Marvel's "Top 70 Covers" -- Bah!
Has anyone seen the "Top 70 Covers" list at the Marvel website? What a disappointment!
I was already put out by the fact that no Alpha Flight story made the top 70 greatest comic stories list, but I put my disappointment past me, and moved on. I thought Alpha had a better chance of being represented in the best covers list. Surely with all the beautiful covers John Byrne did during his run on the book, Alpha would have a chamce.
Well, I should have known better. First, there were very few JB AF covers up for voting. But I voted daily and faithfully for AF #1, 3, and 6, as well for as for UXMen #120 and 121. (Gee, can you tell that I'm an Alpha Flight fan?) :lol:
But it turned out to be a wasted effort. Needless to say, Alpha Flight was not represented even once, and most of the covers there were mediocre, at best, IMO. I particularly dislike #67, an ugly cover with the Hulk knocking Iron Man's head off. (In my disappointment, I have to fixate on one I especially detest.) I do like #16, the all-red Vision cover, but that was the only one I really liked.
I noticed that there is a thread for this at the John Byrne forum, and that everyone who has posted feels exactly the way I do. (JB himself said the list was "clueless".) Have any of the rest of you seen this list? What are your thoughts?
Re: Marvel's "Top 70 Covers" -- Bah!
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Originally Posted by birdygirl
Alpha Flight was not represented even once
Not exactly true... cover #47 is X-Men #190, featuring Northstar and Aurora, not on the cover, but inside. Doesn't really count, I know...
Cover #37 is X-Men #200, and Northstar's on the cover of that variant shown. He's also listed on the little guide inside identifying the characters on the cover. That's supposed to be a gatefold cover, dunno why they only show the front...
Cover #19 is X-Men: Alpha, an Age of Apocalypse title, and AoA Wild Child is on the cover. They are showing the 2nd printing there, the 1st printing being a foil cover.
I voted for AF#1 too, no luck. It would have been nice to have at least 1 Alpha Flight cover, oh well, at least we got these three issues.
Love,
rplass