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#293: love it! portrays the chaos and desperation of the issue.

The other cover is pretty generic. What did happen that issue? [rhetorical]

# 293 does a superb job of portraying chaos and desperation; nevertheless, I vote for # 313 because I like the streamlined effect, the crowd scene, and Giffen's return to form after the chaotic abstractness of the Omen/Prophet issues (which ended with # 310, by the way).

I don't remember what happened in # 313, either, but that doesn't detract from the cover's artistic merits.

For most of these contests I've separated the cover, as a work of art, from the story in the issue. I can't do that here. "The Great Darkness Saga" was a creative pinnacle for the Legion. There was a chemistry bubbling with the creative team, production staff, editors, and DC as a whole. Everything came together to make an exciting and historical Legion story. The cover to #293 is part of that. Wildfire, Superboy and Ultra Boy in action against the battered logo is a product of the creativity of the period. It gets my vote.

I agree with Jerry and Officer Taylor. They took the words right out of my mind. I cannot divorce the Great Darkness Saga from the first cover and I too, can't even remember what happened in the 2nd story, but I remember being very disappointed in it. I think it might have been some good cop/bad cop drivel. I think I may have even gotten a letter published complaining about it.

Is that when Jan went black? With his for dyed black and a funky mustache as well?

Yep. I just re-read the issue. Jan and Gim go undercover as Science Police officers as part of the Legion's plot to expose a blackmailer who threatens President Allon. Too many Legionnaires are employed--including the cover-absent Superboy--for such a minor case, and the story does not justify being spread over two issues (312 contained the first part). Though not a bad story, it's hardly memorable. It does, however, showcase some lovely Giffen/Mahlstedt art, particularly on the post-Darkseid Daxam.

I think that technically the flying cover is better rendered. But the cover to #293 actually makes me interested in the contents of the book, which is what a cover should do. So I'll vote for #293.

Hey, Huey, I understand your reasoning, but in my case it's hard to divorce my gut feelings when there's a major story involved versus a comparatively inconsequential one. As nice as 313's cover is, it's not memorable among Legion covers for me. 293's is.

Hell, it's possible that if Lash decided to pit 313 against that Lightle cover from Magic Wars, I probably would choose 313 because of my negative feelings toward Magic Wars!

Sure, everyone has his or her own criteria. To some, the cover represents their overall experience of the issue. To others, it's a work of art that should be judged separately from the contents. I fall into the latter category (usually).

All that said, using the title as a barrier against an onslaught of dark servants is pretty darn cool!

And how often do we see 3 heavy hitters desparate?
I mean, scared into hiding behind a wall, desparate?
Superboy?

That's a frightening, powerful cover, I think, very much in keeping with the story arc.

The other cover reminds me of baroque art or music - elaborate but a little hollow in content.

yeah me too, that cover was sick!!

That's an interesting interpretation of it...I see it as them being the last line of defence, using anything they can to try and stop the servants' approach.

The Servants cover gets my vote, I think it's really innovative and has a lot more energy/atmosphere than the other one.

The generic flying cover reminds me of a cover that Alan Davis did for Excalibur, which was actually the first page of the comic (with the rest of the story flowing from page 1 on). I think he did it better.

I've never seen that one! Lightle? Dragons? Cool!

Any chance that one could be part of a future faceoff?

BIG chance!

it's one of the best legion (comic) covers of all time, it dosn't even look like a comic book cover.

didn't realize there were sooo many covers that reinvented the logo!

293

#293 for me too.

Wow... this one stayed nack and neck all the way through He Who Wanders' vote then 293 began to break away and not look back.

FINAL TALLY:


293~ 15 votes

313~ 9 votes

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VS.

I hate both of these covers, but I guess I hate the 2nd one less. It's unfortunate, because the first one had a much better interior story, both for writing and art.

Toughie.

The angle/perspective of SLSH #225 win it for me.

Second one. Wildfire's hands are gone in the first one, and it just looks wrong.

They both look stiff and unappealing.

The second one looks less so, so it gets my vote.

they both look very violent. scary.

i guess second one ...... cause sun boy probably deserves it.