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- Links to a specific reply generated on the old version of the website are no longer valid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.
Date | Page/Reply | Theme (and clickable link) | Pages | Replies |
Oct 2016 | 1/1 | Letter A | 23 | 228 |
Dec 2016 | 23/9 | Letter B | 21 | 208 |
Jan 2017 | 44/7 | Letter C | 22 | 215 |
Feb 2017 | 66/2 | Letter D | 21 | 209 |
Mar 2017 | 87/1 | Letter E | 18 | 179 |
Apr 2017 | 104/10 | Letter F | 19 | 185 |
May 2017 | 123/5 | Letter G | 16 | 158 |
Jun 2017 | 139/3 | Letter H | 20 | 196 |
Jul 2017 | 158/9 | Letter I | 13 | 134 |
Aug 2017 | 172/3 | Letter J | 20 | 195 |
Sep 2017 | 191/8 | Letter K | 24 | 238 |
Oct 2017 | 215/6 | Letter L | 29 | 286 |
Nov 2017 | 244/2 | Letter M | 28 | 281 |
Dec 2017 | 272/3 | Letter N | 24 | 237 |
Jan 2018 | 295/10 | Letter O | 25 | 246 |
Feb 2018 | 321/1 | Letter P | 30 | 296 |
Mar 2018 | 350/7 | Letters Q & R | 24 | 244 |
Apr 2018 | 375/1 | Letter S | 27 | 271 |
May 2018 | 402/2 | Superman’s 80th anniversary | 25 | 251 |
Jun 2018 | 427/3 | Letter T | 25 | 251 |
Jul 2018 | 452/4 | Letter U | 21 | 208 |
Aug 2018 | 473/2 | Letter V | 23 | 229 |
Sep 2018 | 496/1 | Letter W | 23 | 234 |
Oct 2018 | 519/5 | Letter X | 18 | 181 |
Nov 2018 | 537/6 | Letter Y | 16 | 157 |
Dec 2018 | 553/3 | Letter Z | 16 | 157 |
Jan 2019 | 568/10 | Person being carried | 19 | 191 |
Feb 2019 | 588/1 | Real people | 21 | 214 |
Mar 2019 | 609/5 | Homages/parodies | 23 | 225 |
Apr 2019 | 631/10 | Green-skinned people | 21 | 208 |
May 2019 | 652/8 | Wanted posters | 20 | 202 |
Jun 2019 | 672/10 | Boxing rings | 18 | 181 |
Jul 2019 | 691/1 | Empty uniforms | 18 | 179 |
Aug 2019 | 708/9 | Beaches | 30 | 298 |
Sep 2019 | 738/7 | Apes | 34 | 341 |
Oct 2019 | 772/8 | Haunted houses/graves | 25 | 251 |
Nov 2019 | 797/9 | Motor bikes | 26 | 255 |
Dec 2019 | 823/4 | Foreign language covers | 21 | 210 |
Jan 2020 | 844/4 | Playing cards/tabletop games | 28 | 276 |
Feb 2020 | 871/10 | Valentines and Cupids | 26 | 260 |
Mar 2020 | 897/10 | Statues | 26 | 257 |
Apr 2020 | 923/7 | Elephants | 26 | 264 |
May 2020 | 950/1 | Heroes & villains cooperating | 20 | 199 |
Jun 2020 | 969/10 | The Moon | 32 | 323 |
Jul 2020 | 1002/3 | Flags & patriotic symbols | 22 | 216 |
Aug 2020 | 1023/9 | Foreign locations (non-US) | 23 | 234 |
Sep 2020 | 1047/3 | MST3K (with commentary) | 29 | 293 |
Oct 2020 | 1076/6 | Vampires and Werewolves | 25 | 246 |
Nov 2020 | 1101/2 | Giants | 29 | 287 |
Dec 2020 | 1129/9 | Snow & winter scenes | 29 | 290 |
Jan 2021 | 1158/9 | Doppelgängers | 38 | 378 |
Feb 2021 | 1196/7 | Movies | 28 | 276 |
Mar 2021 | 1224/3 | Cats/cat-themed adventurers | 26 | 264 |
Apr 2021 | 1250/7 | Dogs/dog-themed adventurers | 31 | 306 |
May 2021 | 1281/3 | Big guns/Heavy weaponry | 30 | 303 |
Jun 2021 | 1311/6 | Dinosaurs/Time Travel | 34 | 339 |
Jul 2021 | 1345/5 | Big Questions/Question Marks | 33 | 331 |
Aug 2021 | 1378/6 | Highways, Travel etc | 23 | 233 |
Sep 2021 | 1401/9 | Favourite Covers/Comics | 33 | 331 |
Oct 2021 | 1434/10 | Lineups | 26 | 263 |
Nov 2021 | 1461/3 | JSA 80th Anniversary | 27 | 270 |
