The brilliant Marcos Martin uses design and negative space to the upmost on this RUNAWAYS cover. The joy of the vignette of the friends enjoying one anothers’ company is deftly undercut by the understated cover copy, which signifies tragedy lurking in the future.
As is typcial for his work, Skottie Young incorporates humor into this AMAZING SPIDER-MAN cover, which is simultaneously funny and communicates an essential difference between Spidey and guest-star Deadpool. The UPC barcode is move to the top in order to keep it off the characters, which makes it more prominent than I’d like, but a … Continue reading Great Covers – AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #611
Here’s Jamie McKelvie doing a lovely and understated MS MARVEL cover. Eschewing the typical super hero bombast, McKelvie instead focuses on a small moment, the beauty of the skyline, and the distance from the big city to Ms Marvel’s Jersey City home.
A precursor to the super-packed covers of George Perez, this Jack Kirby FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL cover promises an unending stream of colorful heroes and villains within the issue, practically every character that had been devised for the relatively-new Marvel line to date. The blurb at the center works like the target of a bullseye–you can’t … Continue reading Great Covers – FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #3
This Tom Taggart DOOM PATROL cover acutely sums up the dilemma of Cliff Steele, Robotman, in dramatic and novel fashion. Great design all through this piece, down to the relatively tiny logo popping beautifully against the white slice in the background, and the credits all being justified so that they fit in the same space.
Can you imagine seeing a cover like this Dick Sprang BATMAN piece on a comic book today? Rather than focusing on a perplexing crime, or a mission of vengeance, or an inescapable doom-trap, this cover instead concerns itself with Batman and Robin having fun by taking a ride on some 19th century-style bicycles. It’s a … Continue reading Great Covers – BATMAN #29
Here’s a pretty novel POLICE COMICS cover by Jack Cole featuring Plastic Man and the Spirit. It’s novel in that it conceals the lead character completely in shadow, and lets his subterfuge of being a lamppost provide both the drama and the humor of the situation.
How can you not want to read this issue of STRANGE ADVENTURES, thanks to it’s Gil Kane cover? It’s got aliens disguising themselves as anthropomorphic snowmen, complete with battered top hats and carrot noses, in order to conquer the world!
travisellisor: the cover to Action Comics #361 by Neal Adams
A vibrant Steve Rude painted cover to the crossover INCREDIBLE HULK VS SUPERMAN. It’s designed just about perfectly, with the yellow burst of the background both silhouetting the characters and marking the point of impact where Superman has shattered the Hulk’s massive boulder. The only thing I don’t like on this one is the font … Continue reading Great Covers – INCREDIBLE HULK VS SUPERMAN
The Tom Brevoort Experience 