The ten most iconic comic book scenes or panels

[jcs]

I'm doing a photo shoot that references comicbooks and I can think of lots of iconic covers that I would like to reference, but outside of covers what do you think are the most iconic most recognized swiped and referenced panels and scenes from comics?

[JKCarrier]

Even though I was bashing it a little in the other thread :wink: , that sequence in "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" where the old black man harangues GL is certainly a memorable one:

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Spider-Man throwing off the big machinery in Spidey #33 is a classic:

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[trsman2785]

One of my favorites is in Watchmen (I forget which specific issue) when Ozymandias is asked what he would have done if his assistant had not taken the bullet meant for Ozymandias by the goon he had hired to assault himself and he says he would have caught it. Then in the same scene he is shot at and catches the bullet. It's awesome.

I am also a huge fan of when the invisible man dies in LOEG volume 2 and blood starts to appear everywhere.

One more really great scenes from comics is in Supreme Power when Hyperion and Nighthawk are talking and nighthawk is picturing Hyperion as a racist. Once again I forget the issue but it's great.

Don't take my bland scene descriptions for themselves check them out yourself.

[dupont2005]

death of the jason todd robin

[rwe1138]

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[Scott Shaw!]

-- The splash-page of FANTASTIC FOUR No. 51, "This Man, This Monster!", with the Thing standing in the rain.

--The shot of all four FF members' hands placed together as they make a pact to become a team, from FANTASTIC FOUR No. 1.

-- The panel showing the Donald and Scrooge's battling steamshovels in "A Christmas For Shacktown" in WALT DISNEY'S CHRISTMAS PARADE No. 1.

-- The splash-panels of "Superduperman" and/or "Batboy And Reuben" from early issues of MAD comics, both drawn by Wally Wood.

-- Peter Parker reacting to the radioactive spider's bite and/or Spidey's reactiom of recognition when he captures Uncle Ben's murderer, both in AMAZING FANTASY No. 15.

-- R. Crumb's "Keep On Truckin'" page in ZAP COMIX No. 0.

-- Gilbert Shelton's page of the liquor store clerk waiting for "Groucho Marx" (actually Fat Freddy Freekowtski) to return after robbing the place in THE FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS No. 1.

-- Batman about to be decapitated by Death's scythe in that BATMAN story by Neal Adams that takes place at the Halloween parade in Rutland, Vermont.

Howzat?

Aloha,

Scott!

[benday-dot]

From the Kirby files:

That full page climactic panel showing Lightray and Orion charging forth upon the newly transformed glory boat in a full throttle burst of Kirby energy (New Gods #6)

That double page spread of a Kamandi in his dinghy, looking very small indeed, paddling away in a huge and majestic swirl of Kirby sea as the leaning, titanic, and half drowned form of the Statue of Liberty looms before him. (Kamandi #1)

The splash panel from "This Man, This Monster" showing the powerful Thing, head bowed, alone on a deserted city street, amid a torrent of rain, has become perhaps the most iconic representation of Kirby's most melancholy (and perhaps complex) of characters. (Fantastic Four #51)

The final full page panel from the last issue of the first Silver Surfer series, depicting the Surfer screaming in full out unabashed fury at the whole f***in universe. (Silver Surfer #18)

That panel showing Captain America emerging for the first time from the melted block of ice, after spending nearly 20 years in suspended animation and dormancy in the Marvel Universe (excluding of course the 50's commie bashing Cap) (Avengers 4)

And elsewhere in the MU...

Some of the panels of Neal Adam's and Tom Palmer's showing the miniaturized Ant-Man's journey through the downed body of the Vision have become classics. The Kree/Skrull War, Avengers 93?)

[benday-dot]

Alright... apologies to Scott! for his previous mention of FF 51 panel

[prince hal]

A few pop to mind that we haven't mentioned...

The tryptych in which Bruce Wayne is inspired to costume himself as a bat., complete with his musing that "criminals are a superstitious lot."

The cover of Action Comics #1.

The Pieta cover is familiar, and I don't know offhand what comic first used it, but it's never been done better than on Batman 156: "Robin Dies at Dawn."

The Johnny Craig cover on Crime Suspenstories 22: "A loaf of bread, a bloody ax and thou..." Bill Gaines' famous moment in front of Congress.

[benday-dot]

From the EC files...

