Comments on: Snark Free Corner for 9/18

By: a different Dan

a different Dan — Wed, 16 May 2007 06:41:15 +0000

Late to the game. Personal favorite 4th-wall breaking cover was Action Comics 560: the logo normally reads “Superman Starring in Action Comics, but Ambush Bug has replaced the word “Superman” with “Ambush Bug.” “Superman” (the word) is lying on the ground, and Supes (the character) is looking at Bug with moider in his eyes. It isn’t much, but since I like the Bug I like the cover.
http://comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=39141&zoom=4

By: adam barnett

adam barnett — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:29:19 +0000

My favorite breaking the fourth wall cover is that issue of Suicide Squad where the leader of the Jihad is cutting through the cover with that flaming scimitar of his. You could even see the midle pages of the comic! Awesome! How I msis Ostrander’s Suicide Squad….

By: Joshua Cochran

Joshua Cochran — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:12:16 +0000

What I LOVE about that X-men # 135 cover is the logo is reduced, in effect, to “ME”. A GREAT cover considering it showcases the selfish turn Jean’s character takes in the issue.

By: Jordan D. White

Jordan D. White — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:52:30 +0000

And that Byrne X-Men cover (or the Adams one, if thats the original) was homaged by Alan Davis in Excalibur… I think maybe issue #49, iirc.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:46:10 +0000

Someone said the Steranko Hulk one, right? That’s pretty much the archetypal interactive logo.

Also: Gotta be snarky. I hate, hate, HATE Age Regression. Superhero comics are purest grounded space opera, sure, but the emotional resonance is lost if you ignore or screw around with the basic elements of the human condition, like aging. And dying.

By: hypnogun

hypnogun — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:35:29 +0000

I think extra points go to the X-Men 135 logo, since they carried the gag to the next month, featuring a logo that was intact but had cracks running through it from where it had been “repaired” from the last cover.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:32:03 +0000

Wonder Tot and the “Saucy Amazon Babe” blurb?
At least it wasn’t “Saucy Amazon Baby.”

CREEPY.

By: hutch

hutch — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:40:15 +0000

Always liked the X-men cover with the team chilling out on the logo . . . X-men 181

By: Bully

Bully — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:09:49 +0000

I'm an idiot. I saw everybody's comment except JR's, which was the first one on the thread. He gets the cool point. of course. As for crumbling logos, a couple months back I posted a series of ten of 'em. Robby Reed had a number of them early on in the history of his Dial B for Blog website; I tried not to duplicate his.

By: Bully

Bully — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:04:35 +0000

Thor #458 is of course referencing the cover of Thor #126, which featured Hercules instead of the twin Thor. Even the background figures are included! Further, Thor #451 references/homages/rips off that Beta Ray Bill Thor #337, although instead of everyone's favorite alien horse thunder god it's featuring the Sensational Character Find of 1992, Bloodaxe. Now that Bloodaxe is one of the most popular and beloved of Marvel superhero characters, isn't it fun to see where he got his start?

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:52:50 +0000

I don’t know if the reasoning is as bad as the others, but whoever told The Creeper that a red feather boa really completes the look should be taken out and shot.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:49:27 +0000

The great thing about that Stilt-Man issue is the fact that it specifically addresses all these people making fun of him in these responses. Boy, Roger Stern was a god on ASM.

I can’t believe a young Storm is mentioned, but not X-Babies.

The X-Men cover, as mentioned, is an homage to an earlier Neal Adams one, but there was an unused Neal Adams cover for that same issue that had the X-Men tied up to the logo. That was some nice fourth-wall breaking.

By: Viking Bastard

Viking Bastard — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:47:21 +0000

“Whatâ€™s great about that Spider-Man cover is the inscription – the â€œoriginalâ€ Stilt Man. So, there was more than one, and both (all three? four?) were equally lame?”

Well, Turk had a short stint in the stilts.

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:19:06 +0000

I was just about to comment on the “original” Stilt Man too. The thought of another Stilt Man just makes me laugh.

By: James

James — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:47:18 +0000

What’s great about that Spider-Man cover is the inscription – the “original” Stilt Man. So, there was more than one, and both (all three? four?) were equally lame?

There was a decent issue of Daredevil in the early 300′s (the Chicester/McDaniel era) where Stilt-Man appears and he’s played for intentional laughs.

By: Paperghost

Paperghost — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:37:17 +0000

The Spider Man cover was ruined for me when I looked down and saw “Stilt Man”. You might as well have scrawled “, lol” after the guys name in marker pen

By: "O" - the Humanatee!

"O" - the Humanatee! — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:19:53 +0000

I just posted about about the aforementioned Batman 194 (from 1967) and X-Men 56 (from 1969), but I tried to include links to the Grand Comic Book Database that perhaps screwed things up. I also mentioned Steranko’s great cover to the Incredible Hulk Special #1 (October 1968), in which the logo, which looks like it’s made of rock, is crumbling as the Hulk appears to be trying to hold it up on his back.

By: Robert R

Robert R — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:16:06 +0000

Here’s a link to the cover of Batman #194 for reference.

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=21247&zoom=4

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:14:19 +0000

My answer is Dum Dum Duggan. Just because I wanted to say “Dum Dum Duggan”

By: Robert R

Robert R — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:13:51 +0000

Yeah, Batman #194 is the Blockbuster busting up the logo of Batman.