tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post7657029600319007736..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: FAVOURITE COMICS OF THE PAST - PART FORTY-ONE: SUPERMAN #251...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-57282131061492057272017-01-30T03:17:46.080+00:002017-01-30T03:17:46.080+00:00I've got both of the issues you mention, Dougi...I've got both of the issues you mention, Dougie, but I later came to consider Terra-Man a bit of a silly idea. 'Secrets Of The First Metropolis' is a nice little tale indeed.<br /><br />(Originally posted 26 March 2016 at 11.50.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4410460137709358552016-03-26T10:26:19.444+00:002016-03-26T10:26:19.444+00:00I owned this one too. One of about four Superman c...I owned this one too. One of about four Superman comics I got in the early 70s. Apart from the first Terra-Man appearance, Supes just didn't click with me. I hated the 40s stories too. That Krypton tale is pretty though.<br />There's another weird sci-fi story in an Action comics issue from the same period, "Secret of the First Metropolis" IIRC. I liked that one: it's a tragedy and has an environmental message.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-68499105970608195222016-03-24T13:39:17.640+00:002016-03-24T13:39:17.640+00:00Just checked, CJ - actually, it was yours truly wh...Just checked, CJ - actually, it was yours truly who suggested it, so how clever of ME! (I should've known.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-37716113039400050182016-03-24T13:16:23.449+00:002016-03-24T13:16:23.449+00:00Did I suggest that ? Gosh, how clever of me - I...Did I suggest that ? Gosh, how clever of me - I'd completely forgotten about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-35285158329961093832016-03-23T23:48:31.705+00:002016-03-23T23:48:31.705+00:00Or it's growing on contact with the air as it ...Or it's growing on contact with the air as it emerges from the egg? That looks possible with this cover, but the Showcase one didn't lend itself to that possibility in my opinion. 'though I think regular commenter CJ suggested it.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-43247401417673066992016-03-23T23:40:09.962+00:002016-03-23T23:40:09.962+00:00The cover of Showcase #6 (introducing the Challeng...The cover of Showcase #6 (introducing the Challengers of the Unknown) had a similar scene, with the monster's arm as big as the egg. Maybe it's just too hard to depict a monster hatching. Either the egg looks too small to have contained the creature, or the egg would have to be so big that it would dominate the cover, and overshadow everything else in the scene. Or the monster would have to be too small to be a convincing menace.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69400969292453919232016-03-23T19:40:40.144+00:002016-03-23T19:40:40.144+00:00Hey there, nice Superman issue! How are you doing?...Hey there, nice Superman issue! How are you doing? <br /><br />Just like I did last year I wanted to ask you a favor, I'm promoting my new comic, as you can see here:<br /><br />http://artbyarion.blogspot.com/2016/03/buy-dawn-of-undead-now-and-win-marvel.html<br /><br />It would mean a lot to me if you help me spread the link around, and even better yet, if you post something about this on your blog. <br /><br />Thanks!<br />Arionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794190466838336293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59712936404849039692016-03-23T18:51:54.819+00:002016-03-23T18:51:54.819+00:00There's eBay now, Phil, so no excuse for not h...There's eBay now, Phil, so no excuse for not having it. Happy hunting.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-41115635551651347392016-03-23T17:48:16.804+00:002016-03-23T17:48:16.804+00:00That Golden Age story looks like John Sikela art. ...That Golden Age story looks like John Sikela art. I remember this cover but didn't get the comic. DC comics were hard to find and there were no comic shops yet.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2659025895046413082016-03-23T13:43:11.688+00:002016-03-23T13:43:11.688+00:00Looks like a Neal Adams cover to me, McS, unless i...Looks like a Neal Adams cover to me, McS, unless it's an imitation by Rich Buckler. The main story was reprinted (in b&w) in an issue of London Editions' The Super Heroes mag in 1981, so you may have read it if you were buying that mag at the time. I liked the 52 page DC mags, but it affected sales because Marvel mags were cheaper, and it was around this time (I think) that Marvel clearly surged ahead of DC in sales. Time for you to get onto eBay and track down a copy of this ish for your collection.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-27381764528996972202016-03-23T13:25:04.026+00:002016-03-23T13:25:04.026+00:00This is an issue I never had (I don’t think I have...This is an issue I never had (I don’t think I have seen it in a back issue shop either) but I always wanted. The cover is excellent and although it is not one of Neal Adams (?) best (Superman looks a bit static) it was exciting to me with the alien / monster hand coming out of the egg (although the hand and arm are as big as the egg - its body must have been pretty small). DC did some amazing covers that made you want to buy the comic. I can still recall seeing this advertised in other DC comics at the time in one of those great ½ page DC in house adverts they used to have but I never saw it in the newsagents. Superman was excellent around this time as were (imho) most of the DC titles 52 pages of fun and excitement and great art but not long after this (probably 1973) I lost interest in Superman as a character (my one time favourite) still I hold out some hoe for the new Neal Adams “….Supermen” comic mini-series (the first issue was ok).paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.com