Joe Kubert's Top 10 Covers

In the June 6 blog entry, I listed the top ten Golden Age Covers selected by Joe Kubert for CBG. One of the covers listed was Doll Man Quarterly #4 (Winter, 1942). In a letter in CBG #1607, Mike Barr points out that the cover to that issue is likely a swipe from The Spirit Section from July 14, 1940. CBG reprinted both covers in the letter column (page 228), and the Doll Man cover appears to be a swipe from Eisner's Spirit section. I guess it's true that imitation is the highest form of flattery! Maggie Thompson's response to the letter also mentions that Joe Kubert's picks were "fairly general" regarding Doll Man, with his only instruction being to pick a Reed Crandall Doll Man cover.