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When a creator — in performed media, usually the lead actor, but occasionally someone with a prominent and memorable supporting role — and (almost) always the most famous person involved in a production — is listed more prominently in the credits and all promotional material than even the title of the work itself. A trope mostly associated with the cinema, but actually dating back at least as far as 19th-century theatre. Very often, the project in which our actor is appearing is a "star vehicle" — crafted specifically with them in mind. This is especially true in television, where the show itself will likely be named after our star. This is a classic litmus test as to whether the actor is a bona-fide A-lister, or just a prolific character actor or product of the Hollywood Hype Machine. In most New Media (such as early television, Video Games, and web series, among others), this tactic is used if they manage to recruit someone that people actually recognize, even if by Hollywood standards the actor is fairly low on the totem pole. This can also apply to non-performed media, such as Literature or Comic Books, with the writer or artist's name taking precedence over that of their latest creation. With writers, it's commonly with those whose turnover rate is only a few months and who sell based more on name recognition (mainly at airports), while artists are the flavor of the month and are jumping from title to title (often even if it's only for the cover). Note that, in Music, all musicians are billed above the title of the album or single as a matter of course, so please don't add any examples there. Contrast with: Advertising by Association (when the Creator's past works are included as a Tagline for this work); And Starring (when special attention is drawn to the last creator in a list). May overlap with: All-Star Cast (multiple actors are Billed Above The Title) Billing Displacement (when a creator becomes more prominent than the work and the credits are changed to reflect that) In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It (when a work is titled as being owned by the creator, such as "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet") The Eponymous Show (where the star's name is incorporated into the title) Actor IS the Title Character (for "Actor is Character Title" billing) |
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For his most famous series, it was "Bob Newhart in ... The Bob Newhart Show". | |
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Forward the Foundation: No matter what cover you find, every one includes Dr Asimov's name above the title Forward the Foundation, many of them giving equal or greater size to his name versus the book's title. | |
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Richard Bradford in ... Man in a Suitcase. | |
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Asimov's Book of Facts: The 1991 edition has Dr Asimov's name take up half of the cover. | |
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The Ugly Little Boy (1991): Every cover of this book (including both versions of the title) publish both authors' names above the title, several covers displaying the names larger than the title itself. | |
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Bill Bixby Starring in ... The Courtship of Eddie's Father. | |
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Bill Cosby in ... The Cosby Show. | |
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Bill Cosby in ... Cosby (his 1996 series, based on One Foot in the Grave). | |
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Shirley Booth ... Starring as Hazel. | |
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The initial volumes of the Redwall series had Brian Jacques's name in considerably smaller text than the titles, but as time went on and he became more famous as a children's author, newer releases began featuring it prominently in huge capital letters at the top of their covers. | |
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Foundation (1951): The French translation, published by Gallimard in 1957, includes Dr Asimov's name above the title in much smaller font. The Ace Books 1962 edition of The 1,000 Year Plan (red cover) places Dr Asimov's name above the title, in slightly smaller font. The older blue covers included his name at the bottom left of the cover instead. The Panther editions consistently published Dr Asimov's name above the title, ranging from "same size" to "three times the size". The Del Rey cover from 1983 makes "Isaac" three times as large as the title, and "Asimov" twice as large again. The Bantam Spectra cover from 1991 only uses "ASIMOV", but makes it twice as large as the title and Tagline combined. The Harper Collins (UK) cover from 1994 published Dr Asimov's name large enough to take up the top third, even larger than the focal point of the cover. The Harper Voyager (UK) cover from 2016 published Dr Asimov's name at the top, somewhat larger than the title, but smaller than the sun and spaceship on the cover. |
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David Janssen as ... Harry O. (Muted slightly in season 2 as the text "Harry O" was used as a design element and kept filling and refilling the screen before the above titles appeared.) | |
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Batman Forever has Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey all billed above the title. | |
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Foundation and Empire: Gnome Press's cover from 1952 (with a red background) includes a Tagline above the title, "A new science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov". Ace Books's The Man Who Upset the Universe cover from 1963 includes a Tagline above the title, "Isaac Asimov's greatest science-fiction novel". Panther's cover from 1964 listed Dr Asimov's name first, then the title in All Caps, and then a Tagline. Isaac Asimov is in font twice as large as the other two, although all three combined take up less than a quarter of the space on the cover. Panther's cover from 1965 listed ASIMOV first, then the title at one-third the size, and followed by a Tagline in font slightly smaller than the title. All three combined take up about a quarter of the space on the cover. Avon's cover from 1966 listed Isaac Asimov first, then the title (with FOUNDATION three times as large as the rest of the title). Heyne's cover from 1966 has a Tagline first, then Isaac Asimov, and then the title, placing the title of the work roughly one-third of the way down the cover. Panther's cover from 1969 listed "asimov" first, at roughly three times the font size of the title. The French translation of 1974 listed both the author and the title in small font on the same line at the bottom of the cover, giving the author's name first. The French translation of 1976, by Denoel, puts Isaac Asimov's name first, then the title of this book. Panther's cover from 1979 puts "asimov" at the top of the cover (just under Panther), and three times as large as the title. Del Rey's cover from 1983 lists the title beneath Dr Asimov's name, making the two lines of the title combined just as large as his first name, and his last name is larger than both of them combined. |
