# What's your favorite comic book cover? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565 "2005-08-04T14:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/1 "2005-08-04T14:59:11Z")
Inspired by [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6437791&postcount=10). I’ve got to go with [L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 # 24](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=47785608594%2024). This one always cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/2 "2005-08-04T15:27:05Z")
[**The Brave and the Bold** #49](http://members.shaw.ca/vcofell1/myweb4/brave_&_the_bold_49.jpg) (Strange Sports Stories) from 1963. You really have to see it full size…the grin on the gorilla’s face is just priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/3 "2005-08-04T15:40:12Z")
Yea! I’m an inspiration! As I said in the cited post **Justice League Europe #22** with the Karen Star’s cat being menaced is great. I also love **Green Lantern #2** (current series) which is still on the shelves. Hal flying against a clear blue sky. Simple and gorgeous and it beats the pants off the previous month’s Alex Ross cover which tried and failed at the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/4 "2005-08-04T15:48:09Z")
Favorite? No sir, too tall an order. But here are a few I love: [Ruse #24](http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/9968/400/9968_4_24.jpg) Futurama Comics #8 (not a very good issue, actually) [This was a great series, with a goof first cover.](http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/3177/400/3177_4_1.jpg) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/5 "2005-08-04T15:49:29Z")
Good, not goof. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/6 "2005-08-04T16:07:01Z")
**Crisis on Infinite Earths #12** ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/7 "2005-08-04T16:34:13Z")
A by no means comprehensive list: [JSA #55](http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=205690). Everything about it just makes me giggle. Especially the fact that Wildcat’s costume apparently includes toe-socks. [The Authority (First series) #9](http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=72161). Engineer’s hot, and it’s a nifty composition. [Green Arrow #32](http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=167166). The look on Conner’s face MAKES it. [Doom Patrol (1987 series) #34](http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=48154). I don’t even know where to start describing why I love this one. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/8 "2005-08-04T16:47:58Z")
My favorite was the first appearance of Zazzala in JLA #23. Don’t know why, but the cover has stuck in my mind for years, ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/9 "2005-08-04T17:03:07Z")
[Here’s a fave of mine.](http://64.235.244.110/Fight_Comics_No52_Oct_1947_Fiction_House.jpg) It’s got it all – African tribesman in red boxer shorts shooting a bow and arrow at what appears to be a Sikh leading tigers … improbable upside-down bondage peril featuring a skimpily-clad blonde … they don’t make them like this any more … ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/10 "2005-08-04T19:34:35Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’ve got to go with [L.E.G.I.O.N. '91 # 24](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=47785608594%2024). This one always cracks me up. In a similar vein, I’ll nominate [this one.](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=75503617928%204) But what _really_ makes me bust a gut is the sequence from inside the comic where Ghost Rider gets a bucket of water dumped on his head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/11 "2005-08-04T19:41:00Z")
Basically all of those discussed in the link in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=328658) thread. “Marvelous.” ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/12 "2005-08-04T21:19:58Z")
I love [this one](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=03515209880%206). It’s the girliest cover ever. I would have completely flipped over it had I seen it when it came out since I would’ve been about six years old. As it is, I found it in a back issue bin a few years back and was compelled to buy it and put it in a frame on my wall. And then of course there are all the truly wacko covers for _Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen_ or as we call them at our house, the “Sorry, Jimmy” collection: [“Sorry, Jimmy, but as local witch doctor, I now pronounce you \*\*man \*\* and **wife**!”](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=43961369274%2098) [“Sorry, Jimmy! The ground rules allow only \*\*one \*\* survivor! \*\*You \*\* or **Aquaman**!”](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=43961369274%20115) [“No! Stay Away! You’ve become a human atom bomb!”](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=43961369274%20161) No wonder things turned out like this: [“It’s time the world knew that the \*Man of Steel \* is a _no-good heel_!”](http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=43961369274%20118%20CGC%209.0) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/13 "2005-08-04T23:35:51Z")
Try this one. [http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news\_images/5511\_14583\_10.jpg](http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/5511_14583_10.jpg) Golden Age. Or, getting into the Spirit of the thing… [http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/2005/imagens/Spirit\_Abril1.jpg](http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/2005/imagens/Spirit_Abril1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/14 "2005-08-05T00:51:50Z")
oh…I’m not sure if this counts, but my all-time favorite cover is [Alex Ross’ cover](http://hallofheroes.free.fr/Images/Posters/crisis.jpg) of the[_Crisis on Infinite Earths_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563897504/qid=1123203274/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-3431986-7075233?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) collected hardback edition. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-comic-book-cover/315565/15 "2005-08-05T01:41:07Z")
[http://members.surfbest.net/argentium@surfbest.net/bat\_multiverse.htm](http://members.surfbest.net/argentium@surfbest.net/bat_multiverse.htm) Flash #123. Flash of Two Worlds. Mindblowing. Steranko Nick Fury comes second, for the artwork, though.