Today is repeat day, but if you have any new suggestions for us to explore reach out to backinthebronzeage@gmail.com.
Redartz: Oops, sorry to so rudely interrupt you, partner! Just wanted to give all our friends one last chance to submit pictures of their fan art/drawings for our next "Show and Tell", coming up within days. If you have any creative fun you'd share with us, please send it to the email Marti so kindly provided above. And now, we return to our illustrious Martinex1...
Take it away younger me...
Martinex1: Marvel really had something special going on in the upper left hand corner of their comics. From nearly the beginning, they carved out space on the cover to identify the characters within. The heroes were easy to see on the shelved newsstands as the comics were layered for visual access. The company quickly realized that they were onto something as they even advertised to "Watch for the Greatest Symbols in Comics!" It may have been Stan at his hyperbolic best, but I have to say that there were actually times that the corner box made me buy a comic. Looking back at the history of that iconic marketing tool that lasted decades, I cannot believe how many variations existed. In this post I share more than one-hundred examples, and I dare to say that I have only scratched the surface.
During my comic purchasing peak, I inspected the cover and looked for the sometimes subtle changes in the corner box. My favorites varied from the John Byrne floating head depictions to the rotating spotlighted team members in books like the Micronauts. One of the most clever examples included a run on the Incredible Hulk in which the Hulk in the corner box transformed from a scientist into the rampaging character if the reader handled sequenced issues as a flipbook. (The proof of that down below came from the thejadegiant.com website).
What were your favorites? Which were the best? And which were the worst? Enjoy!
During my comic purchasing peak, I inspected the cover and looked for the sometimes subtle changes in the corner box. My favorites varied from the John Byrne floating head depictions to the rotating spotlighted team members in books like the Micronauts. One of the most clever examples included a run on the Incredible Hulk in which the Hulk in the corner box transformed from a scientist into the rampaging character if the reader handled sequenced issues as a flipbook. (The proof of that down below came from the thejadegiant.com website).
What were your favorites? Which were the best? And which were the worst? Enjoy!
