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57. WHIZ COMICS vs. FIRESTORM   58. BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS vs. SUGAR & SPIKE   59. UNDERDOG vs. LITTLE DOT   60. JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE vs. DARK MYSTERIES  
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53. ARCHIE'S PALS N GALS vs. MARGE'S LITTLE LULU  54. PETER PANDA vs. OUR GANG COMICS 55. MARY MARVEL vs. RICHIE RICH AND JACKIE JOKERS  56. SPIDEY vs. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL  57. WHIZ COMICS vs. FIRESTORM 58. BATMAN GOTHAM KNIGHTS vs. SUGAR & SPIKE 59. UNDERDOG vs. LITTLE DOT 60. JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE vs. DARK MYSTERIES
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57. Neither of them are doing much for a story other than a caption. The lightning bolt outline's Cap's origins as much as the figures on Stormy's cover. Although I like Conway's Firestorm, Cap wins for the better quality rendering.
58. Batman. If only for the Joker/ Ant Man crossover it promises.
59. Little Dot. Underdog is decent, but nothing like showing your kids use toy firearms on older comic book covers.
60. Dark Mysteries. Any of those cats could kill him at any moment. All of them are choosing to play with their flustered prey first.
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57. WHIZ COMICS. Like Firehawk's aesthetic though.
58. GOTHAM KNIGHTS. Weirdness!
59. LITTLE DOT. Those waffles know what they did.
60. JLE. Well, I didn't BUY it. I'm saving fictional feline lives here!
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61. MAD vs. MIND MGMT   62. THE BATMAN ADVENTURES vs. WOLFF & BYRD, COUNSELORS OF THE MACABRE   63. THE FIGHTING YANK vs. GREEN LANTERN  64. THE WITCHING HOUR vs. ZOT!  
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61. Mad. The other cover is only a step away from the source. Mad subverts the source and is an easy winner.
62. Wolff & Byrd. I've not read any, but that animated Bats look is the nicer of the art. But it's a Batvillain with a gun, so not much new there. The other cover has a twist out of one of the '50s ACG comics, with the central characters defending the creatures. Much more interesting.
63. I can't even remember the name of the heroine on this one. She was part of a massive cast in Terra Obscura and probably Project Superpowers. I'm just glad Fighting Yank is saving the dinosaur from her. There might be some time travel involved, and I'd have probably gone for that one if I was younger. But there's some odd humour behind how Doiby ended up being spanked by a tree. So, I'm going with Green Lantern and didn't mention Green Lantern's problem with wood once.
64. Witching Hour. Normally Zot would walk this. And the shadowing doesn't quite work on the Witching Hour to really get all its points. But the concept of the reader not seeing the killer's face, because the book's logo dileberately blocks it, is different and gets the win.
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61. MAD. It's madder!
62. Co-sign thothy's points (Bats art is superior; W&B concept is far more interesting) but come to a different conclusion. BATMAN ADVENTURES.
63. GREEN LANTERN. WTFery! (And that's Miss Masque.)
64. WITCHING HOUR. What thoth said.
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63. GREEN LANTERN. WTFery! (And that's Miss Masque.) Thanks!
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61. MAD vs. MIND MGMT 62. THE BATMAN ADVENTURES vs. WOLFF & BYRD, COUNSELORS OF THE MACABRE 63. THE FIGHTING YANK vs. GREEN LANTERN 64. THE WITCHING HOUR vs. ZOT!
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65. AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL vs. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY   66. FAMOUS FUNNIES vs. HOMER THE HAPPY GHOST   67. GREEN LANTERN vs. POLICE COMICS   68. HERBIE vs. SHOWCASE  
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65. AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL vs. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY 66. FAMOUS FUNNIES vs. HOMER THE HAPPY GHOST 67. GREEN LANTERN vs. POLICE COMICS 68. HERBIE vs. SHOWCASE
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65. Journey into Mystery. There's picking up sticks, and then there's the sticks picking themselves up and chasing you. Spidey is well enough drawn, but loses points for hinting it's telekinesis causing the car travel.
66. Famous funnies. I nearly put Homer, as he's too cool for séances. But funnies has the physical gag, as well as the insight into human nature.
67. Green Lantern. Like Homer, Plas is very cool. And there's the pun in the text. That's usually a win, but Kane's art, and the height involved in Hal's crisis, gets my points.
68. Well, I'm not likely to cave into a particular artist on a cover again, any time so...oh, hi Mr Kane! It's a classic one too. It gets points for a vehicle flying above a city in the way that 65's Spidey cover didn't. Showcase for the win. Herbie gets some consolation points for poop.
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65. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. Less slick, but weirder.
66. HOMER.
67. POLICE COMICS. GL far ahead at setting up the story, but PC color story!!!
68. SHOWCASE. It's how Hal fills the space, and seems to be right in front of you.
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69. NEW TEEN TITANS vs. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA   70. TEEN-AGE LOVE vs. ROMANTIC MARRIAGE   71. NEW MUTANTS vs. LAZARUS   72. THE SPECTRE vs. PHANTOM STRANGER  
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69. Titans: The way the iamges combine to form a T shape, under the Titans Logo (which loses a couple of points for not quite being above the panels. The central figures just stray into the other two panels, connecting them all. The little bits onf unobtrusive story blurb, giving them unique identities, while combining them as a whole. Oh, and Perez gets points. Tha galactica one is very good too. The central figure takes up the left side and, like titans, connects the sub stories. But they don't form a shape, in the way the titans cover does.
