The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Kids (and Dogs) In Danger by Neal Adams
Halloween is almost 'pon us, Groove-ophiles! Let's chill (and shiver and shake) to some spectacularly spooky Neal Adams DC mystery mag covers, all with a common theme...kids (and dogs) in danger! Check 'em out...
Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!
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DC's horror line was so much fun, all of their anthology books were fantastic, House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Ghosts, Witching Hour, etc. great stuff.
ReplyDeleteI still prefer anthologies over single-story comics. I feel like I'm getting more bang for my buck. More stories, a variety of creators--what's not to love?
DeleteI think anthologies may provide a clue to the survival of comics. While I have much love for the current format of comics, the economics doesn't seem to be working and many comics seem written for trade collections, which makes it hard for a new reader to pick up an isolated issue. How about if companies just published super-thick anthologies that contained groups of their titles so that you could get a week's worth of comics whenever you wanted? And the stories wouldn't have to be continued as often; you'd just have as many pages as you needed. Kind of like one of those Archie Double Digests, only in a more readable size, with a variety of contents.
DeleteA beautiful selection of covers that mostly show it's best to leave blurbs off completely. The cover story of HoM #186 (also illustrated by Adams) is such a powerful one, too. A great week-ending entry, Groove!
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DeleteI agree, E.G., some of the all-time best covers have been blurb-free. Right on!
DeleteThose were the days of classic covers! They called to you from the racks,compelling you to buy them! Thanks as always! Not sure if you notice or care that I always say this but...GROOVE ON!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Dale! And we're groovin' on, indeed, Groove-ophile!
DeleteThose were Neal Adams' three children on all those issues. The mystery mags lost something powerful when he quit doing the covers.
ReplyDeleteI guess Neal's kids grew up. Seriously, the formula probably got old, and Berni Wrightson began to do a lot of those covers while Adams was busy with Green Lantern/Green Arrow AND The Avengers (at the same time!), besides the odd Batman and El Diablo story, and assorted covers elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteBut Neal DID make a movie circa 1980 called "Nannaz" (named after a space alien monkey), starring Neal, two of his children, Gray Morrow, and Denys Cowan. It's so bad that it hurts so GOOD! Alternate title: "Death to the Pee-Wee Squad."
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6222634
http://www.troma.com/films/death-to-the-pee-wee-squad/
I'll have to check that out.
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