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Covered 365: Day 343

Daredevil #343, Marvel Comics, August 1995, Artist: August 1995. A show of hands please, who’s still in this trek to 365? Day 343 is the day of the hand, we’ve had fun with hands all year long and today I…

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Covered 365: Day 340

Incredible Hulk #340, Marvel Comics, February 1988. Artist: Todd McFarlane. 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. Similar to Thor #337 in…

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Covered 365: Day 337

Thor #337, Marvel Comics, November 1983. Artist: Walter Simonson. 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. Day 337 gave me at least…

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Covered 365: Day 336

Thor #336, Thor Comics, October 1983. Artist: Bob Layton. 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. Day 336 was a very rough…

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Covered 365: Day 333

Incredible Hulk #333, Marvel Comics, July 1987. Artist: Steve Geiger. 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. It’s funny but I’ve been…

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Covered 365: Day 309

Incredible Hulk #309, Marvel Comics, July 1985. Artist: Mike Mignola. Day 309 was a tough day, the four I picked I liked but there was no clear winner for me. Mike Mignola’s cover to Hulk #309 gave me a Frazetta…

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Covered 365: Day 292

Batman #292, DC Comics, October 1977. Artist: Jim Aparo. Least amount of options today, I counted 36 covers to choose from. At least there was a clear winner, Jim Aparo at it again with another strong cover for Batman #292.…

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Covered 365: Day 281

Thor #281, Marvel Comics, April 1983. Artist: Keith Pollard. Keith Pollard gives us a great cover for Thor #281, complete with some Kirby Krackle. We get a full dose of the Thunder God and an up close look at the…

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Covered 365: Day 279

Four Color #279, Eastern Color, June 1950, Artist: Bill Wright. We’re getting less and less to choose from folks, there were only 38 covers to pick from today. Clearly the best of the lot was Bill Wright’s delightful Mickey Mouse…

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Covered 365: Day 240

X-Men #240, Marvel Comics, January 1989, Artist: Marc Silvestri. Day 240 makes two wanting days in a row. I’m to the point in this exercise where I do not look ahead, so I’m always hopeful tomorrow will be a better…

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Covered 365: Day 229

Kid Colt Outlaw #229, Marvel Comics, April 1979. Artist: Gene Colan. Now that’s more like it, two rough and tumble cowboys smashing through the window of some two-bit saloon that sells watered-down whiskey. Gene Colan gives us one of the…

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Covered 365: Day 224

Thor #224, Marvel Comics, June 1974. Artist: John Romita. I’m gonna officially come out and say it, Day 224 was the worst day of the year so far for covers. Being the eternal optimist I’ll also add that it will…

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Covered 365: Day 212

Famous Funnies #212, Eastern Color, July 1954. Artist: Frank Frazetta. No contest, Frank Frazetta’s floating girl is … well, it’s a work of art. Famous Funnies #212, the colours, the motion, a master at work. Neal Adams’ cover to Strange…

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Covered 365: Day 205

Four Color #205, Eastern Color, December 1948. Artist: Morris Gollub. I’ve never been more afraid to pick a cover! To be true to the project I had to go with the best cover and that is Morris Gollub’s exquisite rendering…

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Covered 365: Day 200

Avengers #200, Marvel Comics, October 1980. Artist: George Perez. Here we are at another milestone, Day 200! This project has been so eye-opening, making me look at all covers way more closely than I did in the past. DC Comics…

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Covered 365: Day 185

Avengers #185, Marvel Comics, July 1979. Artist: George Perez. There was a lot to like on Day #185, tops on my list is Perez’s powerful rendering on Avengers #185. I can’t seem to get enough Gil Kane lately, have a…

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Covered 365: Day 183

Thor #183, Marvel Comics, December 1970. Artist: John Buscema. Hump day folks. We’ve posted 182 days before this post and we have 182 to go after this post. Probably a good time for as little reflection and review. I’m noticing…

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Covered 365: Day 178

Wonder Woman #178, DC Comics, Sept/Oct 1968, Artist: Mike Sekowsky. That power pose on the cover of Wonder Woman #178 signaled a new beginning, cover after cover of an empowered Wonder Woman taking charge and kicking butt. Too bad it…

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