Lamest, worst Marvel covers of all time?

[Jason Abbadon]

Guido would have to be 30 feet tall for that cover to work!
...and he looks like he's straining to use the toilet.

Erm? It was a camp classic, honey.
Not at the publication date- that What If would have been just after Moonraker- both from 1979.
Besides, it looks nothing like the poster:
http://popculturenerd.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/moonraker.jpg

I dont even know whetre to start with this one-
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/wolverine/26-1.jpg
Purple Iron Man with alien anatomy...
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/iron-man-1998/42-1.jpg

[Justin K.]

It looks like the cover of one of those sci-fi fantasy novels from the 80's.

Is that a good or bad thing?

[theflyingfrogunderdog]

Monkey arms Hulk.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/385-2.jpg

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

post was messed up

[JurassicParkIsAnAwesomeMovie]

I dont even know whetre to start with this one-
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/wolverine/26-1.jpg

Wow that's terrible...

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Monkey arms Hulk.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/385-2.jpg

Hee. As opposed to:

http://www.luckylegendary.com/upload/images/shehulk.jpg

[napafish77]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/wolverine/26-1.jpg

How do these covers make it past the editor?

[napafish77]

Double post

[napafish77]

I mean seriously

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/bigmoneyben/badff.jpg

[napafish77]

It's like the editors were asleep at the wheel

[paulski]

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll102/the4thpip/4483_4_27.jpg

How on earth do some of these guys get professional work given to them? That is abominable. :frown:

[Michael P]

I dare anyone to find one thing about this cover that makes any sense at all.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/796/fury3zy.jpg

It may not make any sense, but it's still freaking awesome.

[Zembo]

Any cover with the those big floating heads on the front, looking all shocked at whatever's on the cover.

[CapnCaveman]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.

[Evil-Spidey]

I mean seriously

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/bigmoneyben/badff.jpg

Cable was so cool in the 90s that even the FF try to copy him.:wink:

[whiteshark]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.


Not really.
Anybody that drawns Wolverine so good as in Uncanny X-Men#133,deserves to draw him again even after one bad cover.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/18237-2133-20403-1-x-men_super.jpg

[Anxy]

Seconded. Spidey and Black Cat are even ragging on it on-cover.

EDIT: Also I see it's an Assistant Editors Month issue.

Thirded. I loved that cover when it came out. It was a perfect example of the fun that was Assistant Editors Month. Good times!

[theflyingfrogunderdog]

Any cover with the those big floating heads on the front, looking all shocked at whatever's on the cover.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/defenders/51-1.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/hulk/284-2.jpg

[Evil-Spidey]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/mighty-world-of-marvel/13-2.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-super-heroes/19-18.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-fanfare/27-1.jpg

[coconutphone]

I wish people would give some sort of explanation as to why they dislike covers. Some of these are head scratchers for being the worst to me. Is it a techincal flaw I'm not seeing or is it silly or just a simple preference issue?

[agrich]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/mighty-world-of-marvel/13-2.jpg


Are you serious? This is essentially a reprint of Captain America 110, by Jim Steranko, and it's one of the best covers featuring the Hulk ever drawn.

I guess you could complain about the comparative sizes of the characters, but it's a really powerful cover.

[Evil-Spidey]

Are you serious? This is essentially a reprint of Captain America 110, by Jim Steranko, and it's one of the best covers featuring the Hulk ever drawn.

I guess you could complain about the comparative sizes of the characters, but it's a really powerful cover.

Not only that but the way Buckys left foot stands he would fall flat on his nose and i don't even get started on Cap. He looks like he's anorexic and has a noseless zombie face, his left femoral must have been amputated after WW2 and what's up with his pose and tiny cripple fingers?

[Castel]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/7082-1995-7753-1-flash-the_large.jpg (http://www.comicvine.com/1995-7753-1-flash-the/105-7082/)


had to do it. i dont know if its lame, or the plot it hints at.

This one really made me laugh, i mean, what kind of ****ing craziness is that ?

[Iron Maiden]

Nothing by Steranko belongs in the lame covers thread.

[Evil-Spidey]

Nothing by Steranko belongs in the lame covers thread.

Uhm?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X1D7QFmSDa0/SYtvfzxuyaI/AAAAAAAAGoQ/AkwPcUYj6-M/s1600-h/1176839207.5017_full.jpg

[Pixie_Solanas]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.

Sorry, that's how he's SUPPOSED to look. Squat, hirsute, Canadian.

Let me guess, you grew up on Jim Lee pecs.


http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll102/the4thpip/4483_4_27.jpg

How on earth do some of these guys get professional work given to them? That is abominable. :frown:

I dunno, but any cover that has the gall to call me a JERK can go stuff itself.

[Iron Maiden]

Uhm?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X1D7QFmSDa0/SYtvfzxuyaI/AAAAAAAAGoQ/AkwPcUYj6-M/s1600-h/1176839207.5017_full.jpg

He never did covers with little red x's.

Seriously though, you must be a youngster. Steranko did some of the coolest covers of the 1960's.

[Evil-Spidey]

He never did covers with little red x's.

Seriously though, you must be a youngster. Steranko did some of the coolest covers of the 1960's.

You must be new to the concept of having diffrent opinions, i guess humans had some kind of collective consciousness in the 1960's?

[Iron Maiden]

You must be new to the concept of having diffrent opinions, i guess humans had some kind of collective consciousness in the 1960's?

True enough that opinions differ but yours would definitely be in the minority of comicbook fans if you think Steranko was lame. Run a poll and see.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Steranko is f*****ng awesome, that's all you need to know about that.

[Evil-Spidey]

True enough that opinions differ but yours would definitely be in the minority of comicbook fans if you think Steranko was lame. Run a poll and see.

Hyperbole much? Did i say Steranko is lame? NO! I just don't like that cover, that doesn't mean i think everything he ever did and he himself is lame!

[Iron Maiden]

Hyperbole much? Did i say Steranko is lame? NO! I just don't like that cover, that doesn't mean i think everything he ever did and he himself is lame!


You'd still be in the minority if you thought the cover was lame. But you're entitled to your opinion.

[Justin K.]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-fanfare/27-1.jpg

It's not so much crappy, but just weird positioning.

[Alexrules]

Wow that's terrible...

Oh yeah, the sad thing is that issue has a 'pinup' in the back drawn by McFarlane.Might of madea good cover.

Ofcourse, all of us ripped up our comics to put on our walls.:frown:

[Justin K.]

Anyone who refers to themselves as babies needs to get their heads checked.

http://marveltools.pl/comics/new_mutants/covers/new_mutants_13@m.jpg

[Pixie_Solanas]

LOL. I love that cover because that dumb hayseed made Kitty cry.

[remoteman]

http://www.samruby.com/Spider-Man/Large/Spider-Man058.jpg

This is a truly horrible cover in so many ways. And this is coming from a Clone Saga fan.

[napafish77]

http://www.samruby.com/Spider-Man/Large/Spider-Man058.jpg

This is a truly horrible cover in so many ways. And this is coming from a Clone Saga fan.



Spidey has duck feet. Fugly

[Mechano]

this may have already been posted, but no way am i looking through them all...


http://i33.tinypic.com/2ch0vir.jpg

[Mechano]

this may have already been posted, but no way am i looking through them all...


http://i33.tinypic.com/2ch0vir.jpg

whoops... i thought i was in the coolest covers thread... this is actually one of my fave covers...

