top 3 covers....a spin off from "its started" :)

jusdb · Post by **jusdb** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:30 pm

ok....your fav 3 covers...and why (if you want)...

in no particular order:

xo #10 - striking cover, gets your attention...reminds me of solar 7...the stark white background really makes it stand out. the cover totally makes you excited about reading the book (especially if youve just read #9

)

rai #21 - see above.

magnus #21 - looking at this cover, you know the whole world is about to be turned upside down.

ok, who's next?

Peter Parker · Post by **Peter Parker** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:14 pm

Well, IMHO...its hands down Solar# 10! 8)

At first one might think? "moron, there is NOTHING on the cover of Solar#10"...yes, that would indeed be correct of course. However, ultimately, that IS the reason I picked it to begin with.

Black as a color, can mean and convey a myriad of things. The striking nature of "Black" always catches the eye, even motivates, perhaps causes fear, but without a doubt, curiosity

For pure simplification of creation, as well as uber effect, I think Solar#10 was the most memorable, and best cover of the Valiant books

But *SQUEE*, what do I know

Ooops, I should know better than to curse at least

Sir Bryan of New Yorkton!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:26 pm

That's just freaky. I was considering making a 'fav Valiant cover' topic too. Weird.

Anyhoo...

Harbinger #4. Simple, but powerful. One of the best Valiant covers of all time.

Unity #0. For obvious reasons. Overexposed, but still, bar none, one of the best covers ever.

Rai #0. Again, terribly overexposed and overused, but the original knocked the SOCKS off of everyone when it came out.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:27 pm

Solar #7

X-O #2

Harbinger #6

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:33 pm

5 of the 13 so far....BWS covers.

No surprise there.

jusdb · Post by **jusdb** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:39 pm

no, but im surprised that everyone doesn't pick the same 5 or so covers.....i intentionally picked all post unity covers and covers that i didn't think anyone would pick....

whats up w/the rest of you guys??

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:40 pm

One of the first pages I created in 1999 was my
Top 10 Favorite Pre-Unity Covers page...
Here are my picks at the time...
http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/Top10.asp

I'm not sure how they would change today...
But I've never done an "all Valiant" list, just a pre-Unity list...
Hmmm...

graybola · Post by **graybola** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:42 pm

My top 3 are in order:
Unity 0 just cuz it is AWESOME!!!!
Harbinger 1 was the first comic I spent 30 bucks on (i was 12) and I
actually have a 27 x 41 poster that a friend in the printing industry made for me so I can look at it all the time. I also have the unity 0 promo poster on display.
I always liked Harbinger 7 ? The one with flamingo at torque's grave.

Runners up are XO 1,5,7
Solar 1,7
Rai 1,5
Archer and armstrong 0,1
I cant think of any others without looking at my collection.

Chris

graybola · Post by **graybola** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:45 pm

Greg, I forgot about Magnus 10. That cover is great !!!!!!
Chris

Maxim St. James · Post by **Maxim St. James** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:51 pm

My top three favorite Valiant covers are

Eternal Warrior 4 (just awesome)

Solar 5

Bloodshot 45

With honorable mentions to

X-0 14
Shadowman 13
Rai 22

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:52 pm

In order:

X-O #12..... Great art, lots of action
Solar #7....... One of those covers that you want to frame & hang on the wall
Harbinger #4... Lot of dark emotion in this one.

Runner up..... X-O #1 Classic cover

Boda

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:22 pm

I can't pick only 3 so here are a few of my favorites

Rai 3 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=468
To this day I don't think any cover has caught my attention like it did.

Predator vs Magnus 1 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=428
You just feel like the predator is gonna chomp Magnus's head right off.

Shadowman #1 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=543
Out of the shadows to stop evil....

Harbinger 0 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=1217
you think to yourself "who is the guy in the background?" I always think it is Harada pulling the strings.

Eternal Warrior #35 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=183
Its just his arm!

Solar #3 http://www.valiantcomics.com/valiant/issue.asp?cn=616
Look out! hes behind you....

