Thread: Cover Of The Day
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3rd Dec 2013, 6:49 AM #301
We have DC's 1979 Superstar Holiday Special today (cover dated April 1980!...the date retailers had to remove it from sale) and the issue featured Christmas stories featuring the likes of Batman (with Frank Miller's first work on the character), Legion Of Superheroes, Sgt Rock and Jonah Hex. Superhero, war and western action with a mystery/horror tale thrown in, all wrapped up for Christmas. What more could you ask for?
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3rd Dec 2013, 2:11 PM #302
What I would really like is to know whether it's 'In Quest Of A Dream' or 'In Quest For A Dream'.
Good composition, shame only Batman and Superman really stand out from the crowd. It pays to have a brightly coloured outfit.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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3rd Dec 2013, 3:49 PM #303
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I think I'd have liked that one at the time, given the mix of genre types. Strange thing though: bearing in mind that "holiday" means Christmas in the US used in this context, the cover date's April...
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3rd Dec 2013, 6:08 PM #304
It went on sale at Christmas 1979, Stuart...the cover date is the one which indicates to retailers when to finally remove it from sale! Just like the UK weeklies were always dated the week following their on-sale date (ie an issue dated Weekk Ending say, 25th December would actually have gone on sale on the 19th), the Americans worked the same way but with around a 3-month sales window instead of 1 week. So this issue should have been removed from shelves on 31st March 1980. Admittedly, even using this reasoning you'd have thought a March cover date more sensible.
You'll notice similar cover date discrepancies on all the American covers featured in the coming weeks...
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4th Dec 2013, 6:40 AM #305
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4th Dec 2013, 6:59 AM #306
I remember that one (in fact I think I've still got it). Brilliant!
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4th Dec 2013, 7:27 AM #307
You'd better be good, for goodness sake!
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4th Dec 2013, 11:02 AM #308
Luckily I always am, Dave. Well, ish...
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5th Dec 2013, 6:57 AM #309
Today, from Marvel, we have the second (of three) annual Giant-Sized Treasury Editions which were published at Christmas from 1974-76...the 1975 Giant Superhero Holiday Grab-Bag.
Very basically, this was just an American variation of the old hard-covered UK Marvel Annuals we used to get...except that it was a giant-sized (12"x18") softcover, featuring reprints of a variety of Marvel Characters.
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6th Dec 2013, 6:28 AM #310
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8th Dec 2013, 9:56 AM #311
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8th Dec 2013, 10:34 AM #312
Good old Dredd. He'll arrest anyone, anytime, anywhere.
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9th Dec 2013, 6:49 AM #313
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9th Dec 2013, 8:32 AM #314
Those smiles are borderline horror magazine stuff! Especially on the baubles - would they bite you as you were decorating the tree? Scary.
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9th Dec 2013, 3:16 PM #315
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There's a lot of pleasure to be gained from displaying festive baubles...
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9th Dec 2013, 6:02 PM #316
Have you been painting yours red & silver and hiding in the trees again?
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10th Dec 2013, 6:56 AM #317
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11th Dec 2013, 6:55 AM #318
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12th Dec 2013, 6:12 AM #319
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12th Dec 2013, 6:44 AM #320
File under 'Bored Artist Draws Boobs'?
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12th Dec 2013, 2:57 PM #321
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On that logic there does appear to be a lot of very bored people working on tabloid newspapers...
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12th Dec 2013, 9:30 PM #322
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13th Dec 2013, 6:20 AM #323
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13th Dec 2013, 9:43 AM #324
2000AD really is far too good, isn't it? What a fab cover. Love it.
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13th Dec 2013, 10:57 AM #325
So long as I keep going with my project, I'll be writing about this very Prog in 2 years, 2 weeks and 2 days time! On the other hand, we'll get to the cover stars in just a few weeks time!
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