In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that modern comic books became valuable based just on their covers alone. The world of iconic comic book covers is an interesting one because so much of what we think of as “iconic” tends to relate to the contents of the issue itself. This is not knocking the quality of the comic book covers themselves, of course, as we’re often talking about some excellent comic book covers to be sure, but the reason that the covers have become iconic is because of the comic OVERALL, and not so much the cover (even when the cover is absolutely gorgeous).Even when an issue’s cover isn’t famous because of a first appearance, iconic covers are often tied to the importance of the issue itself. Todd McFarlane’s iconic Incredible Hulk #340 cover showing Wolverine actually DOES feature a fight between the Hulk and Wolverine. John Buscema’s amazing Silver Surfer #4 cover showing Thor and Silver Surfer is because the two DO fight in the issue. Similarly, Amazing Spider-Man #50’s “Spider-Man No More” cover by John Romita is notable because Spider-Man DOES quit being Spider-Man in the issue.
In the latest Drawing Crazy Patterns, where we spotlight five recurring themes in comics, we examine five times that modern comic books became valuable based just on their covers alone.
The world of iconic comic book covers is an interesting one because so much of what we think of as “iconic” tends to relate to the contents of the issue itself. This is not knocking the quality of the comic book covers themselves, of course, as we’re often talking about some excellent comic book covers to be sure, but the reason that the covers have become iconic is because of the comic OVERALL, and not so much the cover (even when the cover is absolutely gorgeous).
Even when an issue’s cover isn’t famous because of a first appearance, iconic covers are often tied to the importance of the issue itself. Todd McFarlane’s iconic Incredible Hulk #340 cover showing Wolverine actually DOES feature a fight between the Hulk and Wolverine. John Buscema’s amazing Silver Surfer #4 cover showing Thor and Silver Surfer is because the two DO fight in the issue. Similarly, Amazing Spider-Man #50’s “Spider-Man No More” cover by John Romita is notable because Spider-Man DOES quit being Spider-Man in the issue.
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