Worst modern covers ever 3 3

[divad]

[Rip]

4 hours ago, divad said:

Never understood the appeal of the cover. I actually agree, I mean there are many so much worse, but this has to be one of del otto's worst covers if not his worst.

The worst of the worst would have to be Frank Miller. Some of his stuff is great. Others not so much.

That Electra piece that sold a while back looked like a pirate in drag. 

His Wonder Woman looks like it was drawn by the local day care while he was taking them home in traffic.

Edited February 25, 2018 by Rip

[ExNihilo]

I love the original cover.  And an homage to SS#4 should be great...but the Black Rider's body is just too awkwardly contorted.  Maybe it doesn't necessarily qualify as "the worst cover", but I'd say it's pretty bad.

[ExNihilo]

On ‎2‎/‎24‎/‎2018 at 1:34 PM, Aweandlorder said:

Not really a cover, but a Herb Trimpe trying to draw like Liefeld gets him his 15 minutes of fame here anyday!

 

I....I don't even know where to begin...  

[Aweandlorder]

15 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

I....I don't even know where to begin...  

I'd start with Titania's pose in the back 

[divad]

Yellowjacket looks like a silicone-stripper . . .  Are those boobs or grapefruit??

Edited March 4, 2018 by divad

[divad]

22 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

I love the original cover.  And an homage to SS#4 should be great...but the Black Rider's body is just too awkwardly contorted.  Maybe it doesn't necessarily qualify as "the worst cover", but I'd say it's pretty bad.

That is very, very bad, indeedly.

 

[Mercury Man]

On 2/25/2018 at 4:51 PM, Rip said:

Never understood the appeal of the cover. I actually agree, I mean there are many so much worse, but this has to be one of del otto's worst covers if not his worst.

But...but...but...it's RARE!   Therefore, it must be good. 

[MGH]

ASM  #400

Embossed variant 

 

 

[ExNihilo]

13 hours ago, MGH said:

ASM  #400

Embossed variant 

 

 

What's wrong with this cover?  The simplicity of it enhances the serious nature of the story that lies within.  (Similar to the all black cover of ASMv2 #36).  The last few pages are some of my favorite Spidey moments.

[MGH]

5 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

What's wrong with this cover?  The simplicity of it enhances the serious nature of the story that lies within.  (Similar to the all black cover of ASMv2 #36).  The last few pages are some of my favorite Spidey moments.

It's just a giant white blob.  I remember holding this in the comic shop seriosly pondering whether I should get it.  I knew there was a significant story inside but the muddy, poorly  embossed tombstone against bright blue background. I honestly thought it was a manufacturing / design error 

 

First time I thought gimmick covers  had gone too far. 

 

And I couldn't  bring  myself to buy it 

[Aweandlorder]

4 hours ago, MGH said:

It's just a giant white blob.  I remember holding this in the comic shop seriosly pondering whether I should get it.  I knew there was a significant story inside but the muddy, poorly  embossed tombstone against bright blue background. I honestly thought it was a manufacturing / design error 

 

First time I thought gimmick covers  had gone too far. 

 

And I couldn't  bring  myself to buy it 

Wow that is definitely the text book definition of worst cover if I ever heard one 

congrats. You made me a believer and I've added this book to my "must never own" list 

[MGH]

3 hours ago, Aweandlorder said:

Wow that is definitely the text book definition of worst cover if I ever heard one 

congrats. You made me a believer and I've added this book to my "must never own" list 

It was in my pull box and I after I stared  at it for a bit  I asked the guy to put it back on the shelf.. Which  poor form on my part  but I hated it that much . 

 

 

[ExNihilo]

Does this minicomic cover from the one of the DKIII: Master Race issues count?  I feel like Frank Miller has basically become the Van Gogh of comics.  There's no proportions, scale, and a whole lot of random lines.  It's all rather impressionistic.  That being said, I felt the writing of the minicomics were way stronger than the main series itself.

[F For Fake]

On 3/9/2018 at 1:02 PM, ExNihilo said:

What's wrong with this cover?  The simplicity of it enhances the serious nature of the story that lies within.  (Similar to the all black cover of ASMv2 #36).  The last few pages are some of my favorite Spidey moments.

You know, i've never actually read or owned that book, but have always wondered: what is that cover supposed to be??? Is it supposed to look like a tombstone? or a cloud? or a tombstone cloud made out of webs? What IS it???

[ExNihilo]

58 minutes ago, F For Fake said:

You know, i've never actually read or owned that book, but have always wondered: what is that cover supposed to be??? Is it supposed to look like a tombstone? or a cloud? or a tombstone cloud made out of webs? What IS it???

 

In all seriousness, it's supposed to be a tombstone (regular cover below).  I think the cover would have looked better with Spider-Man standing over a tombstone with the name hidden in shade.  But this was the '90s so every milestone had to have some special cover.

[F For Fake]

5 minutes ago, ExNihilo said:

 

In all seriousness, it's supposed to be a tombstone (regular cover below).  I think the cover would have looked better with Spider-Man standing over a tombstone with the name hidden in shade.  But this was the '90s so every milestone had to have some special cover.

Ok, that makes more sense. But if "tombstone" was what they were going for with that overlay, they definitely miscalculated. It looks like dirty cotton candy.

[MGH]

8 hours ago, F For Fake said:

Ok, that makes more sense. But if "tombstone" was what they were going for with that overlay, they definitely miscalculated. It looks like dirty cotton candy.

From what I remember as it's  been long time since I held one , it's almost like a hologram cover in that you had to move it around in the light to actually make out what was going on.. 

I remember thinking it was a white  fluffy white cloud until  realising it was supposed to be tombstone ..  Amazing they let that one into the wild.. Pure fail 

[porcupine48]

On 3/9/2018 at 11:35 PM, Aweandlorder said:

Wow that is definitely the text book definition of worst cover if I ever heard one 

congrats. You made me a believer and I've added this book to my "must never own" list 

I feel shame.No idea how one of these ended up in my house.Not my image,but it's here,somewhere,lurking.

(I have the Badgley Dynamic issue.Was a well meaning gift ?

 

Edited March 13, 2018 by porcupine48

[ExNihilo]

32 minutes ago, MGH said:

From what I remember as it's  been long time since I held one , it's almost like a hologram cover in that you had to move it around in the light to actually make out what was going on.. 

I remember thinking it was a white  fluffy white cloud until  realising it was supposed to be tombstone ..  Amazing they let that one into the wild.. Pure fail 

The term is "embossed" where the art is basically raised from the natural paper state.  But hey, at least if you have a 9.8 copy of this book you know it hasn't been pressed since the act of pressing would flatten the cover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_embossing