# Favorite series of comic covers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [March 31, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106 "2021-03-31T18:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/1 "2021-03-31T18:52:58Z")
I was browsing through some old comic covers and it struck me how plesant the covers for the complete run of [_New Mutants_ volume 2](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/new-mutants/4050-18351/?sortBy=asc) are, most of them being pretty simple character studies with muted colors and no extraneous text. Contrast that to [_New Mutants_ volume 3](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/new-mutants/4050-26327/?sortBy=asc), which are wildly busy, in various styles, and plastered with text declaring each issue’s spot in an internal story arc or cross-over event. Individual covers are chaotic and the overall set of them even more so. So–grab this topic and run with it. (Just to get it out there, this _not_ a “this one cover I like” thread, this is about _blocks of covers_–anyone talking about a single cover proves that they didn’t bother reading the OP before jumping in. I know I sound bitter, but I know how threads go here.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/2 "2021-03-31T20:44:07Z")
Lets see if I can get these four Mike Wieringo covers to line up: [![](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/51-19.jpg) ](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/51-19.jpg) [![](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/52-17.jpg) ](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/52-17.jpg) [![](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/53-18.jpg) ](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/53-18.jpg) [![](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/54-18.jpg) ](https://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four-1998/54-18.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/3 "2021-03-31T21:43:51Z")
Cool. The embeds are broke, but they still work as links. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/4 "2021-03-31T22:06:38Z")
Old school - Frank Frazetta and _Famous Funnies_ > **[Frank Frazetta's "Famous Funnies" Covers](http://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2014/05/frank-frazettas-famous-funnies-covers.html)** > > Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) is famous amongst those who pay attention to science fiction and fantasy art, this largely having to do with book... Retro - Darwyn Cooke (and others) and _The Spirit_ [https://www.comics.org/series/21170/covers/](https://www.comics.org/series/21170/covers/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/5 "2021-03-31T22:34:03Z")
Another of my favorite sets is the carded action figure variant covers used on a large variety of titles. [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Action\_Figure\_Variants](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Action_Figure_Variants) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/6 "2021-03-31T22:45:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I was browsing through some old comic covers and it struck me how plesant the covers for the complete run of [_New Mutants_ volume 2](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/new-mutants/4050-18351/?sortBy=asc) are… I love those… I’d never heard of Joshua Middleton. Reminds me of [David Mack’s Daredevil](https://www.google.com/search?q=David+Mack+Daredevil&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjknODwy9vvAhUGTa0KHWy8DT0Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=David+Mack+Daredevil&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAA6BAgAEB5QvOoLWNv6C2DSgAxoAHAAeACAAYUBiAGLA5IBAzAuM5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=XvlkYOT1NYaatQXs-LboAw&bih=558&biw=986) watercolors. Which reminded me of [Bill Sienkiewicz’s work on Elecktra: Assassin](https://www.google.com/search?q=Bill+Sienkiewicz+elektra+art&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjrhfmxzdvvAhUPb60KHUe8AWEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Bill+Sienkiewicz+elektra+art&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeUMSyBVjEsgVg-7UFaABwAHgAgAGtAogBrQKSAQMzLTGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=9PpkYOu7Ao_etQXH-IaIBg&bih=558&biw=986). … And I love [ALL the covers Darwyn Cooke drew](https://www.google.com/search?q=darwyn+cooke+cover&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ1f_my9vvAhXIXM0KHQnMB_IQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=986&bih=558). After the depressed darkness of many comics (and JLA reshoots), his “sunniness” is refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/7 "2021-03-31T22:58:54Z")
The [Super-Team Family](https://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/) website has many wonderful covers that never were. Such as: [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtPovdCvItY/XfoIUDEktzI/AAAAAAAAHJE/WCuT0eGdIDYyExpUCjs7qu4FChozkJurACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2806.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtPovdCvItY/XfoIUDEktzI/AAAAAAAAHJE/WCuT0eGdIDYyExpUCjs7qu4FChozkJurACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/2806.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/8 "2021-03-31T23:03:51Z")