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

whoops... i thought i was in the coolest covers thread... this is actually one of my fave covers...

You freaked me out there for a second. That was the cover I and everyone had been wanting for years, ever since we knew there were two Hulks.

[daveageallen]

whoops... i thought i was in the coolest covers thread... this is actually one of my fave covers...

its okay. you put it in the right place the first time.

[napafish77]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.



What are those black things? Leaves? and where are Logan's eyes?

[ardshipman]

He looks like Conway Twitty in his later years with claws.

[KiplingKat]

Are those all artists names on the tombstones?

[PympMyQuinjet]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.

Is he...is he wearing a bolo tie?

[killerbass]

Is he...is he wearing a bolo tie?

He stole it from Chuck Rozanski, from Mile High Comics... :biggrin:

--Tom

[Michael P]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.

Can'n Caveman! You've just made the stupidest post ever on the CBR Forums! What are you gonna do next?

[Ite]

http://i33.tinypic.com/2ch0vir.jpg
whoops... i thought i was in the coolest covers thread... this is actually one of my fave covers...

Yeah I own this comic and always liked the cover!

[moonknight2099]

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/778a469e-8685-4c80-baaf-6c59735eb32.jpg

I'll never understand why Sam Keith was so well liked.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/fbb54ac1-5601-460c-b928-546f25a827a.jpg

[Avenger08]

^What the hell is going on in that first image?

Both are awful.

[AJBopp]

Nothing by Steranko belongs in the lame covers thread.

Very True.

[the4thpip]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/iron-man/178-1.jpg

Dig the DC go go checks, Wonder Chick!!

[the4thpip]

Good grief. My poor, sweet, lovely Alpha Flight. That is AWFUL!

This thread is cracking me up. I only got through a few pages of it and I feel like I've had my full daily amount of trainwrecks for the day! I'm gonna have to come back and comment and maybe even contribute a few groaners from my own collection...


Winner. How can you **** up Sasquatch? Byrne's traditional rendition of him is brutally easy to draw. What happened and why does this anonymous cover artist want to render him as a fluffy hoot owl? I'm not going to even get into the Canadian toaster next to him.

Pat Broderick. He is an acquired taste at best. He did a lot of DC work: Firestorm, Captain Atom, Swamp Thing. I think his longest run at Marvel was on Micronauts.

[the4thpip]

This has it all! Liefeld inspired art! A floating head in the background! Lame characters being over-sold! And speed lines instead of a background.

http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/57058423228.33.GIF

[remoteman]

Violence? Was that seriously the name of a character?:eek:

[Castel]

Violence, Ivory, Psy-borg....who remembers those jokers ?

[Iron Maiden]

I guess it's showing us that even Wolverine put's his spandex on one leg at a time. But what is going on with the hair???



http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/778a469e-8685-4c80-baaf-6c59735eb32.jpg

I'll never understand why Sam Keith was so well liked.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/fbb54ac1-5601-460c-b928-546f25a827a.jpg

[coconutphone]

Wow those are terrible.

[LordEd1976]

I guess it's showing us that even Wolverine put's his spandex on one leg at a time. But what is going on with the hair???

I guess even Wolverine's healing factor can't stop bed-head

[Pixie_Solanas]

Is he...is he wearing a bolo tie?

As he often did under Byrne's pencils (and Paul Smith's, from time to time). Do your homework, creation didn't begin with Jim Lee.

[steelcable97]

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/778a469e-8685-4c80-baaf-6c59735eb32.jpg

I'll never understand why Sam Keith was so well liked.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/fbb54ac1-5601-460c-b928-546f25a827a.jpg

I love those covers. Kieth was a breath of fresh air at the time, and these heavily stylized covers were different and stood out.

[docholliday504]

Wow great thread. I don't know that I've ever actually paged entirely through a 15 pager before. I gotta cast my vote for the Photorealistic cover with cap and Spidey standing on (what is it train tracks)?? That and the Warlock and The Infinity Watch cover really stood out to me.

Can we all agree that the New Mutants covers are awesome and don't belong on this thread??

[Ite]

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/778a469e-8685-4c80-baaf-6c59735eb32.jpg

I'll never understand why Sam Keith was so well liked.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l231/moonknight2099/fbb54ac1-5601-460c-b928-546f25a827a.jpg

Agreed, I never liked his work either.

[matthewaos]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7642/262h.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/262h.jpg/)

I'm not sure if anyone posted this, but... ugh...

[The Sword Is Drawn]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7642/262h.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/262h.jpg/)

I'm not sure if anyone posted this, but... ugh...

"Special Issue"?

<Insert your own politically incorrect punchline here>

[Ite]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7642/262h.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/262h.jpg/)

I'm not sure if anyone posted this, but... ugh...

Yeah this was posted in either the Lame or Coolest cover thread. I remember because I have this issue.

[raskal66]

It may have been brought up, but Ultimate Comics Spider Man #1 despite it's being relatively new, is definitely on my list.

Apparently Spider Man has a balloon for a head. It's an almost perfect oval. Then again, why confine criticism of that book to just the cover. It looks like it's drawn for kids. Bendis is the only thing that saves this from being a total waste.

I bought beer with the money I would have wasted on that issue. Really! $4 and it looks like a NickToon.

[napafish77]

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7642/262h.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/262h.jpg/)

I'm not sure if anyone posted this, but... ugh...





It is no longer .60

It is $1.35

[worstblogever]

I found this old Captain America cover, and while on principle, I feel odd about putting ANY Jack Kirby in here... it's too "WTF" for me not to deem it the worst I've ever seen him put forward.

http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/31/16925_20051220130735_large.jpg

[Jess C.H.]

I found this old Captain America cover, and while on principle, I feel odd about putting ANY Jack Kirby in here... it's too "WTF" for me not to deem it the worst I've ever seen him put forward.

http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/31/16925_20051220130735_large.jpg

It is kind of a WTF, but I still love those Kirby faces.

[Iron Maiden]

It is kind of trippy looking though. IIRC Mark Evanier had said that Kirby never thought of himself as a cover artist yet that's one of the things Marvel had him do when he returned from DC.

[Frank]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/13-1.jpg

Never, ever, let John Byrne draw Wolverine again.

Byrne is probably the best Wolverine artist that's ever been.

This was just one bad cover.

[sherlockbones]

Monkey arms Hulk.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/385-2.jpg

this was even sold as a t-shirt

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5499/theuncannyxmenannual161.jpg

[Spidey616]

Not cool Thor. Hitting below the belt :wink:


Monkey arms Hulk.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/385-2.jpg

[B. Kuwanger]

Those covers aren't really that bad. That Wolverine is actually pretty hilarious. I really do prefer Wolverine to be drawn as a little middle aged guy.

For worst cover, anything from the mid 90s. More specifically, anything that was in the Marvel UK or "Marvel Edge" line or whatever that was. I do recall a "Wild Thing."
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/7/7f/Wildthing_marveluk_1.JPG/300px-Wildthing_marveluk_1.JPG
I found this in my closet not long ago.

