Official UNDERRATED COVERS thread... Add your favorites! 4 4

[TheAvenger80]

Hey guys, I was pretty sure this topic has been done but wasn't able to find anything. Is it me or is the search on here the absolute worst? Here's one I think is awesome but rarely spoken about:

 

Edited December 28, 2016 by TheAvenger80

[Readcomix]

I have no means handy to post an image right now, but the first thing that jumped to mind is Jonah Hex #87....ripped right out of the GGA era of the Golden Age!

[JazzMan]

This one?

 

[adampasz]

Here are 3 random favorites. I think each of these is highly impactful.

 

 

Also, pretty much any cover by Neal Adams.

 

Also, most of the Cerebus covers, which recently were collected in a treasury.

[Mercury Man]

I've always liked the Wrecking Crew, and this is one of their better covers

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2016 by Mercury Man

[Readcomix]

Yes, that's the Jonah Hex! Thanks! Total GGA throwback, no?

 

Agree on all the ones posted thus far, especially Legion 293. Always liked that one a lot too.

[90sChild]

On the topic of hulk and swamp monsters...

Both covers by Bernie Wrightson.

 

 

[Readcomix]

Seems like everybody (rightfully) loves that Hulk #197 yet it doesn't elevate the book's price above the rest of the run. Another one I won't sock away while it's cheap, then I'll regret it later...

[HarveySwick]

I love these type of threads.

 

I bumped the Top five favorite covers of all time thread several times.

[Readcomix]

Me too, but on the other hand, this one and the horror covers thread over in Bronze are both lengthening my shopping list of undervalued gems to pick up....I love a bargain, but sometimes I string together quite a few then think back and decide I could have added another nifty key instead. But a lot of the kind of stuff we're talking about here is also relatively highly liquid and low price point....I think I just talked myself into keeping it up.....

Edited December 16, 2016 by Readcomix

[HarveySwick]

My Top 3:

 

Infinity Gauntlet #1

 

Unity #0

 

#3

 

I can't pick one.

 

Hulk #181

 

Harbinger #4

 

Web of Spider-man #1

 

 

[kav]

[adampasz]

Sorry, but there's no way I can boil down it down to a top 3. So here are 3 more for consideration. This time I really tried to focus on the underrated...

 

 

Elementals #3 - I loved Willingham's wraparound covers, but this one in particular always stood out. It's so dynamic and destructive. Elementals pioneered wide-screen comix decades before The Authority and The Ultimates finally made them cool. This cover perfectly captures the tone of what is perhaps the most underrated super-hero series of all time.

Tales of the Teen Titans #45 - The latter issues of this series don't always get as much attention, but Pérez was at the top of his game by this time. Every cover from #30 on is a masterwork. This one has stuck with me because of the intricate level of detail. (It's almost too much detail!) The fact that Aqualad & Aquagirl were not significant players in the Teen Titans narrative only made it more striking to see them suddenly in the spotlight. It's almost as if they were blaming the reader for ignoring them!

Miracleman #5 - You will find no shortage of deprivation-tanked protagonists, from Luke Skywalker on Hoth, to The Fringe (TV show) and New 52 Superboy. But no image can surpass Paul Gulacy's stunning cover. There is a tension between the flat, technical details of the image (you can count every rib!), and the 3D cage generated by those bubbles. I also love the murky green color they chose for the water.

 

[Comics-n-ERB]

You don't see this one very often. It's not talked about too much but I think it is a haunting image.

 

 

This is the only Phantom comic I own. It has such a awesome image to me.

 

 

This last cover is a pretty well known comic, but price wise it doesn't bring near the amounts that other horror/melting covers bring.

 

 

[AGGIEZ]

These are two of my favorite that don't seem to get enough love...

 

 

of course, anything Wrightson is right up near the top for me, along with Schomburg/XELA and Frazetta covers.

[jools&jim]

 

 

 

[Comicdey]

Some of these moon knight covers are striking

 

I should check out my OO copy and slab it 9.8

[Cimm]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well there's the under-appreciated magazine covers that I love... want some more?

[oakman29]

Horror mags have the best covers bar none.

[nocutename]

Here's some random ones I have in Photobucket that are my top favs.

 

I love that Wild Women cover. The book itself has an odd mix of content.

 

 

I have several favorite Romance covers I adore. But those are celebrated more often that this gem.

 

 

Barbie 44 - There are several Barbie and Barbie Fashion that win my heart but this one is just my favorite comic cover.

 

 

I had the whole run of these and had to keep this cover. I keep the Cerebus strip ones too.

 

 

This is in such terrible condition but it remains seated on my computer desk to enjoy daily.