Tales from the past viewed through rose tinted glasses
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Favourite covers: Justice League of America issue 67
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Following on from my last post featuring some of my favourite Marvel comic book covers from 1973, I thought I would show some of DC's ... -
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Incredible cover! Those were the days when Neal Adams was still a revelation to the comic book world, bringing a new level of seeming reality to characters we'd all come to accept in a more comic form. He changed the way you saw them, gave them a new depth. But that's not to slight Mike Sekowsky who was an artist I didn't cotton to immediately but who I came to appreciate when I started to pay more attention to storytelling.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't have put it better myself Rip. I'm always amazed that Adams was producing so many great covers in the 1960's. I have an abiding memory of seeing my brothers pals swapping comics just to get his covers.
ReplyDeleteIt was Sekowsky's art on "Jason's Quest" (DCs
Showcase) and THUNDER Agents that made me reasess his art and realise how good he was.
That's a great cover, McScotty! I think that was only the second time that Adams drew a JLA cover, and also only the second time that Adams drew Green Arrow in his old costume, prior to introducing his new costume in Brave & Bold #85 almost a year later.
ReplyDeleteIf DC produced a book purely of Adams' covers, I'd snap it up in an instant.
I must confess that I was never a fan of Mike Sekowsky's artwork, but that didn't stop me trying to get every JLA issue I could get my hands on back in the 70s.
I wish that Adams had drawn at least one full JLA story in his time at DC, but we'll have to make do with the 5 or 6 pages he drew in JLA #94 ("Where Strikes Demonfang?")
An Adams cover book would be a great idea baggsey . I'm not a massive Sekowsky fan but I do like some of his art . JLA 94 is one of my all time favourite comics with some of Adams best art
DeleteI've just read the Alter Ego #181 Neal Adams tribute issue - highly recommended to pick up a copy. Roy Thomas's recounting of the friction of working on X-Men and Avengers with Adams is worth the purchase price alone.
DeleteThanks for the info baggsey I'll check that issue out next time I'm in Glasgpw
DeleteThere's no disputing the quality of Neal Adams' covers (in the main), but I was never really a fan of the JLA. When it came to team books, The Avengers beat them all hollow, in my famously humble estimation. I even preferred the original X-Men to any team books that DC produced, including The Doom Patrol. I'm such a rebel!
ReplyDeleteI liked a few of DCs team books like Legion of Superheroes, JLA and Teen Titans etc . JLA did run out of steam form around the muid 70s The Avengers were brilliant
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