COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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My Greatest Adventure 34 Universal
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Grade:
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8.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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2092317016
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"I Was Earth's Strangest Prisoner!" No, really, I was - pay no attention to the totally ordinary man on the cover, I assure you, I'm Strange. In truth the cover is a pretty awesome job by Dick, with Charles Paris. The absence of Shelly must be the reason the alien has more than three hand digits. No, I promise, look at Shelly's covers for this run. So many 3-fingered or 3-clawed monsters. It's weird how common it ends up in his art. Ignoring that though, this is a sweet cover, amirite? Good looking alien helmet/breather combination, ray guns, cool foreground plants - even a pretty bloom for a splash of color. Then there's totally ordinary man (yeah, he's supposed to be an everyman, so it does do exactly that) with his rucksack, and his perfect, cleft chin - I like him. Really, the only things I don't like are the helmet's shadow not being on the harness/bandoleer, and the grossly overstated manacles. Like - we see them, they're white, you don't need to highlight them as well.
OK, the word balloon is not needed either, but it doesn't break the lines of the art, so it isn't hideous either.
But there's good use of color and form to set a place and a scene, and I'm interested.
Overall? totally. I think this cover is a win, and successfully does what it is supposed to do, separate me from my dime.
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