R: Marvel Tales #192 (October 1986), reprinting ASM #121 (and #122), art by John Romita, Sr.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Same Story, Different Cover: All that money spent on the memorial and they still spelled her name wrong
R: Marvel Tales #192 (October 1986), reprinting ASM #121 (and #122), art by John Romita, Sr.
(Click picture to tragedy-size)
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This is another set of covers that difficult to review because the iconic nature of the story within has translated onto the covers themselves.
Lets take a look at our offerings:
Amazing Spider-Man #121:
This is the kind of cover you don't see anymore. Its the "Tonight Somebody Dies" Gimmick that audiences today are familiar with, and tired of easily.
There is something strangely "fourth wall" about this, not only in Spidey setting up the Cassandra Doom prophecy, but in seeing Spidey from behind which lends him to a position of vulnerability.
I've spoke before about too much text being distracting, while here, theres a ton of text, but its spaced out and well balanced along the whole cover. The logo especially sweeps the eye down to the collection of floating portraits.
Incidentally, it is nice to see a cover that includes all of Spidey's supporting cast, even if they are just head shots.
Marvel Tales #192:
The Logo takes up way too much space and its U-Shape and white lettering makes it look like like a smile, no wonder Spidey's shaking his fist at it!
The sidebar with the orange arrow is completely unnecessary.
That being said, there is raw power in the sheer directness of those block letters. "The Day Gwen Stacy Died". Dude, Spoilers! Also, didn't she die at night?
Like I said, its forceful, which makes me wish that Spidey had been seen under the big letters to show the weight and impact of this event in a literal sense. Putting him at the bottom also might have helped save the whole "squashed logo" bit as it would further push Spider-Man down. As is, it looks like the artist just forgot about our hero.
Winner: Amazing #121
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