Treasure trove of godawful comic book covers

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, February 27, 2009 11:04 AM | permalink

The covers from this old UK comic book called Fantasy are sterling exemplars of bulldada. I like the cover lines on the issue with the flipper-armed dinosaur: "They were used to conquest but this was a strange enemy" and "Featuring! The Crusade that was different."

Lionel Fanthorpe Badger Books Cover Gallery (Via Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine)

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#1 posted by urshrew, February 27, 2009 11:53 AM

Does that dinosaur have tiny flippers? I don't think there was an attempt at making a weird and wild creature, but a painting mistake.

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#2 posted by Dan, February 27, 2009 11:56 AM

I dunno, I think these are pretty godawesome.

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#3 posted by Marcel, February 27, 2009 12:00 PM

Thanks for the link Mark!
What a great treasure trove of images and zany subtext.

My favorite:
Who were these fantastic women.....why did they disturb his eternal rest?
(a 1,000 years on, sf050.htm)

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#4 posted by Anonymous, February 27, 2009 12:05 PM

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#5 posted by Rictor, February 27, 2009 12:14 PM

Eh, the artwork isn't bad. You should check out some of the super hero comics from the 50's and 60's, especially the ones where Batman fights a new alien and/or monster/dinosaur each month instead of street level crime.

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#6 posted by wolfiesma, February 27, 2009 1:01 PM

Cool. The Rodent Mutation bag is a must for the late night grocery run.
http://www.cafepress.com/antiqueweird/972152

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#7 posted by StRevAlex, February 27, 2009 3:36 PM

The dinosaur with flipper-arms is just adorable.

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#8 posted by dainel, February 27, 2009 5:41 PM

Some dinosaurs do actually have flippers. However they do not usually have flippers for arms, and big giant legs at the same time.

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#9 posted by Fred H, February 27, 2009 8:01 PM

These ARE pretty fantastic. Whenever I see ones this bad, I'm always tempted to write a micro sized story for each cover. Maybe I will. More like this!

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#10 posted by aquathink, March 1, 2009 4:42 PM

isn't this the comic that the dad in back to the future was reading? the title looks vaguely familiar