Comments on: Judging (DC's June 1965) Books by Their Covers

By: Ah, the Golden Age | HyipLife.com

Ah, the Golden Age | HyipLife.com — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:33:16 +0000

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By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:39:11 +0000

>>I had no idea Army at Love was a play on an old title.

*sigh* Kids these days ... What the hell are they teaching in the schools?

>>Was the story by chance recognizing the 100th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War?

Not outside the realm of possibility by any means. The Civil War Centennial must've been a big deal during that period, judging by all the postage stamps commemorating various battles that came out in the early '60s (slightly before I was old enough to pay attention, but I did collect stamps as a kid).

Otherwise, these would've been in the spinner racks a few months before I started first grade, & a couple of years before I started buying comics with any sort of regularity. The only two I own (except of course in SHOWCASE PRESENTS form, where appropriate -- which I wish to god included SEA DEVILS & TOMAHAWK & MYSTERY IN SPACE & the war stuff & ... oh, hell: Just reprint 'em all!) are SUPERBOY & TOMAHAWK, because I've put together decentish runs of those starting in this general period.

By: The Cosh

The Cosh — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:24:32 +0000

Ha! Good stuff.

I had no idea Army at Love was a play on an old title.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:35:34 +0000

Awesome post, Bill.

I wish I had those Flash and Young Love comics. I'd frame them and hang them on my wall.

By: Speed Reading: Interviews and Flashbacks « Speed Force

Speed Reading: Interviews and Flashbacks « Speed Force — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:29:34 +0000

[...] Should Be Good looks at DC’s June 1965 covers, including Flash v.1 #153, featuring Professor Zoom and the Mightiest Punch of All [...]

By: Kid Kyoto

Kid Kyoto — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:58:49 +0000

Great stuff, sign me up for more!

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:37:28 +0000

Just FYI for all that are digging the Young Love #49 cover by Romita... I have a copy of it, and it is actually one of those "let's reproduce the interior story's splash page as a "cover" job. But man when it looks that good, why come up with something new when you have that sort of secret goodness selling a book from inside.

By: JoeMac

JoeMac — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:51:57 +0000

IMHO Flash #153 looks like the most interesting one. I have a copy of Our Army at War #155 that I got from my dad, but I've never actually read it (since I don't want to wreck it).

By: rhod

rhod — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:16:08 +0000

Looks like Green Lantern is fighting near the Star Trek/Bill & Ted rock.

By: Lobstah Johnson

Lobstah Johnson — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:28:31 +0000

Before I even read your commentary on Girls’ Romances #109, I thought wow that 'Lennon' looks like Donald Trump here. I'm pretty sure that the girl is meant to look "Ann Margaret" a big star at the time.
Here's my 'improvement' on the cover:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GOPqViUEVk8/Sl90X1u9IhI/AAAAAAAABT0/mcAe3164mY0/s1600-h/trump.jpg

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:24:04 +0000

Nice work, Bill. I especially like the gags about the other neighborhood children.

And good call about Ringo looking like Kennedy and John looking like Donald Trump on that "Girls' Romances" cover. Creepy.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:22:34 +0000

That was great!

I have a question about one of the covers. Adventure 333 has "Civil War of the Legion" Was the story by chance recognizing the 100th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War?

Cheers,

By: jloder24

jloder24 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:56:40 +0000

I want to see an all non-pc bruhaha between Disable Justice League, Evil Star midgets and Raging Redskins!!!

By: wil

wil — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:33:46 +0000

I'd so buy Disabled Justice League

By: kushiro

kushiro — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:53:53 +0000

I guess back in the 60s it wasn't necessary to use the word "cover" in every single description. And people say things are better than in the past.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:08:03 +0000

Let me tell you, it didn’t look like anything I learned in Sunday School!

You're obviously not a Catholic then...

By: TimCallahan

TimCallahan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:55:04 +0000

There are two types of comic book readers in the world: (1) The kind that thinks these comics (as a whole) look far more exciting than anything DC actually puts out in a given month today and (2) The kind that think Judd Winick's "Batman" is readable.

Doom Patrol!!!

By: T.

T. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:51 +0000

I just realized that that isn't the normal Green Lantern costume on that cover, the green area of the suit is cut a little differently than normal. Was Gil Kane experimenting with tweaking the design?

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:30:19 +0000

Man, that trip to Mexico was pretty wild. I even went to Tijuana and picked up a Bible. Let me tell you, it didn't look like anything I learned in Sunday School!

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:59:05 +0000

Why does Curt Swan think that crowns have giant round things on the front? Because he draws crowns with them in the Jimmy Olsen cover and this Action Comics cover http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=18307&zoom=4. I can't imagine where anyone would get such a bizarre drawing twitch.