Your single favorite Bronze Age Cover: You must only pick one 8 8

[october]

On 11/30/2021 at 5:07 PM, Surfing Alien said:

I posted this in a classic covers thread and it probably remains my favorite bronze  although I have to say the horror/mystery/war runs from DC are filled with favorites

The published cover is cool, but I think it lost a bit after being colored. The OA really showcases how special that art really is. Outstanding. 

[kimik]

Excellent choices so far. There a bunch of Great BA covers from the SSOC run. Here are a couple of my favourites:

https://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/savage-sword-of-conan

[MAR1979]

On 12/1/2021 at 5:38 PM, october said:

The published cover is cool, but I think it lost a bit after being colored. The OA really showcases how special that art really is. Outstanding. 

Most of the time the art after coloring loses something compared to the OCA.  Still nostalgia is more prevalent for the version one first viewed with their own eyes and that is normally the color comic cover.

 

 

[drbanner]

On 12/1/2021 at 5:38 PM, october said:

The published cover is cool, but I think it lost a bit after being colored. The OA really showcases how special that art really is. Outstanding. 

20-cent variant cover! 

[universal soldier]

Lot's of great choices here 

Here's my vote.

[S. CREAM]

While American Bronze Age comics have had an undeniable impact on my comic book preferences, for me, the first issue of the highly controversial Action comic from IPC of the UK has to be at the fore. Action was so markedly different from other British comics of the day (albeit still magazine sized). It was graphic, well drawn and had stories with edge, tension and lots of violence and gore. I picked up my first US comic about the same time (a Thor that I found at a garbage dump used by a US military base in England), and began a passion for the form which continues to this day - Action though was unforgettable.

[bronze johnny]

On 12/1/2021 at 6:32 PM, kimik said:

Excellent choices so far. There a bunch of Great BA covers from the SSOC run. Here are a couple of my favourites:

https://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/savage-sword-of-conan

Which of these two beauties is your favorite? Can only pick one for this thread

[ganni]

@bronze johnny Look again bj! There is only one beauty and she is sitting on her knees...

[Sweet Lou 14]

I feel like it's cheating to pick any of the (glorious!) painted covers from magazines.  I thought we were just talking about comics.  

 

[Jordysnordy]

On 12/1/2021 at 6:32 PM, kimik said:

Excellent choices so far. There a bunch of Great BA covers from the SSOC run. Here are a couple of my favourites:

https://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/savage-sword-of-conan

Beautiful choices. The 1st 50 SSOC are such underrated classics with gorgeous painted covers by some of the all time greats.

[ganni]

Another one of my runner ups...

Carmine Infantino classic drawing..

I look at them as posters hanging on the wall

[adampasz]

On 12/1/2021 at 10:46 PM, ganni said:

Another one of my runner ups...

Carmine Infantino classic drawing..

I look at them as posters hanging on the wall

I love this cover. It feels so cinematic! It's probably my favorite Star Wars cover and my favorite Infantino cover.

 

[adampasz]

My selection is the Flash #275 cover by Giordono. It wins by default because I have 3 copies for some reason.

There's so much I love about this cover, especially the use of depth-of-field to achieve story-telling.

If Orson Welles had made super-hero movies, they would have looked like this!

[eastriver400]

 

BATMAN 251. 

Iconic. 

 

[Treco]

As a kid that grew up being obsessed with all things motorcycle, this cover really did the trick. I always liked it better than the Spotlight 5 cover.

[scooter99]

Big shocker what my favorite is. 

Below is my favorite oddball bronze cover.  Steranko really liked contrasting colors. 

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 12/2/2021 at 1:16 PM, scooter99 said:

Below is my favorite oddball bronze cover.  Steranko really liked contrasting colors. 

Never seen that one before, I love it!

Edited December 2, 2021 by Sweet Lou 14

[MisterX]

I was wondering if Steranko was going to show up in this thread.

A handful of other big SA guys who were still drawing covers in the Bronze Age have been conspicuously missing so far.

Off the top of my head--Nick Cardy, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert...

[steveinthecity]

On 12/2/2021 at 12:40 PM, MisterX said:

I was wondering if Steranko was going to show up in this thread.

A handful of other big SA guys who were still drawing covers in the Bronze Age have been conspicuously missing so far.

Off the top of my head--Nick Cardy, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert...

I was expecting Kirby or Kubert to be mentioned.  Nick Cardy’s had some great covers(Supes #279?), but I can’t recall any Ditko 70’s covers that I think that highly of.  I’m a Machine Man fan and I’d take Kirby’s over Mr. Ditko’s covers on that title.

[Sweet Lou 14]

On 12/2/2021 at 3:40 PM, MisterX said:

I was wondering if Steranko was going to show up in this thread.

A handful of other big SA guys who were still drawing covers in the Bronze Age have been conspicuously missing so far.

Off the top of my head--Nick Cardy, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert...

I love Kirby and Ditko as much as anyone, but in the Bronze Age?  Not so much.