tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post1402290415709834900..comments2023-11-12T17:42:42.313-08:00Comments on The Bad Genious: From Top to Bottom #17: Gimmick CoversThe Generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13882212598013962066noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-34267138068593058452008-08-22T07:44:00.000-07:002008-08-22T07:44:00.000-07:00I would hate to see gimmick covers come back. I ev...I would hate to see gimmick covers come back. I even hate the fact variant versions are still around. I just think they are useless and hearken back to a glutenous age in comic books. That era of foolishness needs to be forgotten.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499127155591828226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-91121765280829497762008-08-20T15:07:00.000-07:002008-08-20T15:07:00.000-07:00I still own that X-O Manowar issue! Signed by Ques...I still own that X-O Manowar issue! Signed by Quesada & Palmiotti, too.<BR/>Like the general said, those full-foil covers that Valiant did so many of were actually pretty nice.<BR/>I have a soft spot in my heart for the Eclipso comic with the plastic diamond on the cover. =)<BR/>I didn't mind gimmick covers that much-- it was just annoying that they bumped the price of each gimmick-covered isssue by a dollar or so.KACH!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12343638496558902441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-89453421331279263542008-08-20T02:32:00.000-07:002008-08-20T02:32:00.000-07:00Fantastic Four 375 was one of the first gimmick co...Fantastic Four 375 was one of the first gimmick covers I bought, and that was from my local newsagents, the fact that it was all shiny attracted me to it. I never bothered with another FF comic till the Waid/Weringo run almost a 120 issues later. <BR/><BR/>The Fatal Attraction holograms where very cool, though I did manage to damage one of mine, by trying to take it off the cover.Mr`Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01142408113634241571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-52721358473413608932008-08-19T15:59:00.000-07:002008-08-19T15:59:00.000-07:00As loath as I am to admit to liking any gimmick co...As loath as I am to admit to liking any gimmick cover, I will admit that I actually like how the foil covers like the X-O Manowar looked. They used them on the comics that bookended Age of Apocolypse too, and I loved the way those comics looked.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that, I remember not even liking gimiick covers when they came out, because it always meant an extra $1 added to the cover price.The Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882212598013962066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-16441622692873069232008-08-19T13:59:00.000-07:002008-08-19T13:59:00.000-07:00I didn't mind the occasional gimmick cover, but, l...I didn't mind the occasional gimmick cover, but, like you said, it got way out of control. The Superman shield die-cut covers for each series introducing the four new Supermen were cool.<BR/><BR/>The embossed chrome one introducing(?) a random metallic enemy in Action #695 was definitely not cool.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471971360749802047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-4528088997359322282008-08-19T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-19T13:40:00.000-07:00I LOVE that X-O Manowar cover!!!Then there was the...I LOVE that X-O Manowar cover!!!<BR/><BR/>Then there was the cover of The Protectors #5 (Malibu). It had a bullet hole through it where a character was shot in the chest...and it went through the entire comic, not just the cover!Chris Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973510218830922850noreply@blogger.com