tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post4476278911157212513..comments2024-03-21T02:32:03.663-04:00Comments on Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: The OTHER Kirby Rawhide Kid coverNick Caputohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-49154434792144089892013-06-12T20:45:09.238-04:002013-06-12T20:45:09.238-04:00Tony,
Thanks for the kind words. Henry and Smurfs...Tony,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. Henry and Smurfswacker, lettering on some of the foreign editions leave much to be desired, although I've seen instances where they were done decently. My favorite foreign edition reprint covers are those that eliminated all copy and word Baloons. Some of the 1970s material looks so much better without all the clutter.Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-55783610803902117482013-06-12T20:42:09.100-04:002013-06-12T20:42:09.100-04:00JohnJ,
You're correct about RK 115 being the ...JohnJ,<br /><br />You're correct about RK 115 being the last new material issue. I knew that but made a typo. Thanks for the correction. I recently finished my Rawhide Kid collection, at least the issues from 17 to 115 (all the new material). <br /><br />I didn't go into detail on the post, but Rawhide Kid began featuring reprints in alternate issues beginning with # 80, a cost-cutting device used in other titles like Sgt. Fury that period. Reprints were in 80, 82, 84 and 86,then returned to new stories, with reprints in 104, 107, and as you noted 111 and 112. Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-80431447085572907002013-06-12T18:13:38.121-04:002013-06-12T18:13:38.121-04:00I agree with Henry Kujawa about the lettering. The...I agree with Henry Kujawa about the lettering. The foreign cover doesn't work for me because the huge blank spot at the top dominates the composition. With the logo and captions in place (as Kirby obviously knew) the picture works just fine. I'm not too crazy about that brilliant blue shadow, though.Smurfswackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807173070389349098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-2843065946236662602013-06-12T18:09:29.701-04:002013-06-12T18:09:29.701-04:00One correction: new stories didn't end until #...One correction: new stories didn't end until #115, so the Kid was all reprints from #116 to the end.<br />#111 was a reprint of #41 and #112 was later reprinted in #144 but the other 3 were never reprinted. This is all researched from Mike's World of covers which I've been using to put together a run of the main stories utilizing reprints to save a few bucks.JohnJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322910801412594388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-9319957505612955432013-06-12T08:17:24.957-04:002013-06-12T08:17:24.957-04:00What I can never fathom is the lettering used on s...What I can never fathom is the lettering used on some foreign reprints, which is like anti-design. I know Ferran Delgado made a big deal of recreating lettering styles in Spanish that actually looked like the English fonts, but so few companies bother. Maybe they'd sell more if they kept things like logos CONSISTENT? (Yes, something I picked up in art school... so when I don't see it, it becomes glaringly obvious by its absence.)Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-78662721432381163212013-06-12T01:12:39.290-04:002013-06-12T01:12:39.290-04:00Love this and the previous entry and will link to ...Love this and the previous entry and will link to them in the comments section of today's bloggy thing.Tony Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.com