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Adams’. Again, if it’s about which is the more iconic (influential) and not favorite or better looking, it was that cover that got reprinted, not the one that inspired it.

All Star Comics #16 established the iconography.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen the Frank Harry cover.

I’ve been waiting for a poster of the Neal Adams JLA/JSA wraparound cover since I was a youngster.

No contest!

I’ve never seen either of these, ever… But here’s a good question. What are the odds this cover influenced Justice League #1? That one is kind of just a close-up version of this. And their sorta mean expressions are in complete contrast with the happy covers we see here.

I can’t vote for either. I don’t really think that a gallery of superheroes standing shoulder-to-shoulder makes for a good or memorable cover.

If I had to choose between the cover to Justice League #1 and either of these, I’d choose JL without even thinking. While all three have the characters “staring at the camera,” the Justice League cover has specific elements, like the camera angle and the white background, that have been referenced at least a half-dozen times since the mid-80s.

As far as these go, it’s a tough decision. One one hand, the All-Star cover is clearly the inspiration for the World’s Greatest cover, but the second is the better cover.

Unless someone can point out another cover inspired by All-Star, I’ll probably go with World’s Greatest.

Why not both? Although I guess you’d probably be sitting at 76 covers then…

have to go with the original version since it was the first that did it that without it adams proably would have done something different . if nothing else surely there is nothing in the rules that say you can not use both

Adams, if for no other reason than THAT is the comic that really made me a comics fan for life.

Not knowing these covers, I prefer the All Star one. In the 100 Page cover the spotlight seems kind of odd to me. Plus I like how in All Star it’s essentially a bunch of “heroes” (ie Fighter Pilot, Soldier, etc) and it’s spotlighting these other heroes.

Just my 2 cents.

Yeah, I like the “common folk” aspect of the Golden Age one. Plus, I like that Dr. midnight has that “yeah I’m a badass” look on his face.

I remember reading that Carmine Infantino loved Adams’ cover and Kirby thought it was kind of weak and pointless to have all these action heroes standing around.

I
LOVE
BOTH
THESE
COVERS!
They both rock so hard it ain’t funny!
DFTBA

I have to say I think the original is fantastic and I like it a lot more than the homage. However, I think the homage is the more famous — and therefore probably more iconic — image. I suspect that those who emulated this cover were referencing the Adams version and may not have even been aware that Adams was himself homaging an earlier cover.

I vote for this one:

http://coveredblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/anthony-vukojevich-covers-dc-100-page.html

This is a tough one…not sure which I would vote for.

Honestly, neither. I’ve never thought this was a great representation of Adams’s work. The figures are sloppily drawn, and the design if boring. Are we sure the comic was reprinted because of the cover?