There was a candy store near my grandmother’s house that we used to walk to when we would visit her, which was frequently. We’d go there and get a candy bar, or play some pinball. And it turned out that they carried comics–but only one kind of comics, Marvel Comics. And so, this was the … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TEAM-UP #16
Tag: Gil Kane
Great Covers – GREEN LANTERN #69
slsblog: Love means never having to peel your face off. The brown background is a poor choice, but the concept wins through. Source: onlycovers1
BHOC: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #115
BRAVE AND THE BOLD wasn’t really my book of choice, so I’m guessing that it was the 100-Page format that made the difference in this case. Either way, this got picked up at the 7-11 (by this point, the little post-Church candy store had stopped stocking comics–I had gotten in right at the very end.) … Continue reading BHOC: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #115
BHOC: SUPERMAN #272
I know that I owned this SUPERMAN 100-Page Super-Spectacular–my second book in this beloved format–but i remember relatively little about it beyond that. I’d imagine that this is because I didn’t have it for very long, for reasons that will become apparent in a few entries. I’ve always loved this format–the size and heft of … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #272
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #110
thebristolboard: Classic cover by Gill Kane (pencils and inks) and Jack Adler (wash) from Strange Adventures #110, published by DC Comics, November 1959.
Great Covers – AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #131
browsethestacks: Vintage Comic - Amazing Spider-Man #131 Pencils: Gil Kane Inks: Frank Giacoia Marvel (Apr1974)
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #79
How can you not want to read this issue of STRANGE ADVENTURES, thanks to it’s Gil Kane cover? It’s got aliens disguising themselves as anthropomorphic snowmen, complete with battered top hats and carrot noses, in order to conquer the world!
Great Covers – MIGHTY MARVEL WESTERN #44
Gil Kane once cited this cover to MIGHTY MARVEL WESTERN as his favorite of all the covers he’d ever drawn. And despite the copy- and trade dress-heavy upper half, it’s easy to see why. It’s an intriguing angle to take, the reflection of the gunslinger who has the drop on Rawhide in the pool of … Continue reading Great Covers – MIGHTY MARVEL WESTERN #44
Great Covers – GREEN LANTERN #74
A super-cool GREEN LANTERN cover by Gil Kane, quite possibly sketched by Carmine Infantino. This was only two issues before the seismic change to Neal Adams and the relevancy of the GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW series, and this piece is dynamic and eye-catching. Very nice lettering on the copy as well, which truly serves to punctuate … Continue reading Great Covers – GREEN LANTERN #74
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #75
Is this Gil Kane cover to STRANGE ADVENTURES #75 the greatest comic book cover ever produced? Could be! I mean, it has everything! A gun-toting gorilla! Who’s robbing a library of books! So that he can conquer the world! And (of course) he talks! This is one where the concept itself is more important than … Continue reading Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #75










