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Number 98:
Ultimate Spider-Man #66 (Marvel – 2004)
Cover art by Mark Bagley
Colors by Richard Isanove
In my opinion Mark Bagley is one of the top 10 Spider-Man artists of all time. Ultimate Spider-Man #66 features his take on Wolverine. I love the way he’s leaping up behind Spider-Man in front of a full moon. Richard Isanove’s colors really pop here too.
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The count-down of my 100 favorite comic covers continues. Did you miss #100? It’s here. Now for #99 presented in a “Retina-Ready” format. Just click on the rather large thumbnail below to load a 2,048 pixel height version.
Number 99:
Shogun Warriors #19 (Marvel – 1980)
Cover art by Herb Trimpe
A lot of fan-boys my age remember their beloved Mattel Shogun Warrior toys and I had those too…but when I think Shogun Warriors I remember the short-lived but crazy fun Marvel comic. This cover by the tragically under-rated Herb Trimpe has a fantastic angled perspective that emphasizes the huge size of the Shoguns. Good stuff. Come back tomorrow night for #98.
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I’m going to rescan many (eventually all?) of my comic collection’s cover images in “Retina Ready” resolutions and High Quality settings with low compression. See here for the technical specs:
http://lrpctechblog.com/comic-books/cover-scanning-in-the-retina-age/
So I decided to share my Top 100 here -one cover per post as I have time. I’ll try to do at least one a day. This is in count-down style starting with 100 and working my way up to my number one favorite of all time. Now do understand I only considered books that are already indexed and scanned in my current collection as of right now. Many great books are NOT yet part of the 5,000 or so I currently have covers scanned for.
Number 100:
X-Treme X-Men #35 (Marvel Comics – 2004)
Cover art by Salvador Larroca
Colors by Liquid!
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This is a great example of Larroca’s stuff where they colored directly over his pencils with NO INKING whatsoever! Awesome and clean. I like the black costumes….Storm is rocking the short hair and Rogue is sexy and confident. What’s not to like? Check back tomorrow night for #99.
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