[nuclearman]

... i've been reading some back issue daredevil the tree of knowledge lame covers and lame story and bad art ...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/daredevil/328-1.jpg

[Gadfly]

http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345158e369e20105363abd0c970c-450wi
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345158e369e20105363abd0c970c-450wi&imgrefurl=http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/worst-covers-ever/&usg=__6gDP-K07RToa-sBdE-jWHQjtI8E=&h=686&w=450&sz=144&hl=en&start=14&um=1&tbnid=inEwQHswuvl6-M:&tbnh=139&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dworst%2Bmarvel%2Bcovers%26hl%3Den%26c lient%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

This is one of the first comics I ever owned. It's still in a longbox in my basement. Ah memories.

[djsweet]

... i've been reading some back issue daredevil the tree of knowledge lame covers and lame story and bad art ...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/daredevil/328-1.jpg
This is a ver lame era of DD, but this cover is pretty fetching

If an awkward, spaced out MJ was the intent, the artist totally nailed it. Bravo! :biggrin:

http://marvel.com/i/content/st/8015new_storyimage2331224_full.jpgmake that, awkward, spaced-out seven foot tall MJ

[Pixie_Solanas]

This is a ver lame era of DD, but this cover is pretty fetching
make that, awkward, spaced-out seven foot tall MJ

And some really odd footwear.

[micktravis]

it's just missing a hankie in one of the pockets just to give us a clue

[the4thpip]

it's just missing a hankie in one of the pockets just to give us a clue

Order the "Buns of Adamantium" DVD now and get a 2-month supply of "Healing Factor" vitamin pills absolutely free!

[DavidMunroe]

... i've been reading some back issue daredevil the tree of knowledge lame covers and lame story and bad art ...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/daredevil/328-1.jpg

I think this one is actually cool...its trippy

[keilthetarheel]

hes listening to Thor God Of Metal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZMitisDbzQ) aka Slayer - Raining Blood.

naw - Thor's listening to Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

[keilthetarheel]

ROFL. I had this comic as a kid, still have it stashed away somewhere and I was always so confused. Where was the Punisher? It it labeled Punisher. I was really bewildered Punisher was never in the comic. It was just Cage and his badass black friend. Lol.
http://www.the-isb.com/images/Punisher260.jpg

in this case - it's probably better that you don't know the true story here - but in this storyline, the Punisher actually gets a medical operation to make himself black. So that actually is Luke Cage and Frank Castle on the cover. I know this sounds too bizarre/f**king stupid to be true - but that was actually the plot of the story


PS - anyone notice how you can basically take any other cover from the 90's and put it on this list

[keilthetarheel]

I found this old Captain America cover, and while on principle, I feel odd about putting ANY Jack Kirby in here... it's too "WTF" for me not to deem it the worst I've ever seen him put forward.

http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/31/16925_20051220130735_large.jpg

you can't put a Kirby cover on here bro - you just can't

the Sienkiewicz covers don't belong on this thread either

[keilthetarheel]

http://home.att.net/~keil.j/ggob.JPG

[Norrin Radd]

I don't know if it's bad per se, but it's pretty strange. It's like Transformers meets Edvard Munch or something.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1016/581.jpg

[keilthetarheel]

I don't know if it's bad per se, but it's pretty strange. It's like Transformers meets Edvard Munch or something.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1016/581.jpg

could the lines be any thicker? And why does he have human eyes??

[Somebody]

I'm fairly sure the Optimus head on that TF cover was taken from an interior panel.

A very SMALL interior panel...

[Jack Flag]

I fear this thread will be very argumentative. Lets get all the controversial X-men covers out the way then!

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/51152-9121-66994-1-new-x-men_super.jpg


Emma Frost is a she-male?

[keilthetarheel]

Emma Frost is a she-male?

naw, she just has a really thick bush

[Jack Flag]

Can someone post a picture of Captain America #434 with the new character of "Jack Flag" bursting onto the scene with his missile firing boom box?

[keilthetarheel]

Can someone post a picture of Captain America #434 with the new character of "Jack Flag" bursting onto the scene with his missile firing boom box?

will do - that's sounds freakin' awesome

[keilthetarheel]

beware the ghetto blaster


http://home.att.net/~keil.j/capbox.JPG

[keilthetarheel]

i guess his power is he has brass knuckles under his gloves?...

[Jack Flag]

Check out the Captain America covers here for:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/captain-america/9

[Jack Flag]

i guess his power is he has brass knuckles under his gloves?...

Either that or his knuckles are happy to see you......

[keilthetarheel]

Check out the Captain America covers here for:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/captain-america/9

f**k me - Modam - a female version of Modok - wow, don't we miss the 90's

[Jack Flag]

f**k me - Modam - a female version of Modok - wow, don't we miss the 90's

In that story line if I recall Captain America dressed in drag - was captured and was immersed in a chemical bath by "Suprema" (I can't remember) that would change him from a male to a female. I think she wanted to change all men on the planet to females? Something like that.

[Pixie_Solanas]

f**k me - Modam - a female version of Modok - wow, don't we miss the 90's

I miss "Free Spirit" though.

[Patrick Dean]

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[DoomScribe]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/doomscribe/Den%20of%20Madness/Cover%20Shots/Dooms%20Best%20Covers/NewAvengers46.jpg

Why? Because there is no Doom (skrull or otherwise) in this issue, no Green Goblin, no Red Skull, no Loki, and no Mephisto. There is a Dormmamu in this issue. This is false advertising at it's worst. Covers on comic books need to be related to something going on inside the book.

This is a pet peeve and a modern development. I hate it when the cover has no bearing on the story inside the comic. I think it's pandering of Marvel and others to make a dramatic, interesting cover that is unrelated to the story, or shows something that doesn't happen in the book.

boo. :mad:

ps: this is the cover to New Avengers #46, if'n yer interested.

[StoneGold]

And they weren't going to be, because the cover was just a straight-up homage to Bring on the Bad Guys.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/43/Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg/300px-Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg

[ollie_queen]

the longer you stare at it, the more you realize how ridiculously frakked up her body is
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/captain-america/431-9.jpg

I often like Bachalo, but this is trash
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/uncanny-x-men/353-2.jpg

looks like a shitty romance novel
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/496-1.jpg

[DoomScribe]

And they weren't going to be, because the cover was just a straight-up homage to Bring on the Bad Guys.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/43/Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg/300px-Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg

I don't mind an homage, but why straight up? The story is about the Hood and his gang, why not put their faces in the same places and poses. Hell, Hood has a cloak he could totally be in Doom's place on that page. At least THAT would be understandable. Heck, it would even serve to legitamize them as the next crop of Bad Guys.

Point is it's a bad cover because it doesn't tell me anything about what's inside the book. Make the cover tell the story about what's inside the book.

[artiepants]

http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp335/fuldstaendigamok/Marvel/She-Hulk.jpg

gotta say, i find this one pretty amusing.


I don't know if it's bad per se, but it's pretty strange. It's like Transformers meets Edvard Munch or something.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/1016/581.jpg

this seems like it would be kind of cool and stylized... IF it didn't have human eyes, wtf?


