CBR: Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:26 pm

CBR had readers vote on the top 75 most iconic covers for DC comics by giving a master list readers could vote on, and now they're revealing the results. They've revealed numbers 75-36 so far, with more to come over the next week.

Top 75 DC Comic Book Covers

Take a look, and what do you think?

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:32 pm

It seems like everyone has a different meaning of the word "Iconic," because I look at some of those covers and the first word that comes to mind is ridiculous, not iconic. A giant Turtle-Jimmy Olsen destroying a bridge, a puppet Flash, The tree turning Justice League. A gorilla behind bars writing on a chalkboard...

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:33 pm

Mr Wallstreet wrote:a puppet Flash,

I love that cover.

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:23 pm

I take your one Wolfy and raise you the other three.

I don't get what you find so ridiculous about those four covers Wally. Sure they're all silly. So what? The artists are all clearly having lots of fun and doing interesting, wacky art.

Some covers are 'iconic' for being the classic image of a hero, but I don't need 20 billion renditions of bombastic steroid posing and nor should you... you twat

Embrace the strange, for it is art!

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:02 pm

Some of them are also iconic for their future impacts of covers, even later later re-styling might be more popular.

Argue over iconic covers all you want, though, nothing will ever beat...

Tragic Angelus · Post by **Tragic Angelus** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:52 am

As for the JLA to trees.. that one is truly an amazing cover because it launches into the 'secret origin' of the JLA, and is a classically reproduced image INSIDE of modern comics. Tell me how many JLA origin stories you read that don't reproduce that image in at least one panel, or that don't even mention it in any way. Find me a time where them nearly dieing at that moment until they worked as a team to solve the problem doesn't come up in the first time the JLA learned of teamwork. That cover to me speaks volumes, even if it told the origin years later.

As for others, I think they have to do with specific artists, but yes, 'Iconic' has varialble meanings. But take into consideration as well that I think only 80 some issues were allowed to be voted on, and if I find the link of those issuers I'll add it in later to help out. The voters are chosing off of a pre-determined set of over 75, and these are the top rated ones.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:57 am

wolf_2099 wrote:
Argue over iconic covers all you want, though, nothing will ever beat...

Pshaw! This is the most iconic image of all time:

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:01 am

wolf_2099 wrote:
Argue over iconic covers all you want, though, nothing will ever beat...

Most. Iconic. Image. Evar.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:47 am

I think that if Action Comics 1 doesn't win this, then the world has gone mad. This is definitely the most iconic image of Superman ever.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:21 pm

That Cap cover has huge, huge man tits.

XIII · Post by **XIII** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:39 pm

I know Liefeld is real bad but that bad? Maybe this has been photoshopped?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 2:40 pm

XIII wrote:I know Liefeld is real bad but that bad? Maybe this has been photoshopped?

That's grade 9 sketch in class bad.

Mr Wallstreet · Post by **Mr Wallstreet** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:19 pm

wolf_2099 wrote:That Cap cover has huge, huge man tits.

But look how firm they are!