tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post5417288575449654851..comments2024-03-10T22:13:11.974-04:00Comments on Marvel Comics of the 1980s: 1981 - Anatomy of a cover - Captain America #259Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-91915621350758372602013-09-02T06:52:47.613-04:002013-09-02T06:52:47.613-04:00In the rejected cover, the focus is on Cap, and hi...In the rejected cover, the focus is on Cap, and his reaction to Doc Ock's attack. I would have thought, by 1981, even if someone wasn't reading any Spider-Man titles, that Doctor Octopus would have been well-known enough for the tentacles and shadowed head to have been sufficient shorthand to sell the threat? Different if he were a more obscure villain, showing him properly so that readers would know who it was may have made some sort of sense then, even if it led to a less dynamic cover.Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534554869387375467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-50685030346070525022013-09-01T19:53:00.222-04:002013-09-01T19:53:00.222-04:00Uh, what? That first cover is fantastic! Zeck draw...Uh, what? That first cover is fantastic! Zeck draws Cap like nobody's business and an editor (Shooter?) goes with the reverse 3/4 of Doc Ock?Erik J Kreffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16600501989135593427noreply@blogger.com