Marvel is bringing back
the "corner boxes" featured on the covers of its newstand-era comics
on select titles in February. The boxes will feature art by veteran
artist Joe Jusko.
Back in the spinner rack days, these boxes - which feature a small picture of the comic's title character - were helpful in finding issues you wanted. They looked like this:
But now that most comics are sold in specialty shops with the entire cover displayed, they have only nostalgic value. You can see a whole blog featuring them here.
Here's a look at some of Jusko's new corner box designs:
Back in the spinner rack days, these boxes - which feature a small picture of the comic's title character - were helpful in finding issues you wanted. They looked like this:
But now that most comics are sold in specialty shops with the entire cover displayed, they have only nostalgic value. You can see a whole blog featuring them here.
Here's a look at some of Jusko's new corner box designs:
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