Comments on: The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History – Day 2

By: Treasure Hunters Roadshow

Treasure Hunters Roadshow — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:45:39 +0000

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By: danjack

danjack — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:43:43 +0000

hard to get more iconic that these 4!
DFTBA

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:48:42 +0000

True, Rob, but to put it in context, pretty much every issue of that run before that issue had Ollie talking down to Hal, so while it was not NICE of Hal to throw it back in his face like that, I think it can be understood a bit.

In other words, Hal wasn’t just randomly being a dick out of nowhere.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:43:50 +0000

Re: GL/GA 86: Could Hal be any more of a d**k than he’s depicted on that cover?

By: JoeMac

JoeMac — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:43:11 +0000

Oops, you already have Detective #27. I forgot.

By: JoeMac

JoeMac — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:41:16 +0000

Here are some of my suggestions for iconic covers:

Batman #1
Batman #404
Batman #407
Batman #428
Batman #497
Detective #27
Detective #359
Detective #475
Detective #476
Green Lantern (1960) #32
Green Lantern (1960) #76
Green Lantern (1960) #181
Green Lantern (1960) #196
JLA (1960) #1
JLA (1960) #9
Flash (1959) #105
Flash (1959) #122 (although I like #144 better, even if it is an out and out copy)
Flash (1959) #184
Adventure Comics #247
Adventure Comics #462
Aquaman (1962) #62
Showcase #4
Showcase #22

There are also a few other covers that I always thought were cool, but maybe not iconic:

Batman #329
Batman and the Outsiders #1
Brave and the Bold #118
Brave and the Bold #194
Detective #514
Detective #526
Detective #572
Detective #575
Detective #578
DC Comics Presents #47
Doom Patrol (1964) #121Flash (1959) #323
Flash (1959) #326
Flash (1959) #341
Flash (1987) #1
Flash (1987) #24
Flash (1987) #49
Flash (1987) #83

I wonder if any of these will make the list?

By: Monica Dickey

Monica Dickey — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:01 +0000

I thought the title of this post was Ironic and saw the pic of Aquaman being handled by a squid looking thing…

Great surprised look on green arrow there hehe

By: Rene

Rene — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:14:30 +0000

It always feels strange to me to have Watchmen included in lists of DC Comics greats. Doubly strange for stuff like Preacher and Transmetropolitan.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:07:58 +0000

GL/GA 76 won’t show up as a nominee?

I was just explaining why I went with #86 at that particular spot.

#76 obviously will eventually be an option.

By: sterg

sterg — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:04:39 +0000

I’m with Mark Black. GL/GA is 76 is iconic as all get out…

By: Mark Black

Mark Black — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:39:31 +0000

GL/GA 76 won’t show up as a nominee? I hope it does. It’s such a iconic image.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:06:19 +0000

That Brave & Bold cover (the Justice League’s first appearance, right?) is all sorts of awesome.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:42:55 +0000

I’m wondering just how rich this field is going to end up…I mean, yes, it seems like on the one hand like you’re frontloading, but on the other hand, I can think of lots more that are just as strong that you haven’t gotten to yet. (the 80s have yet to make an appearance…I could argue for all 12 Watchmen covers, all 4 Dark Knights, at least half of the Crisis on Infinite Earths covers…obviously there’s going to be some quota-limitations going on here but still…this is going to be one hard vote.)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:34:29 +0000

There’s a fairly massive dissonance between the Detective 38 and Gl/GA 5 cover, isn’t there.

Yeah, that’s why I went with that one rather than #76, I thought that very dissonance was cool.

I don’t think I’ve actually seen the Superman 1 cover before. It’s OK, but it’s weaker than Action Comics 1, or All-Star Superman 1, or a few other number 1 issues for Superman titles.

It’s been homaged a lot.

Alan Moore used it to kick off his run on Supreme and George Perez used it to kick off his run on Action Comics, for two notable examples.

By: Thok

Thok — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:27:19 +0000

There’s a fairly massive dissonance between the Detective 38 and Gl/GA 5 cover, isn’t there.

I don’t think I’ve actually seen the Superman 1 cover before. It’s OK, but it’s weaker than Action Comics 1, or All-Star Superman 1, or a few other number 1 issues for Superman titles.

By: GarBut

GarBut — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:25:23 +0000

No slight whatsoever on GL/GA #85, when I say I think #76 is significantly more iconic. (Which is not to say that for simply posting #85 first, Brian is implying a hierarchy. But if #76 never gets ponied up, period, I’ll be more astonished than Oliver Queen discovering that his ward is a JUNKIE!)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:02:33 +0000

6 down, and already the top ten is getting tight.

Yeah, I suspect that it will be a pretty big surprise to see what books end up in the top ten, because there are SO many good choices!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:59:14 +0000

Wow, already we have all strong contenders for the top 10. Over 75 years DC has so many iconic covers from character and team first appearances alone!

By: chad

chad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:55:02 +0000

gotta to go with the green arrow green latern issue for the look on ollies facewhen he finds speedy is a heroin addict showed that dc was willing to aknowledge the dangers of drug addiction.

By: djsweet

djsweet — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:25:29 +0000

Superman