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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Read Four Science Fiction Classics: The covers of the original LP sleeves each describe their contents by listing the author's name, the title (or series title, then story title), and then the narrator at the top of the sleeve, leaving plenty of room for the cover design. | |
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The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr: The 1985 Doubleday Omnibuses, The Adventures of Lucky Starr and The Further Adventures of Lucky Starr, has a yellow (or brown) bar at the top of the cover where Dr Asimov's name (writing as included) is written above the title. The 2001 Science Fiction Book Club volume containing all six books includes Dr Asimov's name (including writing as credits) as large as the three lines of the title. David Starr, Space Ranger: The first cover, from Doubleday in 1952, used "A Science Fiction Adventure by Paul French" at the top, even putting the author's name in larger font (but not as large as the title of the work). Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids: The 1971 cover by Signet includes Isaac Asimov's name at a font size equal to two lines of title. Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus: The original 1954 cover credits Paul French above the title, but at the same size. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Oceans of Venus, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury: The original 1956 cover credits Paul French above the title and plays with the sizing (and italics) of both his name and the title itself. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, D Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Big Sun of Mercury, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter: The 1974 New English Library cover credits Isaac Asimov above the title, using the same font size. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Moons of Jupiter, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. The 1984 Del Rey cover plays around with the cover. At the top-right is their publisher's credit, then across the page is "Science Fiction Adventure". Below that is ISAAC ASIMOV writing as Paul French. Below that is the title, and below that and to the left is the tagline. All this in just the top half of the cover. Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn: The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Rings of Saturn, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. The 1983 New English Library cover lists ASIMOV in large, easy-to-read letters across the cover. The title, however, is at the same small size used by ISAAC and the tagline. |
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Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter: The 1974 New English Library cover credits Isaac Asimov above the title, using the same font size. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Moons of Jupiter, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. The 1984 Del Rey cover plays around with the cover. At the top-right is their publisher's credit, then across the page is "Science Fiction Adventure". Below that is ISAAC ASIMOV writing as Paul French. Below that is the title, and below that and to the left is the tagline. All this in just the top half of the cover. | |
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Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids: The 1971 cover by Signet includes Isaac Asimov's name at a font size equal to two lines of title. | |
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On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart pointed out to Bill O'Reilly that he should consider getting a new cover designer because the title of his book reads, "Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln." | |
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The star's "Starring Gabe Kaplan" plate appeared before the titles on Welcome Back, Kotter. | |
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The James Bond films has the name of the actor playing the titular hero shown first in the credits followed by the producer and the original creator (Albert R. Broccoli and Ian Fleming respectively) before the actual film title. The first two billing then goes to either the actress playing the Bond Girl or the actor playing the Big Bad while the actor playing M gets And Starring. | |
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Hart to Hart had this with its stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander. Specifically, after film of the Harts' Gulfstream jet taking off, film of Robert's character Jonathan Hart is seen on that plane, followed by Jonathan driving down the road, and Robert's name at bottom left of that scene. Similarly, Stefanie's character Jennifer Hart (Jonathan's wife) is shown doing her hair aboard that same plane, and then also driving on the road (albeit she is seen driving around a curved section); her name is at the bottom left of her shot as well. Finally, Lionel Stander's character Max is seen, but not on the plane; he is first driving a right-wheel-drive car, and then in later seasons, a left-wheel-drive car (both with a smaller credit for him ["And Lionel Stander"] at the bottom left of his shot). This is all set to preliminary strains of the Hart to Hart opening theme, and narration by Lionel Stander in his character of Max: | |
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Bill Bixby in ... The Incredible Hulk. | |
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Foundation's Edge: The 1982 Doubleday edition puts Dr Asimov's name at the top of the cover, in huge font, with the title in slightly smaller font beneath it. The 1983 Granada edition puts "asimov" in large font across the top of the cover, then the Tagline in much smaller font, and then the title, in large font that's still only a quarter the size of Dr Asimov's name. The 1983 Del Rey cover includes a tagline at the top of the cover, saying this book was on The New York Times Bestseller List for six months, then Dr Asimov's name in large letters across the book, then the title in font one-third the size, and then a second tagline, mentioning that this book is part of the Foundation series. The 1987 Del Rey edition puts two Taglines at the top of the cover, then Dr Asimov's name across, with the title underneath in slightly smaller font. |
