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Favourite comic book covers and pages

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Some Gulliem March and Bruce Timm covers:
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I also used to read... Marvel Universe Handbook? It had like encyclopedia entries for different characters, and a few issues covered dead characters. Many of them showed Captain America #319 as their final issue. So I tracked down a copy and saw this.

So cool.

I had that same book! Marvel's Deluxe Handbook of the Dead, or something. It's also where I first learned about Scourge, whom I also thought was pretty rad.
 
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First cover I always think of is Rai #0.
It came out at a time when I cared about collecting comics more than I cared about reading them. I remember going to the shop every Wednesday and looking at it on the wall. Finally saved enough money to buy it (I was 13 when it came out) and treated it like a treasure.


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Another sentimental favorite. My father and I used to read Punisher books together. It was his favorite Marvel character. He passed away and didn't get a chance to read Punisher 75..which sucked because it was the conclusion of a pretty good story arc.
 
Come on, OP. It defined a generation.

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My first comics that I had were Wolverine and XMen related. It was because of Jim Lee's art, which then translated into my love of all things Jim Lee. Good thing he did Batman and Superman.


That being said, this is my favorite picture of Batman

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FIrst comic I remember buying as a kid, still sticks with me all these years later:
Detective Comics #668
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And three pages that sold me on comics forever as an adult:
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #2
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Best pic I could find, but the entire issue is beautiful.

Batman Inc. #4
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Batman Inc. #6
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As far as pages, too many to post from J.H. Williams III in Batwoman. Some magnificent art and paneling.

Cover? Hmm. I'll have to go with 52 #12, Black Adam and Isis - for everything the story had been up to to that point and everything after. Close second is the final issue of Vertigo Constantine because damnit I loved that book and read it my entire adult life.
 
Glenn Fabry's Preacher covers, and Brian Bolland's Invisibles covers were so defining.

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With Galactus taking the job of prime jobber in the Marvel Universe, it's rare to get to see him actually let loose, so this was awesome.

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So many classics to mention... I was fortunate enough that when I was very very young I found a comic with Iron Man and Dr Doom facing off in the cover, which intrigued me, but nothing could prepare me for what I'd find inside, most pages were amazing. Mind you, I found that in Portuguese, so only many year later didn I find the story'original name was Doomquest, which is basically about Iron Man and Dr Doom being sent together to Camelot:


This wont be a movie anytime soon, but frankly, the big screen would have a hard time keeping up.


Another classic of my youth, vividly remembered to this day, with way too many awesome pages to do justice here, Nobody Stops the Juggernaut - despite the story's name, the task falls to Spiderman, dealing with Juggernaut getting a human McGuffin in New York, and deciding to get it by crossing the city in a straight line, regardless of whatever's in front of him:


This one I didn't read, but found this pic thanks to GAF, and I kind of love it:



I didn't read this either, but I love this cover, although the actual comic's art can't keep up with this cover:

And to top it all off, an old favorite, Gunnm:

 
I really love this page from planetoid, made me buy the TPB.

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Also, this book of doom cover was pretty interesting. I love it when Doom is shown as a hero in his country, much different than the image he has outside it.

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Because Sabretooth is my all time favorite Marvel character, my favorite cover is the below.
Its raw, its angry and in my head, its how I like to picture Sabretooth.

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My favorite page showed Punisher hip-firing an LMG and mowing down scores of mobsters who were running and shooting at him. He blew off the top of one guys head there. It was awesome.
Unfortuately, I couldnt find it on Google images. I found this other pic of Punisher instead. lol

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My final image, I discovered whilst looking for Sabretooth killing some ninjas with Birdy (couldnt find that one either). This Psylocke image linked back to Deviantart, so Im not sure if its even in a comic, but if it is, I want to read it. She's even wearing her legendary thongkini! So good.

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Freaking awesome covers! Thanks for sharing them, everyone! Man, it's sad that the new generation of kids are growing up and getting to know most of this characters in movie form and not on comics as it should be :'(
 
Holy crap is that Doc Savage?... Quick Google. IT IS! I've got to read this now.

it's the Planetary version of Doc Savage, called Doc Brass. The whole book is full of different versions of characters from books and comic books, both Marvel and DC. You will love the fact that the main villains are a sickeningly amoral, egomaniacal and completely ruthless version of the Fantastic Four. And yes, Planetary is a definite must read

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