A cold winter day is a the perfect time to reflect on one of the grand mysteries of the Earth, the Abominable Snowman or Yeti. One of a number of mysteriously mythic creatures said to roam the planet, the Yeti snags the imagination in all manner of ways. Here are some Abominable Snowman comic covers which demonstrate that point.
Above is an exquisite Ken Kelly painting for Creepy magazine. The Yeti pictured there conforms to most of the classic tales about the elusive mountain monster.
Nick Cardy shows an "Abominable Snowman" of a slightly different sort, but one no less dangerous for the Man of Steel.
Jim Aparo creates a typically dramatic confrontation here between the Snowman and the Batman.
Bob Oksner's hilarious Snowman seems quite antic and does for Jerry Lewis what many have imagined themselves doing over the decades.
Daffy seems typically unaware of his surroundings as he misinterprets a cautionary sign.
Scooby and Shaggy find monsters everywhere, so stumbling up against the Yeti was unavoidable.
Bigfoot is the North American cousin of the classic Yeti, and here Ernie Colon shows a clash between that beast and Super Richie.
The Black Panther under the hand of Jack Kirby had some pretty wild adventures for a short time, and the Yeti was just one more of those.
The clash between the Snowman and the the Incredible Hulk is an inevitable outcome. This abominable creature looks like it can hold its own against Jadejaws.
Steve Austin mixed it up with the Yeti, sort of, but as usual with him it turned to be at least a six-million dollar hoax.
Even the Big Boy himself finds the Snowman a nemesis, though I suspect all is well in the end.
Leave it to Scrooge McDuck to find a different kind of Yeti, one with more than a dash more style.
And here's an ABSM suggested by a follower of the blog. Thanks Gene.
Last year BBC Radio 4 broadcast an interesting series called YETI (it was actually a BBC podcast but it was broadcast on the radio too). The series followed two men hunting for proof of the Yeti but one of the men was much more sceptical than the other. Unfortunately they didn't find proof (not really a surprise) but the series revealed that famous naturalist David Attenborough believes the Yeti could well exist.
ReplyDeleteIf it's good enough for Attenborough it's good enough for me.
DeleteOddly, on a forum I frequently visit, someone brought up a Yeti cover to Marvel's 1972 reprint title JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #`13, where the cover doesn't quite match the content of the Steve Ditko story therein.
ReplyDeleteI looked it up and that's a good one. I'm adding to my roster. Thanks.
DeleteSome cracking covers there Rip, I'm a big fan of monsters in comics like the Yeti/Bigfoot etc. I have an earlier issue of Creepy ( issue 37) by Ken Barr featuring a pretty cool Abominable Snowman (AS) cover. I also seem to recall a 1970s Supergirl cover that had Supergirl and Zatanna fighting over the AS affections. The $6 Million Man cover is excellent.
ReplyDeleteGreat cover recommendation. Remembered it immediately. Added it to the roster. Thanks.
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