QUOTE: the coloring is a bit off on that cover.

The Emerald Witch anyone?

"You know what happens when a toad gets struck by lightning?"

UGH!

Everytime I see a pic of The Toad that horrific line goes thru my head.

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There are some great colorists thru the history of comics, but unfortunately it's also a job that gets assigned to girlfriends and wives and buddies who need work, and so on. Talent is not always a prerequisite.

The other day I posted a cover from NIGHT NURSE, joking that blonde Linda Carter, the lead, had apparently dyed her hair since she was a brunette STUDENT NURSE. But check out this cover from the fourth and final issue:

Blonde in the corner symbol, but a redhead in the main image? And, no, before anyone asks, in those days before Photoshop the corner symbol would not have been a "drop in". It would have been colored by whoever colored the rest of the cover.

I'd love to see that issue! Was there actually a REASON for Linda to have red hair?

IIRC, a different girl was featured in that one.  So that's not Linda Carter on the cover.

"There are some great colorists thru the history of comics, but unfortunately it's also a job that gets assigned to girlfriends and wives and buddies who need work, and so on. Talent is not always a prerequisite."

Interesting.  I've often wondered why colorists seem to get the shortest end of the stick when it comes to reprints... obviously no one's going to touch the writing or the art, and lettering usually seems to be left alone, but if there's ever been a "Rule #1" of reprints, it could be very well be, "Re-color everything!"