Comments on: The Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers Master List

By: Comic City » As melhores capas da DC, vote você também!!!

Comic City » As melhores capas da DC, vote você também!!! — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:59:22 +0000

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By: Moe

Moe — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:18:43 +0000

Too much superman, not enuf Joker, Witching Hour, House of Mystery, etc… some good choices on your list though. I enjoyed the quick perusal..!

By: KERWIN JOHNSON

KERWIN JOHNSON — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:20:44 +0000

What about the cover of Weird Worlds #3. That’s an AWESOME cover that pays homage to a Frazetta Williamson EC cover. I believe it was rendered by Alan Weiss and Dick Giordano or Neal Adams

By: Nikos-sora

Nikos-sora — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:01:33 +0000

I cannot believe that there isn’t even one cover from Jim Lee… He is the best artist, in my opinion…

By: Nikos-sora

Nikos-sora — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:58:11 +0000

For me the best covers are the ones from the 52 series…
You could have at least included the first cover…

By: nikki

nikki — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:25:17 +0000

So many gimmick covers from the silver age. They’ll push out modern classics like all star Superman #1 and (threeboot) Legion of Super-heroes #1. Far more influential than jimmy becomes a turtle covers. Also, still no Adventure 247!

By: Dan Mcc

Dan Mcc — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:43 +0000

Alot of these remind of the Millenium Editions DC put out in 2000

I hope Batman #497 makes the list.

Knightfall > Death of Superman

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By: Mark1974

Mark1974 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:36:39 +0000

Hi Brian,

I’m e-mailing you with this request and posting here because the covers are almost done.

What about a Nightwing cover?

Tales of the Teen Titans #44
http://www.mycomicshop.com/comicbooks/item?IID=8541291

Nightwing #1
http://www.mycomicshop.com/comicbooks/item?IID=4777211

Thanks,

Mark

By: Vic De Zen

Vic De Zen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:29 +0000

I’m happy to see the Emerald Twilight cover up there. That was classic and one of the first covers that got me interested in the Green Lantern mythos.
-Vic De Zen

By: fourthworlder

fourthworlder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:25:00 +0000

T. and T?

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By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:09 +0000

So, where’s Adventure Comics #247?

The list is not in order of importance (it’s just a list of the 90 choices for people to make their picks from), so Adventure #247 might show up at any point in the list.

By: DCCMM

DCCMM — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:27:36 +0000

So, where’s Adventure Comics #247?

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By: Ed Catto

Ed Catto — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:57:18 +0000

I’m amazed how many Neal Adams covers are here. Or maybe I shouldn’ t be.
Glad to see my all-time favorite, Batman #183, on the list, but I’m not sure if it’s an iconic cover.

I really hope B & B # 70, with Hawkman and Batman beating up one another, makes the list. Also loved that one!
Also JLA #55 , with the Earth Two Robin and #56 with the JLA-JSA facing off.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:54 +0000

Not to be too snarky (only a little bit snarky…) but is it really necessary to have both Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 and Green Lantern #127 on this list?

Yes.

I mean, they’re both awesome covers, but they’re both Brian-Bolland-does-a-heroic-tableau-of-Green-Lanterns; do we need to have two such examples on this list?

Yes.

They both do specific unique things that have since been done many times on other covers.

A bunch of Lanterns thrusting their rings into the sky and depicting an actual CORPS of Lanterns/showing a Lantern with more than one ring had not been done before Bolland did it on those two covers (the latter cover was so notable that Bolland himself basically re-did it less than a year later for the third issue of Tales of the Green Lantern Corps).

Speaking of Heidi’s post, note that the cover that Heidi chose to spotlight was shot down as “not iconic” by most of the commenters the day that cover was posted. I think Heidi is spot on, of course.

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:11 +0000

Not to be too snarky (only a little bit snarky…) but is it really necessary to have both Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 and Green Lantern #127 on this list? I mean, they’re both awesome covers, but they’re both Briand-Bolland-does-a-heroic-tableau-of-Green-Lanterns; do we need to have two such examples on this list?

(Like I said, I’m being snarky. But especially with both those covers positioned so close together on the list, the redundancy is conspicuous.)

Over on Heidi McDonald’s blog about this, folks mentioned Justice League of America #56, which is another great choice for a list like this: http://www.comics.org/issue/21254/cover/4/

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:59 +0000

It’s probably Action Comics #1, though Flash #123 should be considered close. It illustrates the Golden Age meets the Silver Age motif, the multiple worlds, hero legacies, the different versions of the same character. Those are the things that I associate with DC.

Can’t really argue against Action #1 though.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:19:00 +0000

I’ve been collecting comics since 1984, reading since 1974… so if I don’t remember seeing the comic somewhere, it’s not iconic.

Homage also factors into the equation.

The cover should be judged not on the story inside, but on the merits of the cover itself. Sandman #8? Meh. Sandman #50? Yeah.

Best overall design? So good it should be a poster? Catwoman #74.
http://www.comics.org/issue/382084/cover/4/?style=default

I also suggest a separate column (ongoing) of best overall cover design for a series. Catwoman rates a mention, as does Sandman and Preacher. Series over 100 issues can be broken into chunks, since 1990s Detective covers are better than 1950s Detective covers.

Is cheesy iconic? If so, Lois Lane #106.