Marvel 50th Premiere. Alice Cooper. 1979. US.
Welcome, vintage mates, to another selection of comic book art, covers and ads. In this instalment we span the years 1974 to 1985 and feature titles from the US and UK. Included (above) is my childhood copy of Marvel’s Alice Cooper – Tales From the Inside. I didn’t know very much about Alice Cooper back in the late seventies apart from the song ‘School’s Out’ – but the crazy story inside that 12p comic managed to fully capture my imagination as a child… and who could resist that cover?
Other comic book goodies included today are Godzilla King of the Monsters (below), more superb examples of the striking cover art as seen in DC’s Weird War Tales, and titles and ads for Marvel, Star Comics, Starlog, Starburst, Doctor Who and Fantasy Modeling.
As always, thanks for looking 🙂
Marvel Comic N°338. 1979. UK.
Weird War Tales
Weird War Tales N°32. 1974. US.
Weird War Tales N°78. 1979. US.
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- Weird War Tales 36. 1975.
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- Weird War Tales 100. 1981.
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- Weird War Tales 106. 1981.
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- Weird War Tales 103. 1981.
Various titles
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- Starburst Vol 1 N°8. 1979. UK.
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- Doctor Who Monthly N°78. 1983. UK.
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- Secret Wars II. 1985. US.
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- Claw the Unconquered N°11. 1978. US.
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- Various comic book titles. 1979. UK.
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- Various comic book titles. 1980. UK.
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- Advert for Pizzazz. 1978. US.
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- Star Comics. 1985. US.
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- Starlog Press. 1982. US.
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- Fantasy Modeling. 1980. US.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
Weird War Tales! I love those covers… I know comics tend to grab the imagination, but I think those Weird War Tales covers really are incredible.
And “like being bored?” Haha.
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Thanks J. I keep adding those Weird War Tales covers, they’re pretty addictive.
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Yeah, they’re definitely my favourite covers (not that the others aren’t great, but they just have really surreal imagery).
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Love that Alice Cooper Comic cover! I’ve never seen that. Have you ever heard of Millie the Model or Katy Keene?
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No, but I just had a look and they’re both comic fashion stars – Marvel and Archie comics. Cool. Some of the covers I just saw were brilliant. Didn’t know about those X
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They featured a page with a paper doll and a couple of outfits in each issue. I have some repros of paper dolls, but not the 2 I have mentioned.
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I remember some paper doll kits I had when I was a child. They came free with the cereals, along with some paper knights on horseback. Had some others too that were in a book you could cut out. Was good fun adding the different costumes and accessories 🙂
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Huh! Never heard of the cereal paper dolls.
Sounds neat!
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RE-posted on twitter @trefology
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Thank you kindly Tref 🙂
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Very cool, never even heard of DC’s Weird War Tales. That’s looks interesting.
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The cover art alone is worth the price paying imo. The stories inside are pretty good too, and captivated me as a kid.
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I never knew an Alice Cooper one was made (but I don’t know that much..). Great ‘curation’ of covers – I really can’t pick a favourite this time.
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Thanks Wibi. As always was fun putting these together.
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Great to see all those Marvel UK covers, especially for Doctor Who and Marvel comics. Nice cover to that issue of Starburst as well, that was such a great magazine back in the day 🙂
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Thanks. Agree that Starburst issue has a good looking cover. I think it’s the choice of logo that helps make it – looking back at my old issues of Starburst they changed their logo at least four times as I can see between late 70s and throughout the 80s, maybe more.
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Yes, I think they did change the logo a lot. Back then it was more about articles on movies ect than just hype and reviews like it is now. They did some wonderful issues, with really eye catching covers, and every issues was always a great read 🙂
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Agree. They made good efforts to interview all the different types of people working on a set, like special effects, designers, costume, writers.
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The Alice Cooper one looks great!!
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Thanks. Really pleased I’ve managed to hang onto it all these years.
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