ground rules apply: - Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest. - Cover must be from a published comic book, comic-related magazine, or collected volume published before August 2012. - Please include also the title of the comic and the issue number in case some posters cannot see your image. - Covers must be posted before voting begins. - Voting takes place on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST. - Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most. Please put the name of your choice in bold. - The winner of the contest is the entrant 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, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins. Have fun and good luck!
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 7, 2022 7:46:27 GMT -5
Great contest topic! Rather than go for the easy, low-hanging fruit that comes to mind first, I dug this one up...
Shadow Comics Vol. 8 #6 (Sept. 1948)-- Street & Smith Publications
cover art by Bob Powell
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Post by foxley on Sept 7, 2022 7:49:41 GMT -5
Batman #232 (DC, 1971, Neal Adams)
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Post by Graphic Autist on Sept 7, 2022 7:50:31 GMT -5
Fantastic Four 259
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 7, 2022 7:58:40 GMT -5
Phantom Stranger #22 (DC, 1972)
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Post by kirby101 on Sept 7, 2022 8:52:39 GMT -5
Change of cover. Decided to go with this. I always found it astonishing that Kirby could imbue this with such menace with a just an old man hovering a few feet off the ground.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2022 8:52:43 GMT -5
-M
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 7, 2022 9:36:58 GMT -5
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Post by badwolf on Sept 7, 2022 9:55:25 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Sept 7, 2022 10:15:48 GMT -5
Why this and not FF #84? Just curious.
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 7, 2022 10:19:44 GMT -5
A comic that I paid 12 cents for in 1964:
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Post by MWGallaher on Sept 7, 2022 10:35:53 GMT -5
THE SANDMAN #1, DC Comics 1974
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Post by badwolf on Sept 7, 2022 10:39:57 GMT -5
Why this and not FF #84? Just curious. I knew someone was going to ask this and thought about heading it off in the post itself. I chose this cover for a couple reasons:
1. It was one of my first comics (maybe my 3rd?) and has great sentimental value to me. 2. I like the coloring better, it's more dramatic.
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 7, 2022 10:55:06 GMT -5
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD 3, August 1968Heck and Colletta
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Post by Jesse on Sept 7, 2022 11:06:32 GMT -5
Night Force #4 (Nov, 1982)
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