This is a pet peeve and a modern development. I hate it when the cover has no bearing on the story inside the comic. I think it's pandering of Marvel and others to make a dramatic, interesting cover that is unrelated to the story, or shows something that doesn't happen in the book.

boo. :mad:
just wanted to clarify that while i actually think that cover is cool this is far from a modern practice, i remember being annoyed by misleading covers lots of times in the 80s. (although i understand now that a lot of times it could have to do with a looming deadline or a story change after the art was completed)


And they weren't going to be, because the cover was just a straight-up homage to Bring on the Bad Guys.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/4/43/Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg/300px-Bring_on_the_Bad_Guys.jpg


I don't mind an homage, but why straight up? The story is about the Hood and his gang, why not put their faces in the same places and poses. Hell, Hood has a cloak he could totally be in Doom's place on that page. At least THAT would be understandable. Heck, it would even serve to legitamize them as the next crop of Bad Guys.

Point is it's a bad cover because it doesn't tell me anything about what's inside the book. Make the cover tell the story about what's inside the book.
All (???) The Avengers covers during Secret Invasion were Skrulled-up classic cover homages. It was just a fun theme.

[artiepants]

http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05a/marvelaugust2008/SECINVFL002_cov.jpg

Hateit hateit hateit. Worst thing ever, from the worst mini-series ever

no, that's great. Juan Doe is epic. That mini-series had some of 2008s best covers IMHO.


http://cache.coverbrowser.com/image/new-mutants/20-1.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/new-mutants/31-15.jpg

Bill Sienkiewicz is one of the greats, anyone dogging on him should have their comic-reader's license revoked. His 2 Marvel Transformers covers (#1 and 5 iirc) are some of my all time favorite Marvel covers. especially #5 (the "...are all dead" cover)


The Emma is not Quitely's best work with the character (he's certainly gotten better at faces in the intervening 8 years), but it's still a striking image, and I love that costume design.

yet his Robin looks like a shriveled 80 year old woman...

[CyberCoyote]

I am surprised that Quietly did such an awful version of Emma. She looks like a 12 year old from the neck up and the rest....very bad costume design and it makes her look like some stripper/model chick that trolls 2nd rate comic cons.

Mmm.hmm.. And you know what these 2nd rate stripper/models will do for you if you put them on a Marvel cover? He's probably still getting refills on the ointment he needed after that :)

[xheight]

Just about any cover in this title but this one will serve

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/51030-5297-66872-1-force-works_super.jpg

toss in a few more of of these gems 90's

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/72638-4407-70250-1-new-warriors-the_super.jpg

[DoomScribe]

All (???) The Avengers covers during Secret Invasion were Skrulled-up classic cover homages. It was just a fun theme.

I agree that the art is cool, but I didn't collect or even see the other Secret Invasion covers, so this one standing on it's own didn't mesh. That said, I still think that they could have covered the homage aspect by supplanting the original characters with ones that were actually appearing in the book. This reeks of artistic and/or editorial laziness.

I think the cover is an important part of the book, and shouldn't just be an art show exhibition. For all you know, they could have had the artist mock up a bunch of covers months or even years prior, and they just slapped 'em on whichever comic book was handy.

As for the Bill Sienkiewicz covers, I agree that they're artistically striking, but they are so different from the usual comic book cover fare, that they take a bit of getting used to. His New Mutants stuff was really out there at the time. I liked most of it (not all), but I wouldn't revoke anyone's comic book reading license if they didn't like it. Comic book readers run the spectrum of taste, but tend to be folks who don't respond so well to the more abstract art forms, preferring a more conservative realism to illustrate our funny books. IMHO.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Bill Sienkiewicz is one of the greats, anyone dogging on him should have their comic-reader's license revoked. His 2 Marvel Transformers covers (#1 and 5 iirc) are some of my all time favorite Marvel covers. especially #5 (the "...are all dead" cover)



...

Bill Sienkiewicz in a "Lamest Cover Ever" thread? Whoever posted his work in here, congrats, you are CBR Idiot of the Month.

[InSovietRussia]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-comics-presents/70-3.jpg

And yet another 90s cover; classic Liefeld. At least the prices were pretty good back then.

[Pixie_Solanas]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-comics-presents/70-3.jpg

And yet another 90s cover; classic Liefeld. At least the prices were pretty good back then.

I'm sure it was still overpriced, even at a buck and a quarter.

[kalorama]

gotta say, i find this one pretty amusing.

I hated all those "Apr variant" covers, but that one's kind of funny.

[kalorama]

I dare anyone to find one thing about this cover that makes any sense at all.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/796/fury3zy.jpg

I'm thinking that the cover to a book called "What If Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos Fought WWII in Outer Space" really isn't supposed to adhere to linear logic.

[Suicide Squad Fan]

Yes. However, the fact you fail to realize is this cover was done by John Cassady.

The cover was composed with the corner consisting of a cowering Wolverine
on purpose, to convey several concepts relevant to the storyline in minimalist
fashion, and intrigue the reader.

The fact you saw it as laziness, when Rob Liefield's so lazy he can't even bother to get the simple concept of proportional human anatomy, seems ironic.


Oh yeah, and Rob Liefield has no concept of cover composition, either.

You have a point, but it looks like someone just caught Logan on the can. :eek:

[Suicide Squad Fan]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/astonishing-x-men/17-1.jpg

And this is the cover I was talking about.

[another_version]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l134/doomscribe/Den%20of%20Madness/Cover%20Shots/Dooms%20Best%20Covers/NewAvengers46.jpg

Why? Because there is no Doom (skrull or otherwise) in this issue, no Green Goblin, no Red Skull, no Loki, and no Mephisto. There is a Dormmamu in this issue. This is false advertising at it's worst. Covers on comic books need to be related to something going on inside the book.

This is a pet peeve and a modern development. I hate it when the cover has no bearing on the story inside the comic. I think it's pandering of Marvel and others to make a dramatic, interesting cover that is unrelated to the story, or shows something that doesn't happen in the book.

boo. :mad:

ps: this is the cover to New Avengers #46, if'n yer interested.

Have to second this. Not the exact cover, but the idea of a cover portraying what happens inside the book. I am just getting into Marvel, and I am noticing this problem even in recent issues of New Avengers, even the solicit was way off. It seems as if Marvel has more mis-spelling, and errors like this than DC does.

[Brother Justin Crowe]

http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/06/thor482.jpg

Have fun with this one, gang! Happy New Year!

[worstblogever]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-comics-presents/70-3.jpg

And yet another 90s cover; classic Liefeld. At least the prices were pretty good back then.

It looks like Ghost Rider's having the buttsecks with Logan there, with the perspective and all.

[deworde]

http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/31030418644.1.GIF

The earliest example of Reed Richards from the Zombieverse. Looks like he's already infected the Thing.

[deworde]

http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/06/thor482.jpg

Have fun with this one, gang! Happy New Year!

Now introducing the brand new Thor Action Figure with the absolutely bare minimum articulation (not the elbows for example). For a limited time, get free Devil, High Evolutionary and "Screaming Loki" masks.

[StoneGold]

It looks like Ghost Rider's having the buttsecks with Logan there, with the perspective and all.

Only if you have no depth perception, or Ghost Rider is 40' tall and likes to have his motorcycle hood between him and his lover. Seriously, you're looking too hard because it's a Liefeld cover to find fault. If you think any cover where one character is standing behind another is featuring anal sex, maybe that's your own orientation coming out as opposed to anything actually in the art.


