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Post by Red Oak Kid on Jun 3, 2016 15:46:14 GMT -5
I got this idea from a post by Marvelmaniac on the Who Do You Follow, Artists or Writers? Thread. I give him all credit for the idea.
Buying a comic entirely because of the cover is probably something you did early in your comic reading years. I know the first comics I bought were Batman or Detective comics with covers drawn by Infantino. I think the first was a cover where Batman had his arms pinned to his side by a large Bat Symbol like the one on his chest.
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Post by Warmonger on Jun 3, 2016 15:52:37 GMT -5
Almost every time I've done it, it's come back to bite me in the ass with a completely forgettable issue.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 3, 2016 15:56:31 GMT -5
All the time when I was eight. That said I haven't done it in over 30 years.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jun 3, 2016 16:15:19 GMT -5
I frequently buy books based on the cover alone, though this may not be precisely the intent of the question. Books like Superman #23, Action Comics #58, Captain Marvel Jr. #13, Astonishing #30, and Crime Suspenstories #22 all have great, memorable covers, and I bought all of them with no knowledge of the interiors.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 3, 2016 16:41:17 GMT -5
I mean yeah I've bought a lot of comics because the cover sold me on giving the contents a try. I've even bought comics with no care about the contents, as the cover justified the money I spent for me. I've quite a few pulp paperbacks and vintage, fiction and non-fiction books for the cover or packaging. I bought Joe Satriani's Surfing with the Alien CD because Silver Surfer and Galactus were on it. There's a lot of things I've judged by the packaging and thought if the contents didn't live up, what I paid for it justifies the packaging/cover/art. Edit: However, in most cases it ends up I liked the contents, but not always.
Have I bought a comic for the cover, with absolutely no intention of even giving the contents a chance? Yeah, but not often. And 99% of those cases are cheesecake covers. In both comics and pulp novels, especially.
Heck, I have a Lady Gaga poster that I saw at Walmart god knows how long ago because it reminded me of Sharon Apple from Macross Plus. Never heard any of the gal's music unless it was unknowingly.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 3, 2016 17:18:50 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, I can't remember ever buying a book that I didn't already collect just for the cover. But lets see if one comes to me.
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Post by Gene on Jun 3, 2016 17:42:50 GMT -5
 Get'im, Santa!  Batman getting kicked in the head by a middle aged man in flip flops. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2016 18:08:19 GMT -5
When I was younger up to the age of 25 ... "Yes" and after I turned 26 and on ... I started browsing through the comic book and I made a judgment call base on the good writing and artwork of the comic book itself and that's good on both counts - I will buy it on that alone.
Right Now ... My Answer is "No"!
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Post by Spike-X on Jun 3, 2016 18:10:54 GMT -5
Not that I can recall. If I was to do that now, it would probably be this one:  |
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Post by JKCarrier on Jun 4, 2016 0:13:19 GMT -5
I bought a lot of crummy comics in the early '80s because they had Michael Golden covers.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2016 1:02:59 GMT -5
Yes. When I was a kid and got a quarter a week allowance, comics cost 20-25 cents, so I could by 1 comic each week and it was usually the cover that jumped out at me on the spinner rack. It was usually a team book or a team up book because they had more heroes, and Avengers soon became a favorite. But the earleist superhero book I bought off the racks was this one, selected because the cover caught my eye...  I knew who Batman was, which led to this cover catching my eye, but it was bought because of the cover (I was just turning 4 so was just learning how to read at the time). In later years, I would pick up variants by the likes of Steranko or Darwyn Cooke because it was artwork I wanted to frame for display such as...  Had no interest in reading the new52 Teen Titans, but couldn't pass up that Cook artwork, which I just bought a frame for and will be going up in my comic room once I finish the reset in progress there. -M |
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 4, 2016 2:32:46 GMT -5
I do sometimes, but only when I am buying it for the cover art itself, rather than with any expectation or hope that the cover somehow hints at a decent comic inside.
Like mrp, for example, I bought several of the Darwyn Cooke month variant covers from DC. Some of the stories inside turned out to be mediocre. Some were garbage. But I just want to look at the pretty covers, so I'm happy with the purchases.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 4, 2016 4:57:39 GMT -5
Only when I was a horny teenager and the cover featured some scantily clad, buxom lady and a "For Mature Readers" disclaimer. Without exception, those comics were all really, really bad.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 4, 2016 8:53:02 GMT -5
Loads of times. In the past couple of years:   And Cutting Edge, recently posted in European thread, come to mind first. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 4, 2016 10:51:14 GMT -5
Well, not that often from newstand, but most of my pre 80ies back issue buying has been cover based. That is because of Wrightson, Jeff Jones, Steranko, Alex Nino, Corben, some Kaluta. I can assure you I never intended to read WW #199/#200, Jeff Jones covers were enough for me. With modern comics, I don't seem to ever operate that way. That being said, I might keep a modern comic solely because of cover if I got it in a lot or if I'm disappointed in the contents I had hopes with.
But I guess there's room for a similar discussion about variant covers : have you ever bought variant covers from the stands with a higher cover price than the regular issue? I have, around 10 times.
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