Ultimate Favorite Adams Covers Poll: Part 12 (1972)

[mrlatko]

Round 12 is unleashed at last! 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!

 

Adams' quantity of output is starting to diminish. This round features all 37 Adams covers from 1972 in chronological order.

 

Some classics here, including two beautiful wrap-around ensembles. Who will take the round? Vote count raised to 8.

 

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 11 (1971 Concluded)

 

Round 10 (1971 Continued)

 

Round 9 (1971 Begins)

 

Round 8 (1970 Concluded)

 

Round 7 (1970 Continued)

 

Round 6 (1970 Begins)

 

Round 5 (1969 Concluded)

 

Round 4 (1969 1st Half)

 

Round 3 (1968 Concluded)

 

Round 2 (1968 Continued)

 

Round 1 (1967-1968)

 

Choose your 8 favorites this round.

 

[mrlatko]

Phantom Stranger, The #17	Batman #238 (wrap-around cover)
Detective Comics #419	Avengers, The #96	Batman #239
Green Lantern #88	House of Mystery #199	Justice League of America #96
Detective Comics #420	Marvel Spotlight #2	World's Finest Comics #209
Batman #240	Phantom Stranger, The #18	Superman #249
Flash, The #213	Detective Comics #421	Justice League of America #97
Strange Adventures #235	World's Finest Comics #210	Green Lantern #89
Tomb of Dracula #1	Detective Comics #422	Superman #250
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #148	Batman #241	Flash, The #215
Phantom Stranger, The #19	Justice League of America #98	Superman #251
World's Finest Comics #211	Superman #252 (wrap-around cover)
Batman #243	Batman #244	Batman #245
Weird War Tales #8	Action Comics #419	Fear #11

[Ajl007]

I love this Adams contest (thumbs u

[John R]

So many great covers to choose just 8!

 

PS 18

[oakman29]

Batman 244 is the best one of this group. (thumbs u

[jjonahjameson1]

I hadn't paid much attention to Phantom Stranger before, but Neal's PS covers in this round, and previous rounds, are nothing short of spectacular.

 

This is also the 1st round I've voted for a Marvel cover - Avengers 96!

[Ken Aldred]

My votes...

 

- Phantom Stranger 17

- Batman 238

- Avengers 96

- Phantom Stranger 18

- Tomb of Dracula 1

- Superman 252

- Batman 244

- Fear 11

[Ken Aldred]

The only difficult choice for me was between Batman 238 and Batman 241. As much as I think Adams' Batman figure in 241 is excellent, the way it's hovering over the city has always looked wrong to me.

[dover]

[Ken Aldred]

Even though Batman's in more of a running pose, 241 just reminds me too much of an Adams Superman cover, like Action Comics 419, out patrolling above the city. The art just doesn't work for me as a symbolic cover - simple as that, no matter how much I look at it.

[mrlatko]

This is also the 1st round I've voted for a Marvel cover - Avengers 96!

 

I have a feeling Avengers #96 is going to do very well. (thumbs u

[mrlatko]

Batman 244 is the best one of this group. (thumbs u

 

Batman #244 is a near-perfect cover. Probably my favorite Adams Bat cover. The flaw? Two sets of bat-pants!

[gernblanston]

This is one of the few times where I like a Marvel cover better than the DCs: Tomb of Dracula 1.

[Ken Aldred]

(thumbs u

 

Definitely one of my top 10 favourite early 70s Adams covers.

 

[Ken Aldred]

Following on from a post I made in Round 8....

To me, the figurework / design in Adams' Green Lantern 81 cover looks very similar indeed to that in many of Alex Ross' covers and art prints.

The same idea applies to the Superman 252 cover as well, even more clearly.

 

[mrlatko]

I love this Adams contest (thumbs u

 

This contest loves you too! (thumbs u

[mrlatko]

Dueling bat-trousers is running away with this round.

[kimik]

Dueling bat-trousers is running away with this round.

 

With Bats #251 likely to run away with the next round. (thumbs u

[mrlatko]

Dueling bat-trousers is running away with this round.

 

With Bats #251 likely to run away with the next round. (thumbs u

 

I'm going to agree with you there. (thumbs u

[dover]

Avengers 96

 

PS 18

 

Superman 252