Koete Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 As a lot of you know, I'm a huge fan of the Silver Age, especially Silver Age Marvel. As such, I've been eagerly awaiting TwoMorrows Publishing's Marvel Comics In The 1960s book analyzing the decade. I was sold immediately when I saw it in previews due to its awesome cover: Apparently, the cover was too good because Marvel asked TwoMorrows to change it as it too closely resembled a Marvel product. This is the new cover: At the request of Marvel Comics, we’ve revised the cover art for our new book Marvel Comics In The 1960s by Pierre Comtois (new art is shown here). While I hate to lose the awesome original cover by Mike Manley and Tom Palmer, don’t worry; there wasn’t any kind of terrible confrontational situation with Marvel over the book. They simply felt it looked too much like a licensed Marvel product with the original piece, rather than the scholarly historical work that it is, and asked us to change it. Marvel was really great about the whole thing, and didn’t require a single change to the interior of the book, so other than the cover, it’s exactly as we envisioned it all along. The book ships (barring any snags on press) on August 28, so should be in stores the first Wednesday in September; a few weeks late because of the extra approval time (and the delay from our being closed for Comic-Con and vacation the last couple of weeks), but the release is just around the bend. http://twomorrows.com/blog/tnt/new-cover-art-for-marvel-comics-in-the-1960s/ Now I understand why TwoMorrows has published more books about DC than Marvel, because DC has no trouble with a book about the JSA having a JSA cover or a Batman book with a Batman cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 That cover does look awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I'm confused. Why was Marvel upset that a book promoting them looked "too much" like a Marvel product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) Here's a larger version of the cover: EDIT: Why are Wolverine's claws on the cover? He didn't debut until 1974. Edited August 11, 2009 by Yoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I think they wouldn't be making money from it, it would just look like they were making money. In the silhouettes one of the people is Galactus, but who is the other person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Marvel hates their fans. It's official. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Seeing the bigger image of the new cover. Is it supposed to look like some shit someone photoshopped together. Oh, and I rarely get to say this "Generic villian ho!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 EDIT: Why are Wolverine's claws on the cover? He didn't debut until 1974. That's something I noticed too. I was hoping it would be caught and removed before the final print. Guess it doesn't matter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 In the silhouettes one of the people is Galactus, but who is the other person? Looks like Mr. Fantastic to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 The original is a piece of art and the new one looks like something I might be capable of. That's bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 As it pertains to the new cover, what male Marvel superheroes in the 1960s wore capes? Off the top of my head there's Thor, Black Panther, Vision, and Dr. Strange, and that guy on the cover looks like none of them. I'm sure they were rushed to find some new art, but that's just bland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 You know when Shaq Played Steel. It looks like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Those are the Prowler's claws. Straight from Morrow's mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 What he said. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 I don't buy that. The Prowler was barely in the 1960s. His first appearance was in November 1969, so why include the claws of a guy who made zero impact on the decade? Plus, did he really have claws like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 To my knowledge, no. I looked through my Essential Spider-Man volume 4 and saw the steel tipped gloves and gas pellets, but no claws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 He's the second Prowler though, right? Wasn't Cat originally called Prowler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Which Cat? The one from Amazing Spider-Man #30? He was just Cat-Burglar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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