The interior humor got a little tiresome after awhile, but [Kyle Baker’s _Plastic Man_ covers](https://www.google.com/search?q=Kyle+Baker+plastic+man+covers&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiKhMDY0NvvAhUjja0KHXHmAEgQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Kyle+Baker+plastic+man+covers&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECAAQHjoECAAQGFDKZljumQFg55wBaANwAHgAgAGKAYgBmQqSAQQwLjEwmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=av5kYIqnDKOatgXxzIPABA&bih=880&biw=1920&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS794US794) were always the coolest looking things on my spinner rack. Awesome logo work, to boot. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/9 "2021-04-01T03:47:51Z")
Anyone remember the one month back in the late '90s\* when ALL of DC’s covers were intense closeups of the character’s face? The spinner racks, and the wall of new stuff at the local comic shop, looked SO cool for a month. \*If I had to guess, I’d say they went on sale October, '97… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/10 "2021-04-01T04:05:40Z")
[Here](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/P3ljH) is a set, but _much_ more recent. Maybe they did it twice? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/11 "2021-04-01T04:10:45Z")
Found it. December 1997. [http://www.thelegionofsuper-heroes.com/Pub%20Posters\_faces%20of%20dc.html](http://www.thelegionofsuper-heroes.com/Pub%20Posters_faces%20of%20dc.html) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/12 "2021-04-13T23:23:22Z")
Discovered this great series of variant covers today: > **[Jeffrey Veregge Creates Native American Heritage Variants for Marvel](https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jeffrey-veregge-creates-native-american-heritage-variants-for-marvel/)** > > Yesterday, Marvel announced Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1l written and drawn by Jeffrey Veregge and a number of Indigenous North American comic I also like [the What the Duck set](https://imgur.com/a/BL01155), and give an honorable mention to [the Tsum Tsum Take-over set](https://imgur.com/a/cP2cNnx). ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/13 "2021-04-14T18:30:44Z")
The two painted covers for the Spider-verse series are among my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/14 "2021-04-14T18:51:33Z")
_Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD_, covers #1-7 by Jim Steranko > **[Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD Covers](https://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/nick-fury-agent-of-shield)** > > A cover gallery for the comic book Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/15 "2021-04-15T01:49:34Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The two painted covers for the Spider-verse series are among my favorites. Hm. Is that this? [![](https://www.howtolovecomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Spider-Verse-header.jpg) ](https://www.howtolovecomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Spider-Verse-header.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/16 "2021-04-19T22:42:41Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Retro - Darwyn Cooke (and others) and _The Spirit_ > [@digs](#): > > And I love [ALL the covers Darwyn Cooke drew](https://www.google.com/search?q=darwyn+cooke+cover&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZ1f_my9vvAhXIXM0KHQnMB_IQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=986&bih=558). After the depressed darkness of many comics (and JLA reshoots), his “sunniness” is refreshing. Thanks to both of you! I have stopped following comics many years back so I was unaware of Darwyn Cooke. I missed his entire career and his death. Thanks to you I get a chance to look at his fantastic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/17 "2021-04-19T23:28:01Z")
Without a doubt or equal it would be the series of Medieval Spawn Witchblade (1996) covers. [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/8d7a9635-7f5d-44eb-b029-376c8255ee70.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/gs-geo-images/8d7a9635-7f5d-44eb-b029-376c8255ee70.jpg) They just don’t make 'em that anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/18 "2022-03-17T02:23:32Z")
Joining covers across three different publishers! > **[Demon Slayer pulls off feat no other series has done with Japan’s biggest...](https://soranews24.com/2022/03/16/demon-slayer-pulls-off-feat-no-other-series-has-done-with-japans-biggest-anime-magazines%e3%80%90pics%e3%80%91/)** > > “This is the first, and probably the last, time for us to try something like this.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/19 "2022-03-17T02:49:18Z")
I’ve always like the old Classics Illustrated covers. These are my two favorites: [![](https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/853975.jpg) ](https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/853975.jpg) [![](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EXTHRF/1960s-usa-classics-illustrated-the-time-machine-comic-annual-cover-EXTHRF.jpg) ](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/EXTHRF/1960s-usa-classics-illustrated-the-time-machine-comic-annual-cover-EXTHRF.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/20 "2022-04-04T00:46:42Z")
Just stumbled across another set that I love: Marvel vs. Aliens. > **[First Look At Marvel Vs. Aliens Variant Covers Revealed](https://comicbook.com/comics/news/first-look-marvel-vs-aliens-variant-covers-revealed/)** > > Crossovers don't get much more epic than Marvel vs Aliens, and fans will get to see some of their \[...\] _Captain Marvel_ is my favorite. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106.md?page=2)