On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:58:22 PM UTC-5, David DeLaney wrote:
> On 2019-11-29, Titus G <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > On 30/11/19 9:50 am, Kevrob wrote:
> >> All paper is made of carbon, if it's rag, or pulp, or even
> >> graphene oxide paper. :)
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene_oxide_paper
> >>
> >> Are there exceptions, where paper is made w/o the "Big C?"
> >
> > Paper money is now made of plastic.
> And, interestingly enough, one particular Action Comics cover/story I remember
> from many decades back has effectively come true now: A plague of some sort
> that infected paper money struck the USA, so Superman had to travel around and
> destroy the existing stocks of it wherever they were (a combo of heat and X-ray
> vision would suffice for a lot of it, I bet). And for the duration, everyone in
> the States got and learned how to use (at least one) credit card(s).
>
> The cover was of a kid at a lemonade stand accepting someone's (possibly
> Superman's) credit card to pay for the drink. And nowadays we have the
> convenient little USB-type attachment to your phone or tablet that lets you
> take others' plastic as means of payment - many of you will have seen such at
> conventions...
>
> Dave, I actually use some of the bills in my wallet maybe once every several
> _months_ these days

Waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy late to the party, here, but I was searching
something else and ran across your post. This sounds a lot like JUSTICE
LEAGUE OF AMERICA #131 AND #132, from 1976.

https://classiccomics.org/post/304344

.....has interior art showing a kid making a purchase with what
we would later call a "debit card."

Covers:

https://www.comics.org/issue/29889/cover/4/ (131)

https://www.comics.org/issue/29984/cover/4/ (132)

--
Kevin R

On Saturday, 8 May 2021 at 16:12:10 UTC+1, Kevrob wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:58:22 PM UTC-5, David DeLaney wrote:
> > On 2019-11-29, Titus G <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > > On 30/11/19 9:50 am, Kevrob wrote:
> > >> All paper is made of carbon, if it's rag, or pulp, or even
> > >> graphene oxide paper. :)
> > >>
> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene_oxide_paper
> > >>
> > >> Are there exceptions, where paper is made w/o the "Big C?"
> > >
> > > Paper money is now made of plastic.
> > And, interestingly enough, one particular Action Comics cover/story I remember
> > from many decades back has effectively come true now: A plague of some sort
> > that infected paper money struck the USA, so Superman had to travel around and
> > destroy the existing stocks of it wherever they were (a combo of heat and X-ray
> > vision would suffice for a lot of it, I bet). And for the duration, everyone in
> > the States got and learned how to use (at least one) credit card(s).
> >
> > The cover was of a kid at a lemonade stand accepting someone's (possibly
> > Superman's) credit card to pay for the drink. And nowadays we have the
> > convenient little USB-type attachment to your phone or tablet that lets you
> > take others' plastic as means of payment - many of you will have seen such at
> > conventions...
> >
> > Dave, I actually use some of the bills in my wallet maybe once every several
> > _months_ these days
> Waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy late to the party, here, but I was searching
> something else and ran across your post. This sounds a lot like JUSTICE
> LEAGUE OF AMERICA #131 AND #132, from 1976.
>
> https://classiccomics.org/post/304344
>
> ....has interior art showing a kid making a purchase with what
> we would later call a "debit card."
>
> Covers:
>
> https://www.comics.org/issue/29889/cover/4/ (131)
>
> https://www.comics.org/issue/29984/cover/4/ (132)

Off topic but... what's the history of covers where
a row of characters faces another row of characters?

A month /later/ - roughly - this appeared:
<https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/12415/uncanny_x-men_1963_100>

It could be before comics - I think I've seen stylised paintings of
battle scenes where for instance a long row of mounted horsemen
faces a similarly equipped enemy.

