Stupid Comic Covers--Part I
Here's one of the all-time stupid comic covers, from Blackhawk #189, October 1963. You can almost imagine this one being discussed by the editor and the writer:
Editor: "Our research shows that kids like futuristic weapons, waterskiing and cavemen. Can you put them all in one story?"
Writer: "Cavemen and futuristic weapons? How can I put them both in one story?"
Editor: "See, there's this scientist in the future who's invented jet-powered waterskis and ray guns that can melt rock. So he sends them back in time."
Writer: "Why would he send them back in time?"
Editor: "Because man hasn't advanced far enough that he trusts us with these great weapons."
Writer: "But the cavemen have?"
Editor: "I'm on a roll here. We'll have Blackhawk on the cover being chased by the cavemen on the jet-powered skis and fired at by a ray gun that melts metal!"
Writer: "That's brilliant, Chief! And in case the kiddies don't get it, I'll have Blackhawk say something like, 'Huh? Cavemen on jet-powered skis firing heat-ray weapons that can melt stone!'"
Editor: "Heheh, that twelve cents is going to be out of the kids' pockets and on the counter in three seconds flat!"
