SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS was approaching its final days, not that that was known either to me or to the people who were producing it. It would become a casualty of the fabled "DC Implosion" in just a few short months. But for now, it was continuing to be published and it was still a … Continue reading BHOC: SECRET SOCIETY OF SUPER-VILLAINS #14
Tag: Strange Adventures
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #183
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #183, December 1965, Pencils: Jim Mooney
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #162
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #162, March 1964, Pencils: Murphy Anderson
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 – 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 – STRANGE ADVENTURES #196
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #196,January 1967, cover by Jack Sparling
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #207
A great STRANGE ADVENTURES cover by Neal Adams, who at this point was making a real name for himself as an extraordinary cover artist. Adams tended to color-direct his own pieces, which meant that the coloring was worked into the design, as it is here. The red of Deadman pops beautifully against the subdued greens … Continue reading Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #207
Great Covers – STRANGE ADVENTURES #51
comicbookcovers: Strange Adventures #51, December 1954, cover by Murphy Anderson
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