Comments on: The Top 75 Most Iconic Covers in DC History – Day 11

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:34:43 +0000

Ooooh tough call between Superman #14 and Detective Comics #31

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:32:11 +0000

Yeah, I spotted that too. It’s not a very good picture of Superman, but the layout of the page is classic. I’ve no idea if this was one of the first covers to do it or if it was being done all the time when this came out though

By: I AM FeAR

I AM FeAR — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:21:57 +0000

err… about that Superman cover:

I understand that Superman is puffing up his chest to break the chains, what I dont get is why someone thought wrapping chains around his chest and NOT BINDING HIS ARMS TOO would somehow render him helpless.

By: david

david — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:42:03 +0000

“All about the Superman cover today. Others are kinda meh.”
Fixed!

By: Ethan Shuster

Ethan Shuster — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:35:49 +0000

Ah, that Justice League pose has been done so often, I remember a web page dedicated to tracked the homages. That also seems to be one of the few that has crossed over to many different companies, too.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:52:28 +0000

I know this will be sacrilegious to many, but I think Justice League is the most iconic here – followed by Superman just for the layout.

The others mean nothing to me

By: Dan Fleming

Dan Fleming — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:49:23 +0000

Justice League and Detective.

By: Thenodrin

Thenodrin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:13:33 +0000

Wow, talk about a blast from the past. I owned that Shazam #1 issue when I was a kid. I have no clue where I got it from or what happened to it. But, I distinctly remember it being one of a few that I would hide in the fall when my parents took my comics away from me during the school year.

Theno

By: azjohnson5

azjohnson5 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:32 +0000

Neal’s Batman cover

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/batman/227-2.jpg

By: azjohnson5

azjohnson5 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:44:08 +0000

Shazam cover

http://www.fivestarcomics.com/knightwolf/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/shazam.jpg

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:42:33 +0000

There we are with Superman breaking the chains again….

Can the LAYOUT of a cover be considered “iconic”? I find nothing particularly compelling about any of the individual panels on that cover, and the large panel of Superman breaking the chains has been done better elsewhere. So if there’s any importance to the cover, it’s in its format of a central image surrounded by two columns with smaller images. To that end, New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine #1 should be the most iconic DC comic EVER for being the first to fold 20+ pages in half and stapling them together.

By: azjohnson5

azjohnson5 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:35 +0000

As a P.S.: Swan, Beck,and Kane if you haven’t seen their work (chad, other new guys/gals) these guys are CLASSIC for a reason. Highly recommend going through some fifty cent bins for some coverless, water-stained, torn copies just to have them ( or your local library, of course.). Reeeally worth it. Trust me.

By: azjohnson5

azjohnson5 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:38 +0000

Actually own the first three, Neal Adams version of four is better (Batman #227), limited edition over-sized Shazam with Cap’s hand on Billy’s shoulder is WAY more iconic than this issue, although I love this version of the JLA the cover isn’t remotely iconic (nostalgic, not iconic), so I’ve got to go with the easy chose.

The Superman annual type cover has been used by DC many, many times: Secret Origin, annuals, Supergirl, Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel, etc. It’s not particularly the strongest visual but it screams iconic DC.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:10 +0000

2 was surprise to see, but you could definitely make a case for its inclusions. The other three are all definite yeses.

By: Rebis

Rebis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:58:44 +0000

Captain Marvel/Shazam: Meh. Never understood the love for that milquetoast, derivative character. Dumb cover, too.

Detective 31: Top Ten!

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:46:33 +0000

I like how Perry White gets his own box on the Superman annual. Did anyone look at that and say “I gots to get me some Perry White action!”?

By: chad

chad — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:10 +0000

since never saw three of those covers not being around back then have to go with the jl cover the team formed after the story line legend plus guy gardner and batman together.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:40:27 +0000

ick.
ick.
AWESOME.
ick. well maybe not so ick. more like creepy gothic horror there.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:40:13 +0000

Shazam #1 was one of the few comics that I bought multiple copies of, thinking I would sell them later and make a fortune. Shows what the hell I know about speculating.

By: Rob Schmidt

Rob Schmidt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:30:25 +0000

If people know their DC history, DETECTIVE #31 is a good bet to make the top 10. The others not so much.