It's not a great cover or anything, but the framing of the characters lets Rob hide all his flaws in that one. Hardly one of the worst. Just kind of there.

[Fused]

I mean seriously

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/bigmoneyben/badff.jpg

When I see this stuff again I love looking at it. It's so bad it becomes awesome.

[Fused]

To me the art that stands out is that in which women are made to look ugly.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/51152-9121-66994-1-new-x-men_super.jpg

I love that so many people hate this cover too. It's like everyone that fawns over All-Star Superman has to immediately defend this out of some sort of misplaced sense of honor or something.

Every time I see this pic of Quietly's Emma I throw up in my mouth a little.

[Das Twig]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/Twigmonstrosity/punisher.jpg

I love Tim Bradstreet. I think his Punisher covers are some of the best I've ever seen. And this one accurately displays what's in the issue, while keeping a really neat layout.

But every time I look at it, my eyes are drawn to Castle's expression, and the first thing that pops in my mind is that he accidentally crapped his pants.

[Jason Abbadon]

It looks like Ghost Rider's having the buttsecks with Logan there, with the perspective and all.
Wolverine would have to be about 12 inches tall there- considering that Ghostv Rider is at least half a motorcycle-length behind him!

Maybe GR is 20 feet tall in that issue.

Also, does Logan use some sort of shrink-wrap in his costume to keep anything not torn off stuck in place?

[coconutphone]

Have to second this. Not the exact cover, but the idea of a cover portraying what happens inside the book. I am just getting into Marvel, and I am noticing this problem even in recent issues of New Avengers, even the solicit was way off. It seems as if Marvel has more mis-spelling, and errors like this than DC does.

I can agree with the sentiment but not in this case. This was part of a series of classic Avengert-related covers done in Skrull style for the tie-ins to the SI story. They were all bascially like this and it was done on purpose. Much liek the Zombie covers of classic Marvel books done for the Marvel Zombies minis. They dind't ahve anything to do with what was inside but they weren't suppose to. It's not lie these are original covers relaly. They're tweaked versions of well known covers.

[coconutphone]

When I see this stuff again I love looking at it. It's so bad it becomes awesome.

Johnny's jacket. So very 90s. That and the big guns. shudder.

[BradleyX2]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-comics-presents/70-3.jpg

And yet another 90s cover; classic Liefeld. At least the prices were pretty good back then.


I *think* what's happening here is that it's a reflection of Wolverine in the motorcycle's windshield.

The two characters are actually coming at each other.

[coconutphone]

Good theory!

[CaptCleghorn]

Good theory!

Bad cover!

[Judge-Dredd]

... i've been reading some back issue daredevil the tree of knowledge lame covers and lame story and bad art ...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/daredevil/328-1.jpg

Probably shouldn't be a Daredevil cover, but as a piece of art I actually think it's okay.

[Jack J Napier]

that dumb as hell thor ipod cover they did recently.

This is my favorite cover of all time. I went and got it the day it came out, for cover price no less. I love having a Hasting store in Texas, they just don't care about the comics they get.

[Hulk_Is]

Any covers drawn by Tim Sale are bound to be some of the worst covers around. Oh, and oftentimes covers done by legendary John Romita Jr.

[Pixie_Solanas]

You could pick any 1990s cover and not be wrong for this thread.

[Jack J Napier]

Any covers drawn by Tim Sale are bound to be some of the worst covers around. Oh, and oftentimes covers done by legendary John Romita Jr.

thats really debatable. I think some of Time Sales covers from the 90's are my faves.

[T Hedge Coke]

Johnny's jacket. So very 90s. That and the big guns. shudder.

That jacket's meant to look stupid and the guns unnecessary (on the surface of things). They complain about being outfitted with them the whole time, and the guns in the story are there to draw fire (the logic being that Doom sees a big gun in someone's hands and immediately destroys it with a powerblast, while they're actually there to collect power from the blasts).


Not as smart as Simonson's New FF, but nt as dumb as first appearances may lead one to believe.

[theflyingfrogunderdog]

Coming out next week...

http://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/content/81084comic_storystory_full-2660231..jpg

[Specimen 297]

None more white.

[T Hedge Coke]

None more white.

Ah, but there is! The all-white embossed cover from the DeFalco/Ryan era of Fantastic Four.

And the haterz of that Astonishing cover are nuts. That needs the negative space to work and it draws the eye.

[Saku]

Is this lame, or 100% awesome. It's hard to tell sometimes...
http://cache.coverbrowser.com/image/captain-america/303-13.jpg

It has Batroc on it. That means it is awesome

Is that the story where Batroc is drunk?

[TinyJoseph]

Skimming through this thread I'm seeing waaaaay too many people are posting pics of perfectly fine or great covers and saying their some of the worst, pls stop it.

Different strokes I guess.

[whiteshark]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/27339-3519-30327-1-web-of-spider-man_super.jpg

A very boring and generic cover.

[Zolton]

I spent all morning reading this entire thread and just gawking at some of those covers. I think this is my favourite.


http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345158e369e2011570170a03970b-450wi

I mean just LOOK AT HIS FACE! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE!?

[Dr.J.]

http://www.gotbaseballcards.com/images/zxmen190.jpg


X-Men had tons of them.

That cover of x men 190,is one of the very worst marvel ever printed. It should have been pulled.

[Dr.J.]

I've went through every one of these covers posted, but no one posted these efforts. I HATE lazy covers, that have a tiny drawing of the character,on an all white blank "background". DD 187 and an early Byrne issue of alpha flight with snowbird in a snowstorm are just some examples. Seem to also recall a half white/half black Byrne ff cover I din't care for all that much. Next to x-men 190, I dispised the cover for issue 5 of the infinity Abyss 5, with a HUGE headed warlock. UGH!! X men 187 where storm is being turned into a monster also revolted me.What else? Always hated the cover of hulk 152.

[Jason Abbadon]

That cover of x men 190,is one of the very worst marvel ever printed. It should have been pulled.

that scene happens inside the book though- really!
Kulan Gath combines Caliban with Professor X to get him out of the way.

[Jason Abbadon]

I spent all morning reading this entire thread and just gawking at some of those covers. I think this is my favourite.



I mean just LOOK AT HIS FACE! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE!?
That Wolverine cover also features the "How can his claws be longer than his forearms" problem.
Really, is it so hard to understand that the claws cant be rakes or spears or three feet long?

Maybe nine inches sticking out of the glove- tops!

[pariah-1972]

Someone post the cover of Astonishing X-men where Wolverine is sheepishly peeking out from the side of the book.


I absolutely hate that cover.

[pariah-1972]

Also all you people who have been posting John Byrne covers should be banned !

[savagedoctor]

And he's wearing such nice dress shoes with his symetrically ripped jeans.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/x-men-phoenix/2-1.jpg

I know this mini series was 100% t&a, and i'm someone who ranks Sandman and Planetary as two of my all time fave series so I'm not (just) all about the sexy pics.

But honestly, i really enjoyed this series, and I'm not making any apologies. the artwork was what it was, which was amazingly sexy and hugely entertaining, lol. Sorry, but I loved this cover!

