Classic Bronze Age Covers That Haven't Hit Batman 251 or 227 Status, But Deserve Some More Recognition (And Are Not Keys or Semis For Reasons Other Than Their Cover) 1 1

[the blob]

OK, copper probably deserves this too, but I'll start with Bronze. Not in the title, but Wonder Woman 199 is probably in that boat, though it is not hugely expensive. Superman 223 is there. Action 419 (but that has a 1st appearance in it). Wow, Mr. Adams seems to be cornering the classic cover market. I am looking for some not so obvious ones, but I'll start out with a sort of obvious one....

Well, I'll take an easy out as horror is loaded with these. Hardly an under the radaar book, but you can find it priced reasonably, DC Super Spectcular 4, with a classic Wrightson cover:

[Jayman]

[the blob]

And this Rampaging Hulk 9 should be there too, I don't know why I love it so much, it's weird (Rampaging Hulk and Deadly Hands had a lot of great painted covers as did many Marvel mags, hard to nominate them all):

[the blob]

1 minute ago, Jayman said:

That's a good one. A minor key, semi, as her first solo book, but one that was ignored for a long time as I got several out of dollar boxes

[Jayman]

1 minute ago, the blob said:

That's a good one. A minor key, semi, as her first solo book, but one that was ignored for a long time as I got several out of dollar boxes

I think it’s still largely ignored. They need to stick her in a movie! 

[the blob]

5 minutes ago, Jayman said:

I think it’s still largely ignored. They need to stick her in a movie! 

Not THAT ignored:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dc-Super-stars-Of-Magic-11-Zatanna-App-/353273624132?hash=item5240bfb644%3Ag%3AxTMAAOSwKIhfrKNK&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

She is big in the justice league dark cartoons that I have now been watching on HBO Max (wonder woman 84 did accomplish something, we figured out how to upload that app!)

 

[Jayman]

If you’re including mags, this is a classic!

[Jayman]

3 minutes ago, the blob said:

Not THAT ignored:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dc-Super-stars-Of-Magic-11-Zatanna-App-/353273624132?hash=item5240bfb644%3Ag%3AxTMAAOSwKIhfrKNK&nma=true&si=BZbpsjZvXBDBh7scMVfgI%2BAabNw%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

She is big in the justice league dark cartoons that I have now been watching on HBO Max (wonder woman 84 did accomplish something, we figured out how to upload that app!)

 

 Nice! Yeah Justice League Dark was what made me think of her. A live action Zatanna would be better though! 

Edited January 13, 2021 by Jayman

[the blob]

4 minutes ago, Jayman said:

 Nice! Yeah Justice League Dark was what made me think of her. A live action Zatanna would be better though! 

They have to have someone absolutely stunning playing the part though. like Monica Bellucci 20 years ago hot.

 

[the blob]

9 minutes ago, Jayman said:

If you’re including mags, this is a classic!

yeah, we'll probably get a lot of mags here, I was lamenting on the magazine page how mag classic covers are ignored

 

[the blob]

Yeah, I might have messed up including mags, because between the warren books, the skywald's, the curtis mags, savage sword and, heck, some Mad Magazines and even Cracked, there are dozens if not hundreds of killer covers

[comicginger1789]

Madame Xanadu is a fun character and this Kaluta cover is one of his best IMO

 

Also as a fan of Spidey, this Bronze Age ish is one I will think screams 70s and is great to look at.

 

 

 

 

[Jayman]

Always liked this cover too!

[Jayman]

This cover has that "EC" feel IMO...

[batmiesta]

14 hours ago, Jayman said:

If you’re including mags, this is a classic!

Now you're talking. 

[the blob]

10 hours ago, Jayman said:

Always liked this cover too!

I've liked this cover, but is it getting into potential "classic cover" territory? I guess it is all subjective

 

[the blob]

10 hours ago, Jayman said:

This cover has that "EC" feel IMO...

yeah, a lot of the Wrightson covers definitely are in classic cover territory

 

[the blob]

12 hours ago, comicginger1789 said:

Madame Xanadu is a fun character and this Kaluta cover is one of his best IMO

 

Also as a fan of Spidey, this Bronze Age ish is one I will think screams 70s and is great to look at.

 

 

 

 

Kaluta (along with issue #1) are definite candidates ... I like the composition of Peter Parker 7 a lot, just wish it was better executed

[the blob]

It's kind of interesting. At least excluding magazines, DC probably had more really grabbing comic covers (probably because they employed adams, wrightson, kaluta, and few other artists more often). But while not always as great artistically, Marvel's covers were often much more dynamic and made you think the story inside was going to be jam packed fun and well worth you pocket change. Or at least that's what it felt like as a kid. That changed a bit when Perez started doing those NTT covers. He brought the marvel feel to them, that the book inside was going to be a fun ride. I guess it is all subjective. I had no interest in reading any DC books (unless they were in a treasury teamed up with a Marvel character!) until Perez's NTT.

[Zonker]

In the past, I would point to Detective Comics #405 as an emerging classic cover, but recently it has shot up in value due to the first appearance of the League of Assassins (I'm sure the Adams cover hasn't hurt, though).

Next one in line I think would be this, Batman #221.  The interior story related to this cover is nothing special, and while I do like the Mike Friedrich / Irv Novick / Giordano back-up story quite a bit, it is the cover that really seals the deal: