Copycat Cover Month = Original vs Rip Off
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The only one I can't find is the one they used for Shadowman.


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In case he gets confused, remind him that there were two covers, the Swamp Thing version and this one.betterthanezra wrote:Ashley Wood drew the SM one I'll ask him what cover it was a copycat one at SDCC.
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I'm not sure at all. It was just the closest match I could find. After I looked at the Solar covers and saw that none of them came close to the Magnus cover, I based my choice on the text.Chiclo wrote:Are you 100% sure that Magnus is an homage to Doctor Solar 1?
I mean, I realize that MotA is 100% sure, but is there anyone else that is? The books are similar but those other covers are much closer.


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Yep.betterthanezra wrote:I'm sure that most of those Off the wall covers that aren't Marvel had other covers drawn like Ninjak but because DC refused to let Acclaim do this copycat covers to there line they had to improvise.
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Magnus was Action Comics #1 and Trinity Angeles was Superman #123.
DC didn't want Acclaim to be DC Lite, heh.


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I saw one or two at Mile High that were similar but not quite there.betterthanezra wrote:I'm looking for it so far this is as close to it I can find.
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It's like the basic design was used more than once. I'm sure that there is a specific cover to go with the Shadowman version.


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I just emailed Ashley Wood I hope he can put this thing to bed because now it's bugging me.ManofTheAtom wrote:I saw one or two at Mile High that were similar but not quite there.betterthanezra wrote:I'm looking for it so far this is as close to it I can find.
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It's like the basic design was used more than once. I'm sure that there is a specific cover to go with the Shadowman version.
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betterthanezra wrote:I just emailed Ashley Wood I hope he can put this thing to bed because now it's bugging me.ManofTheAtom wrote:I saw one or two at Mile High that were similar but not quite there.betterthanezra wrote:I'm looking for it so far this is as close to it I can find.
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It's like the basic design was used more than once. I'm sure that there is a specific cover to go with the Shadowman version.
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Did they have those drawn already, and then had to redraw them? If so, it would be cool to see their ideas were.ManofTheAtom wrote:Yep.betterthanezra wrote:I'm sure that most of those Off the wall covers that aren't Marvel had other covers drawn like Ninjak but because DC refused to let Acclaim do this copycat covers to there line they had to improvise.
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Magnus was Action Comics #1 and Trinity Angeles was Superman #123.
DC didn't want Acclaim to be DC Lite, heh.
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Yeah, the Magnus one, if it is supposed to be that cover, isn't done very well. I mean, the characters are on the opposite sides of the page!Chiclo wrote:Are you 100% sure that Magnus is an homage to Doctor Solar 1?
I mean, I realize that MotA is 100% sure, but is there anyone else that is? The books are similar but those other covers are much closer.
And Trinity Angels is just...well...dumb. But I suppose that could be said about any Trinity Angels book?
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Those covers appeared in Previews when the copycat cover month issues were solicited.cjv wrote:Did they have those drawn already, and then had to redraw them? If so, it would be cool to see their ideas were.ManofTheAtom wrote:Yep.betterthanezra wrote:I'm sure that most of those Off the wall covers that aren't Marvel had other covers drawn like Ninjak but because DC refused to let Acclaim do this copycat covers to there line they had to improvise.
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Magnus was Action Comics #1 and Trinity Angeles was Superman #123.
DC didn't want Acclaim to be DC Lite, heh.
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That's DC lite for you... (though it's more like Marvel lite as Marvel did a similar stunt - their Flashback month - at the same time).yardstick wrote:I find the copy cat covers disturbingly cheesy....


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Hey! All caps! DC-LITEManofTheAtom wrote:Yep.betterthanezra wrote:I'm sure that most of those Off the wall covers that aren't Marvel had other covers drawn like Ninjak but because DC refused to let Acclaim do this copycat covers to there line they had to improvise.
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Magnus was Action Comics #1 and Trinity Angeles was Superman #123.
DC didn't want Acclaim to be DC Lite, heh.
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Well screw it, i loved those covers.
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I could've sworn that I had a copy of Trinty Angles #5 that had the homage/rip-off cover to Superman #123, but even IFManofTheAtom wrote:Yep.betterthanezra wrote:I'm sure that most of those Off the wall covers that aren't Marvel had other covers drawn like Ninjak but because DC refused to let Acclaim do this copycat covers to there line they had to improvise.
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Magnus was Action Comics #1 and Trinity Angeles was Superman #123.
DC didn't want Acclaim to be DC Lite, heh.
I did have it I was forced to sell it about 2 years ago, so I can't be sure.