Thursday, January 08, 2026

Coincidence or... "Homage"?

 

The very famous cover to Flash,
Vol. 1, #163 (AUG 1966),
cover artists Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella

The less famous but familiar-looking cover to
DC Special Vol. 1 #10, (FEB 1971),
cover artists Nick Cardy and Jack Adler.


2 comments:

Shawn Levasseur said...

Coincidence. Or more precicely, neither, as the latter cover seems distinctive enough from the Flash cover.

The gesture is well known enough. You may as well suggest that both were an homage to The Supremes' "Stop in the Name of Love" choreography

Scott said...

In the late '60s, and possibly into the '70s when he was DC's publisher, Infantino had some sort of cover design/oversight position for the whole company. I expect that the same design instinct that led him to draw that Flash cover influenced the name and/or design of the other cover.