Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow that, until we all got bored with that theme. I'd like to propose a theme of letters of the alphabet. So, for the remainder of October (only 5 days) and all of November, we post comic cover pictures associated with the letter "A". Then in December, we post covers pertaining to the letter "B". The association to the letter can be as tenuous as you want it to be. For example I could post a cover from "Adventure Comics" or "Amazing Spider Man". However Spider Man covers can also be posted when we're on the letter "S". Adventure Comic covers could also be posted when we're on the letter "L" if they depict the Legion of Super Heroes. So, no real hard, fast rules - in fact the cleverer the interpretation of the letter, the better, as far as I'm concerned.
And it's not written in stone that we have to post a cover every day. There may be some days when no cover gets posted. There's nothing wrong with this, it just demonstrates that we all have lives to lead.
If everyone's in agreement I'd like to kick this off with one of my favourite Action Comic covers, from January 1967. Curt Swan really excelled himself here.
Discussion and voting on future monthly themes takes place on the "Nominations, Themes and Statistics for A Cover A Day" thread. Click here to view the thread.
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Two very similar-looking covers, showcasing a distinct resemblance (at least with respect to their costumes) between Red Hood and Deadpool.
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To finish, here's a creepy Santa to close off the month. I won't be here tomorrow - I have a party to go to - but I'll be back on January 1st. Can't wait! New month, new category of covers! Happy New Year to everybody.
I'm likely dropping to "observer" status on this thread next month, but here's a transitional cover of sorts:
I'm likely dropping to "observer" status on this thread next month...
Me, too, I think.
I'll be using the "number 1" option, highlighting (real) first isssues. States and cities are next to impossible to find.
For the 31st, one last Christmas cover followed by a New Year's cover.
His big day is over, so Santa can kick back and relax in the sun for a bit.
Couldn't find a Santa/States of the Union crossover... so here's one last Santa cover. Happy New Year everybody!
A reminder, for those of us that are not planning on sitting out next month, that the dual theme for January is "Number 1" or "States of the Union". You can post covers that match either of the themes (or both, if you want to show off). Note that "States of the Union" could be extended to accept any identifiable real-world US location, as a complement to the theme of "Foreign locations (non-US)" from August 2020. It might be preferable, however, to avoid certain locations that have already been extensively used, such as the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Washington Monument etc.
I've not found a transition cover for "States of the Union". However, here is an issue #1 which features only one character, so it's a (double) crossover to the alternative "Number 1" theme. Happy New Year, and see you in 2024!
What could be more "number 1" than Action Comics #1?
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