Ultimate Favorite Adams Covers Poll: FINAL Round!

[mrlatko]

The time for talk is long past, so I'll type this instead. After nearly four months and 4686 votes, the FINAL round of the Ultimate Neal Adams Vintage Cover Poll has begun, right here in this thread. We started with 460 Neal Adams covers from 1967-1979. The boardies have narrowed down the count to these 39 final favorite covers presented here in chronological order after 14 preliminary and 5 semi-final rounds. The stakes now are monumental and enormous, as there can be only one grand champion cover as chosen by you, the CGC boardies.

 

 

Please make a difference and do your civic duty as a comic fan by voting in this important vintage comic poll celebrating the work of this brilliant artist.

 

Every cover remaining is a winner. It is up to you to determine which covers are a cut above the rest. Vote count is set at 15.

 

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.

 

Cover Images are below in the next post. These covers are either going to put up or shut up as they fight for superiority. Who will rise to the top? Only you can decide.

 

Choose your 15 favorites in this final round.

 

[mrlatko]

Strange Adventures #207	Strange Adventures #212	Tomahawk #116
House of Mystery #175	Brave and the Bold, The #79	House of Mystery #176
House of Mystery #177	House of Mystery #178	House of Mystery #179
Tomahawk #121	X-Men #58	Tomahawk #123
Brave and the Bold, The #85	Superboy #160	Batman #217
House of Mystery #185	Green Lantern #76	Detective Comics #395
Batman #221	Detective Comics #400	Detective Comics #402
House of Secrets #88	Detective Comics #405	Batman #227
Brave and the Bold, The #93	Superman #233	Witching Hour #13
House of Secrets #91	Batman #232	Batman #234
Green Lantern #85	Superman #243	Batman #237
Phantom Stranger, The #18	Batman #241	Batman #244
Batman #251	Limited Collectors' Edition #C-51 (wrap-around cover)
Superman #317

[oakman29]

What's with the picks we made through PM?

[Ken Aldred]

I'm confused as well.

 

[mrlatko]

I'm confused as well.

 

I will clarify in the contest thread. (thumbs u

[TeddieMercede]

What's with the picks we made through PM?

 

pretty sure the point of the guesses were to guess what the final results of this poll was going to be.

[mrlatko]

What's with the picks we made through PM?

 

pretty sure the point of the guesses were to guess what the final results of this poll was going to be.

 

(thumbs u

[mrlatko]

No surprises yet as the favorites race to the front. Let's hear why you picked what you did. What sets your picks apart from the rest? I went with many of the usual suspects, but also found room for Superboy #160 and Tomahawk #116. Both very simple in my eyes, but extremely powerful at the same time.

[John R]

The colors and especially the ink tones on Superboy really stand out for me in Superboy 160

[mrlatko]

The colors and especially the ink tones on Superboy really stand out for me in Superboy 160

 

I agree. I love that he hid Superboy's face in shadow. Unusual to hide the hero on a cover, but in this case, he is hiding by exiling himself to the moon. Just a great cover. (thumbs u

[dover]

The colors and especially the ink tones on Superboy really stand out for me in Superboy 160

 

I agree. I love that he hid Superboy's face in shadow. Unusual to hide the hero on a cover, but in this case, he is hiding by exiling himself to the moon. Just a great cover. (thumbs u

 

Adams' Superboy....

 

[mrlatko]

The colors and especially the ink tones on Superboy really stand out for me in Superboy 160

 

I agree. I love that he hid Superboy's face in shadow. Unusual to hide the hero on a cover, but in this case, he is hiding by exiling himself to the moon. Just a great cover. (thumbs u

 

Adams' Superboy....

 

 

The King is back! Thought we had lost him.

[Wally's Comics]

I am sure Bats 227 will win overall, but House of Secrets #88 will always be my favorite.

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

[mrlatko]

I am sure Bats 227 will win overall, but House of Secrets #88 will always be my favorite.

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

+1 You and I are like-minded. Couldn't have said it better myself.

[oakman29]

In my opinion Neal Adams is the quintessential Batman artist,and the poll will reflect that.

[dover]

The King cover artist of the Bronze age is best known for a re-make?

 

[Detroit MIke]

The King cover artist of the Bronze age is best known for a re-make?

 

 

That's what I was thinking, so give me Batman 251!

[Ken Aldred]

Or Batman 244

[herc2000]

I love most of these covers, but I think people vote what they want or like more than what they they think is best.

 

I mean I look at Green Lantern 76, classic comic, it's a nice Green cover, but when I look at the detail of it compared to that beautiful limited collectors edition it's not even in the same league, obviously in terms of value and a comic people want the GL 76 wins hands over, but can't tell me that the art on that cover is beter than that limited collectors edition?

 

I personaly think

 

House of Secrets 88

Limited collectors edition C-51

Tommahawk 116

House of mystery 178

 

are a lot better that GL 76 and Batman 227 (blasphemy on here)

 

herc

[mackenzie999]

Batman 232, just because it's nice to see Robin get shot.