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13. Don Winslow. The rope logo and the smoke looks at least a bit like smoke.
14. Ozark Ike. It has charm while Chili clearly needs to spend time on the hussy thread.
15. Comic Cavalcade. A solid gag, although Supes, Bats and Endangered Child Lad comparing their autographs of Leigon Worlders brings back memories. Oddly, they aren't my memories.
16. Katy Keene. There's a poem on it. Also the chance that her legs aren't long enough to touch the ground on the cover. That means there's sci fi action when she flies off on the hoverboard that's under there, with the fashion samples.
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13. DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY Reasonable dynamic cover for its age. The other is just confusing to me - but I suppose that's appropriate to magic.
14. OZARK IKE Mildly amusing and still acceptable today. Chilli doesn't look that great to modern eyes.
15. COMIC CAVALCADE Both not bad. Took me a minute to get the autographs bit on WFC but I like how there is more going on in CC and the kids looking amazed at the heroes while they enjoy the show.
16. KATY KEENE FASHION BOOK Not being a big fashion guy, I prefer the joke in Margie, but considering the audience they are trying to attract I think KK does a better job.
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13. Hey, who picks this crap? DON WINSLOW makes sense, anyway.
14. OZARK IKE.
15. COMIC CAVALCADE. Cute!
16. MY LITTLE MARGIE because I prefer the dress!
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17. SUPERMAN (1943) vs. SUPERMAN (1988)   18. SENSATION COMICS vs. PLANET COMICS   19. AQUAMAN vs. PLASTIC MAN   20. DEADLY CLASS vs. OUTCAST  
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17. SUPERMAN (1943)
18. SENSATION COMICS
19. AQUAMAN
20. OUTCAST
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17. Superman of the forties. The Kryptonite glow of the later figure, yet still wearing a Supes costume and a hood is interesting. But Teeds has taught me the value of that golden age cover genre of characters as puppet masters. I quite like the art and the S on the crime wrestling outfit.
18. Sensation. Planet has the standard damsel-alien-hero-other planet-ray gun components, but I'm not taken with the art. Sensation wins points for the tentacle creating a border around the inset. And how does this underwater scene connect with The Cheetah's Paws? That, and a classic logo for the win.
19. Plastic Man. Arthur is going to be shocked when both Meras make him dedded for being really boring. I prefer the Aqua-art, but there's something about the Plas' close up face off that gets the win.
20. Outcast. Nice logo, good snowy art and there's something odd in those footprints. Elsewhere moody, cool kids bore me senseless, hopefully not resulting in me being buried in a future cover.
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17. SUPERMAN (1988) This one was pretty tricky. That is a classic Byrne cover and I was collecting at the time so own it. The style of it is also excellent. I will not comment on the story because this is covers alone. OTOH the Forties cover is quite clever and different from most. Seeing Superman playing puppet master to gangsters beating each other up (and thoroughly enjoying himself to boot) is something I have never seen before. In the end I went with the Eighties purely for personal nostalgia.
18. SENSATION COMICS Cool design with the multiple images and the octopus arms forming part of the bubble frame.
19. PLASTIC MAN AM is interesting enough but fairly standard but PM is intriguing with how it draws the two doubles.
20. OUTCAST Both good covers but the style of the figure walking into the distance with his footprints in the snow becoming demonic really grips you, or at least it grips me).
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17. SUPERMAN (1943) vs. SUPERMAN (1988) 18. SENSATION COMICS vs. PLANET COMICS 19. AQUAMAN vs. PLASTIC MAN 20. DEADLY CLASS vs. OUTCAST
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17. SUPERMAN (1988) has intrigue and a great limited palette! GA Supes may or may not have anything to do with the contents, is kinda dingy in comparison -- it's no Sensation.. Speaking of... 18. SENSATION COMICS!. I don't think I understand exactly what's going on here, but I don't care. That octopus! The Planet art style is mildly unpleasant. 19. AQUAMAN. Mera + Mera > 2 Eels. 20. We've seen similar concept/s before. I like the uncommon pink DC background with the monochrome, and the figure style. But once you more than glance at OUTCAST's footprints....
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21. QUASAR vs. THE THING   22. MOON KNIGHT vs. BLUE DEVIL   23. ANIMOSITY vs. REVIVAL   24. EAST OF WEST vs. FAIREST  
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21. Tougher than it looks. I'm troubled by the small circumference of that planetoid on The Thing. Too small for an atmosphere? If so, how can he be speaking? Perhaps he wrote out giant word balloons with his final breaths, and they hover there in the vacuum. Quasar gets points for having Death replace the normal figure in the bottom left of Marvel covers. But Thing wins due to having some cover angst.
22. Blue Devil. Ties in the cover art with the story. Also gives you the nod that it's a humourous title. Moon Knight is safe. The thugs are about to argue over why one of them gets a sophisticated machine gun, while the others just have sticks. Interesting that Knighty has such a large mirror. Do all super heroes have one, so they can check their costumes before going out to avenge the night? Whoever needs to avenge any part of the day is a bit odd.
