Comments on: The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History – Day 5

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:04 +0000

How can the most iconic cover NOT be Action 1?

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:43 +0000

The Crisis cover isn’t iconic because of the pose. It’s iconic because it’s a powerful image and marked a huge turning point in DC comics. It’s also probably the first time that Superman, who at this point was still the all-powerful pre-Crisis version, was shown vulnerable.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:13:24 +0000

The top one reminds me, I have “Clint – The Hamster Triumphant” somewhere…

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:34 +0000

If it was homaged with completely different characters, would you immidiately get the reference?

Yep.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:53:03 +0000

In fairness to Marvel, the last poll listed panels, which are bound to be less iconic than the covers are.

But clearly, DC is overflowing with some powerful cover images!

A similar Marvel list would also be overflowing with powerful cover images!

But yeah, cover images are typically more known than interior panels. If Marvel.com had not already done the 70 Covers thing, I’d have done covers for Marvel, as well!

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:10 +0000

I’m with buttler, I miss the cover theme game. Really, I miss the whole Snark Free Corner. That was my favorite feature. Granted, there’s a ton of other good stuff on this blog, and Brian’s obviously pretty damn busy. I just wanted it to be known that if you ever thought about resurrecting that column, at least one person would be happy.

By: Cully C

Cully C — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:41:52 +0000

I know which one Mike Sterling is going to vote for.

By: dhole

dhole — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:26:54 +0000

I was hoping we’d see House of Secrets, Dark Knight and Crisis, and here they are all popping up together! (Showcase makes perfect sense too). I guess the fact it’s fairly easy to predict which ones are coming is a testament to their iconic stature.

In fairness to Marvel, the last poll listed panels, which are bound to be less iconic than the covers are.

But clearly, DC is overflowing with some powerful cover images!

By: Mason King

Mason King — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:39 +0000

I’m feeling sentimental, so I’ll go with Showcase #4 tonight. Tomorrow, it could be DKR.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:11:19 +0000

It’s funny how I recognize so many more of these covers than the Marvel ones.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:59:21 +0000

I see Fifties, Seventies, two from the Eighties. All Magic. Oh, DC. Will you ever get your act together? Why must Marvel always steal your thunder?

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:08 +0000

Yep, all those are top tier iconic quality. Although I never did care too much for that Crisis cover, it is certainly celebrated enough to make it on the list. I other 3 definitely do get my love.

By: Dan K

Dan K — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:34:42 +0000

House of Secrets is a famous cover but is it Iconic? If it was homaged with completely different characters, would you immidiately get the reference? The other three all certainly pass that test, even if CoIE 7 wasn’t the first cover to use the Pieta idea.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:45:05 +0000

As much as I hate Frank Miller and DKR, I’m going to go with that cover, although Showcase #4 is so close.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:23 +0000

Well, 3 out of 4 isn’t too bad.

The Dark Knight Returns is one of Miller’s better covers.
Definitely cannot beat that gorgeous George Perez cover.
The Berni Wrightson’s moody Swamp Thing cover is unforgetable.

That B.C. guy sure knows how to pick ‘em, doesn’t he?

By: Craig B.

Craig B. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:52 +0000

Now these are iconic!

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:47:58 +0000

I never realized before how much Swamp Thing’s wife looks like 30 Rock’s Jane Krakowski.

By: buttler

buttler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:43:33 +0000

a cover truely deserving of being iconic espically since it got duplicated as cyclops holding jeans corpse in the dark phonix saga

Through the miracle of time travel, considering that X-Men cover was 6 years earlier.

By: chad

chad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:21 +0000

hard choice espically seeing my favorite batman story in the list but finaly went with crisis on infinite earths where superman is holding supergirls dead body and crying. a cover truely deserving of being iconic espically since it got duplicated as cyclops holding jeans corpse in the dark phonix saga

By: RCorman

RCorman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:15:48 +0000

The Crisis cover is a really nicely drawn and a powerful image, and it was just as powerful the first time I saw it as a kid on Uncanny X-Men #136. I’m not saying UXM136 originated the pose, as there is a long list of Pieta covers that encompass the history of comics. I just have a small issue with a cover being called Iconic when the theme/pose had already become comic book cliche years before it was even drawn.

There was even an article here a while ago about the Pieta pose: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/22/cool-comic-cover-gallery-the-best-pieta-covers/

Now the Pieta sculpture IS iconic.