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Top 100 Covers |
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From Vu
WIZARD #127 (it came out yesterday) ran a feature "Top 100 Covers of all Time", in which the following George Pérez covers made it:
AVENGERS #181
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99. AVENGERS #181 (1978)
From the very first time, cover penciler George Pérez indulged his love for super-detail by craming in 24 characters on a single cover. "That was the first time I'd drawn that many characters on one cover," says, Pérez. He then deadpans, "Later, though, I'd surass that number by multiples!" (No kidding - Pérez packed 562 characters on the Crisis on Infinite Earths hardcover cover 20 years later.)
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NEW TEEN TITANS #39
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23. NEW TEEN TITANS #39 (1984)
There's no doubting the message of this George Pérez cover: Robin and Kid Flash quit. "I had to get permission from DC, which was a little antsy about having the logo obscured," says Pérez. "Part of the inspiration for that cover was John Romita's cover to Amazing Spider-Man #50, with Spider-Man walking away."
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CRISIS #7
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11. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 (1985)
Whoa. This cover gesture of a saddened character holding another has been used since Michelangeo's Pieta statue (most notably, Thor #124's Odin holding Thor, and Uncanny X-Men #136's Cyclops holding Phoenix), but George Pérez's riveting cover stands out because it's Superman grieving over the lifeless body of Supergirl.
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Incidentally, NEW TEEN TITANS #39 cover's inspiration AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 made number one cover of all time, according to Wizard Magazine.
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