23. Revival. More haunting than paw blobs.
24. Fairest. East of West is nicely designed. But it's not touching the I Was A Gun Moll For The Rat King story on the other cover. Nice to see Shawn McManus there too.
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21. THE THING The art rally emphasises the felling of being alone
22. MOON KNIGHT BD is mildly funny and the money flying out at the reader is good but the goons stepping out of the mirrors from the top down perspective really grabs you
23. REVIVAL I didn't seethe paw print at first but the deer's staring eyes get to me
24. FAIREST Rats! Why did it have it be rats! They have always been a bit scary since reading 1984, and they're use here is creepy.
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21. QUASAR
22. MOON KNIGHT
23. ANIMOSITY
24. FAIREST
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21. QUASAR. The background is sharp! 22. BLUE DEVIL looks fun and the coins coming at ya are great. Over on Moon Knight, the WTF is the lack of WTF. It's a Sienkiewicz rather than a SIENKIEWICZ. 23. REVIVAL. More of a default. I can't say it doesn't have something, but I have a feeling I've seen the concept before. 24. Speaking of previously seen concepts: 5.52. FAIREST.
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25. WONDER WOMAN vs. BOY COMMANDOS   26. GEORGIE AND JUDY vs. PATSY WALKER   27. NOVA vs. THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN   28. SPREAD vs. THE BEAUTY  
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21. QUASAR vs. THE THING 22. MOON KNIGHT vs. BLUE DEVIL 23. ANIMOSITY vs. REVIVAL 24. EAST OF WEST vs. FAIREST 25. WONDER WOMAN vs. BOY COMMANDOS 26. GEORGIE AND JUDY vs. PATSY WALKER 27. NOVA vs. THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 28. SPREAD vs. THE BEAUTY
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25. BOY COMMANDOS WW is ok but average whereas the use of the chess board and threat is more interesting to me.
26. PATSY WALKER This is bascially a tie but PW appeals slightly more - for colour? arrangement? the kids managed to get together? something.
27. NOVA Interesting recruitment poster idea wheras I don't know what is going on with the abstract IM. I would probably pick IM if it were up against an average super-hero cover.
28. SPREAD Neither really appeal to me but there is a little humour in Spread.
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25. WONDER WOMAN
26. PATSY WALKER
27. NOVA
28. THE BEAUTY
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25. WONDER WOMAN although it's not HG Peter's most exciting cover. BC coloring is harsh, offputting. ( GCD says the BC cover is by CURT SWAN and I just don't see it.) 26. GEORGIE AND JUDY because I prefer the red to the yellow. 27. IRON MAN28. THE BEAUTY. I'd likely pick off both off the rack to check them out, though.
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29. KERRY DRAKE DETECTIVE CASES vs. X-MEN   30. ASTRO CITY vs. BLACK SCIENCE  31. ALL-FLASH vs. JEANIE   32. LOVE LETTERS vs. LOVE DIARY  
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29. KERRY DRAKE DETECTIVE CASES vs. X-MEN 30. ASTRO CITY vs. BLACK SCIENCE 31. ALL-FLASH vs. JEANIE 32. LOVE LETTERS vs. LOVE DIARY
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29. KERRY DRAKE DETECTIVE CASES
30. ASTRO CITY
31. JEANIE
32. LOVE LETTERS
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29. KERRY DRAKE DETECTIVE CASES I know it has been done many times but this leaping through the page is still more interesting than the very standard X-Men cover.
30. BLACK SCIENCE AC is beautifully painted but just too much red.
31. ALL-FLASH I just don't get Jeannie. Are they playing a (very expensive) practical joke on her dad, or are they stealing his actual money tree or what?
32. LOVE DIARY Wow. What a coincidence that two different magazines both use one of two mirror identical twins. Amazing. "Who am I" and "My Hidden Past" indeed.
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29. KERRY DRAKE DETECTIVE CASES gives us names on the dramatic personae. Over in X-men, they gots "yesteryear's most sensational supervillains!" Yeah, sure thing, pal. 30. ASTRO CITY is what it says on the cover, but we know that's retired Gim & Yera on Ventura, right? Right? Can't say the other isn't eyecatching -- the empress wants to be seen (but will not grant audience). 31. JEANIE even though the gag is muddled.  32. I typically do not use majority-photo covers in these matchups, but I think you can see why I made an exception here. (Not that this is exceptional, mind you.) Although I might like the LD image a touch better, the LOVE LETTERS logo is great and gives it the win.
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33. BLUE BEETLE vs. DOCTOR WHO  34. GENERATION X vs. JUSTICE   35. SPOOKY vs. THE SWORD   36. AIR vs. GOTHAM CITY SIRENS  
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