The Best of the Best...

Well here's where you get to look at my All-time favorite covers, in chronological order, yet.
I first put this section in a few months ago, and now have a few more to choose from, so I've expanded the selection from 10 to 50.  Click on any one for a larger image!

Fantastic Four # 3
Mar 1962
Jack Kirby

Spider-Man # 6
Nov 1963
Steve Ditko

Avengers # 16
May 1965
Jack Kirby

Daredevil # 8
Jun 1965
Wally Wood

Spider-Man # 26
Jul 1965
Steve Ditko

Spider-Man # 33
Feb 1966
Steve Ditko

Astonish # 76
Feb 1966
Gene Colan

Daredevil # 16
May 1966
John Romita

Suspense # 82
Oct 1966
Jack Kirby

Thor # 138
Mar 1967
Jack Kirby

Fantastic Four # 61
Apr 1967
Jack Kirby

Spider-Man # 48
May 1967
John Romita

Spider-Man # 50
Jul 1967
John Romita

Daredevil # 30
Jul 1967
Gene Colan

Thor # 143
Aug 1967
Jack Kirby

Avengers # 45
Oct 1967
John Buscema

Strange T. # 161
Oct 1967
Jim Steranko

Suspense # 95
Nov 1967
Gene Colan

Fantastic Four # 69
Dec 1967
Jack Kirby

Astonish # 98
Dec 1967
Dan Adkins

Spider-Man # 56
Jan 1968
John Romita

Sgt. Fury # 50
Jan 1968
Ayers + Severin

Strange T. # 167
Apr 1968
Jim Steranko

Iron Man # 1
May 1968
Gene Colan

Spider-Man # 63
Aug 1968
John Romita

Daredevil # 45
Oct 1968
Gene Colan

Avengers # 57
Oct 1968
John Buscema

Cap America # 106
Oct 1968
Jack Kirby

Hulk King-Size # 1
Oct 1968
Jim Steranko

Sgt. Fury # 60
Nov 1968
Ayers + Severin

Spider-Man KS # 5
Nov 1968
John Romita

Hulk # 109
Nov 1968
Trimpe + Severin

X-Men # 50
Nov 1968
Jim Steranko

Nick Fury # 6
Nov 1968
Jim Steranko

Nick Fury # 7
Dec 1968
Jim Steranko

Spider-Man # 67
Dec 1968
John Romita

Fantastic Four # 82
Jan 1969
Jack Kirby

Silver Surfer # 4
Feb 1969
John Buscema

Spider-Man # 69
Feb 1969
John Romita

Dr Strange # 177
Feb 1969
Gene Colan

Dr Strange # 178
Mar 1969
Gene Colan

Cap America # 111
Mar 1969
Jim Steranko

Nick Fury # 10
Mar 1969
Frank Springer

X-Men # 58
Jul 1969
Neal Adams

Fantastic Four # 88
Jul 1969
Jack Kirby

Cap. Marvel # 15
Jul 1969
Marie Severin

Sub-Mariner # 16
Aug 1969
Marie Severin

Fantastic Four # 90
Sep 1969
Jack Kirby

Cap. Marvel # 17
Oct 1969
Gil Kane

Avengers # 92
Sep 1971
Neal Adams

Just in case you're trying to work it out, the 50 covers above consist of:
Ten x Spider-Man (3 Ditkos and 7 Romitas), Six x FF, Four x Avengers, Four x Daredevil, Three x Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, Two each from Thor, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, Strange Tales, Captain America, X-Men, Dr Strange, Hulk, Captain Marvel and Sgt Fury, and One each from Iron Man, Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer.

Among the pencilers, there are Eleven by Jack Kirby, Eight by John Romita, Seven each from Gene Colan and Jim Steranko, Three each by Steve Ditko and John Buscema, Two each from Neal Adams and Dick Ayers/John Severin, also two from John's sister Marie Severin, the only woman represented. There's also one each from Wally Wood, Gil Kane, Frank Springer, Herb Trimpe (with John Severin inking) and Dan Adkins.  And I suspect that more than a couple of the covers were inked by Frank Giacoia.  Even if I'm wrong, I think Frank deserves a mention on this page!

OK, I know, how could I leave out Amazing Fantasy # 15, Spider-Man # 39, FF # 48-50, FF # 72, etc, etc - well, if you disagree, let me know which are your favorite covers by emailing me at:
nick@comics.org

HEY!  Since you bothered to scroll down this far, check out this collection: Covers with Photo Backgrounds! ... and Monochrome Covers!




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