If you could pick one 1980s cover....

[TMNT]

I think all The Teenage Mutant Ninja fans in North America came out to vote today....

 

[Bronty]

the comic book of course.

[Dumur]

Oooo, I hadn't even thought of the Ronin #1 cover. I like that one.

[Bronty]

Really? I think its the weakest one in the series. It comes across like all the elements of the cover are on one plane.

[TMNT]

i went with DKR #2 over DKR #1 in which i was going to pick, you don't see shirts of DKR #1 around, so hence i picked DKR #2. i can't believe TMNT #1 is in the lead when it's a cover swipe of ronin #1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you saying Miller owns all shades of red or that he invented cross hatch pencilling? Because I am not seeing a swipe here otherwise.

 

have you ever read the inside cover to TMNT #1? eastman and laird dedicated TMNT #1 to frank miller. imitation is the biggest form of flattery.

 

wasn't it dedicated to both frank miller and jack kirby?

 

--geeky trivia police

 

Yes!

[comix4fun]

i went with DKR #2 over DKR #1 in which i was going to pick, you don't see shirts of DKR #1 around, so hence i picked DKR #2. i can't believe TMNT #1 is in the lead when it's a cover swipe of ronin #1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you saying Miller owns all shades of red or that he invented cross hatch pencilling? Because I am not seeing a swipe here otherwise.

 

have you ever read the inside cover to TMNT #1? eastman and laird dedicated TMNT #1 to frank miller. imitation is the biggest form of flattery.

 

wasn't it dedicated to both frank miller and jack kirby?

 

--geeky trivia police

 

 

Yes, but dedicated to and swiped from are different especially in this instance.

All we have is a somewhat red color and the cross hatched lines, the characters, the number of figures, the pose, the setting are all different. It might be dedicated but it's not a swipe..

 

This is a swipe...

 

 

[tth2]

have you ever read the inside cover to TMNT #1? eastman and laird dedicated TMNT #1 to frank miller. imitation is the biggest form of flattery.

No one's ever disputed that TMNT was a take-off of aspects of Miller's DD storyline, or that the cover of #1 was deliberately intended to evoke Miller's style in Ronin. The format and lettering of the cover make that clear. But that's not the same thing as saying it swiped the cover of Ronin #1.

[sbomfim]

Well, I am a little biased towards Todd McFarlane, so my votes would go to ASM 328, ASM 317 and ASM 316.

 

Socrates

[shiverbones]

no no our signals are crossed here you said "bronze sandman 1". There is no such thing as a bronze sandman 1 published in the 80s.... hence my confusion.

 

Naturally you meant the 89 sandman 1, which is a good choice (certainly far better than the 70s one )

 

aha! I must have been sleepy, or drunk, or both, or something.

[jbud73]

[Dumur]

re: Ronin #1 cover

 

Nostalgia is a powerful thing...

 

and I hadn't even thought of some of the McKean's...

[Galactus]

Surprised you didn't put Crisis on Infinite Earths #1, 7, 8, 12 on the list ?

[Bronty]

show me a list of 25 that makes everyone happy and I'll crown you king of comic land crisis never did anything for me although I can understand why people like it a lot

[Kevin76]

I'd say it's a toss up between ASM 316, The Dark Knight Returns #1 & 2 and The Killing Joker cover.

[RockMyAmadeus]

If I could only pick one....just one....it would be this one: