Okay, so why wasn't Kane's cover used, though you can see the title changed, and actually Neal Adam's cover is better because the angle of the comet earth is more acute, aiming right for our intrepid moon men, and the angle of the scene puts them in more imminent danger. Was Kane's rejected? But why not have him redraw it? A whole bunch of other meaningless questions come to mind, but all I know is—any answers might stagger the imagination and would come from . . . BEYOND the UNKNOWN!
Gil Kane — From Beyond
Neal Adams — From Beyond the Unknown #3 — 1970
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I think I prefer the 'balance' of Kane's original, although the planet, as you say, looks like less of a threat. If he'd just changed the angle of the 'tail' while keeping the planet where it was, that might've worked. Both are good though.
Hey, welcome Kid! Glad to see ya following!
I just wanna thank you again for turning off that slideshow function so we can see these pieces at a nice scale. I wish more people would dop that.
Great Kane cover that's totally new to me! THANKS!!!
Joe, that slideshow function drives me nuts when I come across it. I think I'll do another post reminding people how to drop that.
I love how the Kane cover could be put into context with Adams. Maybe somebody from the old DC days could put a story to it.
I posted a piece about the 'lightbox' (as it's called) function a while back, but I've since found out there's another way around it. If you left-click on the image, a little box appears, giving you different options. If you click on the one that says 'Open in another window' (or something very similar), it bypasses the lightbox/slideshow facility and allows you to enlarge the image for clearer viewing.
Sorry, that should read 'right-click'. (On the line 'Open Link in New Window'.)
Dear me, my brain is asleep. I mean RIGHT-click on the image - then LEFT-click on the line 'Open Link in New Window'. Sorry for the confusion. Perhaps you should say that clearly in your own words Thom, then delete my last 3 comments.
That's alright Kid, let's leave the comments here to show how confusing the whole thing is and that the best way to deal with the issue is to have bloggers turn off that function. Three posts above this one explains where to look to know how to do that.
Thanks Kid, you made a valiant effort!
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