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Tag Archives: covers
15 gripping Our Army at War covers
Before going on break, I did a couple of posts spotlighting Joe Kubert’s impressive covers starring Sgt Rock. Yet Kubert was hardly the only genius working at Our Army at War… Since their debut in the early 1950s, those comics … Continue reading
5 weird Sgt. Rock covers
A couple of weeks ago, I spotlighted 15 cool covers Joe Kubert did for Sgt. Rock comics back in the 1960s-80s. Many of these featured striking images and original designs, suggesting powerful war stories inside… There were also other covers, … Continue reading
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Joe Kubert, Our Army at War, Sgt. Rock, World War II
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15 cool Sgt. Rock covers
Last month I did a post about war comics, including classics of the genre such as 1950s’ Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat as well as serials running in Battle in the late 1970s/early 1980s (although not yet the brilliant Charley’s War, … Continue reading
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged covers, Gaspar Saladino, Ira Schnapp, Joe Kubert, Our Army at War, Sgt. Rock, Tatjana Wood, World War II
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (21 June 2021)
A reminder that comics can be awesome, trippy Tarzan edition:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Alfredo Alcala, covers, Ernie Chua, George Wilson, John Buscema, Klaus Janson, Tarzan, Tatjana Wood
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (14 June 2021)
This week’s reminder that comics can be awesome is also a tribute to Ogden Whitney’s splendid covers for Adventures into the Unknown:
Posted in GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST
Tagged Adventures into the Unknown, covers, Ogden Whitney, science fiction
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COMICS CAN BE AWESOME (7 June 2021)
Going back to covers for a while, here is a reminder that comics can be awesome, US icons edition…
Posted in AWESOME COVERS
Tagged Ben Hillman, covers, Glenn Fabry, Hellblazer, Richard Corben, Weird War Tales, World War 3 Illustrated
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15 surreal Batman covers
If there is one thing comic books excel at is producing WTF covers. Even by the standards of the medium, however, Batman has provided more than his fair share of utter weirdness, especially during the Silver Age. It’s a part … Continue reading
15 superhero horror covers
Just because the weekly COMICS CAN BE AWESOME section has moved back to focusing on splash pages, it doesn’t mean Gotham Calling won’t continue to spotlight cool covers every once in a while… Here is a selection of fifteen eerie … Continue reading
Posted in ART OF HORROR COMICS
Tagged Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Alex Ross, Anthony Tollin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, covers, Daredevil, Dick Giordano, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Gaspar Saladino, Green Lantern, Greg Capullo, horror, Hulk, Jeff Jones, John Byrne, John Totleben, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Klaus Janson, M.D. Bright, Maximortal, Miracleman, Moon Knight, Paul Smith, Rick Veitch, Romeo Tanghal, Sam Parsons, Spawn, Spider-Man, Starman, Supergirl, Tatjana Wood, Todd Klein, Todd McFarlane, Tony Harris, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Zatanna
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An extra Batman vs Giant Hand cover
Just one more…