Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes LSH cover FACEOFF!!!

(next FACEOFF coming after the hoiday... it should be a BIG one!)

I got bored. Next Face-Off NOW!! And it is a bit different.

In this ongoing Face-Off, we will ultimately determine Legion World's choice for FAVE FATAL 5 COVER!

To get the ball rolling, there will be 4 Face-offs with 2 covers duking it out in each round (8 covers in all).

Once those 4 winners are chosen, they will go at it in for the ultimate championship in a slam-bang orgy of blood and violence. Or something. Anyhoo, it'll be fun!

I have already chosen the 8 covers. Please be aware I realize there have been certain Fatal 5 covers left out. Forgive me if I left your favorite out.


ROUND ONE!! Which of these ADVENTURE issues featuring the F5 gets YOUR vote???




VS.

The top one. I can't make out the number...

#366 - The green background is better, Validus looks more menacing. Realistic looks on the boy's faces.

I'll go with 366, for the really excellent composition. But it was a tough call.

I like 353 better. The colors, the prominence of Validus, and Ferro Lad.

353. Validus looks like he could take on about 5 more Legionnaires.

353 (top one). Go-go checks trump all.

I actually prefer the art on 366, but leaving out Shady and a miscolored Persuader sealed its fate. 353!

Definitely a tough one. But I'll go for 353 as the slightly more iconic cover, despite a few weird things about it (like the fact that the Persuader looks like he's about to chop the back of Validus's leg). The anachronistic fighting ring on 366 doesn't do anything for me, plus the fact that Validus's brain apparently takes up his whole head is a bit disturbing.

#366

I like the art better on 366, but I like the scene and the classic cover blurb on 353. 353 is also the one that would make me want to read the story inside. The boxing ring thing doesn't even remotely pique my interest.

353, for me.

I'm going with #353.


I don't like #366 because of the boxing ring set-up. It makes the cover look posed, while the cover of #353 has action and looks more natural to me.

353, love the checkerboard

353

353!

That is first Legion comic I ever read, the one that hooked me.

That cover is permanently imprinted on my brain as "THE Legion cover."

I was going to go with #366, as I like the more detailed art and the upward angle.
However, I was touched by Exnihil's story and it's his birthday.
I vote #353.

353

#366, please.

Tough call, as both covers have strengths and weaknesses. The boxing ring set up on # 366 does look silly, yet the composition is much better than # 353's. The earlier cover features Ferro Lad, but it doesn't convey much emotion (apart from the blurb telling me how shocked I will be); the later cover is much more subtle in its appeal: the lighting, the camera angle, the facial expressions create a feeling of seriousness despite the boxing ring. I'd be more apt to read # 366 based on those factors alone.

So, for that reason, my vote goes to # 366.

I am a total sucker for "In this issue - one of these characters will DIE!" type blurbs and #353 had one of, if not the firsts.

Plus it has go-go checks.

That one wins.

353

353! Composition is not as sophistimicated, but Validus looks like way more of a threat..

Love both, but have to go with Neal Adams on #366.

I was wondering myself if that was the first such blurb in comics...