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90s' "Best" 12 Comic Cover Gimmicks
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90s' "Best" 12 Comic Cover Gimmicks Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:25 am
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*sigh*
I was working on basically this exact same piece. Ah, well. Better stow it for later. Curse you, robot! CURSE YOOOUUUUU!!!
I was working on basically this exact same piece. Ah, well. Better stow it for later. Curse you, robot! CURSE YOOOUUUUU!!!
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I have Spider-Man #26. Bought it many eons ago for cheap in some store. The story is okay, as far as I can remember.
I think I saw Protectors #5 once in a quarter bin...
I think I saw Protectors #5 once in a quarter bin...
4 Re: 90s' "Best" 12 Comic Cover Gimmicks Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:41 am
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Out of those I think I have Spider-Man #26 and Web of Spider-Man #90.
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Lee wrote:*sigh*
I was working on basically this exact same piece. Ah, well. Better stow it for later. Curse you, robot! CURSE YOOOUUUUU!!!
Lee I thought of you when I saw this story. I think you can use your dome and still put a PoP! twist on it.
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Tomer Soiker wrote:I have Spider-Man #26. Bought it many eons ago for cheap in some store. The story is okay, as far as I can remember.
I think I saw Protectors #5 once in a quarter bin...
I'm sure I had a few, but the only one that comes to mind is Punisher #75.comicgeekelly wrote:Out of those I think I have Spider-Man #26 and Web of Spider-Man #90.
And who didn't have a few comic covers with the holes in them. Superman Returns issue of whatever and a couple Punisher comics had fake bullet holes in them.
Oh, and I still have this little "gem".
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Does anybody remember what issue of West Coast Avengers was the one with the shiny red cover?
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Of the 12 issues the only one that I have is Robin III #1. Though I'm pretty sure I have one of those Spider-Man issues. I don't know for sure which one. I bought a bunch of older comics a couple of years ago from my LCS when they were having a huge sale. I have them all packed away and in all honesty I never really looked at them much so I can't remember what all I bought.
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comicgeekelly wrote:Does anybody remember what issue of West Coast Avengers was the one with the shiny red cover?
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HAVE!BlueMaxx wrote:
I'm sure I had a few, but the only one that comes to mind is Punisher #75.
Love that cover.
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BlueMaxx wrote:comicgeekelly wrote:Does anybody remember what issue of West Coast Avengers was the one with the shiny red cover?
Yup there it is. How did this not make it on the list?
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I have that Protectors issue as well as the grave Spider-Man. I thought Protectors issue was a pretty decent story, but the hole was beyond stupid because it was in the middle of some important stuff.
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Not sure. There were so many in the 90s.comicgeekelly wrote:
Yup there it is. How did this not make it on the list?
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Man, there are so many that didn't make the list. X-men were notorious for gimmick covers in the 90's.
Fatal Attractions
Phalanx Covenant
Anniversary issues
Then there was a "What If.." book with a shiny skeleton of Wolverine because during the issue he was killed by Hulk.
Then Image had a slew of their own.. WildC.A.T.'s, Youngblood, Brigade..
Even Valiant got in on it with Solar and Bloodshot
Batman had the embossed/cutaway cover when Az-bats took over. And Superman had his bagged issues for the death and resurrection arcs.
And if you haven't guessed, yes, I collected these like a fanboy sheep
Fatal Attractions
Phalanx Covenant
Anniversary issues
Then there was a "What If.." book with a shiny skeleton of Wolverine because during the issue he was killed by Hulk.
Then Image had a slew of their own.. WildC.A.T.'s, Youngblood, Brigade..
Even Valiant got in on it with Solar and Bloodshot
Batman had the embossed/cutaway cover when Az-bats took over. And Superman had his bagged issues for the death and resurrection arcs.
And if you haven't guessed, yes, I collected these like a fanboy sheep
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The Venom series had a lot of them too. #1 was glow in the dark, which btw looked badass, and the one with him and Punisher was all sparkly.
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Oh, then there was this one where the holofoil basically threw up on the cover. But it did it's job, because I stared at that comic every week when I was 14 with $2 in my pocket trying to decide what book to buy
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I still like all those better than variant covers.
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I have alot of those, my favorite will be the Superman/Lobo colorforms cover though. I had a blast with that cover
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Denim wrote:my favotrei will be the Superman/Lobo colorforms cover though. I had a blast with that cover
I gotta admit, I read that and thought, "that's actually pretty cool". I was looking at the picture arranging the pieces in my mind
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Such a cool cover. Not sure where it went. That makes me a sad Oksana Grigorieva.BlueMaxx wrote:
I'm sure I had a few, but the only one that comes to mind is Punisher #75.
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Love that cover.
I'd say Image was the worst with the variants. And that's excluding Gen 13's craziness. The variants for a lot of series would easily go into "D" or "E" for the first couple issues of a series.Janson wrote:I still like all those better than variant covers.
21 Re: 90s' "Best" 12 Comic Cover Gimmicks Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:31 am
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I have the Pulp Fiction cover from Gen 13 and a big poster of the Victoria's Secret one. I was supposed to get the slipcase of all the covers and because I did not, that was what led me to leave a comic store. They sold it to someone else after I had ordered it. Now keep in mind, I was on my way to pick it up the day it came out, and because the guy offered them 20 bucks over what they were gonna get from me, the owner said, "no problem."
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It actually did make the list. The Avengers cover that is featured, is listed as part of a series of gimmick covers from the series at the time (every third issue, or so they say).comicgeekelly wrote:BlueMaxx wrote:comicgeekelly wrote:Does anybody remember what issue of West Coast Avengers was the one with the shiny red cover?
Yup there it is. How did this not make it on the list?
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^^^ Oh okay, I figured that just meant the main Avengers book.
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