Friday, September 6, 2013

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Nick Cardy Made Me Buy These!

Nick Cardy was one of DC's top cover-artists in the late 60s/early 70s, utilizing his mastery of layout and design to sell at least one ish of nearly every comic DC pubished, especially during 1972-74. Here is a smidgen, a mere micro-sampling of DC comics Young Groove plunked down his quarters and dimes for in answer to the call of Nick Cardy's artistic genius...






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  1. MarkSeptember 6, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Met Nick Cardy this summer at the Miami comic con. Very old, very nice, very appreciative of his fans.

    There was a poster of his cover for Superman 276 (vs. Captain Thunder) hanging on the wall behind him. I pointed at it, and told him, what is true, that it's one of the best covers of all time. He loved to hear it!

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  2. MarkSeptember 6, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    That Spectre cover is powerful, by the way. Hadn't seen it before. Thanks!

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  3. jfire2September 6, 2013 at 2:59 PM

    Dang! Remember when comic book covers actually had to be good, so you'd snap them out of the spinner rack? Nice stuff! Miss those days...

    john@popculturesafari

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  4. Caroline ParkerSeptember 6, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    spectacular, I love the comics.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2013 at 8:00 PM

    One of the great cover artists of that period. You can't look at one of Nick Cardy's covers without wanting that comic. Beautiful stuff.

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  6. Gey BlabbySeptember 7, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    The good thing about B&B or Justice League or Superman in those days is that if they didn't have a Neal Adams cover, then it was one by Nick Cardy - it was a win-win situation.

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  7. RichSeptember 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Nick Cardy was just as good inside a comic. Loved Batlash.

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