Covered 365: Day 222

Wonder Woman #222, DC Comics, December 2005. Artist: J.G. Jones.

Day 222 will be themed, it belongs to the adversaries squaring off covers lead by J.G. Jones’ striking Wonder Woman #212 (1987 series).

Marc Silvestri adds to the theme with is X-Men #222 cover that always flies out of the bins.

I know you guys won’t like it but it fits in with the theme and I think McFarlane riffing on McFarlane is fair game especially when he does a better job the second time around ala Spawn #222.

Let’s break the spell with a nice Joe Kubert Tarzan #222 effort that reminds me of Frazetta.

A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era.

Walter Durajlija
Walter Durajlija

Walter Durajlija is an Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner. He owns Big B Comics in Hamilton Ontario.

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John Jamilkowski
John Jamilkowski
5 years ago

Day 222 is a sad day for covers. At least put in Dell’s Room 222 comic in the mix. Also, Batman 222 with the Beatles singing Happy Birthday to dear Alfred inside.

Gerald Eddy
Gerald Eddy
5 years ago

I vote the Kubert! WW is like BDSM or something else unpleasant … not sure whats going on with the face on Logans foe …did the artist give up after drawing Wolverine..finally Spawn and the bull…meh….not a huge McFarlane fan…he is good…just not THAT good…I think over rated is the term I am looking for.

Chris Meli
5 years ago

Leaving out Batman is surely an error – this is a popular back issue not only because of the Beatles, but also because of the great Adams cover.

I echo some of Gerald’s comments. I see the critique about the WW and that Sabretooth face is terrible. Agree that “meh” is the word for Spawn/McFarlane.

Nothing really extraordinary for #223. I’ll bet that you are going to choose Avengers because it was a Spotlight, but as it is an Atom/Hawkman theft (and an inferior one at that), I can only say “good”. I am going to go with Tarzan again as Kubert really delivered with this run. Great art/composition/action. After saying “meh” to McFarlane I have to go with Marvel Tales as the runner-up – a very cool big Spider-Man. I will give a nod to Uncanny X-Men as well, although this kind of thing was done much better in the 1940s by Jumbo/Jungle.

tim hammell
tim hammell
5 years ago

That’s a pretty racy WW cover even though the Cat is furred. WW has twigs for wrists. Tarzan appeals the most today.