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Nominations, Themes and Statistics for A Cover A Day

Posted by Peter Wrexham on June 8, 2023 at 9:17am in Mr Silver Age

This thread is a companion to the "A Cover A Day" discussion.  Click here to visit that discussion.  It is intended for the discussion of potential new themes and topics for "A Cover A Day", voting on these themes, and the gathering and reporting of statistics.

The following index lists all the themes that have been chosen to date.  The clickable link takes you to the first reply of the given theme, so that you can browse through the posted covers for that month.  "Page/Reply" gives the page number in the thread where the topic starts, and reply number (1 to 10) within the page.  The index also gives the total number of "Pages" and "Replies" occupied by each theme, as a rough indication of their relative popularity.

Ning 3.0 website update

As a result of the move to the new version of the website:

  • It seems to be impossible to create a fixed link that always takes you to the last reply of a thread
  • Links to a specific reply generated on the old version of the website are no longer valid
  • There are now 10 replies to a page, rather than 12.

Since the old links that used to take you to the first post of a theme no longer work, they have been removed, and replaced with new links that take you to a newly-added reply at the start of the month in question.  The "Page/Reply" and "Pages" columns have been updated because of the change from 12 to 10 replies per page.  The numbers in the "Replies" column was still accurate, apart from needing to be updated to include the newly-added "start-of-month" replies.

The "Page/Reply" column gives an alternative way to locate the beginning of any theme, by going to the appropriate page, then counting through the replies.  This is, however, a significantly more inconvenient process than using the clickable link.

DatePage/ReplyTheme (and clickable link)PagesReplies
Oct 20161/1Letter A23228
Dec 201623/9Letter B21208
Jan 201744/7Letter C22215
Feb 201766/2Letter D21209
Mar 201787/1Letter E18179
Apr 2017104/10Letter F19185
May 2017123/5Letter G16158
Jun 2017139/3Letter H20196
Jul 2017158/9Letter I13134
Aug 2017172/3Letter J20195
Sep 2017191/8Letter K24238
Oct 2017215/6Letter L29286
Nov 2017244/2Letter M28281
Dec 2017272/3Letter N24237
Jan 2018295/10Letter O25246
Feb 2018321/1Letter P30296
Mar 2018350/7Letters Q & R24244
Apr 2018375/1Letter S27271
May 2018402/2Superman’s 80th anniversary25251
Jun 2018427/3Letter T25251
Jul 2018452/4Letter U21208
Aug 2018473/2Letter V23229
Sep 2018496/1Letter W23234
Oct 2018519/5Letter X18181
Nov 2018537/6Letter Y16157
Dec 2018553/3Letter Z16157
Jan 2019568/10Person being carried19191
Feb 2019588/1Real people21214
Mar 2019609/5Homages/parodies23225
Apr 2019631/10Green-skinned people21208
May 2019652/8Wanted posters20202
Jun 2019672/10Boxing rings18181
Jul 2019691/1Empty uniforms18179
Aug 2019708/9Beaches30298
Sep 2019738/7Apes34341
Oct 2019772/8Haunted houses/graves25251
Nov 2019797/9Motor bikes26255
Dec 2019823/4Foreign language covers21210
Jan 2020844/4Playing cards/tabletop games28276
Feb 2020871/10Valentines and Cupids26260
Mar 2020897/10Statues26257
Apr 2020923/7Elephants26264
May 2020950/1Heroes & villains cooperating20199
Jun 2020969/10The Moon32323
Jul 20201002/3Flags & patriotic symbols22216
Aug 20201023/9Foreign locations (non-US)23234
Sep 20201047/3MST3K (with commentary)29293
Oct 20201076/6Vampires and Werewolves25246
Nov 20201101/2Giants29287
Dec 20201129/9Snow & winter scenes29290
Jan 20211158/9Doppelgängers38378
Feb 20211196/7Movies28276
Mar 20211224/3Cats/cat-themed adventurers26264
Apr 20211250/7Dogs/dog-themed adventurers31306
May 20211281/3Big guns/Heavy weaponry30303
Jun 20211311/6Dinosaurs/Time Travel34339
Jul 20211345/5Big Questions/Question Marks33331
Aug 20211378/6Highways, Travel etc23233
Sep 20211401/9Favourite Covers/Comics33331
Oct 20211434/10Lineups26263
Nov 20211461/3JSA 80th Anniversary27270
Dec 20211488/3Logos in the action32317
Jan 20221519/10Dynamic Duos35348
Feb 20221554/8Romantic Scenes31314
Mar 20221586/2Bridges34340
Apr 20221620/2Unexpected Green29287
May 20221648/9Neal Adams31311
Jun 20221679/10George Perez23228
Jul 20221702/8Parents36357
Aug 20221738/5Fairgrounds and Carnivals29286
Sep 20221767/1Joe Kubert24239
Oct 20221790/10First and last issues32324
Nov 20221823/4Classrooms and Education27266
Dec 20221849/7Robots and Cyborgs39393
Jan 20231889/3Trials and Courtrooms33331
Feb 20231922/4Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals29293
Mar 20231951/7Detectives & Murder Mysteries41412
Apr 20231992/9Birds and Winged Creatures42420
May 20232034/9Strength in Numbers57571
Jun 20232091/10Horses, Centaurs & Equines38382
Jul 20232130/2John Romita, Sr.30301
Aug 20232160/3Railways30303
Sep 20232190/6Title Character Not Featured30301
Oct 20232220/7Halloween Characters31306
Nov 20322251/3Pyramids and Mummies30304
Dec 20232281/7Santa Claus27274
Jan 20242309/1No. 1/States of the Union31309
Feb 20242339/10No. 2/Leaps and Jumps28278
Mar 20242367/8No. 3/Anniversaries32318
Apr 20242399/6No. 4/Versus Mother Nature24241
May 20242423/7No. 5/José Luis García-López29292
Jun 20242452/9No. 6/Stars26260
Jul 20242478/9No. 7/In the Water34339
Aug 20242512/8No. 8/Wally Wood33331
Sep 20242545/9No. 9/Jails, Prisons & Cages37367
Oct 20242582/6No. 10/Floating Heads41408
Nov 20242623/4No. 11/Presidents & Other Leaders31308
Dec 20242654/2No. 12/Snow People--
Jan 2025-/-No. 13/Non-Human Monsters/Aliens--
Feb 2025-/-No. 14/Curt Swan--
Mar 2025-/-No. 15/Mention of Super-Powers--

