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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Covers Redux!
You know the drill by now, right? Original Marvel comic next to the reprinted version, I look for changes, you spot the ones I miss?
First up, we've got Sgt. Fury #10 and the reprint in Special Marvel Edition #8, and obviously we're looking at an all-new cover here. I'm not sure why, as the original cover would've fit just fine in the new cover dress, except for the top blurbs.
It always amazes me when Marvel would change things on a cover just to change them. Take Sub-Mariner #3 and Tales to Astonish (V2) #3... both figures are reduced, and Namor's been pushed away from the thing (making someone add some toes on Ben's foot), the black background is entirely gone, speed lines are added, and some reinking has been done on Ben, especially on his arms -- or was he entirely redrawn here? Some parts of him look the same, others are different. He's been rotated clockwise slightly, too.
When Amazing Spider-Man #21 was reprinted in Marvel Tales #16, obviously someone felt the original cover wasn't exciting enough... so the moved Spidey over some, got rid of what the Beetle was lurking behind, added another fireball, changed the path of Johnny's flame trail, and altered the fireball that missed Spidey!
Admittedly, Avengers #36 had a rather weak cover... the background machinery was ill-definied at best. When it was reprinted in Marvel Triple Action #28, it looks like some changes were made to bring out the background some more. It appears some of it was reinked as well as recolored, with the background above Goliath changed to some Kirby Krackle, possibly so it wouldn't distract from the MTA logo.
At first glance, the only real differences between Sgt. Fury #26 and #87 are that the scene's been changed to nighttime, but look closer... a downed plane has been added, and the water has been reworked to have more detail. Even the smoke coming off the Nazi ship has been redrawn!
Looking at Tales of Suspense #94 and the reprint in Marvel Double Feature #17, doesn't it look like Cap's head has been redrawn, possibly by Romita? There are subtle changes to the rest of Cap's figure as well, and one of the AIM agents in the background has vanished on the reprint. Modok's gone entirely!
Next, we have Fantastic Four #17 and Marvel Collector's Item Classics #12, and it's an all-new cover. Frankly, Doom does not look right with the mouth of his helmet opened that much! The new cover was apparently a hodge-podge of artwork from different sources, according to the GCD.
Lastly, we have Amazing Spider-Man #108 and the reprint in Marvel Tales #87. Here, we have the background gone entirely... some new smoke has been added as well. I'm not sure why those changes were made, but the whole thing was shifted over for the UPC logo, even though it could've been flipped and still worked. Here, I'll show you, with a quick down-and-dirty version of what I'm talking about:
See what I mean?
First up, we've got Sgt. Fury #10 and the reprint in Special Marvel Edition #8, and obviously we're looking at an all-new cover here. I'm not sure why, as the original cover would've fit just fine in the new cover dress, except for the top blurbs.
It always amazes me when Marvel would change things on a cover just to change them. Take Sub-Mariner #3 and Tales to Astonish (V2) #3... both figures are reduced, and Namor's been pushed away from the thing (making someone add some toes on Ben's foot), the black background is entirely gone, speed lines are added, and some reinking has been done on Ben, especially on his arms -- or was he entirely redrawn here? Some parts of him look the same, others are different. He's been rotated clockwise slightly, too.
When Amazing Spider-Man #21 was reprinted in Marvel Tales #16, obviously someone felt the original cover wasn't exciting enough... so the moved Spidey over some, got rid of what the Beetle was lurking behind, added another fireball, changed the path of Johnny's flame trail, and altered the fireball that missed Spidey!
Admittedly, Avengers #36 had a rather weak cover... the background machinery was ill-definied at best. When it was reprinted in Marvel Triple Action #28, it looks like some changes were made to bring out the background some more. It appears some of it was reinked as well as recolored, with the background above Goliath changed to some Kirby Krackle, possibly so it wouldn't distract from the MTA logo.
At first glance, the only real differences between Sgt. Fury #26 and #87 are that the scene's been changed to nighttime, but look closer... a downed plane has been added, and the water has been reworked to have more detail. Even the smoke coming off the Nazi ship has been redrawn!
Looking at Tales of Suspense #94 and the reprint in Marvel Double Feature #17, doesn't it look like Cap's head has been redrawn, possibly by Romita? There are subtle changes to the rest of Cap's figure as well, and one of the AIM agents in the background has vanished on the reprint. Modok's gone entirely!
Next, we have Fantastic Four #17 and Marvel Collector's Item Classics #12, and it's an all-new cover. Frankly, Doom does not look right with the mouth of his helmet opened that much! The new cover was apparently a hodge-podge of artwork from different sources, according to the GCD.
Lastly, we have Amazing Spider-Man #108 and the reprint in Marvel Tales #87. Here, we have the background gone entirely... some new smoke has been added as well. I'm not sure why those changes were made, but the whole thing was shifted over for the UPC logo, even though it could've been flipped and still worked. Here, I'll show you, with a quick down-and-dirty version of what I'm talking about:
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Monster Stuff!
We're still looking at Frankenstein items, and we begin with these lobby cards from Frankenstein 1970! More after the jump!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Cool Stuff!
With Christmas fast approaching, I figure this is as good a time as any to point out anything in my "Cool Stuff" posts that I'd love to have in my collection... let's see if there's something in this post on my want list!
Bat-Signal Iron-On... neat, but not on my want list... more after the jump!
Bat-Signal Iron-On... neat, but not on my want list... more after the jump!
Monday, November 24, 2014
Kirby Kovers!
It's time for another parade of Kirby Kovers!
Remember: "Thorr" with two "r"s -- living Easter Island statue. "Thor" with one "r" -- Thunder God. Knowing the difference can save a life!
Iron Mask's mask looks just like Doom's, doesn't it?
Amazing it took this long for me to get to this one, isn't it?
The Black Widow's original costume wasn't the most inspired one ever, was it?
Fun fact: After King Kong was taken to New York City and his doom, a giant armadillo moved in to take his place!
I wonder who went through more shirts, Sgt. Fury or Doc Savage?
That's clearly not a Kirby face on that largest Thor figure, is it?
Remember: "Thorr" with two "r"s -- living Easter Island statue. "Thor" with one "r" -- Thunder God. Knowing the difference can save a life!
Iron Mask's mask looks just like Doom's, doesn't it?
Amazing it took this long for me to get to this one, isn't it?
The Black Widow's original costume wasn't the most inspired one ever, was it?
Fun fact: After King Kong was taken to New York City and his doom, a giant armadillo moved in to take his place!
I wonder who went through more shirts, Sgt. Fury or Doc Savage?
That's clearly not a Kirby face on that largest Thor figure, is it?
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