Top 10 Favorite Comic Book Covers by Alex Robinson

Alex Robinson‘s books include Box Office Poison, Tricked and Too Cool to Be Forgotten, all of which are available from Top Shelf Productions. He has lost and won several awards and currently resides in New York with his wife and their 2 pets. You can find out more about Alex at Comicbookalex.com.

The Wiggly Reader #2 (1998)

“I’m a history bug and grew up reading Mad, so John Kerschbaum’s amazing cover featuring a theater full of John Wilkes Booths fighting dozens of Abrahan Lincolns is right u my ally. Sic Semper Funny!”

Wolverine (1st Limited Miniseries) #2 (October 1982)

“Frank Miller is the best at what he does, in this case setting the standard for how to draw a badass Wolverine.”

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #79 (September 1964)

“Fred Hembeck reintroduced a generation of comics fans to the pleasures of Mort Weisinger‘s super-silly coves, and, being a Beatles fan, this on is more popular than Ringo in my book”

Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars #4 (August 1984)

“Speaking of silly cover, this Marvel cover does great job of conveying the supreme strength of of Ol’ Green Genes – so tiny underneath all that rock! – but the text pushes it into absurdity. 150 billion tons?”

Mad #11 (May 1954)

“This classic by Basil Wolverton is so simple and so great that is doesn’t matter that it’s a parody of a magazine that went under before most of today’s comic readers were even born.”

Amazing Spider-man #262 (March 1985)

“This came out in 1984, long before the movies – or Alex Ross – made photo-realistic pictures of super-heroes commonplace, making this cover stand out.”

Weirdo #3 (1981)

“Back when I was an angry, disaffected youth, I took the message of this cover as my personal motto. Since then, I’ve lightened up a bit but I still like the starkness of this one – and the word balloon reflected in the water is a nice touch.”

Batman: The Dark Knight #2 (March 1986)

“I told you Frank Miller was good! DC comics‘ Batman is barely contained on the cover and he’s pushing hard to stand up straight and bust out altogether. He’s probably furious that Alfred didn’t get to iron his suit.”

Yummy Fur #25 (July 1991)

“A good example of the difference between super-hero and alternative comics: An unwanted intruder is a commonplace situation in super-hero comics, but in real life it would be scary as hell.”

Thor #337 (November 1983)

“On the other hand, sometimes it’s nice to see someone just breaking stuff.”

Thanks to Comic Buyer’s Guide. This favorite comic book cover list was originally published in January 2011.

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