tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post7570823580426996221..comments2024-03-21T02:32:03.663-04:00Comments on Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: Unaltered Reprint coversNick Caputohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-56037132445480042972012-02-27T14:16:51.618-05:002012-02-27T14:16:51.618-05:00You can see the Marvel Tales cover Barry was talki...You can see the Marvel Tales cover Barry was talking about here:<br /><br />http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/9/9e/Marvel_Tales_Vol_2_60.jpg<br /><br />The original only had the Spider-Signal with a blurb, but it was decided that Spider-Man was essential to the cover some years later.Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-74336481880306843172012-02-27T12:46:23.723-05:002012-02-27T12:46:23.723-05:00Barry,
Of course the new colorists rarely coompar...Barry,<br /><br />Of course the new colorists rarely coompared with Stan G.'s work. Most recolored jobs were fairly bland and uninspired. As far as needing more copy on reprint titles, I agree on the earlier Marvel Tales, Marvel Collector's and Fantasy Masterpieces, when there was a number of features included, but not when copy like "Attack of the Awesome Android" is added to the MGC cover, or the addition of word baloons to covers that didn't need them in their original incarnation.Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-77573013927935515542012-02-27T11:31:55.954-05:002012-02-27T11:31:55.954-05:00Nick, these covers you posted were just fascinatin...Nick, these covers you posted were just fascinating. You can look for hours for the small and even large changes.<br />There is something though I would like to point out. And I am making an assumption, based on your wonderful blog on Stan Goldberg. Most of the coloring for the "before" covers here were done by Stan G and are generally better.But the difference in the coloring is often dramatic.<br />Second when you mention the blurbs, which became so overwhelming as the 70s went on,I have a slightly different take. Because the comics were not specifically "FF" or "Thor" or whatever, they had to put a bit more information on the cover to attract a buyer. And they would have in any generation. Look at the extra blurbs in the earlier Marvel Tales and MCIC.<br />You also once should me a cover to Spider-Man #79, which had Peter Parker thrown out a window. In the reprint they changed Peter back to Spidey on the cover because they wanted to promote Spider-Man.<br />By the way, I wrote this entire post with Kirby on my lap, purring,Barry Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833042323353543770noreply@blogger.com