WEEKLY COVER CONTEST 110 - Gimmick Covers!7583
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| A theme will be chosen each week, so participants must find a comic book cover that fits the theme. - One entry (one book) per person. - Must be a real comic book in circulation. - Magazine size books are also okay. - The book does not have to be in your collection. - Variants acceptable. - The previous winner is allowed to win in this contest. Each week we will vote on who had the best cover. - Friday begins the new contest. - Wednesday at 12 noon EST is the cutoff which starts voting that will go through Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. - Please vote through the built in "Thumbs Up" system. - One vote per person. - Don't vote early. The winner will choose the next theme and begin a new thread. - In the event of a tie, the deciding factor will be if your photo was of a book in a CBCS slab. If both books are not in a CBCS slab then there will be a sudden death tie breaker overtime submission by both contestants. - Repost these rules in your new thread to keep them easy to find and for new folks who want to play. Week 01 - Genesis (winner @Darkga) Week 02 - Madness (winner @Maverick) Week 03 - The Horror (winner @Helric1) Week 04 - Robots (winner @Darkga) Week 05 - Femme Fatale (winner @Jeremy_K) Week 06 - Pets (winner @Despain) Week 07 - Outer Space (winner @Helric1) Week 08 - Water (winner @AndyRexia) Week 09 - Death (winner @esaravo) Week 10 - Dragons (winner @steveinthecity) Week 11 - Sports (winner @esaravo) Week 12 - Catfight (winner @BigRig) Week 13 - Weapons (winner @dielinfinite) Week 14 - Alternate Timelines (winner @Jesse_O) Week 15 - Swords (winner @JLS_Comics) Week 16 - Merry Christmas! (winner @RyanHicks) Week 17 - Weddings! (winner @AndyRexia) Week 18 - The Kiss (winner @Despain) Week 19 - Iconic Vehicles (winner @D84) Week 20 - The Punch (winner @Neoheroka) Week 21 - Smoking (winner @Sirtoddington) Week 22 - Politics (winner @Studley_Dudley) Week 23 - Cover Homage/Swipe (winner @DarthLego) Week 24 - Master of Evil/The Villain (winner @Jesse_O) Week 25 - Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my!!(winner @VaComicsGuy) Week 26 - Reflections (winner @Darkga) Week 27 - The Wild Wild West (winner @Helric1) Week 28 - SKULLS!! (winner @Jesse_O) Week 29 - Your First Comic (winner @vacaboca) Week 30 - HaHaHaHa (winner @shrewbeer) Week 31 - POWER UP! (winner @kaptainmyke) Week 32 - KUNG FU FIGHT! (winner @VaComicsGuy) Week 33 - WAR (winner @DrChaos) Week 34 - YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG (Winner @Towmater) Week 35 - BEST USE OF A CAPE (winner @DarthLego) Week 36 - THAT BITES! (winner @DrChaos) Week 37 - GOLDEN AGE (winner @Darkga) Week 38 - BROMANCE (winner @DarthLego) Week 39 - SHARK WEEK!!! (winner @Darkga) Week 40 - Star Wars 40th Anniversary (winner @JLS_Comics) Week 41 - Bad Weather (winner @RyanHicks) Week 42 - HOT HOT HOT! (winner @DarthLego) Week 43 - COLD AS ICE! (winner @D84) Week 44 - Animals (winner @DarthLego) Week 45 - Gunslingers!(winner @esaravo) Week 46 - Double Vision (winner @vacaboca) Week 47 - Wrapper's Delight (winner @Darkga) Week 48 - Frak, Marry, Kill (winner @Watcher) Week 49 - Symbolic Defeat of a Hero (winner @Thanatos) Week 50 - Yer a wizard, Harry (winner @Atakmunky7) Week 51 - Unlikely Pairings (winner @Thanatos) Week 52 - New 52 Battle Royale (winner @DielInfinite) Week 53 - The Team! (winner @shrewbeer) Week 54 - Golden Age Free-For-All!!! (winner @esaravo) Week 55 - Double Cover Continuity (Winner @Vacomicsguy) Week 56 - Courtrooms (winner @DrChaos) Week 57 - The Horror! (winner @martymann) Week 58 - Motorcycle covers (winner @DrChaos) Week 59 - Archery (Winner @jlscomics) Week 60 - Witches, Ghosts & Demons (Winner @Vacomicsguy) Week 61 - Zombies (Winner @jlscomics) Week 62 - Ragnarok (winner @Deadpoolica) Week 63 - 1963 (winner @helric1) Week 64 - Let's Go To The Beach! (Winner @GeeWiz) Week 65 - Damsel in Distress! (Winner @shrewbeer) Week 66 - Hell! (Winner @Jesse_O) Week 67 - Winter is here! (Winner @Darkga) Week 68 - Babies - (Winner @shrewbeet) Week 69 - Merry Christmas! (Winner @Helric1) Week 70 - Things with Wings (Winner @zombiebigfoot) Week 71 - VARIANTS (shared win @comicsforme@shrewbeer) Week 72 - Upcoming Movies (Winner @jlscomics) Week 73 - Upgrades! (Winner @Helric1) Week 74 - Music (Winner @Foghorn_Sam) Week 75 - Background Circles (Winner @helric1) Week 76 - Non-Fictional Characters (Winner @conditionfreak) Week 77 - Cops (winner @shrewbeer) Week 78 - BANNED CAMP!