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List of Classic Covers, designated by Overstreet and/or CGC
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TupennyConan

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Wow, that Air Ace is great. Just when I thought there was no comic I hadn't seen in 35 years in the hobby...

 

I am super impressed by that book too.

 

Who is the cover artist? What is the interior art like? It is really, really great art.

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Bob Powell :cloud9:. He had a fine eye for "talent". He drew an issue of American Air Forces (I don't know which one, it's one of the A-1 issues) where the heroine has half her chest hanging out in every panel.

 

I forget what the interior is like in this one hm. I'll have to check it out & get back to you. IIRC it's Powell interior as well. Air Ace as a run has some really nice covers that are HUGELY overlooked.

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TupennyConan

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Bob Powell :cloud9:. He had a fine eye for "talent". He drew an issue of American Air Forces (I don't know which one, it's one of the A-1 issues) where the heroine has half her chest hanging out in every panel.

 

I forget what the interior is like in this one hm. I'll have to check it out & get back to you. IIRC it's Powell interior as well. Air Ace as a run has some really nice covers that are HUGELY overlooked.

 

Yes, he is a "talent"-ed guy. It is a really great cover, I want to repeat.

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Scheradon

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The more I think about it...Will every "bondage cover" eventually become a "classic bondage cover" as it becomes older - thus becomming "classic" as in "old"?

 

Like take Spider-Woman #6. It says "Bondage Cover". Now fast forward 50 or 60 years. Will it them become a "classic bondage cover"? Just struck me looking at those.

 

What makes a cover "classic"? It's impact at the time, over the years or it's age?

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The more I think about it...Will every "bondage cover" eventually become a "classic bondage cover" as it becomes older - thus becomming "classic" as in "old"?

 

Like take Spider-Woman #6. It says "Bondage Cover". Now fast forward 50 or 60 years. Will it them become a "classic bondage cover"? Just struck me looking at those.

 

What makes a cover "classic"? It's impact at the time, over the years or it's age?

 

That's really hard to say. Even when it comes to golden age books, I'd say less than 5% of the bondage covers are designated as "classic". Again, I really don't know what the criteria is in choosing one book over the other.

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Scheradon

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The more I think about it...Will every "bondage cover" eventually become a "classic bondage cover" as it becomes older - thus becomming "classic" as in "old"?

 

Like take Spider-Woman #6. It says "Bondage Cover". Now fast forward 50 or 60 years. Will it them become a "classic bondage cover"? Just struck me looking at those.

 

What makes a cover "classic"? It's impact at the time, over the years or it's age?

 

That's really hard to say. Even when it comes to golden age books, I'd say less than 5% of the bondage covers are designated as "classic". Again, I really don't know what the criteria is in choosing one book over the other.

 

Yeah, I have to admit I'm not familiar with a vast amount of GA material. It was just seeing that from issues #89-94 CGC designated 3 classic bondage covers for one series. I wonder what made each one classic in CGC's opinion?

 

 

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You know, there is just something about those vibrant deep reds and yellows they used on these covers back then that just blow away anything used today. (worship)

 

Primary Colors! :cloud9:

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