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[frozentundraguy]

 

 

The second Action Comics cover from 1966 reminded me so much of the first one from 1962 that I thought I'd already scanned the second cover because I'd scanned the first one some five years ago!

 

 

 

 

Woah, It's hard to believe these two books were not identified earlier. Nice work to catch that omission.

[frozentundraguy]

 

 

Ok, fight in DC's patented bubble cover, same slant on the sign on the left side of the covers, Earth man fighting a larger opponent, and champion of one planet vs champion of another planet. What's really ironic is the spectators comment about the Earth man cheating, in the Detective cover, ... oops Batman landed a punch.

[Hepcat]

And Jack Schiff was the editor of both Tales of the Unexpected and Batman at the time so it was no coincidence!

 

[Sqeggs]

Sea Devils 32 and 33 have remarkably similar covers:

 

 

 

 

Consecutive issues!

 

I wonder how many kids passed on issue 33 thinking that they had already bought it?

[J2]

What a cool thread! Has anyone posted this one yet?

 

 

 

[Hepcat]

What a cool thread! Has anyone posted this one yet?

 

No! But wow!

 

 

Once again Editor Jack Schiff reprised his own cover just 22 months later for another comic in his stable of titles. I mean why bother to think up an original concept when you can make do with an old one, right? At least he changed artists from D ick Dillin on Blackhawk to Bob Brown on My Greatest Adventure.

 

Edited February 25, 2016 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

 

Earth man fighting a larger opponent, and champion of one planet vs champion of another planet.

 

Here's another DC Interplanetary Olympics cover:

 

 

Edited February 24, 2016 by Hepcat

[Sqeggs]

What a cool thread! Has anyone posted this one yet?

 

No! But wow!

 

 

Once again editor Jack Schiff reprises his own cover just 22 months later for another comic in his stable of titles. I mean why bother to think up an original concept when you can make do with an old one, right? At least he changed artists from Dillin on Blackhawk to Bob Brown on My Greatest Adventure.

 

 

Looks like Bob Brown -- credited with the MGA cover -- didn't have to work overtime that month.

[StuporMan]

This looks familiar...

 

 

[Hepcat]

Here's another cover concept that DC recycled. From 1959 by Nick Cardy for editor Jack Schiff:

 

 

From 1963 by Lee Elias for editor Murray Boltinoff who had previously been Jack Schiff's assistant:

 

 

And from 1965 by D ick Dillin for editor Jack Schiff:

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2016 by Hepcat

[fiendish]

Those two covers are about as similar as you can get!

 

Meanwhile, where do you think Murphy Anderson may have gotten the idea for the cover of Justice League of America 10?

 

 

 

A recurring theme

 

...all of them deeply creepy.

 

*shudder*

 

 

[Hepcat]

My Brave & the Bold 29 is a direct steal or tribute to All-Star 43:

 

 

 

 

An old post of mine to which I can add!

 

 

[Hepcat]

The cover of Star Spangled War Stories 138 hitting newsstands fifty years ago this month:

Hearkened right back to that of Showcase 57:

The two covers are so similar in concept and design that I still mix them up.

 

[Knightsofold]

I love these.

[Sweet Lou 14]

Amazing Spider-Man #188 must have been an intentional homage to #28, right?

 

[frozentundraguy]

On 3/13/2016 at 10:51 PM, Hepcat said:

Here's another cover concept that DC recycled. From 1959 by Nick Cardy for editor Jack Schiff:

 

 

From 1963 by Lee Elias for editor Murray Boltinoff who had previously been Jack Schiff's assistant:

 

 

And from 1965 by D ick Dillin for editor Jack Schiff:

 

 

 

 

 

Found another similar cover & possible premonition of the transporter room in Star Trek.

 

[Hepcat]

Too cool! And I love Batwoman covers.

[Hepcat]

Gil Kane was another who'd gaily recycle covers from the past. This one he did in 1959:

And then this one in 1962:

This one from 1961:

And then this one from 1967:

And what's wrong with multi-purposing anyway?

Incidentally the bottom three comics are from my own collection.

Edited August 16, 2019 by Hepcat

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