Themes with the greatest number of replies:

  • 571 replies - May 2023 - Strength in Numbers
  • 420 replies - Apr 2023 - Birds and Winged Creatures
  • 412 replies - Mar 2023 - Detectives & Murder Mysteries
  • 408 replies - Oct 2024 - Floating Heads
  • 393 replies - Dec 2022 - Robots and Cyborgs
  • 382 replies - Jun 2023 - Horses, Centaurs & Equines
  • 378 replies - Jan 2021 - Doppelgängers

Suggestions for possible future themes

  • Chess & Chess Pieces.  "Pieces" could include Oliver Queen, the Dark Knight, X-Men's Bishop etc.
  • Mention of super power.  "My spider-sense", "My super speed", "My power ring", "My split power", "My Shazam powers", etc.
  • Shrunken/tiny covers.  Not the Atom, Ant-Man, Wasp, Yellowjacket etc.
  • Heroes as Menaces.  Not just acting evil, but being turned into something dangerous like a monster or radioactive or such..
  • Sports & Games.
  • Deaths & Resurrections.
  • Short-lived Series.  Series of 12 or fewer issues, no Specials or Annuals.
  • Character anniversary celebration.  Like "Superman's 80th Anniversary" from May 2018.  We should pick which character (or characters) to honour BEFORE voting starts.
  • Artist Homage.  We've already done Neal Adams, George Perez, Joe Kubert, John Romita Sr, José Luis García-López & Wally Wood.  As with the "Character Anniversary", we should pick who to honour BEFORE voting.  Curt Swan was born in Feb 1920, so we are honouring him in February 2025.
  • Gimmick Covers.
  • Painted Covers.
  • Cancelled... But Continued.  Series cancelled midstream but continued elsewhere.
  • TV Shows/Movies.
  • Cartoons/Animated Series.
  • Family Reunions.
  • Construction Sites.
  • Pride covers (intended or accidental).  Possibly for next June?
  • Ancient Weapons In Modern Times.  Swords, maces, spears, bows, shields, boomerangs etc.  Not characters who regularly use these weapons, like Green Arrow or Hawkeye (bows), Captain America (shields) etc.
  • Supporting Characters As Focal Point.
  • Guest-starring Superman or Spider-Man.  Either one guest-starring on the cover of someone else's book.
  • Crosstime meetings.  Batman & the Three Musketeers, Dr Strange & Ben Franklin etc.
  • Sleeping/unconscious characters.
  • Super-heroes vs super-heroes.
  • Snowmen and Snow-people. *
  • Renewals.  Titles starting in new directions because of new creative teams or major story changings without the benefit of a new issue 1.
  • Christmas presents/Giant boxes. *
  • Winter sports. *
  • Nazis and/or Commies.
  • Covers without supervillains.  On a superhero comic, not horror, western, romance etc.  (Also non-superhero comics with supervillains, though that would be much harder!)
  • Non-Humanoid Monsters/Aliens.  Originally suggested for October 2024, as we didn't have anything more "Halloweenish" pending.

