Always Bet Green by Steve Ditko

  

The ancient (1965) fanzine cover to all stars! is che great, but I love the fully colored version I found on a Spanish blog.  If you know who colored it, please holla.  We've only mentioned 2 or 3 colorists on here, and I am always indebted to some cool shades.  Shoulda said the roulette phrase always bet red, like the original monochrome cover, but the new colors look cool on the dino, too, and I actually do always bet green on roulette.  Course, I go home broke like everybody else, but it's fun while it lasts

 

4 X Bob Kline

Okay, move along, move along!  Noth'n new to see here, but that first one pops this time (please embiggen), and these are all four Kline Fanzine Prime:  Fantastic Fanzine, I'll Be Damned, Anomaly, and RBCC

 

Coupla OG Barry Smith

First is the Warrior of Lemuria poster, but biggerbetterfasterstronger than my waybacks of this, then a try-out page by Barry that I just saw, then the Kirby inspiration for young Barry (except it didn't exist until several years later-so it's Deja Vu in reverse, or my old buddy Vuja Dave)

 

Maximum State by Jack Kirby

One day in the wayback, I get to work and they say, "Hey, Cap'n we just got this great new printer!  Would you mind try'n it out?"  This is onea dozen pictures I printed (just now found it amongst my stacks), and acourse it's from New Gods #5, but where did I find those colors?  If you have any idea, please holla

 

The Warlord by Gil Kane

First is a page from the iconic Blackmark paperback, then half of a half-page ad for Blackmark from The Buyer's Guide For Comic Fandom #7 (both from 1971).  The pencils are slightly different, but I dig see'n both, and how about the quarter-page ad right above it?  Some guy named Frazetta, and THAT ad was a full page in Rocket's Blast

 

Justice inc. #2 Cover by Jack Kirby

Still onea my all-time fav comic book covers.  The Avenger, as the ad read, doesn't just fight crime...he destroys it!  Dunno why, but I did not hang onto this

 

Another Mr. A by Steve Ditko

How can such simple lines be so captivate'n?  The master of Spiderman, Doc Strange, The Creeper, and The Blue Beetle strikes again