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-- FLYING THAT SUPERHERO FREAK FLAG HIGH !! --

Dan Adkins, THE MYSTIC AND THE MACHINE!, (in STRANGE TALES # 165) - "At last--I face the first ghastly peril which awaits me on this world beyond the pale! To all appearances, it seems to be a hate-filled, deadly, gigantic slug--!"

John Buscema, THE GOOD,THE BAD,THE UNCANNY!, (SILVER SURFER # 4) - This display is a recreation, by Buscema, of the final product of his original cover drawing (on which brother Sal Buscema provided inks).

John Buscema, THE ORIGIN OF THE SILVER SURFER, (SILVER SURFER # 1) - This display is a recreation, by Buscema, of the final product of his original cover drawing (on which Joe Sinnott provided inks).

John Buscema, GALACTUS AND SILVER SURFER, (in COSMIC POWERS UNLIMITED # 1) - This was a 'pin-up'.

Joe Jusko after John Buscema, THE GOOD,THE BAD,THE UNCANNY! - As well as others, Jusko did his own painted variant/recreation of Buscema cover to Marvel's Silver Surfer #4,

Stewart Greenhalgh, SUPERMAN STORY BOOK ANNUAL 1967, (SUPERMAN STORY BOOK ANNUAL 1967) - World Distirbutors release of this British publication (text stories & puzzles). The title-page of the book credits "Illustrated by Stewart Greenhalgh", so we assume he executed the book's wraparound cover (the front portion being almost a complete 'lift' from George Wilson's painting for the cover of Gold Key's Magnus-Robot Fighter #13, with the exception of the central Superman figure).

Bob Larkin, DOCTOR STRANGE-MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS - Stan Lee gets author credit for the Marvel (Fireside) book release of this collection of selected early Doctor Strange comic stories.

Bob Larkin, THE COMING OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK - Our name here was the initial title of this early trade paperback with key stories from the beginning of the Hulk mythos, before some last minute change shortened it to just The Incredible Hulk (regardless of the strange spacing caused by it...).

Bob Larkin, CRAZY 42, (CRAZY # 42) - "Giant 16 Extra-Page Bonus--Crazy paperback book jackets--Full Size! cut out and wrap around your own paperbacks" - Those superheroes and their crazy cut-ups.

Al Plastino, ACTION COMICS 146, (ACTION COMICS # 146) - "Thrills of the 21st Century With Tommy Tomorrow " - The artist's painted recreation of this cover for DC Comics.

Sandy Plunkett, SCARLET WITCH & VISION, (in MARVEL FANFARE # 58) - This 'pin-up' was the back cover of this comic.

Alex Schomburg, THE BLACK TERROR 22, (THE BLACK TERROR # 22)

Alex Schomburg, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 66, (MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS # 66) - This display is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on the cover of this comic from Timely Publications (who would later take on the name of Marvel itself) spotlighting the Human Torch & Toro saving the day once more.

Alex Schomburg, OVERSTREET 10, (OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE # 10) - "Our 10th Annivesary Issue" - In the same style as so many of the comic covers he excuted, Schomburg, decades later, created this for one annual issue of the yearly go-to guide for comics collecting.

Alex Schomburg, U.S.A. COMICS 6, (U.S.A. COMICS # 6) - This display is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on the cover of this comic from U.S.A. Comics Corp. (which would later be rolled-up into the developing Marvel company) spotlighting the Captain America saving Bucky's bacon once more.

Alex Schomburg, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 43, (MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS # 43) - The display here is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on this comic's cover. That cover was featured in Schomburg's own monograph, CHROMA.

Alex Schomburg, MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 15, (MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS # 15) - "Pouring through the ocean tunnel came the Nazi hordes! This cover picture is the start of a great new adventure - Torch and Sub-Mariner fighting side by side !!!" - This display is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on the cover of this comic from Timely Publications (who would later take on the name of Marvel itself).

Alex Schomburg, ALL SELECT COMICS 2, (ALL SELECT COMICS # 2) - "Human Torch--Captain America--Sub-mariner featured in All Select Comics - The display here is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on the cover of the comic put out by Daring Comics (an 'imprint' of Timely Publications (what would later become Marvel)). That cover was featured in Schomburg's own monograph, CHROMA.

Alex Schomburg, OVERSTREET 21, (OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE # 21) - "Captain America 50 years" - In the same style as so many of the comic covers he excuted, Schomburg, decades later, created this for one annual issue of the yearly go-to guide for comics collecting.

Alex Schomburg, ALL WINNERS 11, (ALL WINNERS COMICS # 11) - "The Human Torch--Captain America--Sub Mariner" - This display is a painted recreation, by Schomburg, of the action on the cover of this comic from Western Fiction Publishing (another 'shell' which would later be rolled-up into the developing Marvel company).

Joe Simon, BLACK CAT, (BLACK CAT COMICS # 1) - "By popular demand, after a five year run in Speed Comics // The darling of comics since 1941 // Hollywood's glamourous detective star"

Walt Simonson, MANHUNTER, (COMICS READER # 99) - DC Comics character re-vamped more -than once."

Bernie Wrightson, THE BIG CHANGE, (MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL # 29 (The Incredible Hulk And The Thing)) - Cover of this special project that Wrightson drew and Jim Starlin wrote.

[unknown artist], THE SWAMPS RATS, (THE PHANTOM # 5) - "The Phantom battles the Swamp Rats ! - Beginning: The boyhood of The Phantom !"
COVERS -- CLEANED-UP SOME

P. Craig Russell, SWITCH WITCH, (MARVEL FANFARE # 6) - The Scarlet Witch becomes ensorcelled by another magic-user and Spiderman falls to her... The cover was excerpted and featured in THE ART OF P. CRAIG RUSSELL.
COVERS -- STILL FULLY LOADED

[unknown artist], THE FREIGHTYARD ROBBERIES, (FOUR COLOR # 496) - An adaptation of the popular Green Hornet radio program

[unknown artist], THE HISTORIAN, (THE PHANTOM # 14) - "An enemy agent discovers how to send false orders to the Phantom's Jungle Patrol !"
MODERN, OR PROBABLY SO

Gerald Parel, BATGIRL
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