[savagedoctor]

That cover of x men 190,is one of the very worst marvel ever printed. It should have been pulled.

no way!!! this cover was super freaky!!! But the entire arc with xmen and kulan gath was superfreakywierd and really really awesome, the cover is totally appropriate!!!

[savagedoctor]

looks like a shitty romance novel
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/496-1.jpg

Uh, sorry that was Warren Ellis (& Deodato?)'s awesome arc on Thor if I recall where he hooked up with the Enchantress, that's an awesome cover, Thor and Enchantress were a much better couple than Thor and just about anyone else (Sif), smokin.

[savagedoctor]

i love all three of these! specially spidey/hawkeye one

ya mee too!!

[savagedoctor]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-triple-action/4-1.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvels-greatest-comics/36-1.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/spidey-super-stories/40-1.jpg

uh, don't get it, nothing wrong here folks. spidey super stories were what they were, awesome kid's stories, really well drawn, and very entertaining.

[savagedoctor]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/290-2.jpg

Oh nos! Who will save us from EL TORO ROJO!!!! The wrassler who walks like a man! :eek:

dude!! one of my fave thor comics from the day, until i read the kirby eternals omnibus and realized that roy thomas did the best he could but wasnt a kirby. but still, el toro was awesome, this was the first spanish i ever learned (from a comic!!!!) and it was a pretty interesting series.

[Ronik]

http://marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1207/wolv60.jpg
Wolverine is having an orgasm or what?

[Expletive Deleted]

Talk about comics, not each other.

Thanks.

[CaptainOtter]

http://marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1207/wolv60.jpg
Wolverine is having an orgasm or what?

I think he looks more surprised. Like for some reason, he didn't expect the guy to die after impaling him in the head with this razor sharp claws.

[The Last Day Dawns]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.

[andybmcd]

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/WOLVRAMP001_cov.jpg

I can't look at this one without laughing.

Nothing particularly wrong, but they gave him Deadpool eyes which just makes me laugh at the oversight.

[david_icke]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.

Cyclops also looks as if his head is doing an Excorcist and turning all the way round while the rest of his body is facing forward.

[Miracleman88]

Interesting thread - funny how the desire to show what''s genuinely inept slips into a criticism of what is strange and wonderful!!!
Allow artists to screw up every now then - that's how we progress! Liefield vs Quitely...

[KMACthaKilla]

http://marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/1207/wolv60.jpg
Wolverine is having an orgasm or what?

i think he's doing one of those "oh look! you just got killed! wassup!?!?!?!"
but ya his wast is next to the other guys so ya, it does kinda look like an orgasim.:biggrin:

[KMACthaKilla]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/thumb/7/7f/Wildthing_marveluk_1.JPG/300px-Wildthing_marveluk_1.JPG
http://media.photobucket.com/image/bad%20marvel%20covers/BilSande4/FF243cover.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVUpFsG-_aA/R5fk98SaNwI/AAAAAAAACcg/S_E89rxRp0Y/s400/Archie+meets+the+Punisher.jpg

[Hulk_Is]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVUpFsG-_aA/R5fk98SaNwI/AAAAAAAACcg/S_E89rxRp0Y/s400/Archie+meets+the+Punisher.jpg

Um, how is this a lame cover? Explain yourself, please.

[djsweet]

10 character mistake

[ImmortalIronFist]

http://cache.coverbrowser.com/image/new-mutants/20-1.jpg

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/new-mutants/31-15.jpg

I'm sorry, but these two covers are terrible in my opinion...as was most of the art when Sienkiewicz was on the title, it actually made me stop reading all the back issues of New Mutants when I was getting into the title.

[The Black Guardian]

All of the blank/practically blank covers in recent years, starting with Civil War: The Return, but especially the more recent variants.

[Joseph C.]

This is the nexus of all abhorrent comic book art. Simply stated, it is legend.

http://i.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/livestock~captain.jpg

Don't know if this was for a cover though, but it raises so many interesting questions that I thought it might be worth including even if it wasn't a cover.

http://wps.theoffside.com/files/2009/07/what-the-fuck-cat.jpg

[Hulk_Is]

I'm sorry, but these two covers are terrible in my opinion...as was most of the art when Sienkiewicz was on the title, it actually made me stop reading all the back issues of New Mutants when I was getting into the title.

I'll pray for your recovery. :frown:

[markfdavis]

Great idea for a thread!

[Hulk_Is]

But, some poor choices made by some posters. Most of the covers submitted are not really that bad.

[pariah-1972]

I'm sorry, but these two covers are terrible in my opinion...as was most of the art when Sienkiewicz was on the title, it actually made me stop reading all the back issues of New Mutants when I was getting into the title.I'm with you my friend.

[markfdavis]

But, some poor choices made by some posters. Most of the covers submitted are not really that bad.

True, but it's made for an interesting read.

[andybmcd]

Screw it, I can't get a decent size image to link properly.

But the cover to Shadowland: Power Man #2

New Power man looks like he's skipping while punching a pidgeon-toed, massive-thighed Luke Cage.

[coconutphone]

All of the blank/practically blank covers in recent years, starting with Civil War: The Return, but especially the more recent variants.

You mean the sketch variants? Those are designed that way to be filled in by artists when you go to a convention.

[strathcona]

You mean the sketch variants? Those are designed that way to be filled in by artists when you go to a convention.

I think he is referring to the Civil War covers that only had half the cover with an image and the other half was blank... Secret Warriors still does it. I don't care at all about the artistic statement they may be going for... or whatever... that is a just a rip off, and looks cheap.

[Pixie_Solanas]

i think he's doing one of those "oh look! you just got killed! wassup!?!?!?!"
but ya his wast is next to the other guys so ya, it does kinda look like an orgasim.:biggrin:

Not a fan of Suydam's rorschach blotches.

[Ite]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVUpFsG-_aA/R5fk98SaNwI/AAAAAAAACcg/S_E89rxRp0Y/s400/Archie+meets+the+Punisher.jpg

Um, how is this a lame cover? Explain yourself, please.

Agreed, NOTHING lame about this cover!

[Ite]

Yeah, the proportions of Wolverine are pretty bad. I don't remember who the artist was though.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y195/IronMaiden99/MB%20comic%20Scans/avntrans002_logos.jpg

LOL I was lurking this thread to see if this horrible cover was in it, or else was gonna post it myself. Worst picture of Wolverine ever.

[ImmortalIronFist]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVUpFsG-_aA/R5fk98SaNwI/AAAAAAAACcg/S_E89rxRp0Y/s400/Archie+meets+the+Punisher.jpg

Wow, now I'm just really curious as to what Archie and the Punisher are doing in the same comic...also, I really want to know what the meeting was like where this was brought up and approved.

[pariah-1972]

I'm not sure why all the over the top colouring is necessary we can obviously see she's angry.

And also either her pants are way too small or she has the biggest Vag in the world.:eek:

[Ite]

Wow, now I'm just really curious as to what Archie and the Punisher are doing in the same comic...also, I really want to know what the meeting was like where this was brought up and approved.

It was actually a very entertaining comic book, lol.

[Pixie_Solanas]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.

I found it a refreshing alternate take on some characters whose traditional looks have grown more than a bit stale.

And Kaare Andrews' Emma is nothing short of inspired. Look at how badly (read: boring!) she's depicted in Uncanny under Land/Dodson/Portacio and i'll take Andrews take without a doubt.

