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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:01:18 GMT -5
#42One of my all-time favorite covers, period: #41Two teams facing off against each other. It's a common motif, with some famous examples (Avengers #141, X-Men #100), but it's never been done better than by John Buscema:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:04:32 GMT -5
#40:In the late 1960's there was, thanks to the hippies discovering Tolkein, a bit of a fantasy boom. But by no means was the publishing of Conan, Marvel's first foray into licensed comics, a guaranteed success. The huge popularity of Conan paved the way for future licensed products like Star Wars, Rom, Micronauts, G. I. Joe and Transformers, to name just a few. All of this was kicked off by Barry Smith -- who went from a young, developing comic book artist into a major industry superstar during his short few years on this book -- and his great cover for Conan #1:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:06:04 GMT -5
#39One of Ditko's most famous covers, and one of the best Spider-man stories ever:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:07:03 GMT -5
#38A classic Cap cover from Kirby:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:09:39 GMT -5
#37You know, this cover has almost the exact same design as Avengers #1, which came out the same month. Both have the villain in the left foreground with the heroes menacing him from the right side of the page. However, on the Avengers cover, they seem to kind of just be standing around, and the X-Men version also benefits from the white background and cleaner overall appearance. Thus its inclusion on the list:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:11:15 GMT -5
#36A classic two part story, with equally timeless covers for both issues:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:12:48 GMT -5
#35An iconic image that has been returned to dozens of times within the pages of Avengers:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:15:33 GMT -5
#34A timeless image from Jack Kirby and the first cover appearances for both Galactus and Silver Surfer:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:16:37 GMT -5
#33Another Steranko cover, this time for Strange Tales:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:17:58 GMT -5
#32You know what makes this cover? It's the giant question mark. Seriously, that totally makes this entire cover:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:20:17 GMT -5
#31To be perfectly honest, I prefer the cover to ASM #121 to this one. I mean, 121 has a yellow cover! However, everyone else seems to consider this an all-time great, so who am I to argue?
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:21:28 GMT -5
#30One of the most fondly remembered, and most copied, covers of the decade (the 1980's, that is):
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:22:39 GMT -5
#29Steranko strikes again. In my opinion, nobody alive or dead ever drew the Hulk as well as Jim Steranko:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:23:49 GMT -5
#28Now I get to have my cake and eat it too: not only is this an iconic cover, it's also yellow to boot:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:25:10 GMT -5
#27I guess it goes without saying that this is one of the greatest covers of all time, since it's on this list and all, but I love this cover. A personal favorite:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:26:33 GMT -5
#26If this didn't have the awful advertisement splashed across the top half of the comic, it might be a top ten. But it does, so it isn't:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:28:06 GMT -5
#25The mood of this cover is just brilliant. You just want to jump into the comic and find out what everyone is recoiling from:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:29:06 GMT -5
#24How many baseballs can you buy with this image? Answer: apparently a lot.
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:29:54 GMT -5
#23The granddaddy of them all:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:31:41 GMT -5
#22A legendary cover and a legendary story. Or, I guess it's a legendary story, I've never had a chance to read it. But everyone swears it's an all-time classic and I assume they aren't fibbing. Either way, the cover is great:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:33:26 GMT -5
#21Steranko's modern sensibilities hit their zenith:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:34:37 GMT -5
#20The other half of the Romita double bill:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:35:44 GMT -5
#19A great intro for the new Jean, and a great cover from Dave Cockrum:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:37:22 GMT -5
#18One of the most copied and parodied covers in Marvel history. A very evocative image from Romita:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:40:48 GMT -5
#17Okay, I know we don't have a lot of big Wolverine fans around here, but even so I have to admit that this is a really cool, iconic, influential cover. It hit right when Wolverine mania was really gearing up; and just as McFarlane was beginning to build some buzz for his work on Hulk; and I think the combination of the two really blew the doors off of both sides of the equation. And it's really a sweet picture too, whether you love or hate Wolverine. I'm sorry I have to take the drama out of things this early, though. Unlike the official list, this will not be number one on my list:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:42:01 GMT -5
#16Again with Steranko making other Hulk artists look like chopped liver:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:43:34 GMT -5
#15This blew me away when I first saw it as a kid:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:45:07 GMT -5
#14Only a couple years ago, but already a classic image:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:46:25 GMT -5
#13Another in a great run of excellent covers by John Byrne, and among the most copied covers ever:
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Post by scottharris on Jun 29, 2009 0:47:07 GMT -5
#12Hell yeah!
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