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Giffen (even though his work around that time was starting to annoy me)
Lee's is ok, but Giffen's cover was better.

I **ADORE** the Lee tribute... but it is just that, a tribute that would NOT exist wothout the original.

GIFFEN.

The Lee one. It has more detail.

I am glad Lee is getting plenty of votes. I feared a landslide because of the original/homage choice. And it is a great homage, as well as a great demonstration of Lee style.

But the Giffen original just has a presence Lee didn't nail. Lee's Lar could be thinking about anything at all (or nothing); Giffen's Lar captures the emotion. Not just in his face - the way his collar is open, the way his fists are, the color and inks - it's all part of a single, cohesive expression. Lee's could be contemplating combat - or a Sunday drive. Giffen's means business.

Giffen.

Jim Lee

hmm, i think Lee's is prettier. and has a nice composition and colors but ...

Giffen's really conveys a beat down posture and a correct proportion of a knuckle cracking, and the frown ..... which relates more to the inside. Lee's Mon looks cheery.

Giffen!

I can't see the Lee cover.

Lee, without a doubt. His Mon-El is powerful, vibrant, and manages to look determined and resigned to the life-changing (or ending) choice he has just made, instead of old and grumpy.

The Giffen cover is one of the less ugly examples of his art from that period, but that's hardly a compliment, to say that it doesn't suck as much as it could have.

And, while it's hardly Giffen's fault, wow, that coloring is awful. He's the color of spam.

Giffen, every time I see that cover I'm reminded of the ONLY time The Trapper was soundly defeated.

[snip]



<span style="font-size: 12px;">There's a Python joke in there somewhere. I'm sure of it...</span>

Lee's show the youth of Mon....while Giffen's show the wisdom and experienced of Mon.

My vote: Older, wiser Mon (Giffen!)

Giffen's Mon has just woken from a 5 year death sleep.
He's off to find Shady and then destroy the Time Trapper and all of his reality, including himself.
That was some sacrifice.
He looks just Sheriff Matt Dillion about to lay his life down for the good of the town and honor and justice.
sigh

Lee's Lar is adorable.

But Giffen's IS Mon-El.
(Well, and Matt Dil-lion, of course.)
Um, I vote for Giffen, just to be clear, there.

Lee!

Lee.

Opps! It was the Giffen cover that I could not see. I like the Lee cover.

Giffen

v4 cover looks determined

v6 cover looks like he is trying to decide what to have for lunch

for the new page

I love Giffen, esp. this cover, but I gotta go with

Lee

Lee

To me that looks more like Mon than the Giffen one. To me Mon has this incredible quiet strength that is best portrayed when he isn't looking like a "grumpy old man" (sorry, that description made me laugh). Mon doesn't need to look angry to convey you are about to get a beat down, the simple fact that you are doing evil in his presence means you're getting a beat down.

And yeah, coloring on the Giffen one is pretty bad.

Though Lee's cover is stunningly beautiful (one of the best pieces Lee's ever drawn IMO) and I'm SO glad I won it, I have to agree about the determination Giffen gives Mon in the original.Lee's version brings out his nobility; Giffen's shows he's ready for a scrap. If Lee's homage had brought that quality out more, I may have given it to Lee for the sheer beauty.

But as it is, I'll give Giffen the edge because of what the image represents to the contents of the original issue. (For he record, Giffen's is beautiful, too!)

Lee's version. This was difficult.

Nothing difficult about this one.
Giffen!!

Giffen!!

Lee