Wednesday, August 21, 2013

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 233: DC's very first 3D lenticular cover leaps right out at you!


House ad for Showcase #27 [Sea Devils] (July-August 1960); printed in Batman #133 (August 1960)
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp

That's actually not the actual art for the actual cover of the actual Showcase #27 which features the actual first appearance of the (actual) Sea Devils, actually. Here it is, a gorgeous color wash cover by Russ Heath (who is actually pretty great in and of himself...actually.)


Cover of Showcase #27 [Sea Devils] (July-August 1960), painted wash art by Russ Heath

The art in the ad above is (actually) repurposed and recolored from the splash page of the story.

Splash page of Showcase #27, script by Robert Kanigher, pencils and inks by Russ Heath, letters by Gaspar Saladino

2 comments:


  1. The letters on that splash page are by Gaspar Saladino, actually. Cover letters are actually probably Schnapp, but there's a slim chance they could actually be Gaspar in the style of Schnapp.

    How great a Marvel/DC Amalgam would Shanna the Sea Devil have been?!?!?

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  2. Shanna the Sea Devil

    And her pal, Daimon Curry, Son of Seafood!

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