Ultimate Favorite Adams Covers Poll: Part 5 (1969 Concluded)

[mrlatko]

Round 5 is alive. The Boardies will vote, narrowing things down a bit in these preliminary rounds. Eventually we will have a favorite SA/BA Neal Adams vintage cover champion!

 

This round showcases the last 35 Adams covers from 1969 in chronological order, completing the Silver Age.

 

These covers are starting to kick some *spoon* making choices very difficult, so the vote count has been expanded to 7.

 

Pick what you love, not what you think is popular.

 

Don't be shy with your comments. Let's hear why you made your choices. Influencing others with commentary is encouraged.

 

The polls are still open in these previous preliminary rounds. Please visit them and vote if you have not:

 

Round 4 (1969 1st Half)

 

Round 3 (1968 Concluded)

 

Round 2 (1968 Continued)

 

Round 1 (1967-1968)

 

Choose your 7 favorites this round.

 

 

[mrlatko]

X-Men #57	Unexpected, The #113	Superboy #157
DC Special #4	Detective Comics #389	House of Mystery #181
Superboy #158	X-Men #58	Tomahawk #123
Brave and the Bold, The #85	House of Secrets #81	Unexpected, The #114
X-Men #59	Detective Comics #391	Phantom Stranger, The #3
X-Men #60	House of Mystery #182	Justice League of America #74
Superboy #159	Tomahawk #124	Brave and the Bold, The #86
House of Secrets #82	X-Men #61	Challengers of the Unknown #70
Detective Comics #392	Superboy #160	Unexpected, The #115
House of Mystery #183	Phantom Stranger, The #4	X-Men #62
Tomahawk #125	Batman #217	Detective Comics #394
X-Men #63	Superboy #161

[dover]

[John R]

He definitely started to hit his stride in the later part of '69

[RockMyAmadeus]

Much tougher. I notice that the X-Men books are of substantially lower quality....inks, paper, printing?

[kimik]

I think it was due to the inking. Giordano fit Adams much better on the Batbooks than Palmer or any of the other Marvel inkers.

[Hibou]

I think it was due to the inking. Giordano fit Adams much better on the Batbooks than Palmer or any of the other Marvel inkers.

 

+1

[Ken Aldred]

Certainly much, much tougher now. Adams' designs are getting more inventive, and I also think the figure work and facial expressions generally have more life and energy by this stage - I found a lot of the 67 to 68 covers quite cold and sterile, particularly those of the mainstream super-hero titles.

[mrlatko]

Certainly much, much tougher now. Adams' designs are getting more inventive, and I also think the figure work and facial expressions generally have more life and energy by this stage - I found a lot of the 67 to 68 covers quite cold and sterile, particularly those of the mainstream super-hero titles.

 

+1. Like most of the other mainstream DC stuff being put out then. Neal was probably just happy to be there, and was emulating the work of others around him at first. Things sure did turn a corner in late '69 though, as his own style continued to evolve and separate him from his peers.

[mrlatko]

No love for underrated suspense masterpiece DC Special #4.

[dover]

No love for underrated suspense masterpiece DC Special #4.

 

Even in a pack of Cheerleaders, there are the extra special ones and the "special" ones.....

[jjonahjameson1]

I'm really surprised more folks haven't voted for The Unexpected 113 cover. I think Adams' inventive use of the tunnel as the cranium portion of a skull, along with the Swan boat feathers and the subtle reflection thereof on the water as the mandible portion of the skull didn't garner more votes.

[mrlatko]

This is the tightest round yet with only 3 books really distinguishing themselves as the others are splitting the votes pretty evenly. At least one of those big 3 is a total surprise to me even though I picked it also, and I'm glad to see it happen! This means that some great covers from 1969 are not going to move ahead to the semi-finals.

 

Get your votes in and push your favorites forward away from the pack of books floundering between 4-7 votes. That probably wont be enough to get it done for some heavy hitters.

[mrlatko]

Round 6 begins the Bronze Age with "you know who"

 

right here:

 

Adams Cover Poll Round 6

[Ken Aldred]

My votes...

 

Unexpected 113

X-Men 58

Tomahawk 123

House of Secrets 81

Phantom Stranger 3

Superboy 159

Batman 217

 

[mrlatko]

Round 7 continues 1970 right here:

 

Ultimate Adams Cover Poll (1970 Continued)

[mrlatko]

Round 11 closes out 1971, right here:

 

Ultimate Adams Cover Poll: Part 11 (1971 Concluded)

 

[mrlatko]

Round 12 showcases all of 1972, right here:

 

Ultimate Adams Cover Poll: Part 12 (1972)

 

 

 

[mrlatko]

2nd to last preliminary round posted here:

 

Adams Cover Poll: Round 13 (1973-1975)

 

(thumbs u

[mrlatko]

Last preliminary round to close out the BA, right here:

 

Adams Cover Poll: Part 14 (1976-1979)