Best of 2006: Covers

While we all pretty much agreed on what makes a bad cover (or who makes a bad cover, rather), the Doomers torn on what makes a good cover. Does an iconic image make the best covers? A cast of thousands? Paint? I’ll just let you decide.

Lone Ranger #2

“As has been picked elsewhere, the first issue of 52 had an amazing cover. Also, John Cassady continued a great run of covers (and interior work) in Astonishing X-Men. But it’s a lesser-known Cassady cover that impressed me the most. For the second issue of the new Lone Ranger series, he took an icon and twisted it slightly, making an iconic image all his own.”
-Jean-Claude Van Doom

DC: The New Frontier Volume 2 TPB

“Darwyn Cooke’s artwork is pretty. Just inked and colored, it’s a delight. But fully painted, and on actual canvas, no less? Breathtaking. I stared at that thing for hours before I even cracked the spine.”
-Fin Fang Doom

Infinite Crisis #7

“Best cover goes to “Infinite Crisis #7,” take your pick of which variant. They’re both amazing.”
-Doom DeLuise