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Ooooooh... wow! Much better covers to choose from this time. These two are both *excellent* IMO.
But, as majestic as #38 is, #4 easily wins this one for me. Not only one of my favourite Legion covers of all time, it's one of my favourite anything covers of all time.
The long shadow, the limp arm, the torn costume, the dripping blood, the broken symbol... you know things aren't going to turn out well for poor Val here. Fantastic piece of work! They both are.
RIP
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#4 for me as well. Man, I miss KK. The reboot version should have changed universes with Xs and Gates...
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This was the first Baxter Issue I was able to get. And it ended so dramatically! But that cover just BLEW ME AWAY. I had been getting a little leery of Giffen's art by this time, but that cover restored my faith in him (although he never really turned it around).
-------------------- Touch the magic...
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-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
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#4 - This is a true work of art with the muted colors, the shadows, the limp hand and dripping blood. It's chilling and subtle. It's the antithesis of the in your face violent death scenes that have become so common in recent years.
-------------------- No regrets, Coyote.
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It's difficult because they're both pretty strong in different ways. 38 is the one I keep looking at most though, so that's the one I'll vote for.
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when I see the cover, if I feel something emotion and in shock and awe, #4 hit me more than #38...I was in shock and said "OMG, Karate Kid?...." while #38 was making me feel sad and accepted the notion that they are really killing Superboy off.
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I hate Karate Kid's death on the one hand.
And yet I respect it as one of the few comic book deaths to have real meaning and importance to the story, as well as lasting repercussions, leading to a radical change in Projectra's character and role. (Only to be cheapened ridiculously by the inexplicable decision to bring him back in Lightning Saga and then kill him off again. Grr.)
Superboy was just written out for editorial reasons, and the story was kludged to fit that lame decision, making it awkward and, IMO, meaningless. (And, years later, it was meaningless, as the retcon of the retcon has been retconned. After the people who sacked the sackers have been sacked, 40,000 whooping llamas will be called in to reshoot the scene at great expense, and probably do a better job of it than DC editorial did with the Superboy nonsense.)
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