# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/21 "2022-04-04T13:01:46Z")
The painted covers for Dell/Gold Key titles were often outstanding, especially because most comic covers at the time weren’t painted. As a kid, I loved **Turok, Son of Stone** (dinosaurs, cavemen, and American Indians. And tell me – what other title treated American Indian characters as not only the heroes, but made them completely sympathetic and competent Good Guys? Frontier and Western comics like DC’s _Tomahawk_ sometimes gave them their due, but they were generally antagonists, and outfought and out-thought by the White heroes) > **[Turok: Son of Stone Covers](https://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/turok-son-of-stone)** > > A cover gallery for the comic book Turok: Son of Stone I also liked the Magnus, Robot Fighter covers. The science fiction was a bit out of date by then, but the covers were masterpieces of nostalgia, even then. [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus,_Robot_Fighter#/media/File:Magnus_Robot_Fighter_4000AD_no1.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus,_Robot_Fighter#/media/File:Magnus_Robot_Fighter_4000AD_no1.jpg) I wasn’t a fan of the rebooted series many years later. Or of their covers. They covers aren’t in the same class, but I do like them and the series itself – Phil Foglio’s 4-issue run of **Angel and the Ape** from the 1990s > **[Angel and the Ape #1 of 4 Phil Foglio 1991 Comic DC Comics F- | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/254278091442)** > > 1 comic total.1st print!Comic is in Fine Minus condition. Great for addition for your collection. You will get the actual comic(s) pictured. ---
**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 4, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/22 "2022-04-04T14:27:30Z")
For one month, all the DC superhero comics had an extreme closeup of the hero’s face. Small title off to the side, so it was just Big BatGuy In Yo’ Face. Man, did they look great on the wall of comic book shops. Even the places that didn’t usually display just DC heroes in one spot that month. Finally figured out which: December '97. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a shot of them displayed, but most of the art showed up in this poster: [![](http://www.thelegionofsuper-heroes.com/posters_faces%20of%20dc.jpg) ](http://www.thelegionofsuper-heroes.com/posters_faces%20of%20dc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/23 "2022-04-04T14:29:32Z")
The covers of _Monstress_ are amazing. Just wonderful. The comic’s great, too. some samples: [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/imagecomics/images/3/38/Monstress_Vol_1_4.png) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/imagecomics/images/3/38/Monstress_Vol_1_4.png) [https://sm.ign.com/t/ign\_za/screenshot/a/art-by-san/art-by-sana-takeda-image-credit-image-comics\_1t4n.1080.jpg](https://sm.ign.com/t/ign_za/screenshot/a/art-by-san/art-by-sana-takeda-image-credit-image-comics_1t4n.1080.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/24 "2022-04-04T14:37:39Z")
I like the covers of X-Men #s 134, 135, and 136. Notice what happens to the title in the letterhead. [![](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/x/6/x630d6ad70.JPG) ](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/x/6/x630d6ad70.JPG) [![](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/x/3/x3aad05840.JPG) ](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/960x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/x/3/x3aad05840.JPG) [![](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/x/3/x3c1dbb730.JPG) ](https://www.silveragecomics.com/media/catalog/product/x/3/x3c1dbb730.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:** [April 4, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/25 "2022-04-04T15:23:58Z")
That reminded me of a false memory -if that makes sense. I could have sworn that Marvel had a whole month of titles that had all of the covers and interiors layed out in landscape or sideways orientation. Turns out it was just _Fantastic Four_ 282 from March, 1983. [![](https://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/b/a0/5ac222fa1eb38/clean.jpg) ](https://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/b/a0/5ac222fa1eb38/clean.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 3, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/26 "2026-03-03T17:38:43Z")
Interesting new set of variant covers. The title of each comic is changed to “I HATE TEAM-UPS”. That won’t cause confusion at all. > **[CoverWatch: I Hate Fairyland Hates Team-Ups In Image Comics Variants](https://bleedingcool.com/comics/coverwatch-i-hate-fairyland-hates-team-ups-in-image-comics-variants/)** > > CoverWatch: I Hate Fairyland hates team-ups in Image Comics linewide variants running across the publisher in April ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/27 "2026-03-03T18:34:30Z")
I remember laying out the covers for The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe back in the day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1hBPJFXY5D4/maxresdefault.jpg "CAE OHOTMU Deluxe Edition Cover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hBPJFXY5D4) ---
**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 3, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/28 "2026-03-03T18:45:54Z")
I don’t know whether my OCD is being triggered by only a partial Man-Thing or the fact that the voiceover calls him “Swamp Thing”. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/29 "2026-03-03T18:47:12Z")
Sounds like a job for the Youtube comments section. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106/30 "2026-03-03T18:53:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > As a kid, I loved **Turok, Son of Stone** (dinosaurs, cavemen, and American Indians. And tell me – what other title treated American Indian characters as not only the heroes, but made them completely sympathetic and competent Good Guys? It also made them the technological sophisticates in the setting, which was even rarer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106.md?page=1)