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Playing the title character in Spenser: For Hire finally got Robert Urich this trope (in giant screen-filling text!) after garnering visibility in a string of variously-successful series (most prominently Vega$ (1978)). His next few series saw him falling behind the title, but was billed ahead on The Lazarus Man before dropping back again for his final series, Love Boat: The Next Wave and Emeril. | |
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Most X-Men movies don't employ this. Except The Wolverine and the DVD for X-Men: Days of Future Past, with Hugh Jackman, and the DVD for X-Men: The Last Stand, with both Jackman and Halle Berry. | |
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Karen ... Valentine ... Karen Valentinenote Yes, they gave one name, then the other name, then both names ... as Karen. This short-lived sitcom came about following her breakout role on Room 222. | |
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Franchise: When published in IF, Isaac Asimov's name appeared above the title to catch the reader's eye first (and James L Quinn put it first in the magazine). At this point, Dr Asimov had been successfully publishing Science Fiction for over twenty years, so editors were eager to use the Asimov name to sell issues. When published as a novel in 1985, a yellow box gives three lines of detail; "Isaac Asimov", "Franchise", and "A Creative Classics". |
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Anderson got this credit in Stargate SG-1. | |
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The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories: Since the 1978 Panther publication, Dr Asimov's name is always at the top of the book cover. Before then, the title was listed more prominently. | |
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Cosmopolis has both the lead actor and the director billed above the title, so it goes "Pattinson, Cronenberg, COSMOPOLIS". | |
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The 1958-61 color series Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, acknowledging the co-creator of the original black-and-white silents. | |
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Richard Greene in ... The Adventures of Robin Hood. Unlike the 1955 UK series, other Robin Hood adaptations have tended to avert this trope. | |
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"The Ugly Little Boy": For the Tor Double-Sided Book, Dr. Asimov's name is printed as large as the title itself and above everything except "Tor double no. 9". | |
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In Newhart, his name came after the title. | |
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Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories: Regardless of which title or volume you're looking at, "Isaac Asimov" is sized at one-third of the cover, always making it larger than the rest of the title. | |
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David Starr, Space Ranger: The first cover, from Doubleday in 1952, used "A Science Fiction Adventure by Paul French" at the top, even putting the author's name in larger font (but not as large as the title of the work). | |
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The Foundation Trilogy: The 1963 Science Fiction Book Club copy of The Foundation Trilogy Omnibus printed his name above the title, with "Isaac" in roughly the same size as the title, but with "Asimov" about 50% larger. The full name is underlined and coloured green. The Avon and Equinox cover for The Foundation Trilogy Omnibus from 1974 printed Dr Asimov's name above the title, but at the same size. Bastei Lubbe's 1983 German translation of The Foundation Trilogy (changed to Die Psychohistoriker) places Dr Asimov's name in slightly smaller font above the title. |
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This is one way to look at Mary Tyler Moore: Mary was not only billed ahead of the title, she replaced the title altogether. The official name of the series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, did not appear in the opening credits. | |
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Exaggerated with Advise & Consent. Most variants of the Saul Bass-designed poster have "Otto Preminger presents" followed by the names of thirteen actors/actresses above the title. | |
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The Positronic Man: The authors have their name emblazoned over the title (and usually at the top of the cover). Sometimes the cover only shows their last names, which are more recognizable. | |
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Jack Warden in ... Crazy Like a Fox.note Counts as Warden playing the title character (Harry Fox). | |
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Schwarzenegger got top billing in Batman & Robin, over George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell, who were playing the starring duo Batman and Robin respectively. | |
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Weird case: Cobra is titled "Stallone Cobra" in Brazil because of this. | |
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Nine Tomorrows: All of the covers, except for a UK Book Club cover, lists Isaac Asimov's name before the title. Pan Books, Del Rey, and Publicacoes Europa America have covers where his name is around twice as large as said title. | |
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Second Foundation: The 1964 and 1965 Panther editions puts the author, title, and tagline in the top third of the cover, making each one in successively smaller font. The 1968 Panther edition puts "asimov" at the top of the cover (but below the publisher credits) and includes the title at one-third the font size of the author's name. The 1965 German translation (by Heyne) for Second Foundation includes Dr Asimov's name on the top of the cover, with their title, Alle Wege fuhren nach Trantor, in slightly larger font. The 1975 Panther edition puts "asimov" at the top of the cover (but below the publisher credits) and includes the title at one-quarter the font size of the author's name. The 1976 Bruguera edition, a Spanish translation, puts "ASiMOV" at the top, taking up almost a quarter of the cover, before fitting the title between the author and cover image. The 1979 Denoel edition puts "isaac asimov" at the top of the cover (but below the publisher series credits) and includes the title at twice the font size of the author's name. The Del Rey cover from 1983 makes "Isaac" three times as large as the title, and "Asimov" twice as large again. The Del Rey cover from 1986 puts their tagline on the top of the cover, then Dr Asimov's name, and in slightly smaller font below that is the title of this book. The Bantam Spectra cover from 1991 puts "ASIMOV" on the top of the cover, then their tagline in much smaller font, and then the title of this book in slightly larger font than the tagline, so that this can be fit in the top quarter of the cover to leave space for the cover art. The Harper Collins cover from 1995 puts "Isaac" on top, at roughly the same font size of the title (which is on the bottom of the cover, just above the tagline), and "ASIMOV" is about four times as large, covering a third of the cover. |
