tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post8997909164692354285..comments2024-03-28T11:09:29.081-07:00Comments on Marvel University: July 1968: The Big Gamble - Marvel's First Super-Hero MagazineJohn Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-43522756946950046462012-09-28T02:58:53.305-07:002012-09-28T02:58:53.305-07:00Doh! It was Roy Thomas, not Stan, who came up with...Doh! It was Roy Thomas, not Stan, who came up with the gun in holster solution.<br /><br />With a deadline looming, and no way to get the artwork to Steranko in time, Roy noticed the holstered gun in the first panel and used it for the final panel. It wasn’t until Steranko called him up to congratulate him on his cleverness in using a post-coital holstered gun that Thomas thought about the sexual symbolism of a romantic interlude ending with a gun in a holster. According to Thomas, his panel replacement was just “an instinctual reaction to a desperate need."<br /><br />Excerpted from Alter Ego #105 "Tales From The Code" by Richard J. Arndt<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Glenn :)GlennMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536558149189057537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-47141277140697220362012-09-27T17:09:37.799-07:002012-09-27T17:09:37.799-07:00Glenn's comments are spot on, thanks for showi...Glenn's comments are spot on, thanks for showing the art for readers of the MU. And gun meet holster is even more sexually suggestive than the original art. Bang, bang!Mark Barsottinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830827465735526826.post-36219954129848407062012-09-26T06:52:59.918-07:002012-09-26T06:52:59.918-07:00VAL'S CLEAVAGE
Now that I have your attention....VAL'S CLEAVAGE<br />Now that I have your attention. :) Steranko had another run-in with the code, and, once again, Val was censored. Here's a scan of the original version of page 5 of Nick Fury #2 next to the published page.<br /><br />http://gmemail.customer.netspace.net.au/MU/fury2.jpg<br /><br />Val lost her cleavage in panels 1 and 5,and that phone off the hook in panel 9 was just too suggestive for the busybodies down at comics code central, so it had to be fixed ... by John Romita, who put the phone back on the hook.<br /><br />Finally, the romantic embrace in panel 11 had to go too, and someone, probably Stan, decided to take the gun from the left hand side of panel 1, blow it up, and paste it over the original artwork.<br /><br />Apparently, none of the brains trust down at the CC picked up on the symbolism of the gun in its holster. :)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Glenn :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> GlennMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536558149189057537noreply@blogger.com