Comments on: Cool Comic Cover Gallery - Herb Trimpe

By: Andy Turnbull

Andy Turnbull — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:10:05 +0000

Loving the fact we get a Transformers cover in there, but I'd have picked the cover for Issue 12. Optimus Prime - Autobot Killer. One of my all-time favourite covers.

http://comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/64/20354_20060424175130_large.jpg

By: Ganky

Ganky — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:51:22 +0000

Needless to say, there's a ton of tasty Herb Trimpe work to be had in these sets!

By: Ganky

Ganky — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:50:43 +0000

Seriously, anyone who wants to read all these original Hulk stories should go to Amazon or eBay and pick up the "40 years of Incredible Hulk" DVDs, they are not videos but contain excellent pdf scans of every Hulk issue up to 2006, ads and all. They were released by the GIT corporation or something like that, and once Marvel realized what a good idea it was they withdrew the license so they could screw it up with their own lame electronic comics rental system, which would cost hundreds of $$ to read each one only once, and they aren't all available. They also have sets for Amazing Spidey, FF/Silver Surfer, Captain America, Iron Man, X-men, and sadly, Ghost Rider (definitely a second rate title in the 70's when nobody seemed to think of drawing him at night, just too stupid by the 90's when they did) instead of something more useful like Thor, Daredevil or Dr. Strange. I'm reading them all in order month-to-month, just finishing up 1969 with first appearance tales of Ultron, Havoc, Sauron, the Falcon, the Prowler and a bunch of other great stuff. Face Front, true believers!!

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:29:17 +0000

I don't think Jeph Loeb is that bad, even though the whole "the new Hulk uses a gun, despite being insanely powerful" aspect of his run has been stupid. But the first story is drawn by Art Adams, and the recap of Abomination is new artwok by Trimpe. So that makes up for it in my opinion. But getting back to the gun thing, if there's a gun out there that can kill Abomination, why hasn't General Ross used it to bring down the Hulk? That's just stupid. Sorry, off on a tangent there.

By: Agent_Torpor

Agent_Torpor — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:40:08 +0000

Da Trimpe!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:29:13 +0000

Ah, I remember that Transformers cover from the UK version!

By: T.

T. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:53:50 +0000

Thanks Jazzbo, that makes sense now! Yeah, I really want to read the story affordably, but to buy King Sized Hulk would mean to spend money on a Jeph Loeb book, so that's not an option. Plus I may be tempted to read the Jeph Loeb portion of the book if I own it, much like one gets tempted to look at a train wreck. I don't want to risk that pain.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:06:25 +0000

The whole story, originally in Hulk 180 and 181, were just recently reprinted in King-Size Hulk, in case you're interested.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:04:32 +0000

The sister of the guy who had become the Wendigo. She was trying to find another body for the Wendigo to go into to save her brother, and was planning to use the Hulk. I think she just tied the unconscious Wolverine up in chains to keep him out of her hair.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:59:19 +0000

Seriously, can anyone shed ANY light on the chains for me?

I'm still waiting on the Mr. Fantastic tied in ropes explanation from FF #1...

By: T.

T. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:30:13 +0000

Ahhh, thank you jazzbo! Just curious, who put him into chains? Doesn't really seem like Hulk or Wendigo's MO. Was there another character involved?

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:27:39 +0000

I got it for you, T. At one point in the story, Wolverine is tied up in chains. Hulk picks him up and throws him into the ground or a mountain, and that breaks the chains. So it's not like it's pictured on the cover, but the issue does involve Wolverine being busted out of chains.

By: T.

T. — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:09:11 +0000

Seriously, can anyone shed ANY light on the chains for me?

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:45:36 +0000

These are great. Trimpe's not a spectacular artist, but he's extremely talented at designing dynamic, eyecatching covers.

By: Random Stranger

Random Stranger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:42:22 +0000

The cover selections are fine for the most part, but Trimpe never thrilled me. He always struck as a workman of an artist, a guy who Marvel editorial went to if they wanted someone who was decent and could get the job done. There's nothing wrong with that (and I'd say comics these days could use a bit more of it), it just doesn't stand out.

By: Jack Norris

Jack Norris — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:30:17 +0000

Of course it's a Hulk cover:
http://www.comic-covers.com/Marvel/MarvelF-J/IncredibleHulk/imagepages/image90.html

(this issue was also a big deal when I was a kid, as it was quite climactic as far as the current storyline at the time went.)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:51:59 +0000

Marvel Super-Heroes #16, the first (and, I believe, only) appearance of the Phantom Eagle. Trimpe also did the interiors.

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=22174&zoom=4

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:41:43 +0000

Damn, that's some good stuff.

By: Matt K

Matt K — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:32:36 +0000

I have to say I really love that Marvel Team Up cover.

By: Ethan Shuster

Ethan Shuster — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:03:57 +0000

Oh, I forgot to add this link at YoJoe.com, showing the duplications of that cover:
http://www.yojoe.com/comics/homages/