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American Splendor
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Wow. Good memory. Here he is in a later scene, in bed, reading another comic:



It appears that, having read Mystic #8 earlier, he's now reading Mystic #9 (Crossgen - March 2001). And I'm pretty sure that's a copy of Mystic #7 (Crossgen - Jan 2001) on the dresser next to his bed.

Here goes - early in the film, when his character is released from prison, his friend hands him three comics and says, "I got you all the back issues, Tony." (I'm assuming he just brought three as a sample, and the rest of them are back at home.) They walk to the car, discussing the books.



Two of them can be seen pretty clearly: Captain Marvel, Jr. #38 (Fawcett - May 1946) and Superman #19 (DC - Nov/Dec 1942).

Good job by the prop guy actually getting a Captain Marvel, Jr. comic to match the dialogue in the scene. Bad job picking an issue from 1946, when we were just told by an onscreen title that this scene is supposed to take place in 1944.

They get to the car, and there's another scene with the comics in view.



That's the matching interior page from Captain Marvel, Jr. #38.

The third comic is harder to see. Here's the best shots of the front cover I could get:


I'm going to try and let that one go.

JaxComet

Creepshow uses a cool comic book technique between each segment.

Obi-Wanma

I was just watching Last Action Hero on cable, and I was pretty sure I spied a comic book on Danny's nightstand about an hour and a half in the movie. This isn't the best screen cap, I took it with my phone, it isn't so washed out in the film, so you may want to do your own cap if you use this:



You can't see the title, but I'm pretty sure I've identified it, Web of Spider-Man #98:

davidh777

Currently watching Big, and about 95 minutes into the extended cut, a bunch of kids grabs comics at a newsstand, giving Tom Hanks the idea to create his own kind of comic book. GI Joe was one of the titles.

Solid Snake

You're right. Everything out of the glare can be identified by that image. I actually have that comic too.

kgrogers1979

It is a 90s Spider-Man comic. Everyone and their mother bought 5 copies of it.

Mondo Kane

A lot of books pop up throughout Devil and Daniel Johnston

Dan's a big Cap fan.

orangerunner

Anyone mention Breathless with Richard Gere from 1983? There are many references to the Silver Surfer.

Halloween (1978) "Tarantula-Man, Neutron-Man" were in Tommy's comic collection on the couch. Not sure if they were real comics or not.

Solid Snake

*raises hand*

Dimension X

The Howard the Duck comic was the only one I could see well enough to identify.

Dimension X

There's a scene in Getting Straight (1970) where Elliott Gould, playing a teacher, says one of the students, Garcia (Gregory Sierra), hasn't turned in his book report yet. Garcia says he's working on it, he's on the last chapter, and shows the book he's reading - Brave and the Bold #85 (DC Aug/Sep 1969).



Here's the cover:

This next one doesn't really count, but since I'm posting anyway,

d2cheer

I used to have the Plop comic! This thread is pretty cool the old comics bringing back some memories. I have had several others shown in here as well.

Preterite

If you're bored, X, there's an actual comic book used during the "wicked dump" kill in Sleepaway Camp. However, I think the title is too obscured for even you to identify it!

Dimension X

That's sarcasm, right? Oh wait, you said "obscured," not "obscure."

Here goes. Guy grabs a stack of comics. Picks one. Walks to the can. Gets killed.



The comic would've been easier to recognize if I had the Blu-ray. It was a little hard to grab good shots of the cover using the DVD, but here's the identity and cover:



If someone has the Blu-ray, I'd like to get a better look at the other books in the stack.

mrhan

Cool. I still have that book.

Preterite

Dimension X

So, you actually recognized it, and were just testing me, right? Because when I paused it (like in the second to last pic), it was pretty obviously an Amazing Spider-Man comic (from the distinct shape of the logo).

Preterite

Nah, I was watching it very late at night in less than optimal circumstances. There may have been alcohol involved.

Dimension X

It does go by pretty quick if you're just watching it without pausing. It's not like they gave us a long, lingering view of the cover like in Getting Straight.
With that one, I recognized the cover right away (helps that I own a copy of the comic) and just had to look for the issue #. With the one in Sleepaway Camp, owning the comic didn't help me recognize the cover, and I had to go look for it (although it was pretty easy to find).

digidoh

Re: Artists and Models. I can't tell from the description, but Bat Lady may have been an actual comic book published by an obscure company called Zeus Comics. Look for the photo of Martin and Lewis near the bottom of the page to read about it.

http://morttodd.com/zeus.html

Preterite

That whole page is a parody.

Mondo Kane

Thanks to the horror challenge, I got to see what Brazilian detective comics look like in As Sete Vampiras (7 Vampires)

Dimension X

Early in The Final Terror (1983), when Joe Pantoliano's character is waking up the other guys, one of them has the cover of King Conan #4 (Marvel, Dec 1980) decorating the wall next to his bunk.



This next one is iffy:

Dimension X

During John Larroquette's opening narration in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), when he mentions evidence found at the scene of the crimes, the cover of Mad Special #3 (EC Publications, Summer, 1972) appears onscreen.



Plus, a few unidentified ones from the same movie: