House ad for Showcase #69 [Dolphin] (December 1968);
printed in Teen Titans #18 (December 1968)
Ad designed and lettered by Ira Schnapp (?)
Okay, I'll confess it: the cover of
Showcase #69 is one of my very favorite comic book covers, and the thing is, logically this
shouldn't work. There's a huge amount of
white green space (that would normally be filled with blurbs), the "Dolphin" is odd and unpolished, and speaking of logos: that hand-lettered "Showcase Presents"...well, that's not the professional, sharp lettering you normally get on a DC cover. It, in fact, looks straight off of a
Charlton cover. And yet I think it's an absolutely gorgeous comic book cover...well, maybe it's the leggy aquatic girl in denim cut-offs. With the heroine wearing Daisy Dukes and a wet t-shirt, I am amazed this comic didn't sell
one bajillion copies. (I'm just surprised it got past DC editorial with no blurbs on the cover!)
Cover of Showcase #69 [Dolphin] (December 1968), pencils and inks by Jay Scott Pike; possible clean-up inks by Dick Giordano
Wait, this cover was drawn by Jay Scott
Pike? Well, there's your reason right there. National shoulda hired
more artists who were
fish.
ReplyDeletewell, maybe it's the leggy aquatic girl in denim cut-offs
Uh, yeah.
I do think that's Schnapp lettering in the ad.