A Book of Comic Covers

[CDaBruce]

Marvel and DC have had decent sales on their recent hardbacks containing just the covers of Marvel Zombies (which I just ordered) and 52. I'm hoping that this will get them thinking about doing other volumes with just covers. It would be particualrly sweet if DC did some volumes on the classic DC Bronze Covers.

 

I would love a book (even one given the "Absolute" treatment) that had the classic House of Mystery, House of Secrets, Phantom Strangers, and Unexpecteds (among others) covers in it. I would also like to see a volume of Golden Age Fiction House covers too. They would make great coffee table art books and also serve as good reference tools.

 

Two questions:

Would you buy a volume of just covers?

What run of covers would you most like to see?

[october]

You know about the Gerber Photo Journals, right?

[Raphael]

Isn't there a hardcover that collects alot of, if not all the Amazing Spider-Man covers?

 

for myself, I'd love to get a book of all the Cap covers from the Golden Age to Now. That would be nuts!

[CDaBruce]

Yes, Mavel put out a volume with the first 500 covers of ASM. Unfortunately not all of the covers are given full-page treatment but it is a pretty cool volume. It has a little history of what was going on in the world at the time the various issues came out, which is a rather interesting read.

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

Well, you could always do it yourself through a place like Shutterfly if you really wanted one.

[bronze_rules]

Then again there's the custom bound version, for those of us on a shoestring budget.

Have to warn you though, much like gerbers, it can cause you to become a completionist.

 

 

Seriously though, if shutterfly had more pages available, I have considered doing a custom one. Anyone know any presses that have glossy hardbacks with multiple pages over 100 or something?

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

I actually did a Shutterfly one. When Yahoo dumped its photo service, Shutterfly offered a free photo book to those who switched to them, so I got a twenty pager and filled it with comic pics just to check out the quality. The book turned out to be very good quality. I did two comics per page.

 

I'd show a scan, but my hp all-in-one scanner died--a month after warranty.

[tilleycs]

Would I buy a book of just covers? For the right price, sure. I love getting stuff in the bargain section of B&N and Borders.

[Mac Man]

I bet that would make for a nice coffee table book. I've had my eye on the Spidey comic cover book... make a nice addition to the livingroom.

[Guest]

I think its a great idea. I would love a big volume of just classic Silver Age covers to carry around to cons and to have the artists sign their "books." Each cover should take up the whole page with notes on the back.

[Mac Man]

I think its a great idea. I would love a big volume of just classic Silver Age covers to carry around to cons and to have the artists sign their "books." Each cover should take up the whole page with notes on the back.

 

Even better idea for doing this! (thumbs u

[Superman1981]

i have the spidey 500 cover book and it is a verry cool item to own for every spidey collector.

[CDaBruce]

I bet that would make for a nice coffee table book. I've had my eye on the Spidey comic cover book... make a nice addition to the livingroom.

 

Not an endorsement for Mile High Comics (whose very name will often derail a thread) but I was able to get the ASM 500 Covers book from them at 60% off cover. Watch their hardcover/trade paperback sales.

 

Somebody tell me about the Gerber Photo Journals.

[CAP Freak]

I think its a great idea. I would love a big volume of just classic Silver Age covers to carry around to cons and to have the artists sign their "books." Each cover should take up the whole page with notes on the back.

 

Even better idea for doing this! (thumbs u

I love it!

[WOXL]

Here's a collection of Cerebus covers available in both hardcover and softcover: http://www.dpbanks.com/crb_cov.html

 

It's a really cool idea and I'd buy a copy for the right price. Unfortunately the right price for me is well below the binding costs alone!

 

-Bob

[CDaBruce]

Here's a collection of Cerebus covers available in both hardcover and softcover: http://www.dpbanks.com/crb_cov.html

 

It's a really cool idea and I'd buy a copy for the right price. Unfortunately the right price for me is well below the binding costs alone!

 

-Bob

 

That is a really nice presentation of the covers. I like how they break down where all the money goes. Beautiful stuff!

I would like something like this done for the Walking Dead covers when the series reaches #150 or so.