‘Gone and Forgotten’: Amazing anthology of comic book failures
11.13.2012
04:29 am

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Books
History
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comic books

Mothman
You haven’t heard of him, and that’s probably for the best

Even if you’re not a comics fan, you can appreciate the steady stream of train wrecks featured in Gone and Forgotten.

Many of the pieces are simply characters that never made it past a couple issues, like “Dash Dartwell, the Human Meteorite,” who has super-human speed, but eschews the cool superhero garb for a fancy suit. There’s also “Minimidget,” whose power is… being very small. That’s really it. It makes sense; there’s sort of a finite amount of superhuman powers one could have, and when the writing ran a little thin, introducing a new character might have seemed like the way to go.

What’s more interesting for comic fans though, are the horrible plotlines, spinoffs, and projects of our old favorite characters and canons. For example, did you know there was a Spider-Man musical? Oh no, not that one. We’re talking a 1975 rock opera album, Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero, that makes that U2 detritus look like La Traviata. It’s clearly one of Stan Lee’s more experimental projects, and while this sort of daring creativity is the reason the man is a genius, we’re talkin’ about some very dated stuff, to put it kindly.

In fact, why don’t you play us out, Spidey?
 

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A felted ‘Fantastic Four’ comic book cover
01.04.2012
01:23 pm

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Art

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comic books
The Fantastic Four
felt


 
A wonderful felted issue #51 of The Fantastic Four originally illustrated by Jack Kirby in 1966 and then recreated in wool by D. Campbell MacKinlay. Brilliant!

Previously on Dangerous Minds:

Knitted Kraftwerk

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More animated comic book covers

 
Artist Kerry Callen is back with his animated version of Lois Lane #29, from 1961. There’s also a fun animated GIF of Nick Fury, Agent of Shield #4 at Kerry’s site!

Previously on Dangerous Minds:

Excellent Animated Comic Book Covers

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Written by Tara McGinley | Discussion
Excellent Animated Comic Book Covers

 
Awesome animated comic book GIFs by Kerry Callen. I’m digging on The Amazing Spider-Man #33!

 
More after the jump…

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Dark Shadows comic book covers (1968-1976)
11.10.2011
12:01 pm

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Art
Books
Television

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comic books
Dark Shadows


 
The Monster Brains blog recently posted some delightful high-resolution scans of Dark Shadows comic book covers based on the 60s gothic soap opera.  I really like the top one from 1970.

Visit Monster Brains to view the rest of the collection.


 
One more choice selection after the jump…

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