The Cover Browser - and Elementary School memories

[Justice]

I remember the first time I wanted to draw Spider-Man - I laid a sheet of paper over a comic book cover I thought was cool and traced him.

I was seven years old and kept that drawing for 30 years.

And here is that cover. I cannot tell you all the great memories it brings back and how Gil Kane's artwork is forever indelibly etched in my mind as THE premiere Spider-Man artist.

*sigh* "Good times!"

Reminisce with me...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/amazing-spider-man/137-6.jpg


If you go to http://www.coverbrowser.com , you too may find a long lost memory.

What was your first comic you remember? Please to show if you can - you click on the IMAGE icon when composing and add the web address of the image you want to show.

[SD Anderson]

My first comic was a 4 pack for $1. Superman, World's Finest, Green Lantern and I can't even remember the last one.

The Superman story was notable in that there was an apology to the readers. This was just after John Kennedy had been killed, but the story featured an appearance of JFK in it. It was written prior to the assassination and they had the choice of running blank pages, a reprint as the main story or what they had.

[Justice]

Yeah - that's a historical issue.

Was that 4-pack bought with the original issues - I mean did you get this in 1963-4 or somesuch? Or was it reprints bundled together in the 70's, etc.?

[AnotherSKip]

Heh I have an issue of Superman And Wonder Woman with the TRS-80 kids!


you might want to update your character sheet when:
You notice you have "super TRS-80" powers

[BlueNinja]

Man, I miss my TRS-80.

[Chimaera]

Gil Kane kicked all sorts of ass. His artistic growth made him relevant well beyond his beginnings and kept him fresh and interesting when many of his contemporaries couldn't adapt. I *love* his work.

[Justice]

He was a master of dynamic poses and environment - FEARLESS POV shots - any angle, Gil could hack it.

What was your first comic book, Chim?

[and others?]

[Chimaera]

He was a master of dynamic poses and environment - FEARLESS POV shots - any angle, Gil could hack it.

What was your first comic book, Chim?

[and others?]

"Asterix In Spain" (in Spanish, no less). I learned to read Spanish, English and French from Asterix books way back when I was a wee one.

[Justice]

Oh wow. You go international man of mystery!

We North Mississippi lads were just glad to read words like "debris" and "misanthropic" for the first time.

[Chimaera]

What can I say? My folks were kind of anti-comic -- except for Asterix. Anthea Bell is a friggin' genius, translating the puns and wordplay; she somehow makes them work in Spanish and English as well as French. That's no easy task.

[SD Anderson]

Yeah - that's a historical issue.

Was that 4-pack bought with the original issues - I mean did you get this in 1963-4 or somesuch? Or was it reprints bundled together in the 70's, etc.?

Yep. I was in 4th grade. One of the older neighboring kids had a good supply of comics he let me read but I didn't get around to buying any until around Febuary of '64.

[SD Anderson]

Gil Kane kicked all sorts of ass. His artistic growth made him relevant well beyond his beginnings and kept him fresh and interesting when many of his contemporaries couldn't adapt. I *love* his work.

Speaking of his beginnings, Jack Kirby brought in Gil Kane and Curt Swan as his inkers at various times for The Boy Commandos. Comics owes a lot to 'kiddy books'.