Suggestions marked * were originally put forward as being particularly suitable for December/Christmas, but they could still be considered for other months.

Voting is normally done using up to three ranked votes, with three points for your first choice, 2 for second place, 1 for third.

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  • Peter Wrexham October 23, 2024 at 8:27pm

    Adding Steve's nominations, the ballot now contains:

    • Sleeping/Unconscious Characters
    • Alternates and Substitutes (for the main character)
    • Snowmen and Snow People (specifically in December)
    • Curt Swan tribute (specifically in February)

    Richard's suggestion to include losing nominees from the last vote that scored 2 or 3 points would add the following:

    • Mention of Super-Power ("My spider-sense", "My super speed" etc) - 3 points from me
    • Non-Human Monsters & Aliens - 3 points from Lee
    • Deaths & Resurrections - 3 points from Eric
    • Superman or Spider-Man as Guest Star - 2 points from Eric

    Is that too many?  We could drop "Superman or Spider-Man as Guest Star" as it only got 2 points.  We could defer "Curt Swan tribute" until the next time we vote, as February is still a bit of a way off.

    Thoughts, folks?

  • Richard Willis October 23, 2024 at 8:57pm

    Since we are probably voting for two months (December and January), I suggest delaying the Curt Swan tribute to the following vote.

  • Peter Wrexham October 27, 2024 at 11:03am

    In the absence of any further comments, I declare the nominations closed.  I'll include losing nominees from the last ballot that scored three points, and defer "Curt Swan tribute" until the next time round.  The ballot now looks like this:

    • Sleeping/Unconscious Characters
    • Alternates and Substitutes (instead of the main character)
    • Snowmen and Snow People
    • Mention of Super-Power ("My spider-sense", "My super speed" etc)
    • Non-Human Monsters & Aliens
    • Deaths & Resurrections

    You may vote for up to three themes in order of preference.  Your first choice gets 3 points, second gets 2, third gets 1.

  • Peter Wrexham October 28, 2024 at 10:43am

    No-one else wants to start the ball rolling?  Okay, my votes are:

    1. Sleeping/Unconscious Characters (3 points)
    2. Mention of Super-Power (2 points)
    3. Non-Human Monsters & Aliens (1 point)

    Over to the rest of you...

  • Dave Palmer October 28, 2024 at 12:36pm

    Let's go with

    1st:  Snowmen and snow people

    2nd:  Non-human monsters and aliens

    3rd:  Mention of super-power

  • JD DeLuzio October 28, 2024 at 1:42pm

    I'm on a wavelength with Dave:

    1st: Snowmen and snow people

    2nd: Non-human monsters and aliens

    3rd: Mention of super-power

  • Philip Portelli October 28, 2024 at 5:48pm

    My thoughts are:

    1) Non-Human Monsters and Aliens

    2) Mention of a super power

    3) Sleeping/Unconscious Characters

    (I just don't think that there will be enough Snowpeople to go around!)

  • Richard Willis October 29, 2024 at 2:58am

    My votes are

    • 3 points: Snowmen and Snow People (see my note below)
    • 2 points: Alternates and Substitutes (instead of the main character)
    • 1 point :  Mention of Super-Power ("My spider-sense", "My super speed" etc)

    Note: I share Philp’s concern about the scarcity of snow people. I think this will work better if it’s “Snowmen, Snow People and Ice Characters” (excluding Iceman of the X-Men)

    • Dave Palmer > Richard Willis October 31, 2024 at 10:00am

      Philip and Richard raise a valid point.  However, I have the utmost confidence that, as always, we'll get very creative staying within the "letter of the law" on this topic but stretching the boundaries.

       

  • Steve W October 31, 2024 at 4:57am

    I'm with JD and Dave.

    1st: Snowmen and snow people

    2nd: Non-human monsters and aliens

    3rd: Mention of a super-power

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