(winner @DrChaos) Week 79 - Do I make you Horny? (winner @helric1) Week 80 - It's Electric! (winner @Jesse_O) Week 81 - Photo Covers (winner @dshel61) Week 82 - It's About Time (winner @Odins_Raven Week 83 - Leaps and Bounds (winner @conditionfreak) Week 84 - Sweat (winner @helric1) Week 85 - Feats of Strength (winner @DrChaos) Week 86 - Medieval Times (winner @dshel61) Week 87 - What's Bugging You? (winner @esaravo) Week 88 - Ancient Egypt (winner @GeeWiz) Week 89 - Amusement Parks (winner @shrewbeer) Week 90 - Newsstand is Dead (winner @dielinfinite) Week 91 - Mirror Match (winner @Jesse_O) Week 92 - Ambush Time!!! (winner @Odins_Raven) Week 93 - Sunny Daze (winner @Savage_Spawn) Week 94 - Gambling (winner @Jesse_O) Week 95 - Airplanes (winner @DrChaos) Week 96 - Hello Nurse! (winner @Helric1) Week 97 - Shadowy Figures (winner @martymann) Week 98 - Pirates (winner @MR_SigS) Week 99 - Surrounded In A Circle (winner @Odins_Raven) Week 100 - 100th Issues (winner @DrChaos) Week 101 - There is No Eye in Team (winner @GAC) Week 102 - Swords and Sandals (winner @DrChaos) Week 103 - A Day at the Beach (winner @esaravo) Week 104 - Do You Believe in Magic? Winner @Jesse_O) Week 105 - Sneaky Snake (Winner @zombiebigfoot) Week 106 - EPIC SHOWDOWNS!!(Winner @JLS_Comics) Week 107 - Giant Sized (Winner @Studley_Dudley) Week 108 - Sports! (Winner @helric1) Week 109 - SKULLS (Winner @RyanHicks) Gimmick Covers! Lets see everyone's favorite gimmick covers (mostly from 90's - 00's but can be any age). Can be any type of cover which appears to be a sales gimmick (ie. Foil Covers, acetate covers, die-cut covers, embossed covers, glow-in-the-dark covers, etc) The Fatal Attractions mini-crossover with the hologram cards was one of the first "sets" I can remember collecting and taking care of (bag and boarding) as a kid. I actually got my original set graded a few years ago that I had bought off the shelf when they came out (surprisingly one of the 6 actually came back 9.8). I'm currently trying to get a full 9.8 set of blue label Newsstand copies. Here is my entry as this is just a classic, nostalgic cover for me:  |
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| Changed my pick | ||
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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This one had a cool die-cut cover, but I sold it a few years ago anyway. |
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Mighty Magnor #1 Here it is without the cover popped out.  |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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 Pictures? We don't need no stinking pictures.
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Peel off cover! |
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| why do I always think of a better cover right after I post?? | ||
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Glow in the dark |
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| Almost did the venom one | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomicsI can think of better ones than what I posted, but I don't necessarily own them. I prefer to post images of things I own and already have scanned. There's a comic with a hole going through it. Continuity was the king of gimmicks and had multiple things to choose from. Any Chromium covers would be suitable. There's a Tick comic with a square cut out on the cover. 3D comics. There are a lot of options. |
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I loved this cover the first time I saw it on the shelf of my local comic book shop. It has a cool wraparound acetate cover. Still have my copy in a box all bagged and boarded. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo I loved this one too. I unknowingly bought 2 copies on separate occasions and still have both.  |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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I will go with a classic that kicked off DC's deluxe format. The follow up on the deluxe format was Green Arrow Long Bow Hunters. |
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Talk about gimmick  Eclipso #1 had a plastic “jewel” glued on to the covers. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuck LOL! I accidentally voted on this, forgetting this was the weekly contest. I stand by my decision. |
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| @DJC_II Lol  |
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This is supposed to be a die-cut cover, but mine is one of the error copies. |
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The Amazing Spider-Man #666 — This is the number one comic with the most variants credited to it. Clocks in with an amazing 145 variants! How is that for a gimmick??? |
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| @OGJackster weren’t a lot of those covers identical save for the Comic Shop Name/logo? Not saying they don’t count. If anything, they add to the gimmick | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by dielinfinite Yes, I read 141 were the different comic shops. |
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