Cover Themes: Surrounded!

Another sweet recurring cover theme I'm partial to:

heroes being surrounded by 'unbeatable' odds!

One of the best series ever, Squadron Supreme,

with a Paul Ryan (the good kind) version of 'surrounded.'

Oh, if only they hadn't retconned that

bullshit explanation that 'the Hulk had never

killed anyone!' What good is a monster if

it doesn't act monstrously--intentionally or otherwise?

First 'Multiple Man' (Jamie)...a big

fave of mine.

Even though it's more of a "This isn't

quite truth in advertising," still a great

cover and a good story...before Byrne

jumped the shark.

Manhunter V Multiplex!

JL Generation Lost!

Some awesome Bogdanove cover art

from the Zero Hour era (ugh!) featuring

most of the different versions of Supes

and Bats!

Understandably, being wrongfully cornered by

pigs seems to be a theme that's popular and

relateable!

One of my fave Legion covers!

Perez art...the Mystery of Reflecto storyline...

time travel....Dawnstar....the mother lode!

(Geez, Louise! Doesn't it seem that the

1970's Marvel Boy/Quasar gets mind-

controlled an inordinate amount of times?!?)

Before Rosie O'Donnell started her

cruise line, there was the MODAM/

Superia cruise-from-hell!

Beautiful Phil Jimenez cover, with Guy Gardner getting his

ass handed to him just an added bonus!

Kubert covers Batman with a frightening

vision of madness during a fun period with

the 8-page back-ups (mostly

hold-overs from the DC Implosion.)

Mysterio always makes for some good stories;

Hell, look what he did to ol' Wolverine in the

"Old Man Logan" storyline! This lead-up to # 200

was a good read, too.

Oohhh! Dig those Seventies street thugs'

dated fashion! Back when a Punisher sighting

was a rare occurrence.

A pretty good read that helped 'merge' the

different characters into one earth post-Crisis.

The whole storyline has been adapted into several

different formats (including the current "Young

Justice: Invasion" storyline.)

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