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Re: Daredevil Comics 001

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positronic1

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Re: Daredevil Comics 001
« on: May 01, 2019, 01:00:02 PM »

I have to admit that I've always been curious about this cover. Hitler's face looks like a photo paste-up, but... just look at that expression. It seems really unlikely that they'd be able to find a genuine photo of Hitler with that expression. So what then is going on there, exactly? Posed "Hitler impersonator"? A genuine photo creatively altered using a little airbrushing? It really is baffling to me.

Link to the book: Daredevil Comics 001
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lyons

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Re: Daredevil Comics 001
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2019, 09:02:59 PM »

A large photo of Hitler was used in creating the cover, which is credited to 'Woodro', the pen name of Bob Wood, a regular artist for Lev Gleason Publications.
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crashryan

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Re: Daredevil Comics 001
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2019, 11:22:13 PM »

Looks to me like they took a photo of Hitler and re-drew his eyes. The mouth and the tilt of the eyebrows are rather neutral without the bugged-out eyes.
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positronic1

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Re: Daredevil Comics 001
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2019, 04:27:11 PM »

Well, yes the eyes are drawn-in, that much is obvious. But ...

@crashryan - You really think the mouth and eyebrows look "neutral"?  That's what really convinced me that something just didn't look right about a standard news service photo of A.H. that would have been generally available, without some alteration. Even covering the eyes themselves, the slant of the brows has a worried expression, and that little smirk at the corner of the mouth (plus the area below his lower lip) gives Adolph a dismayed expression that it wouldn't seem he'd be caught dead wearing in public.
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