Dec 2021 | 1488/3 | Logos in the action | 32 | 317 |
Jan 2022 | 1519/10 | Dynamic Duos | 35 | 348 |
Feb 2022 | 1554/8 | Romantic Scenes | 31 | 314 |
Mar 2022 | 1586/2 | Bridges | 34 | 340 |
Apr 2022 | 1620/2 | Unexpected Green | 29 | 287 |
May 2022 | 1648/9 | Neal Adams | 31 | 311 |
Jun 2022 | 1679/10 | George Perez | 23 | 228 |
Jul 2022 | 1702/8 | Parents | 36 | 357 |
Aug 2022 | 1738/5 | Fairgrounds and Carnivals | 29 | 286 |
Sep 2022 | 1767/1 | Joe Kubert | 24 | 239 |
Oct 2022 | 1790/10 | First and last issues | 32 | 324 |
Nov 2022 | 1823/4 | Classrooms and Education | 27 | 266 |
Dec 2022 | 1849/7 | Robots and Cyborgs | 39 | 393 |
Jan 2023 | 1889/3 | Trials and Courtrooms | 33 | 331 |
Feb 2023 | 1922/4 | Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals | 29 | 293 |
Mar 2023 | 1951/7 | Detectives & Murder Mysteries | 41 | 412 |
Apr 2023 | 1992/9 | Birds and Winged Creatures | 42 | 420 |
May 2023 | 2034/9 | Strength in Numbers | 57 | 571 |
Jun 2023 | 2091/10 | Horses, Centaurs & Equines | 38 | 382 |
Jul 2023 | 2130/2 | John Romita, Sr. | 30 | 301 |
Aug 2023 | 2160/3 | Railways | 30 | 303 |
Sep 2023 | 2190/6 | Title Character Not Featured | 30 | 301 |
Oct 2023 | 2220/7 | Halloween Characters | 31 | 306 |
Nov 2032 | 2251/3 | Pyramids and Mummies | 30 | 304 |
Dec 2023 | 2281/7 | Santa Claus | 27 | 274 |
Jan 2024 | 2309/1 | No. 1/States of the Union | 31 | 309 |
Feb 2024 | 2339/10 | No. 2/Leaps and Jumps | 28 | 278 |
Mar 2024 | 2367/8 | No. 3/Anniversaries | 32 | 318 |
Apr 2024 | 2399/6 | No. 4/Versus Mother Nature | 24 | 241 |
May 2024 | 2423/7 | No. 5/José Luis García-López | 29 | 292 |
Jun 2024 | 2452/9 | No. 6/Stars | 26 | 260 |
Jul 2024 | 2478/9 | No. 7/In the Water | 34 | 339 |
Aug 2024 | 2512/8 | No. 8/Wally Wood | 33 | 331 |
Sep 2024 | 2545/9 | No. 9/Jails, Prisons & Cages | 37 | 367 |
Oct 2024 | 2582/6 | No. 10/Floating Heads | 41 | 408 |
Nov 2024 | 2623/4 | No. 11/Presidents & Other Leaders | 31 | 308 |
Dec 2024 | 2654/2 | No. 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.
Replies
Adding Steve's nominations, the ballot now contains:
Richard's suggestion to include losing nominees from the last vote that scored 2 or 3 points would add the following:
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?
Since we are probably voting for two months (December and January), I suggest delaying the Curt Swan tribute to the following vote.
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:
You may vote for up to three themes in order of preference. Your first choice gets 3 points, second gets 2, third gets 1.
No-one else wants to start the ball rolling? Okay, my votes are:
Over to the rest of you...
Let's go with
1st: Snowmen and snow people
2nd: Non-human monsters and aliens
3rd: Mention of super-power
I'm on a wavelength with Dave:
1st: Snowmen and snow people
2nd: Non-human monsters and aliens
3rd: Mention of super-power
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!)
My votes are
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)
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.
I'm with JD and Dave.
1st: Snowmen and snow people
2nd: Non-human monsters and aliens
3rd: Mention of a super-power