Hah, never seen this cover before. I guess when you’re competing with Captain America throwing the double-bicep pose at her and Human Torch juggling fireballs one-handed, you have to do what you can to stand out. But a couple nice lobsters might’ve been a better way to try to win her over than gifting her a dead shark.
I think gorillas win out. As former DC editorial director Irwin Donenfeld once said, "I followed every single magazine that we produced and I was able to see how certain themes would sell. For example, I discovered that gorillas sell. We had gorilla covers on Star Spangled War Stories or Wonder Woman - you name a magazine, we had a gorilla on it. You know what happened? Sales exceeded our expectations."
And Carmine Infantino had a list of Seven Things Guaranteed to Sell a Comic If Shown on the Cover, and atop that list? Gorillas.
The shark isn’t too menacing in this cover but Namor’s way of impressing the Blonde Phantom is...unusual to say the least
https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/16796/marvel_mystery_comics_1939_84
Hah, never seen this cover before. I guess when you’re competing with Captain America throwing the double-bicep pose at her and Human Torch juggling fireballs one-handed, you have to do what you can to stand out. But a couple nice lobsters might’ve been a better way to try to win her over than gifting her a dead shark.
“Die bungling gnat” is first-rate trash talk.
Especially coming from a sentient shark.
I wonder which animal has made the most number of comic book cover appearances, sharks or gorillas?
I think gorillas win out. As former DC editorial director Irwin Donenfeld once said, "I followed every single magazine that we produced and I was able to see how certain themes would sell. For example, I discovered that gorillas sell. We had gorilla covers on Star Spangled War Stories or Wonder Woman - you name a magazine, we had a gorilla on it. You know what happened? Sales exceeded our expectations."
And Carmine Infantino had a list of Seven Things Guaranteed to Sell a Comic If Shown on the Cover, and atop that list? Gorillas.