Those last few textless and utterly cinematic panels from Bernie Krigstein's "Master Race" showing the paranoid ex-death camp commander, having been recognized at last by a former Jewish prisoner of his from Belsen, leaping to his death in a mad dive in front of a passing subway train. (Impact #1)

That lush and gorgeous Al Williamson splash page from "Food for Thought" still has status as one of the two or three signature images of the EC science-fiction look. (Incredible Science-Fiction #32)

[MWGallaher]

Billy Batson walking past the statues of the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man in Whiz #2 (as well as Captain Marvel standing before the seat of Shazam in the same issue).
Thor sipping a soda in Thor #143.
Superman flying his giant key to the door of his Fortress of Solitude. (many comics)
Superman flying through time, represented by concentric, labeled rings. (many comics)
Aquaman summoning sea creatures with a wave pattern of telepathic commands. (many comics)
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson spotting the Bat-Signal from the windows of Wayne Manor. (many comics)

[C.O. Jones]

Spidey holding Gwen during the Goblin attack atop the Brooklyn Bridge.

Wolverine rising from the sewer below the Hellfire Club soaking wet with popped claws and a pissed-off look on his mug and the grating forming that criss-crossed shadow over him.

Magneto encased in his force field on the left with whatever group of X-Men attacking from the right.

[dan bailey]

The covers of Marvel Comics 1, FF 1 & Amazing Spider-Man 50 (from which rwe1138 posted a famous inferior page).

.. & of All Star 3, JLA 1 & Flash 123 ("Flash of Two Worlds").

[rwe1138]

Damn, the one that I posted earlier that's gone now was MJ's introduction and famous "Face it tiger, you've just hit the jackpot." line from her first real appearance.

[Dizzy D]

Not counting covers:

- We had Spidey holding Gwen, but Gwen Stacy falling off the bridge and being caught by Spider-Man's web is a scene I've seen often repeated as well.

- The feast at the end of each Asterix-comic.

[Gothos]

You gotta include the cover where Cap America punches Hitler in the jaw.

Trying to think of a representative EC scene-- maybe the conclusion of the "baseball horror" story?

Though you could argue that the Johnny Craig cover of the decapitated woman became iconic for all the wrong reasons...

[DubipR]

Even though it's a cover, Phantom Lady #17 by Matt Baker.

Off the top of my head:

Watchmen #11- Adrian's "I did it 35 minutes ago"
Tomb of Dracula #70- final 2 pages (great Colan work)
The bed scene in "The Death of Captain Marvel"
Avengers #4- When Captain America is discovered
Tales to Astonish #27- the title page of "The Man in the Ant Hill"
Eternals #3- the brilliant Kirby splash page
Daredevil #182- the panel where Bullseye kills Elektra
Strange Tales #167- Steranko super-splash page

[Aaron King]

The injury-to-the-eye panel from Jack Cole's "Murder, Morphine, and Me." (I'm surprised no one's mentioned this one.)

Something from Maus? Something from Understanding Comics?

[BigBoss]

Adrians I did how ever many mintues it was ago, still hits me with a right hook by jake lamotte.

[Sabrinaset]

The only one I can think of that wsn't mentioned already was this one ... ultimate good falls to ultimate evil.

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[Gothos]

You gotta include the cover where Cap America punches Hitler in the jaw.

Trying to think of a representative EC scene-- maybe the conclusion of the "baseball horror" story?

Though you could argue that the Johnny Craig cover of the decapitated woman became iconic for all the wrong reasons...

Side-note: what was that EC story titled? Is that HOME RUN, by Joe Orlando?

[dan bailey]

Isn't it "Foul Play," drawn by Jack Davis? My mind's eye definitely recalls the Seduction of the Innocent panel as featuring a Davis vibe.

[dan bailey]

Duplicate post ... which I shall attempt to redeem by suggesting a Ditko half-Peter Parker, half-Webhead panel as iconic.

[Scott Shaw!]

Maybe it's just the Oddball in me, but how about SHOWCASE No. 4, with its montage of Barry Allen catching that plate full of hot dogs and beans in mid-air?

Aloha,

Scott!

[stelok]

Even though I was bashing it a little in the other thread :wink: , that sequence in "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" where the old black man harangues GL is certainly a memorable one:

http://journalistopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/greenlantern1.jpg

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I second this. It is a very memorable iconic scene.

[stelok]

Even though I was bashing it a little in the other thread :wink: , that sequence in "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" where the old black man harangues GL is certainly a memorable one:

http://journalistopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/greenlantern1.jpg

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I second this. It is a very memorable iconic scene.


Another very iconic panel is Cap walking in front of the Avengers standing in line in the first page of volume 1, issue 4.

[Gothos]

Isn't it "Foul Play," drawn by Jack Davis? My mind's eye definitely recalls the Seduction of the Innocent panel as featuring a Davis vibe.


I'm pretty sure you're right; the misremembered title threw me off.