As anyone who has read comic books knows, the first factor in buying a comic is the cover, especially if it is a series you have never read before. In today's industry there are some amazing beautiful covers being produced, some of them so beautiful they would look at home in a fancy fine-art gallery. Heck, in today's world, there are artists who have dedicated their entire career to just doing cover art for comics. But part of me misses the days when a comic book cover was actually part of the story! I can remember being a kid, leafing thru the comic-spinner at the local walden's bookstore trying to find the perfect cover that would inspire me to open the book. Now as a much more mature comic fan I own several volumes of Marvel's Essential trades, and DC's Showcase presents trades, and falling in love with the older comics and the cover art that just screams "pick me up!". I am sure that people who actually work in the industry can argue why either type of cover art is a pro or a con, but i know i would love to see the return of the more story-based covers, even if they became part of the variant cover market.
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