Comic Book Talk

[Chooch555]

Napalm Lullaby finally broke me. That was one of the worst endings in recent memory. It's clear there was no plan; he was just looking for the nearest exit.

I finally read this today. I dunno if I agree with your assessment. Shitty parents are Remender's bread and butter and the drug name seems more like a drug name than deity name. I appreciate that it's a miss for you - I don't love it - but I suspect he landed the plane where he wanted to. Crashed maybe. Definitley abrupt.

 

[TheGillMan]

From early in 1968, a truly iconic Silver Age DC horror cover: House of Mystery #174.

It was penciled by Carmine Infantino who would go on to become DC's editor in chief. The name of whoever inked and colored it is lost to time but if I had to guess I would say Joe Orlando.

My 9 year old self was absolutely mesmerized by that art. The arched doorway, the ornate knocker, the pale, ghastly hand with the long gnarled fingers beckoning the children to enter, the evil, glowing eyes. I had to have that comic. Mom said, "No, you'll get scared and then you'll be up all night." "Please, please please!" I whined. She finally relented and bought it to shut me up.

So I read it and then I got scared and I was up all night. I wound up sleeping between Mom and Dad. But whadday gonna do? That cover was too good to resist.

A couple of years later the great Neal Adams did a variation of this cover for The Brave and The Bold:

Yep, Mom bought it, I read it, and I was up all night. Give me a break. Even Batman was afraid to enter The House of Mystery. This story was written and drawn by the Batman team supreme of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams, the same two gents who created Ra's Al Ghul. And it came out on October 27th, 1970. Right before Halloween.

I love comics.

That House of Mystery cover is just so amazing. Truly iconic! I loved this book as a kid, though I usually had to buy them when my folks weren't with me (they didn't approve of anything horror).

I hadn't seen that Brave & the Bold cover before! SO cool! I want to read this issue now!

 

[SDcomics]

I make no secret of the fact that I think Carl Barks is one of the greatest American cartoonists that ever lived. And if you pinned me down and made me tell you who I think the five greatest comic book artists of all time are, Mr. Barks would be on that list along with Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman and Frank Frazetta.

Every once in a while we'd get lucky and Carl would treat us to a Halloween cover.

From October 1958 (The month and year I was born!) Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #217.

And from October 1952, Walt Disney's Donald Duck #26.