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My Greatest Adventure 1
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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My Greatest Adventure 1 Universal
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Grade:
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5.5
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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1250535002
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Owner:
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Lee K
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"My Cargo Was Death!" First issues are hard, and DC didn't have a clear vision for what they wanted the series to be - the first half dozen issues were standard adventure fare. As a result, after issue 1 they are difficult to secure in mid to high grade. But, let's not focus on that, and take a look at this beautiful cover by John Prentice. Wow - there's a name that doesn't pop up often, huh? Really - it's a sweet cover - awesome use of color to both show that the scene happens at night, and that our nitro-runner is driving sans headlights, so he's trying to slip by these banditos (you can tell because of the hats & bandoleers). I'm not sure that I would use a red GMC (?) to sneak in the jungle - but you use what you have at hand. And the reddish pink color on the overwhelmingly dark and cool colored cover really focuses the attention on the truck. I do like our protagonist - but only because he must be eight feet tall in order to have a hand on the wheel, a foot on the accelerator, and his other hand out the passenger window - Just because the cab of a 50s American pickup is really wide - like as wide as the state of Kansas. Big. The other thing that's really cool to me is the contradiction of the roadway - in front of the truck its wet, wet enough for puddles to be visible; but behind the truck its dry, dry enough for a dust cloud.
I know I'm giving the cover art some grief, but really, I do love it for its use of color and the very clean design.
Overall - yeah, take my thin dime and give me this cover story. I kinda need to know.
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