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Favorite Comics Covers of the Last 2 Years, Part 2 Wednesday / 11.30.05 / 11:54PM / Joe
The comics catalogging continues, although I am out of bags again as I hit the U's. I've been through 600 bags since I started and I would estimate about 100 more to go (lots of Uncle Scrooges and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories). So, ballpark that at 700 comics in a little over two years. A comic a day! That's not a bad lifeplan at all, if only I could guarantee that there wouldn't be any days that suck.
So here's six more cool covers that I re-discovered this week.
 (Green Lantern #177) That's the absolute best Jade ever drawn. |
 (JSA #67) When you see the average quality JSA covers that surround this issue, #67 stands out all the more. First of all, the logo is like nothing printed before or since. Then there's that eye-grabbing center band, covering the naughty bits of Sue Dibny's corpse. It's just different, it's classy... it actually looks like an Elseworlds cover. |
 (Lex Luthor: Man of Steel #3) This series has a lot of Angry Superman imagery, since it's written from Luthor's POV. And even aside from the cool, mean-looking Supes hiding in the shadows, I want to point out the New Trend in super-hero art: seams. Everywhere these days, artists are adding visible seams to the costumes, and I think we can blame Alex Ross for that. I do like the seams fad, since it adds some realistic texture to something that has been historically one of the goofiest aspects of the genre, the impossibly skin-tight bodysuit. |
 (Marvel Knights 4 #5) Once you get that Sue is using her invisible force field, then you can grok the detail of the gradually smooshing bullet casings. |
 (Superman: Birthright #4) Speaking of details, here's a Superman book without Superman himself on the cover. Or is it? |
 (We3 #1) All three of the issues of this mini pulled this same kids-missing-pet-ad trick, but issue one did it the best... because that's what every dog in the world looks like when you take its picture. After you read the book, your heart bleeds for the story this cover tells. |
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