And, not quite the same thing, some of Busby Berkeley's "choreography":
<https://artsmeme.com/2019/04/19/clippings-tour-dirty-dancing-original-version/>

On Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 12:47:26 PM UTC-4, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Saturday, 8 May 2021 at 16:12:10 UTC+1, Kevrob wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 5:58:22 PM UTC-5, David DeLaney wrote:
> > > On 2019-11-29, Titus G <no...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > > > On 30/11/19 9:50 am, Kevrob wrote:
> > > >> All paper is made of carbon, if it's rag, or pulp, or even
> > > >> graphene oxide paper. :)
> > > >>
> > > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene_oxide_paper
> > > >>
> > > >> Are there exceptions, where paper is made w/o the "Big C?"
> > > >
> > > > Paper money is now made of plastic.
> > > And, interestingly enough, one particular Action Comics cover/story I remember
> > > from many decades back has effectively come true now: A plague of some sort
> > > that infected paper money struck the USA, so Superman had to travel around and
> > > destroy the existing stocks of it wherever they were (a combo of heat and X-ray
> > > vision would suffice for a lot of it, I bet). And for the duration, everyone in
> > > the States got and learned how to use (at least one) credit card(s).
> > >
> > > The cover was of a kid at a lemonade stand accepting someone's (possibly
> > > Superman's) credit card to pay for the drink. And nowadays we have the
> > > convenient little USB-type attachment to your phone or tablet that lets you
> > > take others' plastic as means of payment - many of you will have seen such at
> > > conventions...
> > >
> > > Dave, I actually use some of the bills in my wallet maybe once every several
> > > _months_ these days
> > Waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy late to the party, here, but I was searching
> > something else and ran across your post. This sounds a lot like JUSTICE
> > LEAGUE OF AMERICA #131 AND #132, from 1976.
> >
> > https://classiccomics.org/post/304344
> >
> > ....has interior art showing a kid making a purchase with what
> > we would later call a "debit card."
> >
> > Covers:
> >
> > https://www.comics.org/issue/29889/cover/4/ (131)
> >
> > https://www.comics.org/issue/29984/cover/4/ (132)
> Off topic but... what's the history of covers where
> a row of characters faces another row of characters?
>
> A month /later/ - roughly - this appeared:
> <https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/12415/uncanny_x-men_1963_100>
>

I don't know if this is the first, but in Marvel's AVENGERS
they had a "face-off" with the Masters of Evil early on.

https://www.comics.org/issue/19102/cover/4/? (#15, April 1965)

Baron Zemo has already fired his weapon, so is this actually a
"melee cover?"

By Sept, 1967, we have JLAers and JSAers charging each other
in opposite lines, pre-clash.

https://www.comics.org/issue/21254/cover/4/ (JLA #56, Sept 1967)

The Mighty Avengers faced off against the Children of the Atom
in their June `68 issue.

https://www.comics.org/issue/21935/cover/4/ (#53)_

Then it was the old vs the new rosters of Earth's Mightiest Heroes,
in King Size Special #2, in September!

https://www.comics.org/issue/22165/cover/4/ (Annual #2)

The Assemblers confronted the evil faux-JLA in 1969 (#70)

https://www.comics.org/issue/23094/cover/4/

The 1973 JLA-JSA team-up took place on "Earth-X,"
home of the Nazi-smashing "Freedom Fighters," originally
published by Quality Comics Group. Of course, titans
had to clash!

https://www.comics.org/issue/26843/cover/4/
{JLA # 108, Nov-Dec ish)

The Titanic Three, +1, give it a try vs some Marvel heavy hitters......
and Hawkeye:

https://www.comics.org/issue/28058/cover/4/ (AVENGERS #130) -
Dec `74

> It could be before comics - I think I've seen stylised paintings of
> battle scenes where for instance a long row of mounted horsemen
> faces a similarly equipped enemy.
>

Here's two lines of infantry about to engage:

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Culloden/

The line of characters confronting each other is a sub-trope here:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MirroredConfrontationShot

> And, not quite the same thing, some of Busby Berkeley's "choreography":
> <https://artsmeme.com/2019/04/19/clippings-tour-dirty-dancing-original-version/>

I left out the "characters lined up on either side of a grave" covers,
and "melee covers," where the heroes and villains (or, often, two
groups of heroes) were already whaling on each other. There was also
"our intrepid band heroes, surrounded by the bad guys, about to strike!

--
Kevin R