side comments and thoughts...

At the same time that many of us have been discussing what ten books we would retain under dire circumstances, Heritage Auctions has been running a piece on their Facebook on the ten best comic covers of all time.

As each of the people at Heritage have listed their ten favorite covers and why, I have thought a little about the covers they have shared and about the covers they have overlooked or not considered.

There are covers I consider iconic, there are covers I consider 'the best' - but really, if I could only choose ten, what are the ten covers that I would gladly hang in my living room as art.

I've been back and forth on this - and I will shortly post my list shortly - but first my honoroble mentions:

First Runner Up: Sea Devils #3 - one of my absolute favorite grey-toned covers, quite possibly the best one. Most of the Sea Devils issues and all their Showcase appearances feature grey-toned covers, something that DC did right across many genres (if I remember there is even a single issue of either Batman or Detective with a grey-tone) but was used heavily in war books, sci-fi books and for Sea Devils.

I have to admit is was really, really difficult not to include this in my top-ten, all-time, cover images.

What are your ten favorite comic covers of all time?

Happy Hunting!

Lee K

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