Amongst the things Silver Age DC covers are famous for are A) Giant monkeys, and B) being a tad bit deceptive in describing the actual contents of the comic (the late Silver Age DC was really bad at this...).
But of course, DC didn't originate these trends. Presenting Fox's Wonder Comics #2 (1939):
Obviously, giant-ass monkey. With a fainted woman and and uprooted tree for bonus points.
And while I love the Lou Fine cover, nothing remotely resembling this scene happens in the comic. No ape whatsoever, giant or otherwise.
On the plus side, the story does feature...
...grotesque hunchbacked dwarves shooting blunted arrows at sorcerers, and...
...an intensely homoerotic astral plane battle between the good sorcerer and the evil sorcerer. Funny...I don't seem to remember Strange and Mordo ever losing their shirts and engaging in Greco-Roman wrestling in their battles...
Still, all in all, I'd rather see Yarko hypnotizing giant monkeys.
But of course, DC didn't originate these trends. Presenting Fox's Wonder Comics #2 (1939):
Obviously, giant-ass monkey. With a fainted woman and and uprooted tree for bonus points.And while I love the Lou Fine cover, nothing remotely resembling this scene happens in the comic. No ape whatsoever, giant or otherwise.
On the plus side, the story does feature...
...grotesque hunchbacked dwarves shooting blunted arrows at sorcerers, and...
...an intensely homoerotic astral plane battle between the good sorcerer and the evil sorcerer. Funny...I don't seem to remember Strange and Mordo ever losing their shirts and engaging in Greco-Roman wrestling in their battles...Still, all in all, I'd rather see Yarko hypnotizing giant monkeys.
I can't say anything about Dr. Strange, but it reminds we greatly of "Psi-War" in X-Men #117, in which a younger Professor Xavier battles on the astral plane with a telepath named Amahl Farouk.
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