[John Zaleski]

i think he's doing one of those "oh look! you just got killed! wassup!?!?!?!"


i saw this post and then decided this cover owns

[hitchpryde]

I found it a refreshing alternate take on some characters whose traditional looks have grown more than a bit stale.

And Kaare Andrews' Emma is nothing short of inspired. Look at how badly (read: boring!) she's depicted in Uncanny under Land/Dodson/Portacio and i'll take Andrews take without a doubt.

While I can agree with all the points about why this is a bad cover, I do like it when respected characters are treated with a "graffiti" look. It shakes things up a little. Besides, I certainly don't mind seeing Emma's butt and Storm's boobs.

[Joe Franklin]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/58368-10761-91363-1-x-force_super.jpg

[Joe Franklin]

http://www.nexternal.com/dreamland/images/1bladebw2.jpg

[Babylon23]

While not necessarily the worst covers artistically, I find the lamest covers are the generic pinup shots that grace so many comics these days. I'm talking about the covers that have a character standing in some kind of generic pose featuring one of the books main characters. They tell you nothing about the story contained within and do nothing to intice me to pick up the books at all. I find these covers incredibly dull and uninspired.

As badly drawn as some of the covers posted here are, at least many of them give you an idea of what's inside the book. They may not be beautifully rendered but they tell a story

[CaptainIcy]

While not necessarily the worst covers artistically, I find the lamest covers are the generic pinup shots that grace so many comics these days. I'm talking about the covers that have a character standing in some kind of generic pose featuring one of the books main characters. They tell you nothing about the story contained within and do nothing to intice me to pick up the books at all. I find these covers incredibly dull and uninspired.

As badly drawn as some of the covers posted here are, at least many of them give you an idea of what's inside the book. They may not be beautifully rendered but they tell a story

I couldn't agree more. http://forums.comicbookresources.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

I liked the 70's covers much better, they told a story and showed you what was inside. Even if it was a bit cliché. :wink:

My favorite worst-drawn cover? (:tongue:)

http://a.imageshack.us/img832/9238/spiderman040.jpg

[theflyingfrogunderdog]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Spidey
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/marvel-team-up/27-1.jpg

[Duy]

Wow, now I'm just really curious as to what Archie and the Punisher are doing in the same comic...also, I really want to know what the meeting was like where this was brought up and approved.

Dude, this comic rules. Maybe I can see how you'd be wary of it, but it's every bit as fun and entertaining as it should be. It's great.

[kozzi24]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.

someone tell the artist how tall Emma is and how tall Wolverine is

[WilsonFisk]

I like this one. I'm a fan of the 4th wall breaking ones. She-Hulk threatening to rip up our X-Men comics for example.

Agreed, that's why I'm a big Deadpool fan!

[DannyWetts]

Cool thread.

The problem here is that some are posting covers that they might think are 'silly', but are far, far from the worst.

Different strokes, true, but just because there is something silly and/or unbelievable on the cover doesn't mean it isn't unsuccessful. You almost have to put yourself in the context of a kid leafing through a newstand -- is it eye-catchin? Pleasing to look at, despite shortcomings like poor anatomy or (shudder) a giant Liefeld gun? Color choice, etc..like that Spidey photo cover. I don't know if I particularly like it, but to rate it as 'worst'? Nah -- I remember seeing that cover and wondering what the hell was up. Interest piqued. Successful cover.

Hell, even Liefeld has had successful covers. Granted, it had a lot to do with the colorist, but whatever, a cover is a cover.

[Fire Knight]

The most beautifull mary jane i've ever seen

http://exclamationcomics.com/images/covers/amazing-spiderman-603.jpg

[Brian Gravity]

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080827014719/marveldatabase/images/thumb/5/5e/Power_Pack_Vol_1_42.jpg/249px-Power_Pack_Vol_1_42.jpg

[pariah-1972]

http://www.nexternal.com/dreamland/images/1bladebw2.jpg

Sooo what is so bad about that cover?

[T Hedge Coke]

Yeah. That was the costume she wore throughout Chuck Austen's run on the book when she was a member. Designed by Asamiya or whatever his name was.

Designed by Chuck Austen, writer of the book and a penciler in his own right. Asamiya and everyone else had to draw them for publication, but the designs, including the blatant lift that was Lorna's costume of the moment, were by Austen.

[Specimen 297]

The ... Surgeon ... General?

Kill me...

http://cache.coverbrowser.com/image/daredevil/306-1.jpg
Shush, this was a pretty good story. The cover isn't lame either.

[Sean Walsh]

Any ASM cover from JMS's run on the book - basically, just pin-ups of Spider-Man swinging around. Way to not symbolize anything happening in the issue whatsoever.

A cover should at least identify the action and characters within. Spidey jumping around 20 covers in a row tells me nothing about what's in them, and is more work than it's worth to find out.

[Specimen 297]

You might want to avoid Ultimate Spider-Man then...

[Your Imaginary Pal]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/58368-10761-91363-1-x-force_super.jpg

Cable is totally about to blow dry somebody's hair.

[sparticus]

I'm not a huge Quesada fan, but this cover is the only one I can think of that I think would look better replaced with my 2 year old nephew's crayola drawing of Santa Claus.

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/images/0801/InvincibleIronMan01QuesadaVariant.jpg

I'm not sure what's worse, all the chrome, his lack of a neck, or that you don't know if those are his feet repulsor jets, the sun, or some other unknown source of light.

Also, why can't Pepper Potts hire someone to buff out all those streaks in his armour?

[Rasputin9977]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.
One of the worst Marvel artists to date. I especially hate it how he draws females butts.

I'm sorry, but these two covers are terrible in my opinion...as was most of the art when Sienkiewicz was on the title, it actually made me stop reading all the back issues of New Mutants when I was getting into the title.
I agree with you that Sienkowicz art on comics makes it a terrible read. His artwork just doesn't fit fine with super heroes. But as a cover artists, I think he does a fine job.

[Rasputin9977]

Anyone who refers to themselves as babies needs to get their heads checked.

http://marveltools.pl/comics/new_mutants/covers/new_mutants_13@m.jpg
X-Babies is in quotes. If you even read the story you would have known that the New Mutants didn't like that moniker.

[PanzerMega]

I fear this thread will be very argumentative. Lets get all the controversial X-men covers out the way then!

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/51152-9121-66994-1-new-x-men_super.jpg

Love this cover. This was before I got tired of every Marvel cover just being a pin-up shot.

[PanzerMega]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/wolverine/104-1.jpg

This is horrible. How many hype captions do you need? Art is awful too.

[CaptCleghorn]

How many hype captions do you need?

May I refer you to many Marvel published before 1970.

[Trey]

Sooo what is so bad about that cover?

It suxx vampire teet?

[Trey]

One of the worst Marvel artists to date. I especially hate it how he draws females butts.



How. Dare. You.

Kaare is one of the best artists at Marvel. I cancel out your assertion.

http://joeshusterawards.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kaare-andrews-astonishing-x-men-xenogenesis-3.jpg

[pariah-1972]

It suxx vampire teet?And what's wrong with Vampire Teet?

[Rasputin9977]

How. Dare. You.

