Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Twelve Days of Classic Comic Covers, Day Seven

Day 7: Spider-Woman #6 - Carmine Infantino, pencils; Steve Leialoha, inks (1978)

I first learned babies came from in the first grade (on the same day I discovered the true identity of Santa Claus, too). I understood the physics behind the male/female union, but I never understood the motivation. "Ick," I remember thinking. Later that year, I saw this cover, and everything made perfect sense. Spider-Woman's costume design has always been a provocative one, as the piping in the front accentuates the positives, but never have her assets been on a more, uh, selective display as they are, as the ropes not only bind her, they also...well...just look. William Moulton Marston would have been so proud.

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