Saturday, December 18, 2010

Same Story, Different Cover: Ice, Ice, Baby

Avengers and Avengers Classic #4

L: Avengers #4 (March 1964), art by Jack Kirby and George Roussos
R: Avengers Classic #4 (November 2007), art by Arthur Adams and Laura Martin

(Click picture to Star-Spangled-Banner*-size)



*Not to be confused with Robert Bruce Banner-size.



1 comment:

  1. Avengers #4! A classic Marvel Comics cover, hallowed as one of the classics! This cover has been homaged or parodied so many times I can't do justice to its greatness

    So instead, I'll poke at some thing that have always bothered me like why is Cap's shield suddenly thinner than a paper plate? And why can't we see his arm? Is he using the shield so that he can discreetly scratch his frozen balls?

    As for Avengers Classic, I can't help but feel like Arthur Adams knew he couldn't compete with the original, so he didn't even try. Thor looks confused and Cap looks like he's gain fifty pounds on his noggin.

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