Kaare is one of the best artists at Marvel. I cancel out your assertion.

http://joeshusterawards.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kaare-andrews-astonishing-x-men-xenogenesis-3.jpg

Why is a transvestite sitting on Scotts back?

[T Hedge Coke]

Why is a transvestite sitting on Scotts back?

Because Jean was vanilla and Scott's a sub who enjoys being furniture.

[PanzerMega]

I wonder how the cover would be without the hologram and logo. It's hard to tell, but I'm thinking kind of dull, but not bad enough to be in the thread. More boring than terrible. Definitely not Capullo's best work, even at the general time.

This one belongs in a worst cover captions thread too.

Even as a 13 year old kid I thought "Home Is The Warrior. Behold Now The Exodus" was just cringe-worthy.

[pariah-1972]

Because Jean was vanilla and Scott's a sub who enjoys being furniture.Post of the day !

[Mechano]

I couldn't agree more. http://forums.comicbookresources.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

I liked the 70's covers much better, they told a story and showed you what was inside. Even if it was a bit cliché. :wink:

My favorite worst-drawn cover? (:tongue:)

http://a.imageshack.us/img832/9238/spiderman040.jpg


spidey has a fat back...

[Frank]

I love that so many people hate this cover too. It's like everyone that fawns over All-Star Superman has to immediately defend this out of some sort of misplaced sense of honor or something.

Every time I see this pic of Quietly's Emma I throw up in my mouth a little.

The concept of the cover is great. And the art is good too. It's just that Emma looks like a young vietnamese girl that has had a boob job. I'm sure Quitely did it on purpose.

[T Hedge Coke]

The concept of the cover is great. And the art is good too. It's just that Emma looks like a young vietnamese girl that has had a boob job. I'm sure Quitely did it on purpose.

Quitely was drawing her fairly short in those first few issues, along with playing Jean with a high hairline. And, I always assumed her eyes were nearly closed because she's giving a look. It's kiss off. The superfluous zippers in that costume fascinate me, though.

[Mechano]

I always have and always will like the Quitely Emma Frost cover... it's classic.

[Jota]

I always have and always will like the Quitely Emma Frost cover... it's classic.I'm with you on that. I love it!

[Alex_]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four/519-2.jpg

[Mechano]

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/fantastic-four/519-2.jpg

what do you not like about this? i love ringo's stuff!

[Thundermonkey]

What about this one???




http://static.flickr.com/3393/3191785374_834563f157_b.jpg

[Frank]

Quitely was drawing her fairly short in those first few issues, along with playing Jean with a high hairline. And, I always assumed her eyes were nearly closed because she's giving a look. It's kiss off. The superfluous zippers in that costume fascinate me, though.

I think Quitely got the attitude Morrison was looking for. It's just that his take on Emma was off. Too short, too much boobs.

[Mechano]

What about this one???




http://static.flickr.com/3393/3191785374_834563f157_b.jpg

it's like captain poop fighting mr. boogerman with an uncircumcised penis for a nose.

[T Hedge Coke]

What about this one???




http://static.flickr.com/3393/3191785374_834563f157_b.jpg

Two monsters slugging it out amidst swamp and slime? Red moon? Creepy hooded figures on a boat? A title that pr'y had Mike Ploog and the rest of the crew rolling on the floor when the Comics Code OKed it?

What's not to love?

[Frank]

I always have and always will like the Quitely Emma Frost cover... it's classic.

I also think it's great. But i'm not surprised by the shock that some people might have because it doesn't look like the Emma that people know.

[Babylon23]

the post-Simonson 90's was not a good time for the Fantastic Four. Exibit A:

http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/30929984076.375.GIF

Awful costumes (especially stripper Sue Storm), generic pin-up cover, ridiculous 90's weaponry, hologram background so blinding that you can barely make out the image. Just horrific.

[pariah-1972]

the post-Simonson 90's was not a good time for the Fantastic Four. Exibit A:

http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/30929984076.375.GIF

Awful costumes (especially stripper Sue Storm), generic pin-up cover, ridiculous 90's weaponry, hologram background so blinding that you can barely make out the image. Just horrific.You do know that has been posted in this thread about a dozen times already?

[T Hedge Coke]

the post-Simonson 90's was not a good time for the Fantastic Four. Exibit A:

http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/30929984076.375.GIF

Awful costumes (especially stripper Sue Storm), generic pin-up cover, ridiculous 90's weaponry, hologram background so blinding that you can barely make out the image. Just horrific.

That cover's a tease, though, mostly for gags. Sue was desperately trying to get her husband's attention, hence the silly costume that didn't last and wasn't designed to, and the guns were a fakeout in the issue (and Johnny got a jacket like every post-Zenith hero and hated the thing).

I do gotta wonder though, what gimmick covers do look good in retrospect?

[pariah-1972]

After reading that comic in question i don't think the cover is that bad i mean it's pretty accurate depiction of whats inside for the most part.


But sort of does symbolize the 90's succinctly which is probably why i've seen it posted so much on here.

[ImmortalIronFist]

How. Dare. You.

Kaare is one of the best artists at Marvel. I cancel out your assertion.

http://joeshusterawards.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kaare-andrews-astonishing-x-men-xenogenesis-3.jpg

This cover is awful...it makes me cringe every time it comes up.

[T Hedge Coke]

Anyone have handy the version of the Astonishing cover where all the potential fetishes are photoshopped in?

His Emma is absurdly unattractive, but well, she could be. Sweet baby cheese and crackers, though, Scott's radiating down there beneath her. And look at those shoulders!

(I know some hated his Storm, too, but I think he nailed her out and gets bonus points for mohawk, while his Wolverine is fairly off-model but generates a visceral sense of Wolverine-ness that's frequently gone from the character, these days.)

[Andymills]

I remember that... LOL

[Jason Abbadon]

The most beautifull mary jane i've ever seen

http://exclamationcomics.com/images/covers/amazing-spiderman-603.jpg
Alfred E Newman is...Mry Jane Watson.


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HD93ubM8LrE/SHONcqA62-I/AAAAAAAAAWA/4JRSocgTa94/s320/alfred_e_neuman.jpg

[finfangfool]

I'll admit, I bought "Giant-Size Man-Thing" from my local comic shop's Wall of Shame because I was 15 and it made me snicker. Neal Adams' "Mr. T & the T-Force" was there as well, I'd love to post it larger that but I'm computer-ignorant and not sure how (good cover, but the talented artist/crappy concept have to make it a contender).

[Rasputin9977]

I always have and always will like the Quitely Emma Frost cover... it's classic.

I guess its good for diversity reasons. Emma Frost looks like an Asian ladyboy with dyed hair.

[rogerio]

Alfred E Newman is...Mry Jane Watson.

Awesome.:biggrin:

[Telos]

http://theheroicage.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/12_ASTONISHING_X_MEN__XENOGENESIS_1.jpg
It's definitely not the worst, and I know some people will burn me at the stake for this, but I hate Andrews' Storm and Emma. I just can't stand them! Hate Storm's tan-lined underboob and funky hips...And Emma, seriously, stumpy, dog faced, ginormous boobed, flab-ass?...And Armor's armor looks like Barney.

Isn't Storm's "tan-lined underboob" just a skintight white tank top? I don't actually mind this cover, aside from Emma. Cyke and Wolverine look pretty good.