Daredevil Covers

[s-man]

As a follow-up to the DAREDEVIL thread...pick the top ten covers from the original run. If you want to see the covers...go here: http://www.comics.org/

[Icculus308win]

Good Follow Up! (thumbs u

[VintageComics]

Here is the Daredevil gallery for those that are too lazy to search.

 

http://www.comics.org/covers.lasso?SeriesID=1636

[ckp1680]

My favorite is #16 (thumbs u

[VintageComics]

So many great covers that bring back a flood of memories.

 

I chose

 

#7 my favorite of all and a grail book..Wally Wood is one of the greatest artists of all time.

#16 first Romita Spidey and a terrific story

#18 I'm in love with this book. Gladiator looks to intimidating.

#48 my earliest recollection of owning a SA book and a gorgeous sunset cover

#91 my favorite black picture frame and a great use of purple and black

#126 an iconic Daredevil post

#129 love the Man Bull.

#158 Frank Miller....nuff said.

#181 Frank Miller....nuff said.

#191 Frank Miller at his greatest. Talking about leaving in your prime.

[thehumantorch]

12, 16, 23, 37 and 43.

 

I don't know how anyone could choose #1 other than for historic reasons as I think it is the worst Marvel SA key/origin cover .

[VintageComics]

I think ASM #1 is just as bad.

 

[akaSteveRogers]

My vote is split between #189 & 200.

 

The two ealiest DD books I remember buying off the newstand as a kid. I bought #200 just seeing Bullseye laid out on the cover wondering...

 

 

 

[thehumantorch]

I think ASM #1 is just as bad.

 

 

, how could it be? It has the FF on it.

[Comicopolis]

[VintageComics]

Bob Brown was a master at making Daredevil look lithe and fluid. Janson's inks aren't too shabby either. He could make anybody look good.

[Ogami]

Janson is an aquired taste. Personally, I love him.

 

This is a great thread. Gonna post my ten later, though. So sleepy.

[s-man]

Looks like right now 7 and 16 are the top two

 

 

My own picks: 16,158. 165, 168, 175, 189, 200, 249, 319, 324

[VintageComics]

Janson is an aquired taste.

 

Really. I never thought about him that way.

 

When I think of comic art, his type of inks come to mind first and foremost.

 

In fact I realized that what I liked most about the Miller run was Janson's inks. Sure Miller rocks and will always be one of my favorite creators, but I don't think anyone else's inks did Miller's pencils justice like KJ although I didn't realize this initially. I thought it was Miller's pencils until I started paying attention and found out that he was inking Bob Brown's pencils with the same "feel".

 

Amazing how people see things differently.

[rjpb]

Looking throught them I realized that as much as I liked Miller's DD run - his covers , while decent, weren't really exceptional. Silver Age seems to be getting most of the love, but browsing through the covers on comics.org, I saw a lot of great covers from the 90s that I hadn't noticed before.

 

Mazzuchelli did some nice covers in the 80's as well.

[Darth Corgi]

Great poll!

 

Here's my top ten based on cover alone, though some of the inside material will be bound to influence a bit.

 

#4 Purple Man! Plus one of the most dynamic in terms of perspective. Also filled with the most action of the first few issues.

 

#7 A great cover underwater. It is very cool that Wally Wood got to draw for Marvel.

 

#13 Total Kirby cover! Awesome!!

 

#130 Skull cover!

 

#146 Bullseye at the TV station. Great expressions and it really shows how crazy Bullseye is.

 

#180 Sewer monster hands...This has one of my favorite stories in it. A large portion of this comic has no dialogue, very silent, similar to GI Joe #21.

 

#189 Total Frank Miller! Ninjas and arrows and high contrast artwork.

 

#220 Fog! Beautiful Mazzucchelli cover! Very atmospheric!

 

#230 My favorite cover of the 7 issues of this storyline. The character in the price box makes this one so unique. "Born Again" is one of the best story arcs I have ever read in comics.

 

#319 "Fall From Grace" starts....So unique in its simplicity. Not the best storyline, but a great cover!

[Ogami]

Janson is an aquired taste.

 

Really. I never thought about him that way.

 

When I think of comic art, his type of inks come to mind first and foremost.

 

In fact I realized that what I liked most about the Miller run was Janson's inks. Sure Miller rocks and will always be one of my favorite creators, but I don't think anyone else's inks did Miller's pencils justice like KJ although I didn't realize this initially. I thought it was Miller's pencils until I started paying attention and found out that he was inking Bob Brown's pencils with the same "feel".

 

Amazing how people see things differently.

 

I say that, Roy, because so many don't like Janson's inks. Again, I love them, but his unique thick and bulbous line is not for everyone.

[Ogami]

Okay, I should be in bed, but here goes:

 

4- the first great DD cover

 

7- does this need explaining?

 

8- dynamic pose, Wood lines

 

43- one of my favorite comic book covers of all time. truly iconic

 

182- captures the angst of the book

 

183- back to back covers, you say? Miller, I say.

 

189- with a side of Ninjas. Yes, please!

 

217- another classic pose cover, this time by the incomperable BWS

 

230- Born Again. In this one iconic image, Miller captures the frailty and despair of the title character.

 

304- another classic pose

 

I love DD covers. I could have easily expanded this to fifty or so.

[Ogami]

Also, as much as I hate Joe Quesada, if the poll had been expanded to volume 2, now 1 again, I would have chosen his atmospheric cover with DD hanging onto the crossed tombstone. So good, they used the image in the film.

[Icculus308win]

Ok, first off Roy, where was the love on that "Favorite Artists Thread?" I think I was the only one who put Wally Wood. Glad to hear you are also a fan. (thumbs u

 

#1 (Sorry Torch, maybe it is cause it is his 1st app, but I get a warm fuzzy feeling whenever I see it!)

 

#7 (It is just such a classic cover, maybe I'm bias cause it is just so coveted in high grade due to the color.)

 

#16 (Classic first meeting cover!)

 

#18 (Full agreement with Roy on this one. It is just such an eerie, unique cover. I feel like I'm there struggling with DD!)

 

#27 (I am a sucker for a yellow cover, just like on Spidey #129. Something about it makes it look so intriguing to pick up and read.)

 

#43 (Love the perspective taken....and its got Cap!)

 

#55 (Like many boardies are saying in the current DD thread, this just shows that DD is a lot about personal struggles that mentally weigh him down.)

 

#99 (Has three of my FAVORITE Marvel characters - Game/Set/Match!)

 

#130 (Just such an ominous cover for DD. That black, white and red just look so tough together!)

 

#159 (I think just another cool underwater cover, granted the spread about the inner-workings of his billy clubs was so cool the first time I read it!)