Comments on: Top 75 DC Iconic Covers Play-In Game!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:25 +0000

That’ll be a mystery for the ages!

Seriously, though, I’ll hint that one of the two covers was on my original list.

By: XBen

XBen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:04:26 +0000

Brian, which two of these were you originally going to put in?

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:46 +0000

Do I HAVE to vote for something for my childhood, or can I just go with the most historically important? I voted Strange Tales. But I’m probably a bad comic fan.

By: Gabriel Mckee

Gabriel Mckee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:07:04 +0000

I was all set to vote for Animal Man #1… and then I saw Swamp Thing #1 hiding at the end there.

In any event, there are several covers here that belong on the list a lot more than some of the lesser ones we’ve seen…

By: Taterpie

Taterpie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:44 +0000

For “iconic” it can only be Batman #497.

By: Spiffy

Spiffy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:55:56 +0000

Nothing else in that list even comes close to being as Iconic as Batman #497. Although the All-Star Squadron cover has been emulated many times (JLA using 8 x10s to pick members, etc.) and the Superman is at least interesting, if not all that important.

By: "O" the Humanatee!

"O" the Humanatee! — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:46:43 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever noticed this before, but Animal Man’s pose on #1 is very close to a classic Gil Kane pose. Was Bolland homaging Kane, either for some past Animal Man drawing or some other Kane work? The only references I’ve found on-line to Kane Animal Man art are to his cover and interiors on Action #553 (see cover at http://www.comics.org/issue/38388/cover/4/?style=default – the pose there is somewhat similar but far from identical to Bolland’s) and to a Who’s Who in DC Comics preview in DC Sampler #3 (http://www.comics.org/issue/330081/#524606 – there’s no drawing there, but presumably it’s the same drawing used in Who’s Who itself, which is currently inaccessible to me).

By: Rebis

Rebis — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:59:50 +0000

Not long after this whole roll-out began, I wondered: Why is Brian giving us just 90 to choose from? When the end cut is 75, it seems like 100 (or even 125 or 150) makes more sense as a starting pool. So … add my vote to those who think you could just toss ‘em all in the pool, and let us pick from 100!

By: Citizen Scribbler

Citizen Scribbler — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:19:30 +0000

@Mark Black- If you’ve never seen any of these covers before, then I am very happy for you, because you have some awesome reading ahead of you if you choose to seek out most of these stories. Almost all hold classic stories.

-Citizen Scribbler

By: david

david — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:50:50 +0000

“I realize the issue is important, but that’s a really dull cover to everything else we’re allowed to vote on.”
Why is the cover to IDC 1 so dull?

By: Patrick C

Patrick C — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:44:36 +0000

I really like Animal Man 5, but I had to go with the “breaking the bat” cover. Maybe it’s just because that’s when I began reading comics (in fact, I’m pretty sure of it) but that Batman cover would certainly be on my personal top 10 iconic cover list.

By: Mark Black

Mark Black — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:51:38 +0000

I’ve never seen any of these covers before EVER

By: Mrjayberry

Mrjayberry — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:50:39 +0000

I voted for Batman 497, it was the one I thought would be recognized by the largest crosssection of the populace. I also have a strong respect for Animal Mans covers both of them and my other choice was Animal Man 5.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:39:48 +0000

A close vote for me between Animal Man #1 and All-Star Squadron #1, but I went with Bolland’s beautiful AM cover.

I’m shocked Identity Crisis #1 was ever given consideration. That cover is horrendous looking…

By: Les Fontenelle

Les Fontenelle — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:11:22 +0000

Animal Man #5 for the win.

If I could choose two, I would’ve voted for Swamp Thing #1 too.

By: Dave Hackett

Dave Hackett — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:27 +0000

You’re killing me here! BatO #1, ASS #1, Swamp Thing #1 and Legion 294? All four of these are in my tom ten, and you’re telling me at least two of them aren’t making the cut at all? Wowsers.

By: Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy!

Omar Karindu, with the power of SUPER-hypocrisy! — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:50:14 +0000

I just realized while looking at the All-Star cover; why is Dr. Mid-Nite looking at pictures at all?

Mid-Nite’s whole shtick is that he can see when he’s wearing his goggles, so he can see perfectly well on that cover.

By: Ethan Shuster

Ethan Shuster — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:38:20 +0000

I gotta go with that Batman cover. I’ve seen the others, but that image of his back being broken symbolized that whole long story arc. Now, I’m not sure I really liked that story, but this image was memorable.

I remember when Bane first appeared on the Animated Series, they teased us with him lifting up Batman, and just seconds away from that cover image, until Bats got the best of him. I wonder how many specific comic scenes — covers especially — have been homaged in animated form. The most recent one I can recall is the Brave and the Bold giving us their version of the Guy Gardner punch.

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:16:41 +0000

Vote Identity Crisis for the skew!

By: FlashJ

FlashJ — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:08:09 +0000

I just realized while looking at the All-Star cover; why is Dr. Mid-Nite looking at pictures at all? That’s kinda dickish of Hawkman and the Atom to taunt him like that.
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