Covers are the ultimate way of selling a book to readers, and many of them have landed a spot in history as truly iconic or valuable works. Some even find their way into pop culture beyond the niche medium of comics.Others? Not so much. For every beloved, iconic cover, there’s one that sparked major controversy or has been deemed as “going too far”. Whether it’s cost a character an show, only made waves within small comic circles, or even made the mainstream news, Marvel Comics has an abundance of covers that have caused some issues.Author and artist John Byrne most famously poked fun at the sexual nature of comics in Sensational She-Hulk #40. Mocking the comics industry’s habit of putting women in sexualized situations on covers just to sell a book, the cover features She-Hulk covering herself up with a Comics Code Authority stamp and a whole lot of nothing else. The inside of the issue is even more shocking, with Jennifer jumping rope completely nude for four splash pages, the speed lines of the rope covering her more sensitive areas—until it’s revealed that she’s wearing a bikini under it, as the editor of the comic, Renée Witterstaetter, came to step in. Regardless of whether the Green Giantess was clothed or not, it didn’t matter, as such an overtly risqué cover was out of place for Marvel and definitely attracted a lot of attention.
Covers are the ultimate way of selling a book to readers, and many of them have landed a spot in history as truly iconic or valuable works. Some even find their way into pop culture beyond the niche medium of comics.
Others? Not so much. For every beloved, iconic cover, there’s one that sparked major controversy or has been deemed as “going too far”. Whether it’s cost a character an show, only made waves within small comic circles, or even made the mainstream news, Marvel Comics has an abundance of covers that have caused some issues.
Author and artist John Byrne most famously poked fun at the sexual nature of comics in Sensational She-Hulk #40. Mocking the comics industry’s habit of putting women in sexualized situations on covers just to sell a book, the cover features She-Hulk covering herself up with a Comics Code Authority stamp and a whole lot of nothing else. The inside of the issue is even more shocking, with Jennifer jumping rope completely nude for four splash pages, the speed lines of the rope covering her more sensitive areas—until it’s revealed that she’s wearing a bikini under it, as the editor of the comic, Renée Witterstaetter, came to step in. Regardless of whether the Green Giantess was clothed or not, it didn’t matter, as such an overtly risqué cover was out of place for Marvel and definitely attracted a lot of attention.
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