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It has to be said, if this issue is going to be the usual standard of DC Comics' Facsimile Editions from now on, they've stolen a march on Marvel's replica releases, nice as they are. With DC, no unsightly barcode boxes compromising the aesthetic appearance of the front covers, similar paper to the newsprint that comics used to employ before switching to a 'higher' quality, and crystal clear ads that don't look like poor-quality scans taken from tanned and faded published originals, which have blighted quite a number of previous DC facsimiles.
If only Marvel would adopt the same type of paper and move barcodes to the back covers, they'd be practically perfect. Even just reducing the boxes and not bleeding them off the covers, would be a huge improvement as they're far too prominent the way they're done now. Incidentally, contrary to popular belief, the paper Marvel currently uses is not actually 'glossy' in itself (check out the margins and gutters), but the printed images do have a bit of a shine to them.
Anyway, enough waffle from me, rush out and buy this mag at the earliest opportunity.
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Not sure if I will pick this one up as apart from a great Neal Adams cover the art doesn't look that interesting ( I'm not actually sure who the artist is on the main strip). But I agree some of the DC facsimiles are very nice.
ReplyDeleteI think it might be by Pete Costanza, but I'd have to take closer look, McS. It's a nice little package all in and really evokes the '60s.
DeleteI checked at DCIndexes and it is Pete Constanza. I only ever saw his work for Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, G. I meant to check it out myself and forgot so you saved me the effort when/if I remembered.
DeleteToday (April 17th) is 50 years since The Titans #27 came out which was the first issue featuring the Fantastic Four. I can remember standing in a shop and dithering over whether to buy Titans 27 or Super Spider-Man & The Super-Heroes and I ended up choosing Spidey so I assume I didn't have enough money for both.
ReplyDeleteYou chose Spidey over the FF, CJ? Gasp! Once, I could've told you what I was doing 50 years ago today - now I'm not so sure. (Well, apart from buying all three comics you mention.)
DeleteI only mentioned TWO comics, Kid - The Titans and Super Spider-Man & The Super-Heroes.
ReplyDeleteWell, as a pedant, I could argue that as Super Spider-Man & The Super-Heroes was a combined title of two separate comics, it could still be regarded as two comics (sort of). However, obviously I thought you were referring to them pre-merger.
DeleteThat issue of Spidey & The Super-Heroes was actually a couple of weeks old but was still on sale. The shop wasn't WH Smith's or any newsagents - it was called Cards & Gifts but also sold a selection of comics and magazines.
ReplyDeleteWell, I suppose you could give a comic or magazine to someone as a gift if you were on your way to visit them, CJ. Works for me. We didn't have a WHS in my town back then, it was John Menzies.
DeleteAt that time my local WH Smith's was rather small and cramped but a much bigger newly-built store opened nearby in 1978 which survived until 2014. The store then became a pound shop but it's now a Specs Savers.
ReplyDeleteIt'd be no use to me then, CJ, as I don't save specs. Our local WHS is now called T.G. Jones.
DeleteI picked up the original issue of this Jimmy Olsen only a few weeks back for a few dollars, purely for the Adams cover. (I'm sensing that Adams Bronze Age issues are declining in price a bit these days). I think its cover is a bit of a companion-piece to the Superman-Aquaman team-up in World's Finest #203.
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice cover, B, but Adams, as he often did, is playing with the perspective of this scene, which isn't entirely accurate in respect of where Supes is in relation to Jimmy and Arthur.
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