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Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ... Starring Bill Cosby. | |
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Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn: The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Rings of Saturn, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. The 1983 New English Library cover lists ASIMOV in large, easy-to-read letters across the cover. The title, however, is at the same small size used by ISAAC and the tagline. | |
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ITV's 2000 production of The Railway Children billed three actors above the title: Jenny Agutter led off, Gregor Fisher was next, and Richard Attenborough got the And Starring above the title. Then they billed the rest of the main cast. | |
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Doctor Who: In the classic series, the Doctor's face (from partway through the Second Doctor's tenure) was always shown ahead of the title — arguably billing for the actor since (per usual BBC policy at the time) actors were never credited in the opening titles. In the new series, the actor playing the Doctor and the actor/actress playing the companion are both billed ahead of the show title, emphasizing the program's giving a stronger showing to the assistants. The two-part episode "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" took things to an extreme by flashing the names of not only the lead actor but FIVE companion actor names before the show title. |
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The rotating segments on The NBC Mystery Movie tended to get this, as the core concept for the series was star-driven mystery dramas headlined by recognizable names. The trope persisted for segments that ended up airing as regular series, e.g., Jack Klugman as ... Quincy, M.E.; Dennis Weaver as ... McCloud. | |
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In True Lies, he refused to get singled out, and requested Jamie Lee Curtis' name to be above the title as well. | |
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The Complete Robot:Naturally by this point Dr Asimov is famous enough that his name is plastered across the covers of each book, most of the time at least as large as the title itself. The only exception is the Dutch translation, De Totale Robot, where the 1984 cover puts his name at the bottom. | |
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O'Connor received above-the-title billing for In the Heat of the Night, but only in the last season after a cast shake-up. | |
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This caused some trouble during the promotion of the movie Aladdin because of contract disputes with Robin Williams. During filming, Williams asked that the Genie not take up more than 25 percent of any movie poster, and that his appearance in the film be downplayed. Both of these requests were completely ignored. One only need look at the movie's original poster to see how badly; not only does the Genie take up almost half the poster, he's easily the biggest character on there. This caused Williams to swear off Disney, and the Genie was voiced by Dan Castellaneta in the second movie and the TV series. | |
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The Sandman (1989): After Neil Gaiman hit it big on the NYT Bestsellers' List, DC Comics almost immediately rushed out reissues of the comic with his name in big block letters at the top (usually with a "From the author of American Gods and Coraline!" banner), and it's generally stayed that way since. | |
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When Lt. Fish was spun off from Barney Miller, we got Abe Vigoda in ... Fish. | |
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In the credits to The Rockford Files, James Garner's name is shown as the phone is ringing, before the title appears. | |
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Science Fiction Verhalen 3: The cover of the third volume says "Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Verhalen". | |
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Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus: The original 1954 cover credits Paul French above the title, but at the same size. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Paul French before listing the title. In this case, Dr Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Oceans of Venus, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. | |
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Science Fiction Favorites: The Audible cover places Dr Asimov's name at the top of the cover, with "ASIMOV" in font larger than the two lines of title combined. | |
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Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury: The original 1956 cover credits Paul French above the title and plays with the sizing (and italics) of both his name and the title itself. The 1978 Fawcett Crest cover credits Isaac Asimov, writing as Creator/Paul French before listing the title. In this case, D Asimov's name is larger than the subtitle of and the Big Sun of Mercury, but Lucky Starr is written much larger. | |
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Eddie Albert ... Eva Gabor ... starring in ... Green Acres. | |
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Possible Tomorrows: On the 1971 Pyramid Books cover, the Tagline with Groff Conklin and Isaac Asimov's names is written above the title of the Anthology. | |
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Diagnosis: Murder offered a variant: The opening credits began with the series title followed by "Starring Dick Van Dyke"... but at the end, the eye chart passed over by the magnifying glass reads "Dick Van Dyke Diagnosis Murder", with the show's name in smaller type (as you'd expect with an eye chart). | |
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