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Aaarrghh - so hard! I like them all in their way.
S&LSH #211 - I'll discount the first one since a) 2/5 of the cover is taken up by the logo and its ugly green background; b) Condo is not the main player on it; c) it is not a very well designed cover (why is Sun Boy there if he's so completely obscured?); and d) why are all the Legionnaires but Superboy standing in exactly the same front-on, legs 2 metres-apart pose no matter what they're physically doing. Actually I take back what I said in the top line - this is an AWFUL cover!
S&LSH #228 - I love those old 'Who will die in this issue?' type covers that the second one represents. It reminds me of a time when deaths in comics were actually a novel, exciting thing. This one's always made me laugh though. Did any reader at the time actually look at that cover and see those 4 other prominent Legionnaires next to the obscure Condo and not know that his goose was cooked? What a shame Deregon didn't go after that blow-up sex-doll of Imra instead though and then we might not have lost a Legionnaire at all.
LSH #59 - The third one is a great cover. Very moody and eerie. I love the use of black and dark blues contrasted with the yellow of Jacques here.
Secret Origins #47 - Another fab cover. And a great issue. My only gripe is that Lyle didn't get a cover mention or a solo story here. Would've made the memorial issue complete. (Along with a Triplicate Girl story too I guess.)
Tough choice between the second and third one but I think I'm gonna go with the Lightle 'Ghosts' issue. The better pencil work wins the day.
LSH #59 wins.
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Yikes. It would be really wimpy of me to call it a four way tie, but I'm tempted.
Condo looks the best on S/LSH #211.
LSH# 59 is interesting and mysterious.
Secret Origins is the most fun.
However, the winner for me is S/LSH # 228. I like the white background and I just can't vote against Grell's Superboy front and center. Cover hog? You betcha. His name is still in the title so he has the right.
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LSH 59, a beautiful, moody Lightle cover. Just goes to show, though, that Condo never got a cover he didn't have to share with other Legionnaires getting equal billing...even the issue with his death. I kinda wish that issue's cover had shown him centrally in a heroic moment, even if it telegraphed that he was going to be the one to die. (Though I doubt anyone who bought the issue off the stands would have been surprised it was Condo given the other choices on the cover.)
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211 is the one I want to read, based on the cover. The art, not nearly as good as that on 59, but it wins for me.
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Yes, Superboy died in another issue. Gim, too.
Ghosts is actually the best cover, artistically, I think. And the most innovative.
BUT, I think I'm going to vote for the Secret Origins cover. This contest is about Condo and while he's not center, he's easily recognizeable and handsome.
So, Secrets for me.
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I am going with #59...I actually don't love Steve Lightle's art all THAT much, but conceptually that's a great cover (eerie), and I love the juxtaposition of an Invisible Kid against actual spirits.
Karate Kid looks like he just saw a mouse on the Secret Origins one..
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I'm going for uperboy & the Legion of Superheroes 228.
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