70. Romantic Marriage. Teenage has the more interesting central image, with it's lesser quality art being an advantage. Both teenagers are about to be dedded from the walking tree from number 63, giving it a horrror/ humour angle too. But Romantic has the much better story titles with dangerous flirtation being perfect for LW.
71. New Mutants. Lazarus is very well designed with lovely art. I really like how that central middle horizontal isn't centred. It's just offset a bit. But Mutants using the glasses frame as a platform is excellent. I've been a fan of little character silhouettes, since JLA did something similar decades ago in an internal panel.
72. Phantom Stranger. The Spectre's head is slightly off centre and menancing, getting it points. But the creature in Phants is at an offkilter angle, and you can really feel it's shambling walk though the squelchy ground to the ancient house.
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69. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. I appreciate many of the elements on NTT, but BG is a lil more intriguing, esp with the somewhat offbeat coloring.
70. ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. But what's the with foliage-loving peeper paparazzi?
71. NEW MUTANTS. Co-sign thoth.
72. PHANTOM STRANGER. The titled image does a lot (although the "even" PS then seems clunky).
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73. HAWKEYE vs. IMPULSE   74. SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL vs. ALF   75. MILITARY COMICS vs. BATMAN   76. PROMETHEA vs. PUNISHER  
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73. Hawkeye. Both good covers, but the hard working hero aspect of Hawkeye gets the win.
74. Alf. Yup, the pun wins it, as the other cover doesn;t do much for me.
75. Bart Hawk began to realise why the other Blackhawks insisted he put the large yellow target on his chest. Later he'd give it to GA Bats to take into the Silver Age. Bats gets the win for Alfred's pose in the spotlight. I'ts your turn to shine, Alf...not not you from number 74. The other Alf...
76. Punisher for the interesting perspective and the skull shape in the tree. I couldn;t give many points to Promethea, as I was too busy apologising and backing away.
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73. HAWKEYE. Agree with thoth.
74. ALF. Again, agree. I have a hard time telling exactly what is going on over on SM/DP.
75. I wonder how many 1940s kids were besides themselves with joy that their idol Alfred the butler was featured on the cover? Military art is nice, but how thrilling is it, really? BATMAN for nuttiness.
76. Cosmic bathing or the dirt nap? OK, Punisher is sharp, but I'm going with the rather pleasantly fizzy PROMETHEA.
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77. DETECTIVE COMICS vs. SPIDER-GWEN   78. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT vs. LOW   79. WHAT IF? vs. THE UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL   80. MYSTERY IN SPACE vs. THE INVISIBLES  
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77. Detective Comics. While the Crimson Avenger's cloak might get in the way of him moving, Gwen's hood stops her from seeing properly. The outfit in Detective is back when mystery men converted existing items into a costume and that shows in a good way. I like the contrast between Avenger's city at night for his time, and Gwen's shiny, bright modern city.
78. Captain Midnight. Although the Chosen seem to be very much like the endless clones thrown into The Ultimates or The Authority, there's some sort of story there. Once I make out all the background figures in Low, I'm not really sure of any connection they have with the central character on the cover. Lots of space for even a story title on there.
79. What If? It's so sure of the quality of the tale, it answers it's own premis on the cover, and build up the story even more. Gwenpool has some humour, with the little Doom Doll. But it won't have the epic story of Doom vs Mephisto.
80. A super tough one. That's another excellent Bolland cover. The Earth as a bomb is really well done, as are the hands and wrists of the 4 central characters (possibly even placed by seniority in the cell). But Look at the head gear on Mystery. The engineers needed to communicate with the crew, so they had little earpieces. They became those wings. So as not to look like a roman god/ Golden Age Flash someone has added the top fin. Now they can not only communicate, but they are aerodynamic for walking to the space shops. So many points for the future fashion. *Then* there's the story of what's happened to their planet. Was it always like that? Is it a Bizarro crossover? Even more points for the sweep of the cabin neatly underlining the logo, and giving it a solid background. Mystery in Space for the win.
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69. NEW TEEN TITANS vs. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 70. TEEN-AGE LOVE vs. ROMANTIC MARRIAGE 71. NEW MUTANTS vs. LAZARUS 72. THE SPECTRE vs. PHANTOM STRANGER 73. HAWKEYE vs. IMPULSE 74. SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL vs. ALF 75. MILITARY COMICS vs. BATMAN 76. PROMETHEA vs. PUNISHER
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77. DETECTIVE COMICS vs. SPIDER-GWEN 78. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT vs. LOW 79. WHAT IF? vs. THE UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL 80. MYSTERY IN SPACE vs. THE INVISIBLES
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77. SPIDER-GWEN. Detective is hardly the roughest of GA art, but what is up with that topography?
78. CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT. The style, the use of white space.
79. UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL. It's never Mephisto!
80. THE INVISIBLES. Why are the colors on MIS dull? I don't judge on imperfections or aging in scans but still. The Invisibles isn't a particularly colorful colorful cover so maybe it's cover gloss that makes me prefer it. Also another shoutout to that logo.
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81. SINGLE SERIES (IRON VIC) vs. WONDERWORLD COMICS   82. DAREDEVIL vs. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN   83. LOVELORN vs. SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND LOIS LANE   84. RACKET SQUAD IN ACTION vs. STRANGE ADVENTURES  
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