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Monday 21 October 2013
AN AMAZING ADVENTURE INTO ADULT FANTASY - COVER GALLERY...
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Kid,
ReplyDeleteWonderful covers by Ditko with # 13 being my favorite cover. For thouse of you into Minutiae (plug!) Amazing Adventures # 5's cover is taken from the splash page of the story, leading to some extra space on the right. Ditko added the figure of the meek fellow on the bottom, thus a preview of Ditko's covers to come.
Thanks, Nick. I'd spotted the Ditko figure - no way it could've been drawn by anyone else. Incidentally, #13 was reprinted in its entirety (apart from new ads) back in the '90s. No silver or black margins around the cover, the art filled the dimensions completey. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteThat was great.
ReplyDeleteNumber 13 has a cover that would not have been out of place or date on a Creepy or Weird Worlds cover.
I see a massive difference between the style of the rest compared to this,until that Spider-Man figure on 15.
That must have been a dimensional shift in people's visual world.
The figure you both mention above,drawn by Steve Ditko sticks out like a sore thumb to those with eyes to see.
The standing figure on number 2 with the blonde hair and the guy at the front of the class,white shirt and tie, have very non-Kirby faces,possibly just the inker.
That was great.
Baab,
ReplyDeleteI think it is the inkingo the cover of AA 2, which I believe is by Sol Brodsky.
Not seen these before amazing stuff with Ditko (in most cases) at his very best - Issue 15 (the famous Spidey issue)looks the most drab by comparison to the rest - Issue 13 is fantastic love it – it’s going to be my new PC wallpaper – Great stuff again - McScotty
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