Comments on: Scott’s Classic Comics Corner: King Kong Covers

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:10:02 +0000

There is a Kamandi story with a Kong-like creature, but the cover just features a giant ape hand. Mark – I’ve gone through all of the Konga covers and couldn’t find one – I thought that was an opportunity missed by the fine folks at Charlton.

As for the two FF covers – I’m thinking #171counts moreso than #26, mainly because the Hulk looks small in relation to the building. It’s the same reasoning that makes me a bit on the fence over the Avengers cover, too. Had it been Goliath on top – well, that’s another story. Also, more points are always awarded when an airplane is involved.

Of course, that’s all just my pre-coffee opinion. There’s a lot of room for interpretation here, of course. I’m still looking for a pre-1952 King Kong covers.

Keep hunting folks.

If you’re interested in seeing more of these weird cover themes – check out my blog (link in original post)

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:53 +0000

FANTASTIC FOUR #26 has the Hulk preparing to face off a bunch of Marvel heroes climbing up a construction tower to get him.

By: ks

ks — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:23:54 +0000

Does Avengers 76 count? I know that Arkon is small, but he is holding Scarlett Witch on top of a tower. Plus Goliath is on the cover. Let me know if it is a King Kong cover.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:17:48 +0000

Dan K.
I’m quite sure Scott is aware of that and purposely chose not to do it for obvious reasons.

Moving on…

By: Mark_Andrew

Mark_Andrew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:09:43 +0000

Did Komga ever have 1 of these? Man, I love Konga.

By: John Trumbull

John Trumbull — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:31:57 +0000

I believe there was a Kamandi King Kong cover. And there was also an honest-to-goodness comic book adaptation of King Kong, featuring covers by Dave Stevens, Don Simpson and others.

By: Grico

Grico — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:30:09 +0000

Well Tv’s Grady, beat me the the punch on the Transformers cover. Although to be fair, I was only going to say I own that comic but remember nothing about it other than who the Micromasters are. Oh well. I would think there would be more Silver Age DC covers considering their abiding love of apes on covers.

By: Dan K

Dan K — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:59:56 +0000

Surely you mean King Kong Kovers?

By: Ariel S.

Ariel S. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:51:46 +0000

Awesome piece! Those covers are really cool.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:00:49 +0000

I’m surprised you didn’t include the Superman/Spider-Man crossover.

And here’s another: Fantastic Four #171 http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=29919&zoom=4 (“Not just another giant gorilla story . . . “). Very early George Perez inside, with a cover by Jack Kirby.

By: TV's Grady

TV's Grady — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:51:18 +0000

“I donâ€™t know much about Transformers (Iâ€™m about 18 months too old to have watched it on TV), so maybe someone can explain the spiked knee pads to me.”

The “monster” on that cover is a Decepticon named Iguanus, who was a type of Transformer called a “Pretender“. Their toys came with rubber “shells” that could be placed over their robot modes, which looked like monsters in the case of Decepticons, and humans in futuristic armor in the case of Autobots.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:36:40 +0000

Cool stuff, Scott!