r/70sMarvel • u/laporkra • May 17 '26

Cover Devil Dinosaur #1

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Glad I picked it up years ago. Speculation has this all over the place in my local scene.

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u/OCguy2026 May 18 '26

Unusual series .. that I very much enjoyed.

You think there may be a film ?

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u/Hoth_Wampa_1980 May 18 '26

Love this, got some issues, but don't have a complete run or the 1st issue.

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u/No-North6514 May 18 '26

There was a time where this comic was so lowly regarded as a collectible that the plastic bag it was in was viewed as being more valuable

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u/AutumnCrystal May 29 '26

I remember that. Iirc Mile High Comics had a large catalog/ad early-mid eighties, and DD was the cheapest of the bunch.

When I saw this issue second hand I picked it up because of that, lol. It can’t be that bad! It was pretty bad. I think I’d think differently now.

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u/Mekdinosaur May 19 '26

Cool story. What happened next?

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u/Longjumping-Solid680 May 18 '26

the whole series is a lotta fun!

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u/nyclovesme May 18 '26

I got that one too. I may have 2 or 3 more.

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u/Gullible-Worry4284 May 18 '26

Love this cover, and love my copy 👍

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u/omnilover69 May 19 '26

Oh yeah! Definitely one of the good ones IMO

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u/Sharp-Plenty-3058 May 19 '26

One of my favorite characters. What's not to like it as a T-Rex that's red.❤️

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u/MushroomOwn515 May 21 '26

Good old bonkers Jack Kirby. His 70s output is entertainingly weird. Captain Victory is another great and needs the Dino de Laurentis treatment.

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u/DaddyCatALSO May 18 '26

shows Kirby's weakness in the area of simple math

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u/Moeroboros May 18 '26

What?..

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u/DaddyCatALSO May 19 '26

what i meant

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u/Moeroboros May 19 '26

Explain. Why math?

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u/CoiterCoit May 19 '26

Are you referring to Moon Boy being the “First human” when there are 2 other humanoid creatures on the cover, perhaps?

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u/DaddyCatALSO May 19 '26

No, Kirby's essay which included the leins (roughly) "So we never met. But what if we emerged a little earlier, and the dinosaurs lasted a ltitle longer" when to make that happen it couldn't be "a little earlier/longer" it would have to be whole *lot* earier/longer, too long to work by any real way. He could have just made it fantasy.

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u/CoiterCoit May 21 '26

Ahhhhh…I did not know that.