Classic Cover Contest: 5 October 2022 to 11 October 2022
Oct 5, 2022 10:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 5, 2022 10:22:35 GMT -5
Classic Cover Contest: 5 October 2022 to 11 October 2022
Female Heroes (No Headlights)
Thank you all for participating this week, and an extra thank you to those who voted for Gray Morrow’s magical portrait of the original (and for me, the one and only) version of Zatanna. Thanks, also, to Jesse for an interesting, challenging theme. And, again, congratulations, Jesse , on being a new dad of a daughter!
Having a soft spot for first daughters myself, let’s honor heroines this week, super or non-super, who have appeared on the covers of comics. When I checked the list of contest subjects, I saw that we’ve looked for female artists, female warriors, fighting women and girls (a few times), but I couldn’t find anything close to female heroes.
So this week, let’s post the best examples of classic covers featuring female heroes or heroic females. But no cheesecake covers, please. We’re looking for heroes, not “headlights” covers.
As I mentioned the last time, if you want to post a bit about why you like the cover or remember it fondly, please do. I think it’s an extra treat to read those insights and/or recollections!
The Cover Contest Constitution:
- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
- Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before 11 October 2012.
- Please include the title and the issue number of the comic in bold (e.g. Star Spangled War Stories #84) in case some posters cannot see your image.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, 11 October 2022, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
- The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.
- The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest.
- If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
I never saw an issue of SSWS starring Mlle. Marie on the stands, encountering her first in a Sgt. Rock annual, but between the uniqueness of a gallant, gutsy female protagonist in a war book, and the superb Mort Drucker art, I was a fan for life. That she only had this one abbreviated run always saddened me. It made her appearance in the famous B and B story teaming "3 Battle Stars" -- Rock, JEB Stuart and Johnny Cloud -- all the more special when I finally managed to find a copy years after it came out. Vive Mlle. Marie!
Female Heroes (No Headlights)
Thank you all for participating this week, and an extra thank you to those who voted for Gray Morrow’s magical portrait of the original (and for me, the one and only) version of Zatanna. Thanks, also, to Jesse for an interesting, challenging theme. And, again, congratulations, Jesse , on being a new dad of a daughter!
Having a soft spot for first daughters myself, let’s honor heroines this week, super or non-super, who have appeared on the covers of comics. When I checked the list of contest subjects, I saw that we’ve looked for female artists, female warriors, fighting women and girls (a few times), but I couldn’t find anything close to female heroes.
So this week, let’s post the best examples of classic covers featuring female heroes or heroic females. But no cheesecake covers, please. We’re looking for heroes, not “headlights” covers.
As I mentioned the last time, if you want to post a bit about why you like the cover or remember it fondly, please do. I think it’s an extra treat to read those insights and/or recollections!
The Cover Contest Constitution:
- Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest.
- Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before 11 October 2012.
- Please include the title and the issue number of the comic in bold (e.g. Star Spangled War Stories #84) in case some posters cannot see your image.
- Covers must be posted before voting begins.
- Voting takes place on Tuesday, 11 October 2022, beginning at 12:01 am PST and ending at 11:59 am PST.
- Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most in bold.
- The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends.
- The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest.
- If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it.
- If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
I never saw an issue of SSWS starring Mlle. Marie on the stands, encountering her first in a Sgt. Rock annual, but between the uniqueness of a gallant, gutsy female protagonist in a war book, and the superb Mort Drucker art, I was a fan for life. That she only had this one abbreviated run always saddened me. It made her appearance in the famous B and B story teaming "3 Battle Stars" -- Rock, JEB Stuart and Johnny Cloud -- all the more special when I finally managed to find a copy years after it came out. Vive Mlle. Marie!