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:40 am

Without a doubt:

Solar #1: The power around him is solar gel. SOLAR FREAKING GEL. It's so gelly that I can almost reach out and touch it. And if I touch it I can perchance become a god? It's mind blowing

(pbbt, why are you people looking at me like you never thought of that before. Hypocrits.)
Magnus #0: Standing over a pile of dead robots. Come on, you know some sh%^ went down for that pile to accumulate there!
Magnus #2: As Greg posted, "Stop running and pushing...
There's enough death here for everyone."

Honor roll:

Unity #0 and 1: it’s an action sequence of all the Valiant players. Nuff said.
Rai #1: So Simplistic yet so eye appealing. Like Solar #7, you want to frame it.

twofour · Post by **twofour** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:39 am

3- Unity #0
2- Harbinger #6
1- Rai #0

twofour

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:24 am

At least a couple of people got it right...RAI 0 is the best cover ever....of any comic....totally sweeet....ninja swords and handguns with scopes? are you kidding me....you know he is gonna kick some A$$....but you asked for 3 so here is my list

Rai 0
XO 14
Rai 5

myron · Post by **myron** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:45 am

this is tough:

Harbinger 0 -- makes you think...lots of nuances...whose pulling the st(r)ing?
Solar 9 --- rather disturbing
Unity 0--- everyones there!

Snakemann · Post by **Snakemann** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:09 am

No one thought Bloodshot #1 or Turok #1 ?!?

When Bloodshot #1 came out, no other company had tried a cover like that before. This was one of many things that put Valiant ahead of the other companies. I was just could not believe how awesome those covers were when they came out.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:54 am

Snakemann wrote:No one thought Bloodshot #1 or Turok #1 ?!?

When Bloodshot #1 came out, no other company had tried a cover like that before. This was one of many things that put Valiant ahead of the other companies. I was just could not believe how awesome those covers were when they came out.

I wanted to say bloodshot 1...I love it, but then I thought that this was more of regular cover kinda thread since we had the gimmick cover thread a while back...Hell I even typed it out and everything but went back and changed it since I did not think that it was the right place for it...but yeah I like that cover also....

PS...I just got my ticket form from UGA...and spring practice starts in 8 days...yippee....football season will be here before we kow it..

Ax · Post by Ax » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:16 am

XO Manowar 6 (Something about superheroes being thrown through brick walls just gets me going.)

Magnus 30

Rai 32 (Giant robot!)

Shakespeare · Post by **Shakespeare** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:20 pm

It's interesting how, with Solar #10, they chose to have the cover make a reference to the insert story instead of the regular story.

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:40 pm

1. XO #0
2. Magnus #0
3. Ninjak #1, Solar 10 (tie)

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:06 pm

I have to say, Ninjak #1 is certainly one of the *prettiest* covers....all sparkly and colorful....

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:20 pm

gotta bump this...peter parker even chimed in!

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:21 pm

whetteon wrote:Without a doubt:

Solar #1: The power around him is solar gel. SOLAR FREAKING GEL. It's so gelly that I can almost reach out and touch it. And if I touch it I can perchance become a god? It's mind blowing (pbbt, why are you people looking at me like you never thought of that before. Hypocrits.)
Magnus #0: Standing over a pile of dead robots. Come on, you know some sh%^ went down for that pile to accumulate there!
Magnus #2: As Greg posted, "Stop running and pushing...
There's enough death here for everyone."

Honor roll:

Unity #0 and 1: it’s an action sequence of all the Valiant players. Nuff said.
Rai #1: So Simplistic yet so eye appealing. Like Solar #7, you want to frame it.

it's so jelly i can reach out and touch it!

classic!

dave · Post by **dave** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:26 pm

i'll go for some "outside the box" answers

hard corps 4...the james bond underwater adventure one has always been a favorite!

x-o 16 he's coming out of the ocean dripping wet-just thought it was cool

archer and armstrong 3...all that action and archer is just putting his thoughts down on paper-explains their relationship very well-a lot of depth on a cover like that!

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