tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post4080102484130861138..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: Star Spangled DC War Stories Issue 171: April 1976John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-9898005212085524132020-01-11T11:14:06.850-08:002020-01-11T11:14:06.850-08:00I held out for a few more years but I think it was...I held out for a few more years but I think it was when regular comics went to 50 cents (or was it 40?) that I said that was too much to pay and gave up. Kind of funny in retrospect!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-9791570634784873402020-01-11T11:08:37.413-08:002020-01-11T11:08:37.413-08:00That would be the last issue of WEIRD WAR TALES I ...That would be the last issue of WEIRD WAR TALES I would buy, and the last more or less "mainline" comic (discounting perhaps one more MAD or so) I would buy for some years. Pacific Comics slightly and then Fantagraphics rather more robustly would lure me back in the '80s, along with the likes of WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-19850567202739478502019-12-31T12:09:22.256-08:002019-12-31T12:09:22.256-08:00" I wonder if books of covers by one artist w..." I wonder if books of covers by one artist would sell?"<br /><br />A good question. DC did a few cover collections, but only of series. But there seems to be not too much interest in the old guard of DC. <br /><br />On the other hand, the whole variant cover business seems to go on. Must be a weird collector thing.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-37910425137631849242019-12-30T19:06:02.226-08:002019-12-30T19:06:02.226-08:00I completely agree with you, Andy. Kubert's co...I completely agree with you, Andy. Kubert's covers surely were the main reason these comics sold. The other cover artists, like Dominguez, are okay but really can't hold a candle to Joe. This whole business of using great artists to draw eyecatching covers is something that has been of interest to me recently. I have come to realize (mainly from being part of a Facebook group) that many of my favorite covers from the late '60s and early '70s were drawn by Nick Cardy. And of course,, Neal Adams drew a ton of covers, almost always superbly. Gil Kane is another great. I wonder if books of covers by one artist would sell?Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-18047363462917790032019-12-30T10:01:25.172-08:002019-12-30T10:01:25.172-08:00DC is reprinting old stuff without end, but where ...DC is reprinting old stuff without end, but where is the "Cover art of Joe Kubert" or the "Cover art of War Comics"? What Kubert here managed to accomplish every month is remarkable and should be presented. This month Rock cover is a powerful piece.<br /><br />It is a bit the same as with the (soft) horror line. You get an outstanding cover - which I have to admit I mostly took for granted back then - and then often some mediocre stories. I guess that the anthology titles ranked not high on DCs priority list. On the other hand, as there was no competition in the field - what did Marvel do except maybe Sgt.Fury? - Kanigher and Kubert could do no wrong.andydeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312309519462680892noreply@blogger.com