Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow that, until we all got bored with that theme. I'd like to propose a theme of letters of the alphabet. So, for the remainder of October (only 5 days) and all of November, we post comic cover pictures associated with the letter "A". Then in December, we post covers pertaining to the letter "B". The association to the letter can be as tenuous as you want it to be. For example I could post a cover from "Adventure Comics" or "Amazing Spider Man". However Spider Man covers can also be posted when we're on the letter "S". Adventure Comic covers could also be posted when we're on the letter "L" if they depict the Legion of Super Heroes. So, no real hard, fast rules - in fact the cleverer the interpretation of the letter, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
And it's not written in stone that we have to post a cover every day. There may be some days when no cover gets posted. There's nothing wrong with this, it just demonstrates that we all have lives to lead.
If everyone's in agreement I'd like to kick this off with one of my favourite Action Comic covers, from January 1967. Curt Swan really excelled himself here.
Date | Page/Reply | Theme (and clickable link) | Pages | Replies |
Oct 2016 | 1/1 | Letter A | 19 | 228 |
Dec 2016 | 20/1 | Letter B | 17 | 207 |
Jan 2017 | 37/4 | Letter C | 18 | 214 |
Feb 2017 | 55/2 | Letter D | 17 | 208 |
Mar 2017 | 72/6 | Letter E | 15 | 178 |
Apr 2017 | 87/4 | Letter F | 15 | 184 |
May 2017 | 102/8 | Letter G | 13 | 157 |
Jun 2017 | 115/9 | Letter H | 16 | 195 |
Jul 2017 | 131/12 | Letter I | 12 | 133 |
Aug 2017 | 143/1 | Letter J | 16 | 194 |
Sep 2017 | 159/3 | Letter K | 19 | 237 |
Oct 2017 | 178/12 | Letter L | 24 | 285 |
Nov 2017 | 202/9 | Letter M | 24 | 280 |
Dec 2017 | 226/1 | Letter N | 19 | 236 |
Jan 2018 | 245/9 | Letter O | 21 | 245 |
Feb 2018 | 266/7 | Letter P | 25 | 295 |
Mar 2018 | 291/2 | Letters Q & R | 20 | 243 |
Apr 2018 | 311/5 | Letter S | 22 | 270 |
May 2018 | 333/11 | Superman’s 80th anniversary | 21 | 250 |
Jun 2018 | 354/9 | Letter T | 21 | 250 |
Jul 2018 | 375/7 | Letter U | 17 | 207 |
Aug 2018 | 392/10 | Letter V | 19 | 228 |
Sep 2018 | 411/10 | Letter W | 20 | 233 |
Oct 2018 | 431/3 | Letter X | 15 | 180 |
Nov 2018 | 446/3 | Letter Y | 13 | 156 |
Dec 2018 | 459/3 | Letter Z | 13 | 156 |
Jan 2019 | 472/3 | Person being carried | 16 | 190 |
Feb 2019 | 488/1 | Real people | 17 | 214 |
Mar 2019 | 505/11 | Homages/parodies | 19 | 224 |
Apr 2019 | 524/7 | Green-skinned people | 17 | 207 |
May 2019 | 541/10 | Wanted posters | 17 | 201 |
Jun 2019 | 558/7 | Boxing rings | 15 | 180 |
Jul 2019 | 573/7 | Empty uniforms | 15 | 177 |
Aug 2019 | 588/4 | Beaches | 25 | 297 |
Sep 2019 | 613/1 | Apes | 28 | 340 |
Oct 2019 | 641/5 | Haunted houses/graves | 21 | 250 |
Nov 2019 | 662/3 | Motor bikes | 21 | 254 |
Dec 2019 | 683/5 | Foreign language covers | 17 | 209 |
Jan 2020 | 700/10 | Playing cards/tabletop games | 23 | 275 |
Feb 2020 | 723/9 | Valentines and Cupids | 22 | 259 |
Mar 2020 | 745/4 | Statues | 21 | 256 |
Apr 2020 | 766/8 | Elephants | 22 | 263 |
May 2020 | 788/7 | Heroes & villains cooperating | 17 | 198 |
Jun 2020 | 805/1 | The Moon | 26 | 322 |
Jul 2020 | 831/11 | Flags & patriotic symbols | 18 | 215 |
Aug 2020 | 849/10 | Foreign locations (non-US) | 20 | 233 |
Sep 2020 | 869/3 | MST3K (with commentary) | 24 | 292 |
Oct 2020 | 893/7 | Vampires and Werewolves | 20 | 245 |
Nov 2020 | 913/12 | Giants | 24 | 286 |
Dec 2020 | 937/10 | Snow & winter scenes | 24 | 289 |
Jan 2021 | 961/11 | Doppelgängers | 32 | 377 |
Feb 2021 | 993/4 | Movies | 23 | 275 |
Mar 2021 | 1016/3 | Cats/cat-themed adventurers | 22 | 263 |
Apr 2021 | 1038/2 | Dogs/dog-themed adventurers | 25 | 305 |
May 2021 | 1063/7 | Big guns/Heavy weaponry | 25 | 302 |
Jun 2021 | 1088/9 | Dinosaurs/Time Travel | 28 | 338 |
Jul 2021 | 1116/11 | Big Questions/Question Marks | 28 | 330 |
Aug 2021 | 1144/5 | Highways, Travel etc | 19 | 232 |
Sep 2021 | 1163/9 | Favourite Covers/Comics | 28 | 330 |
Oct 2021 | 1191/3 | Lineups | 21 | 260 |
Nov 2021 | 1212/11 | JSA 80th Anniversary | 23 | 269 |
Dec 2021 | 1235/4 | Logos in the action | 26 | 317 |
Jan 2022 | 1261/9 | Dynamic Duos | 29 | 348 |
Feb 2022 | 1290/9 | Romantic Scenes | 26 | 313 |
Mar 2022 | 1316/10 | Bridges | 29 | 339 |
Apr 2022 | 1345/1 | Unexpected Green | 23 | 286 |
May 2022 | 1368/11 | Neal Adams | 26 | 310 |
Jun 2022 | 1394/9 | George Perez | 19 | 227 |
Jul 2022 | 1413/8 | Parents | 30 | 356 |
