Grooviest Covers of All Time: Earl Norem Covers Marvel
What's happening, Groove-ophiles! Remember those great Earl Norem covers? He could do it all! Barbarians? Kung-fu? Superheroes? No problemo! Here's a happenin' handful just to refresh your memories!
Earl Norem Rocks! He's one of my all time favorite cover artists ever. Besides, Neal Adams, I almost bought the preliminary drawing for that Hulk/ Avengers cover. Still might, one of these days. My favorites he ever did, beside this Hulk. Was his cover to Monsters Unleashed#9 with the Wendigo & of course Man-God from Marvel Preview#9. Keep'em coming Groovster! Your site is the Groovist! AAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!
Hey Groovy one! One thing always made me scratch my head. Ok, we have Thor & Ironman carrying the Hulk who weights a 1,000 LBS! Plus this huge slippery piece of a ice block. But then we have Ant-Man carrying the rear. Ok he has the human strength level of a ant. But the Wasp is carrying it also!! What the....!!!??? HHaaa!! SPLAT!!
Some times your the windshield & sometimes your the Wasp! That's gotta hurt! That would have made for a great Marie Severin Not Brand Echh sketch! Wasp: "Hey guys!. GUYS! GUYS! EEEEeeeee!!! CRUNCH! OOPS! ANT-Man: "Consider that a Divorce!"
That Rampaging Hulk cover was so awesome it made me buy the magazine, and I didn't even like the Hulk! Of course, the sexy "Sheena" story in the back probably didn't hurt, either.
Norem also did some great "Six Million Dollar Man" covers for Charlton.
I wasn't familiar with Earl Norem's work, but I always thought the cover to Rampaging Hulk #9 was quite striking. If you've got much in the way of details about Norem's career, he might be worth a full Groove article at some point in the future!
Earl Norem Rocks!
ReplyDeleteHe's one of my all time favorite cover artists ever. Besides, Neal Adams, I almost bought the preliminary drawing for that Hulk/ Avengers cover. Still might, one of these days. My favorites he ever did, beside this Hulk. Was his cover to Monsters Unleashed#9 with the Wendigo & of course Man-God from Marvel Preview#9. Keep'em coming Groovster! Your site is the Groovist! AAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!
Hey Groovy one!
ReplyDeleteOne thing always made me scratch my head. Ok, we have Thor & Ironman carrying the Hulk who weights a 1,000 LBS! Plus this huge slippery piece of a ice block. But then we have Ant-Man carrying the rear. Ok he has the human strength level of a ant. But the Wasp is carrying it also!! What the....!!!??? HHaaa!! SPLAT!!
Some times your the windshield & sometimes your the Wasp! That's gotta hurt! That would have made for a great Marie Severin Not Brand Echh sketch! Wasp: "Hey guys!. GUYS! GUYS! EEEEeeeee!!! CRUNCH! OOPS! ANT-Man: "Consider that a Divorce!"
That Rampaging Hulk cover was so awesome it made me buy the magazine, and I didn't even like the Hulk! Of course, the sexy "Sheena" story in the back probably didn't hurt, either.
ReplyDeleteNorem also did some great "Six Million Dollar Man" covers for Charlton.
Groove:
ReplyDeleteI wasn't familiar with Earl Norem's work, but I always thought the cover to Rampaging Hulk #9 was quite striking. If you've got much in the way of details about Norem's career, he might be worth a full Groove article at some point in the future!
Cheers,
Andrew
ComicsBronzeAge.com
I'm on it, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have some of those Six Million Dollar Man covers cued up for round 2, David!