Saturday 8 April 2017

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83 (UPDATED)..

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Well, I'm in repeat territory here, but not everyone will have seen my prior post on this classic cover, so I should get away with it.  (And unlike the BBC, there's no licence fee required to view this blog.)  When JACK KIRBY initially drew the cover, he put in more STONE MEN than appeared on the published mag.  However, I'd say STAN LEE's instincts as art editor were correct, as, dramatic as the original version was, THOR The MIGHTY was visually swamped by his descending foes and the cover was just a tad too 'busy'.

I might have left some of the smaller Stone Men in as it was mainly the one behind Thor that compromised the layout, but maybe they'd have upset the balance of the final composition.  It's difficult to be sure without seeing what I have in mind right in front of my baby-blue eyes.



Below is a b&w production stat I altered of the original cover to show how I might have done things.  Lovely, eh?

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2 comments:

  1. John Pitt8 April 2017 at 16:27

    Yep, there were definitely too many stone men in the original!
    The published version got it right!

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  2. Kid8 April 2017 at 16:30

    It was certainly a lot clearer and effective. Stan usually knew what he was doing.

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