Aug 2022 | 1443/4 | Fairgrounds and Carnivals | 24 | 285 |
Sep 2022 | 1467/1 | Joe Kubert | 19 | 238 |
Oct 2022 | 1486/11 | First and last issues | 27 | 324 |
Nov 2022 | 1513/11 | Classrooms and Education | 22 | 264 |
Dec 2022 | 1535/11 | Robots and Cyborgs | 33 | 392 |
Jan 2023 | 1568/7 | Trials and Courtrooms | 28 | 330 |
Feb 2023 | 1596/1 | Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals | 24 | 292 |
Mar 2023 | 1620/5 | Detectives & Murder Mysteries | 34 | 411 |
Apr 2023 | 1654/8 | Birds and Winged Creatures | 35 | 419 |
May 2023 | 1689/7 | Strength in Numbers | 48 | 570 |
Jun 2023 | 1737/1 | Horses, Centaurs & Equines | ||
Jul 2023 | Railways |
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It is now after midnight where I live and since I will be away from my computer for most of Tuesday January 31, I wanted to make sure and get this bridging sequence between the January and February themes posted.
When the BBC originally canceled Doctor Who in the mid-1980s (the budget "savings" was used to fund game shows!), fans were naturally outraged and fought like heck to get the show back on the air.
The Sixth Doctor Colin Baker returned for one more season (#23), starring in the first Umbrella Season since Tom Baker's (no relation) "Key To Time" Saga of Season 16.
Hence the four adventures (presented here in chronological order) that composed "The Trial of a Time Lord".
(I could find no comic book adaptation. The novelization book covers are courtesy of Google.)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
And the conclusion...
Considering some of the changes in the series since the 2005 revival, I'm not sure if the plot point of who the Valeyard, the prosecuting Time Lord, turned out to be is still valid, but overall it was a fun adventure in the classic era. But you'll have to ask someone connected with Target Books if they have any idea why the quartet was released out of sequence.
Lee Houston, Junior said:
It is now after midnight where I live and since I will be away from my computer for most of Tuesday January 31, I wanted to make sure and get this bridging sequence between the January and February themes posted.
When the BBC originally canceled Doctor Who in the mid-1980s (the budget "savings" was used to fund game shows!), fans were naturally outraged and fought like heck to get the show back on the air.
The Sixth Doctor Colin Baker returned for one more season (#23), starring in the first Umbrella Season since Tom Baker's (no relation) "Key To Time" Saga of Season 16.
Hence the four adventures (presented here in chronological order) that composed "The Trial of a Time Lord".
(I could find no comic book adaptation. The novelization book covers are courtesy of Google.)
Part 1
And that makes a link between "trials" and "doctors." This isn't the same story, but it is a comic about the Trial of the Doctor:
I have to admit that this month has been a lot more challenging than I expected. There are no less than 37 covers that I'd found which have been posted by others. Thirty-seven! That's (nearly) as many as four tens. And that's terrible.
However, I've managed to post a cover each day, and I'm still not quite out of "Trials and Courtrooms" covers. No transitions, sadly, but I do have enough left to end the month with a multi-cover post.
A Wolff and Byrd cover that hasn't appeared yet.
Not actually in the courtroom, but a summons to appear there.
"Oliver Queen Murder Trial Begins".
Finally, a cover previously seen during September 2019's "Apes" month.
One final one...
Some of the transition covers are prompting me to get a clarification.
I had the impression that heroes and villains called "Doctor" that are not medical professionals weren't included in the theme.
I think it would make cover selections a little too easy. If they can't write a prescription or work in a hospital, do they fit the "hospitals, doctors and nurses" theme?
I had the impression that heroes and villains called "Doctor" that are not medical professionals weren't included in the theme.
You are correct. That is what we agreed on.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
I had the impression that heroes and villains called "Doctor" that are not medical professionals weren't included in the theme.
You are correct. That is what we agreed on.
I'd suggest that covers depicting some sort of medical operation or procedure are also acceptable, whether or not there's an actual qualified medical professional involved.