- Homage cover (comics)
Homage Cover is
comics term that refers to the intentional copying of a cover from an earliercomic book orgraphic novel that references the Original Artist. Homages often occur when a comic is rebooted to demonstrate continuity with earlier volumes. A common target of homage is the first edition of a particular comic (see list below).List of homage targets
Covers that have been frequently homaged include:
*Amazing Fantasy #15 - first appearance ofSpider-Man ; Spidey swings across the page carrying a crook
*Fantastic Four #1 - where a giant monster emerges from the below a street.
*Action Comics #1 - whereSuperman holds a car over his head.
*Superman #1 - whereSuperman is posed in the middle of a leap high above a city skyline.
*Superman #14 - whereSuperman stands with abald eagle on his left arm.
*Justice League #1 - members of the team standing in ranks looking upwards to the 'camera'.
*Giant-Size X-Men #1 - where the new team of X-Men seemingly burst out from the cover while the older X-men team looks on horrified from above.
*The Incredible Hulk #1 -Bruce Banner is over shadowed by the Hulk.
*Superman #199 - Superman racesthe Flash in a foot race (cf. Superman #463).
* (cf.Dragon Fall #4)
*Legion of Superheroes #1
* Avengers #4 - Best known for the heroes charging towards the reader, particularlyCaptain America holding his shield on one arm, with his right arm pointing backward.
* What If? #1 -Spider-Man and theFantastic Four burst through a page of black-and-white comic book art.
*Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 - A weeping Superman holds the deadSupergirl in his arms. This cover itself was an homage to Michaelangelo'sPietà . [http://www.comics101.com/guestlecturer//?mode=project&action=view&project=Guest%20Lecturer&chapter=17]ee also
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Comics vocabulary
* Marvel Zombies Covers - each cover in this series is a homage.External links
* Examples of homages in threads of the
Image comics forum
** [http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=5327&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=3f9a266ec9400ee3cb0f8eb088abf87d great new cover swipe (Two more added)]
** [http://www.imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=138&highlight=swipe&sid=3f9a266ec9400ee3cb0f8eb088abf87d The Great Cover Swipe Game]
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