Turnabout’s fair play…
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So, the other day I posted 13 MARVEL TREASURY COVERS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
Well, fair’s fair, so here are 13 COVERS spotlighting DC’s Bronze Age oversize tabloids. (Unlike Marvel, they never actually called them Treasury Editions. But you knew that.)
Groovy.
Neal Adams
Mike Grell
Adams, from a Joe Kubert layout
Jim Aparo
H.J. Ward
Alex Toth (Superman’s head by Curt Swan and George Klein — infamously swapped in by DC.)
Adams pencils, Dick Giordano inks
Giordano
Rich Buckler pencils, Giordano inks
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez pencils, Dan Adkins inks
Swan pencils, Bob Oksner inks
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MORE
— 13 QUICK THOUGHTS: Why This is the Greatest BATMAN Treasury Ever
— The Brilliant Majesty of the BATMAN-RA’S AL GHUL Treasury
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Most cover images and credits from the oversize Grand Comics Database.
February 18, 2019
The only one in that list that wasn’t part of my collection was the one for Captain Marvel (lawyers be d@mn!)
February 18, 2019
Great selection. Great memories. I was also partial to the holiday books. I thought this article I wrote for Rob Kelly’s old blog seemed appropriate, as I tell a personal story about the Superman tabloid above. http://heykidscomix.blogspot.com/2008/05/george-rears-1974.html?m=1
February 18, 2019
Are there supposed to be two different “MORE” links at the end, because both go to the same page on the Ra’s Al Ghul treasury?
February 19, 2019
I would have to add the Grell Legion Wedding book to this. That was an absolute classic.
February 20, 2019
I was visiting family in New Jersey last year and went to the local comic book shop and snagged the Shazam giant size book that I lost years ago. Shazam was my favorite show when I was kid. I wrote a fan letter to Filmation studios and received an autographed picture of the Shazam cast! In 2012, I met actor Michael Gray who played Billy Batson. Super nice guy!
February 20, 2019
Nice story, Mark! Thanks for sharing!