I have a long standing love/hate relationship with the ‘variant cover’ trend in comics now that it is back in full swing. That is that I hate that I secretly love them and they make me a bit of a hypocrite when I want to rally against the speculator market and falsely inflated values of my precious precious comic books. Yes, I agree they can be cash grabs at times, but they can also be cash grabs that are damn pretty to look at when done right. Right?
Well, the continued war on my wallet fired another shot recently when DC Comics revealed 22 movie poster mash-up covers for next March over at Screenrant, BuzzFeed, /Film, IGN, HitFix, and of course the DC Comics website.
Check ’em out below, with a side by side of the real world movie poster that inspired the cover, for handy comparison:
(yes, click the thumbs to embiggen)
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- WONDER WOMAN #40 inspired by 300, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz
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- TEEN TITANS #8 inspired by THE LOST BOYS, with cover art by Alex Garner
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- SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #17 inspired cover by GONE WITH THE WIND, with art by Gene Ha
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- SUPERMAN #40 inspired by SUPER FLY, with cover art by Dave Johnson
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- SUPERGIRL #40 inspired by WIZARD OF OZ, with cover art by Marco D’Alphonso
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- HARLEY QUINN #16 inspired by JAILHOUSE ROCK, with cover art by Dave Johnson
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- JUSTICE LEAGUE #40 inspired by MAGIC MIKE, with cover art by Emanuela Lupacchino
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- JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #40 inspired by BEETLEJUICE, with cover art by Joe Quinones
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- JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED #10 inspired by MARS ATTACKS, with cover art by Marco D’Alphonso
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- SINESTRO #11 inspired by WESTWORLD, with cover art by Dave Johnson
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- GREEN LANTERN CORPS #40 inspired by FORBIDDEN PLANET, with cover cover art by Tony Harris
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- GREEN LANTERN #40 inspired by 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, with cover art by Tony Harris
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- GRAYSON #8 inspired by ENTER THE DRAGON, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz
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- FLASH #40 inspired by NORTH BY NORTHWEST, with cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz
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- DETECTIVE COMICS #40 inspired by THE MATRIX, with cover art by Brian Stelfreeze
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- BATGIRL #40 inspired by PURPLE RAIN, with cover art by Cliff Chiang
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- BATMAN #40 inspired by THE MASK, with cover art by Dave Johnson
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- BATMAN & ROBIN #40 inspired by HARRY POTTER, with cover art by Tommy Lee Edwards
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- BATMAN/SUPERMAN #20 inspired by THE FUGITIVE, with cover art by Tony Harris
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- CATWOMAN #40 inspired by BULLITT, with cover art by Dave Johnson
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- AQUAMAN #40 inspired by FREE WILLY, with cover art by Richard Horie
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- ACTION COMICS #40 inspired by BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, with cover art by Joe Quinones
Now even the most cynical of modern day comic book reader has to admit that the work in the above covers is top notch. There isn’t one of them that wouldn’t make a great full sized poster for your wall (hint, hint, DC.)
Well, all of them except the Aquaman/Free Willy one. That one I want to get tattooed across my back.